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Whether you push your muscles to complete exhaustion or stop a few reps short doesn’t change how much longer rest periods help your muscles grow — the benefit stays about the same either way.

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Give it a rest: a systematic review with Bayesian meta-analysis on the effect of inter-set rest interval duration on muscle hypertrophy

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human
2024

This study looked at whether taking longer or shorter breaks between weightlifting sets affects muscle growth, and whether it matters if you push to exhaustion or stop before. It found that pushing to failure or not didn’t change how much muscle you gain based on rest time — so the claim is right.

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Give it a rest: a systematic review with Bayesian meta-analysis on the effect of inter-set rest interval duration on muscle hypertrophy

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DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1429789

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Whether you push your muscles to complete exhaustion or stop a few reps short doesn’t change how much rest you need between sets to grow muscle.

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