Doing varied weight workouts might hurt your muscles a little less than doing the same routine over and over—but you still gain just as much muscle, meaning you don’t need to feel wrecked to get...
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Doing varied weight workouts might hurt your muscles a little less than doing the same routine over and over—but you still gain just as much muscle, meaning you don’t need to feel wrecked to get...
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Variable resistance training induces similar or slightly lower levels of muscle damage compared to conventional resistance training, while producing comparable levels of muscle hypertrophy, indicating that muscle growth can occur with reduced tissue disruption.
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Study: Effects of variable resistance training versus conventional resistance training on muscle hypertrophy: a systematic review
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