The Claim
Increasing resistance training volume from one to four sets per exercise significantly improves muscle hypertrophy in older adults who do not respond to low-volume training, as measured by quadriceps cross-sectional area after 10 weeks of twice-weekly training.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
If older people who didn’t get stronger from doing just one set of weight exercises start doing four sets instead, they’ll likely grow bigger muscles in their thighs after 10 weeks of working out twice a week.
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Increasing resistance training volume from one to four sets per exercise significantly improves muscle hypertrophy in older adults who do not respond to low-volume training, as measured by quadriceps cross-sectional area after 10 weeks of twice-weekly training.
When older adults do more sets of resistance exercises, the repeated stretching and pulling of muscle fibers sends signals that turn on a molecular switch called mTOR. This switch activates another molecule called p70S6K, which tells the muscle cells to build more protein structures. With more protein being made than broken down, the muscle fibers get thicker over time, increasing muscle size.
What the research says
1 studyIf older people didn’t grow stronger muscles from doing just one set of leg exercises, doing four sets instead helped them build bigger thigh muscles after 10 weeks — exactly what the claim says.
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