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The more you do the same workout, the less sore and swollen your muscles get.

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Reduced muscle lengthening during eccentric contractions as a mechanism underpinning the repeated-bout effect.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2015 May 15

After doing the same tough arm exercise twice, four weeks apart, the participants’ muscles got less damaged the second time because they didn’t stretch as much during the movement, and they felt less sore and swollen.

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