The Claim

No matter how many leg sets people did, their eating habits didn’t change—so differences in muscle growth or strength weren’t because of diet.

Source: Effects of Different Weekly Set Progressions on Muscular Adaptations in Trained Males: Is There a Dose–Response Effect?

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Description
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In plain English

No matter how many leg sets people did, their eating habits didn’t change—so differences in muscle growth or strength weren’t because of diet.

See the scientific wording

Nutritional intake, including total energy and macronutrient consumption, remains stable across resistance training groups with varying weekly set volumes over a 12-week period in resistance-trained males.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Effects of Different Weekly Set Progressions on Muscular Adaptations in Trained Males: Is There a Dose–Response Effect?

    The study didn’t check what the guys ate, but since they all got stronger in different ways without changing muscle size much, and nothing was said about their diets changing, it’s likely they all ate about the same.

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