After a regular workout that doesn’t push you to exhaustion, your jumping power bounces back in just 10 minutes—but if you push yourself until you can’t do another rep, it takes at least half an hour to recover.

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Acute effects of equated volume-load resistance training leading to muscular failure versus non-failure on neuromuscular performance

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2020 May

The study found that if you lift weights without going all the way to exhaustion, your jumping power comes back in 10 minutes — but if you push to total failure, it stays weak for at least 30 minutes.

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Acute effects of equated volume-load resistance training leading to muscular failure versus non-failure on neuromuscular performance

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jesf.2020.01.004

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