ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
Efficacy of a new strength training design: the 3/7 method.
Article in European journal of applied physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05696990 (3/7 Resistance Training Method in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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3/7 Resistance Training Method in Cardiac Rehabilitation of Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Gluteus Maximus Activation during Common Strength and Hypertrophy Exercises: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2020Pooled it
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- Effect of a new resistance training method on the metaboreflex in cardiac rehabilitation patients: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
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- Does Performing Partial Repetitions Beyond Momentary Failure Enhance Muscle Hypertrophy in Volume-Load-Equated Calf-Raise Resistance Training?International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Unilateral Resistance Training Strategies for Boosting Rehabilitation: An Expert Survey.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effect of Metabolic Stress to High-Load Exercise on Muscle Damage, Inflammatory and Hormonal Responses.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of Five Weeks of Strengthening Under Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) or Supplemental Oxygen Breathing (Normobaric Hyperoxia) on the Medial Gastrocnemius.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Regional morphological adaptations of vastus lateralis muscle in response to different progressive resistance training programs: A randomised controlled trial.South African journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training Using the 3/7 Resistance Training Method on Metabolic Stress in People with Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Cross-Over Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Muscle electromyographic activity normalized to maximal muscle activity, not to Mmax, better represents voluntary activation.PloS one · 2022Article
- Strengthening the Case for Cluster Set Resistance Training in Aged and Clinical Settings: Emerging Evidence, Proposed Benefits and Suggestions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Acute Effects of the New Method Sarcoplasma Stimulating Training Versus Traditional Resistance Training on Total Training Volume, Lactate and Muscle Thickness.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimThis study investigated the efficacy of a new strength training method on strength gain, hypertrophy, and neuromuscular fatigability.
methodsThe training exercise consisted of elbow flexion against a load of ~ 70% of one repetition maximal (1RM). A new method (3/7 method) consisting of five sets of an increasing number of repetitions (3 to 7) during successive sets and brief inter-set intervals (15 s) was repeated two times after 150 s of recovery and compared to a method consisting of eight sets of six repetitions with an inter-set interval of 150 s (8 × 6 method). Subjects trained two times per week during 12 weeks. Strength gain [1RM load and maximal isometric voluntary contraction (MVC)], EMG activity of biceps brachii and brachioradialis, as well as biceps' brachii thickness were measured. Change in neuromuscular fatigability was assessed as the maximal number of repetitions performed at 70% of 1RM before and after training.
resultsBoth 3/7 and 8 × 6 methods increased 1RM load (22.2 ± 7.4 and 12.1 ± 6.6%, respectively; p < 0.05) and MVC force (15.7 ± 8.2 and 9.5 ± 9.5%; p < 0.05) with a greater 1RM gain (p < 0.05) for the 3/7 method. Normalized (%M
conclusionThe 3/7 method provides a better stimulus for strength gain and muscle hypertrophy than the 8 × 6 method.
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