The Claim

Rest-pause training performed to muscular failure results in greater acute countermovement jump performance impairment at 30 minutes post-exercise than traditional failure training in recreationally strength-trained adults.

Source: Acute effects of muscle failure and training system (traditional vs. rest-pause) in resistance exercise on countermovement jump performance in trained adults

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

When people who lift weights for fun do a special kind of workout called rest-pause training until they can't do any more, their ability to jump high gets worse 30 minutes later compared to doing regular workouts until failure.

See the scientific wording

The rest-pause training system performed to muscular failure leads to higher acute countermovement jump performance impairment at 30 minutes post-exercise compared to traditional failure training in recreationally strength-trained adults.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Acute effects of muscle failure and training system (traditional vs. rest-pause) in resistance exercise on countermovement jump performance in trained adults

    The study found that rest-pause training to failure causes more jump performance drop after 30 minutes than traditional failure training, just like the claim says.

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