The Claim
In moderately resistance-trained adults, distributing the same weekly resistance training volume across two sessions per week versus four sessions per week results in similar increases in muscle mass and strength over a 9-week period.
What the research says
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For adults who regularly lift weights, splitting the same total weekly workout volume into two sessions or four sessions leads to the same amount of muscle growth and strength improvement after nine weeks.
See the scientific wording
In moderately resistance-trained adults, distributing the same weekly resistance training volume across two versus four sessions per week results in similar increases in muscle mass and strength over a 9-week period, suggesting that training frequency has minimal impact on hypertrophy and strength gains when volume is equated.
When the total amount of lifting is the same, the body builds and breaks down muscle protein at the same rate whether the lifts are done in two days or four days, so muscle size and strength stay similar.
What the research says
1 studyFor people who already lift weights, doing their weekly workouts in two days or four days made no difference in how much muscle they gained or how much stronger they got—as long as the total amount of lifting stayed the same.
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