The Claim

Pre-exhaustion resistance training leads to a 17% improvement in maximal leg extension strength in untrained adult males, which is a greater relative gain compared to the 11% improvement from traditional resistance training, likely attributable to exercise specificity.

Source: Effects of Pre-exhaustion Versus Traditional Resistance Training on Training Volume, Maximal Strength, and Quadriceps Hypertrophy

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

When guys who don't usually exercise try a special workout called pre-exhaustion training, they get 17% stronger in their legs—that's more than the 11% boost from regular workouts, probably because the special training targets the muscles more directly.

See the scientific wording

Pre-exhaustion resistance training improves maximal leg extension strength by 17% in untrained adult males, which is a larger relative gain than the 11% improvement from traditional training, likely due to exercise specificity.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effects of Pre-exhaustion Versus Traditional Resistance Training on Training Volume, Maximal Strength, and Quadriceps Hypertrophy

    The study directly tested the same training method and found exactly what the claim says: pre-exhaustion training gave a 17% strength boost, which is bigger than the 11% from regular training.

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