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If you're a young woman just starting weight training, slowly lifting heavier weights over time will make your triceps (the back of your arms) grow about twice as much as just doing the same workout over and over.

Context Details

Domain

exercise_science

Population

human

Subject

young, untrained women

Action

leads to greater increases in

Target

triceps brachii muscle thickness

Intervention Details

Type: exercise
Duration: 8 weeks

Gold Standard Evidence Needed

According to GRADE and EBM methodology, here is what ideal scientific evidence would look like to definitively prove or disprove this specific claim, ordered from strongest to weakest evidence.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

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The study found that when women gradually lifted heavier weights over 8 weeks, their triceps muscles grew almost twice as much as when they lifted the same weight the whole time — proving that getting stronger over time helps muscles grow bigger.

Contradicting (0)

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No contradicting evidence found