If you're already experienced with weightlifting, doing full-body workouts every day gives you the same muscle and strength gains as doing different muscle groups on different days, as long as you do the same total amount of work each week.

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High-frequency resistance training is not more effective than low-frequency resistance training in increasing muscle mass and strength in well-trained men.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2019 Jul

The study found that lifting weights every day and lifting each muscle group just once a week led to the same strength and muscle gains, as long as the total amount of lifting was the same. So, frequency doesn’t matter if you’re doing the same total work.

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High-frequency resistance training is not more effective than low-frequency resistance training in increasing muscle mass and strength in well-trained men.

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DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002559

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