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Longer Interset Rest Periods Enhance Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy in Resistance-Trained Men.

Journal of strength and conditioning research2016n = 21

RCTHuman

This study set out to see whether resting longer between sets changes how much strength and muscle a trained man builds. Twenty-one resistance-trained men did the same routine for 8…

Muscle & Strength Musculoskeletal Training optimization

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Short inter-set rest blunts resistance exercise-induced increases in myofibrillar protein synthesis and intracellular signalling in young males.

Experimental physiology2016n = 16 (8 per group)

OtherHuman

This study set out to see whether shorter rest periods between sets of resistance exercise boost muscle growth signals more than longer rests. Sixteen young men did leg exercises at…

Endocrine Higher Testosterone Low Testosterone

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