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Training Volume & Frequency

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Paper2017

Dose-Response Relationship Between Weekly Resistance Training Volume and Increases in Muscle Mass: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Brad J. Schoenfeld, Dan Ogborn & James W. Krieger

Meta-analyses the dose-response relationship between weekly training volume and muscle growth and finds hypertrophy keeps increasing with more weekly sets, at least across the range the included studies tested.

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Paper2019

How Many Times per Week Should a Muscle Be Trained to Maximize Muscle Hypertrophy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Examining the Effects of Resistance Training Frequency

Brad J. Schoenfeld, Jozo Grgic & James Krieger

Meta-analyses training-frequency studies and finds training a muscle twice a week produces more hypertrophy than once a week when total volume is equated, isolating frequency from volume as a variable in its own right.

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Dose-Response Relationship Between Weekly Resistance Training Volume and Increases in Muscle Mass: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

How Many Times per Week Should a Muscle Be Trained to Maximize Muscle Hypertrophy? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Examining the Effects of Resistance Training Frequency

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