When young men lift weights to get stronger and build bigger muscles, the claim says that getting stronger doesn't really mean you'll get bigger muscles, and vice versa—they're mostly separate things.

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Resistance training load does not determine resistance training-induced hypertrophy across upper and lower limbs in healthy young males.

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2025 Dec 31

This study shows that when young men lift weights, getting bigger muscles doesn't necessarily mean they get much stronger, and getting stronger doesn't necessarily mean they get much bigger muscles. The two don't go hand-in-hand like people might think.

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Resistance training load does not determine resistance training-induced hypertrophy across upper and lower limbs in healthy young males.

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DOI: 10.1113/jp289684

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