ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2021
Equating Resistance-Training Volume Between Programs Focused on Muscle Hypertrophy.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influence of Resistance Training Variables to Improve Muscle Mass Outcomes in Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Regressions.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Lower-Volume Training on Physical Fitness Adaptations in Team Sports Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of resistance training volume on body adiposity, metabolic risk, and inflammation in postmenopausal and older females: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
- Resistance training prescription for muscle strength and hypertrophy in healthy adults: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.British journal of sports medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Rethinking task failure in resistance training research: a framework for submaximal exercise prescription.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Does Performing Partial Repetitions Beyond Momentary Failure Enhance Muscle Hypertrophy in Volume-Load-Equated Calf-Raise Resistance Training?International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Divergent immune cascades activated by metabolic versus mechanical exercise intensity: revisiting cytokine heterogeneity in "moderate-intensity exercise".Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Resistance Training with Instability Does Not Hamper Total Training Volume and Muscle Strength Gains in Older Adults: a Secondary Analysis from REI Study.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- Exercise volume load in women with breast cancer: Study protocol for the ABRACE randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Pre-exhaustion Training, a Narrative Review of the Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations.International journal of exercise science · 2022Article
- Strength Training Volume to Increase Muscle Mass Responsiveness in Older Individuals: Weekly Sets Based Approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Calculating resistance-training volume in programs focused on muscle hypertrophy is an attempt to quantify the external workload carried out, then to estimate the dose of stimulus imposed on targeted muscles. The volume is usually expressed in some variables that directly affected the total training work, such as the number of sets, repetitions, and volume-load. These variables are used to try to quantify the training work easily, for the subsequent organization and prescription of training programs. One of the main uses of measures of volume quantification is seen in studies in which the purpose is to compare the effects of different training protocols on muscle growth in a volume-equated format. However, it seems that not all measures of volume are always appropriate for equating training protocols. In the current paper, it is discussed what training volume is and the potentials and shortcomings of each one of the most common ways to equate it between groups depending on the independent variable to be compared (e.g., weekly frequency, intensity of load, and advanced techniques).
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