Whether you rest 1 minute or 2 minutes between sets, or train at real high altitude or with a mask, you can still lift the same total amount of weight without losing strength.

Scientific Claim

Total volume-load during a hypertrophic resistance training session (70% 1RM, 3×10 reps) is not meaningfully altered by inter-set rest duration (60s vs 120s) or type of hypoxia (hypobaric vs normobaric) in active men, indicating that mechanical stress is preserved across these experimental conditions.

Original Statement

“Volume-load achieved was similar in all environmental conditions and inter-set rest period length did not appreciably affect it.”

From study:Inter-set rest configuration effect on acute physiological and performance-related responses to a resistance training session in terrestrial vs simulated hypoxia

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

definitive

Can make definitive causal claims

Assessment Explanation

The RCT design with precise load and repetition tracking and effect size analysis supports definitive conclusions about the neutrality of volume-load across conditions.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Inter-set rest configuration effect on acute physiological and performance-related responses to a resistance training session in terrestrial vs simulated hypoxia

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2022

The study found that whether people rested 60 or 120 seconds between sets, or trained at high altitude or just with less oxygen, they still lifted the same total amount of weight — so the overall workout intensity stayed the same.

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Inter-set rest configuration effect on acute physiological and performance-related responses to a resistance training session in terrestrial vs simulated hypoxia

Score: 49

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13469

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