Similar Muscle Hypertrophy Following Eight Weeks of Resistance Training to Momentary Muscular Failure or With Repetitions-in-Reserve in Resistance-Trained Individuals
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This study examined the influence of resistance training (RT) proximity-to-failure, determined by repetitions-in-reserve (RIR), on quadriceps hypertrophy and neuromuscular fatigue. Resistance-trained males (n = 12) and females (n = 6) completed an 8-week intervention involving two RT sessions per week. Lower limbs were randomised to perform the leg press and leg extension exercises either to i) momentary muscular failure (FAIL), or ii) a perceived 2-RIR and 1-RIR, respectively (RIR). Muscle thickness of the quadriceps [rectus femoris (RF) and vastus lateralis (VL)] and acute neuromuscular fatigue (i.e., repetition and lifting velocity loss) were assessed. Data was analysed with Bayesian linear mixed-effect models. Increases in quadriceps thickness (average of RF and VL) from pre- to post-intervention were similar for FAIL [0.181 cm (HDI: 0.119 to 0.243)] and RIR [0.182 cm (HDI: 0.115 to 0.247)]. Between-protocol differences in RF thickness slightly favoured RIR [−0.036 cm (HDI: −0.113 to 0.047)], but VL thickness slightly favoured FAIL [0.033 cm (HDI: −0.046 to 0.116)]. Mean volume was similar across the RT intervention between FAIL and RIR. Lifting velocity and repetition loss were consistently greater for FAIL versus RIR, with the magnitude of difference influenced by the exercise and the stage of the RT intervention.Description
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Resistance training, fatigue, muscle hypertrophy, proximity-to-failure, repetitions-in-reserve, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 42 Health Sciences, 3202 Clinical Sciences, 4207 Sports Science and Exercise, 6.7 Physical, 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, Sport Sciences, 3202 Clinical sciences, 4207 Sports science and exercise, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
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Journal of Sports Sciences, ISSN: 0264-0414 (Print); 1466-447X (Online), Informa UK Limited, 42(1), 85-101. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2321021
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