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Lifting light weights until you can't do another rep builds muscle just as well as lifting light weights until your speed slows down a lot, as long as you do the same total amount of work.
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Low-Load Resistance Training to Volitional Failure Induces Muscle Hypertrophy Similar to Volume-Matched, Velocity Fatigue
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2022 Jun 1This study found that lifting light weights until you can't do another rep gives you the same muscle growth as lifting light weights until your speed slows down by 20%, as long as you do the same total amount of work.
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