The Claim
In healthy adults, increases in maximal strength following high-volume stretching protocols are not significantly correlated with increases in muscle thickness, indicating that strength adaptations may result from neuromuscular efficiency or architectural changes rather than muscle hypertrophy alone.
What the research says
Not yet evaluated
We are still looking at what the research says.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
Doing a lot of stretching can make you stronger without necessarily making your muscles bigger. This suggests the strength gains come from your nervous system and muscle structure working better together, rather than just from building more muscle mass.
See the scientific wording
Increases in maximal strength following high-volume stretching are not significantly correlated with increases in muscle thickness, suggesting that strength adaptations may be driven primarily by neuromuscular efficiency or architectural changes rather than hypertrophy alone, decoupling traditional assumptions about muscle size and force production in resistance training contexts for healthy adults.
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