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Humm this sounds too much like "one weird trick" and I would not be surprised if the researchers fumbled this a bit For one, doing 30 reps in the same day (wit
by raverbashing 4y ago
Humm this sounds too much like "one weird trick" and I would not be surprised if the researchers fumbled this a bit
For one, doing 30 reps in the same day (with no details about if/how this was split into sets) is different than 6 reps in the same day (in terms of weight/intensity)
This is TFA https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sms.14220 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sms.14220
- CannisterFlux 4y agoYeah, it seems fishy. If 6 reps of something is difficult enough to do such that it has in impact on muscle growth, I can't see how they could manage 30 reps of the same thing. I wonder if the 6 reps 5 days people were untrained, while the 1 set of 30 people could manage it because they were trained enough so that it was possible (and therefore too easy)? Or maybe the 1 set of 30 was with a lighter weight to make it possible?
- davisoneee 4y agoYou can follow the link to the actual journal article to get details, and then criticise based on information. The protocol was 1 session of 5x6 reps (1d5s6r), versus 5 sessions of 1x6 (5d1s6r), with control 1d1s6r.
- thinkcontext 4y agoPlenty of workout routines have days per week devoted to focusing on particular muscle groups ("leg day" etc), the study seems aimed at looking at their effectiveness. Its a study where they controlled variables to learn how the body responds to different types of stimulus, not a workout plan. It can inform the design of a workout plan but someone just naievely adopting this study design is
- raverbashing 4y agoYes, it is possible that the study helps in that sense (and yes, I'm skeptical of "leg day" workouts), I feel it is more productive to work out a muscle at least 2x week