If you want to get stronger, doing your workouts more often helps—more than if you just want to get bigger muscles.

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The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2025 Dec 4

This study found that doing resistance training more often helps you get stronger in a clear, predictable way, but it doesn’t reliably help you build bigger muscles — so frequency matters more for strength than for muscle growth.

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The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.

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DOI: 10.1007/s40279-025-02344-w

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