Doing resistance training more often each week helps you get stronger more reliably, but it doesn’t always help you build bigger muscles — so frequency matters more for strength than for muscle growth.

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The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.

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2026 Feb

This study found that doing resistance training more often each week helps you get stronger, but doesn’t necessarily make your muscles grow much bigger — so frequency matters more for strength than for muscle growth.

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The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.

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DOI: 10.1007/s40279-025-02344-w

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