The more you lift weights each week, the less extra strength you gain from each additional session—but your muscles keep growing a bit more even when you train a lot, so strength gains fade faster than 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.
More lifting helps you get stronger and bigger, but after a certain point, getting stronger doesn’t improve much no matter how much more you lift—whereas getting bigger keeps improving a bit longer.
The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.
More lifting makes you stronger and bigger, but after a while, adding more sets helps your muscles grow only a little more — but it helps your strength even less. This study proves that strength gains hit a wall faster than muscle growth does.
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