Your muscles don’t fire faster when you start or stop pushing—only when you’re holding a steady push—after four weeks of strength training.

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The increase in muscle force after 4 weeks of strength training is mediated by adaptations in motor unit recruitment and rate coding

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2019 Apr

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The increase in muscle force after 4 weeks of strength training is mediated by adaptations in motor unit recruitment and rate coding

Score: 38

DOI: 10.1113/JP277250

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