Women who did any kind of upper-body strength training ended up with thicker biceps than women who didn’t train their upper body at all.

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Drop set versus traditional strength training protocols equated in volume on muscle thickness in women

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Both ways of lifting weights—drop-set and traditional—made the biceps of young women thicker after 12 weeks, but the group that didn’t train their upper body didn’t get any thicker. So yes, both training methods work better than doing nothing.

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Drop set versus traditional strength training protocols equated in volume on muscle thickness in women

Score: 38

DOI: 10.47197/retos.v61.100701

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