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When you do a particular exercise, you get stronger mainly in the muscles you used to do that exercise - not necessarily in other muscles.

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Single-Joint Exercise Results in Higher Hypertrophy of Elbow Flexors Than Multijoint Exercise

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2021 Oct 1

The study shows that when people do bicep curls, they get stronger at bicep curls, and when they do dumbbell rows, they get stronger at rows - exactly matching the claim that strength gains are specific to the exercise performed.

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Single-Joint Exercise Results in Higher Hypertrophy of Elbow Flexors Than Multijoint Exercise

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DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003234

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