Behold: the most in-depth resource on training volume anywhere on the internet. The most big-picture summary of the article is that higher training volumes tend to facilitate more muscle growth and larger strength gains. But, it also explores many rabbit holes: muscle swelling, sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, bioenergetic constraints, epistemology, volume cycling, formal logic, shitposting with a purpose, and so much more. The post More Training, More Gaining: Everything You Need to Know About Trai...| Stronger by Science
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Struggling to understand effect sizes in strength and hypertrophy meta-analyses? This article provides a practical guide for translating them into easy-to-grasp percentage changes in muscle growth and strength gains. Finally, decipher what those research findings truly mean for your training results with simple conversion tables and real-world examples. The post Rough Heuristics for Interpreting Strength and Hypertrophy Effect Sizes appeared first on Stronger by Science.| Stronger by Science
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