This study only looked at the front and side of the thigh—so we don’t know if doing more sets helps your front thigh or hamstrings grow more.

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

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2024 Mar 1

The study only looked at the outer thigh muscles, not the front or back of the thigh, so it can't say whether training volume affects those other muscles—meaning the claim wrongly uses this study to prove something it didn't test.

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

Score: 52

DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003317

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