The Claim
Untrained females undergoing 8 weeks of resistance training exhibit greater improvements in isokinetic strength (27-43% increases) than in muscle size (3-4% increases), regardless of high-volume or high-intensity protocols, indicating that strength gains outpace hypertrophy during initial training periods.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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When women who haven't trained before do weightlifting for 8 weeks, they get much stronger (27-43% stronger) but their muscles don't grow much (only 3-4% bigger), showing that getting stronger happens faster than building bigger muscles at the start.
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Untrained females performing 8 weeks of resistance training experience greater improvements in isokinetic strength (27-43% increases) compared to muscle size gains (3-4% increases), regardless of using high-volume or high-intensity protocols, suggesting strength improvements outpace hypertrophy during initial training periods.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Influence of two different modes of resistance training in female subjects.
The study found that women new to weight training got much stronger (27-43% improvement) but only a little bigger (3-4% growth) after 8 weeks, no matter if they lifted lighter weights more times or heavier weights fewer times, just like the claim said.
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