If you are already experienced with weightlifting, working out your muscles more often each week might help you build more muscle than just lifting heavier weights or doing more sets.

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Frequency: The Overlooked Resistance Training Variable for Inducing Muscle Hypertrophy?

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2017 May

The study suggests that for experienced lifters, working out a muscle group more often might be better for building muscle than just adding more weight or sets, because it keeps the body's muscle-building processes active more frequently.

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Frequency: The Overlooked Resistance Training Variable for Inducing Muscle Hypertrophy?

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DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0640-8

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