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If you lift weights the same total amount each week, it doesn’t really matter whether you do it in one big session or spread it out over several days—your muscles will grow about the same either way.

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This study found that doing resistance training more often each week doesn’t reliably make your muscles bigger — as long as the total amount of work stays the same. So, frequency alone doesn’t seem to matter much for muscle growth.

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