ArticlePeerJ2021
Effects of different resistance training frequencies on body composition and muscular performance adaptations in men.
Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07484646 (Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation Combined With Resistance Training on Muscle Mass, Strength, Body Composition, and Power in Weight Lifters), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation Combined With Resistance Training on Muscle Mass, Strength, Body Composition, and Power in Weight Lifters
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Minimalist Training: Is Lower Dosage or Intensity Resistance Training Effective to Improve Physical Fitness? A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Quantifying the Generality of Strength Adaptation: A Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Role of physical exercise, vagal nerve stimulation, and vagotomy in inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Maximal Number of Repetitions at Percentages of the One Repetition Maximum: A Meta-Regression and Moderator Analysis of Sex, Age, Training Status, and Exercise.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Sex-based differences in the association of resistance training levels with the risk of hypertension.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Effects of 12 Weeks of Resistance Training on Body Composition, Muscle Hypertrophy and Function, Blood Lipid Level, and Hemorheological Properties in Middle-Aged Obese Women.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- The Effect of Whole-Body Traditional and Functional Resistance Training on CAVI and Its Association With Muscular Fitness in Untrained Young Men.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Effects of 6-Week Traditional and Functional Resistance Training on Arterial Stiffness and Muscular Strength in Healthy Young Men.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to compare the effects of 8 weeks resistance training (RT) with two sessions versus four sessions per week under volume load-equated conditions on body composition, maximal strength, and explosive actions performance in recreationally trained men.
methodsThirty-five healthy young men participated in the study and were randomly divided into a two sessions per-week RT (RT2,
resultsA two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures (3 [group] × 3 [time]) revealed that both training groups increased chest and thigh circumferences, strength and explosive actions performance tests in comparison to CG following 8 weeks of training (
conclusionRT improved muscle strength, explosive actions performance and markers of muscle size in recreationally trained men; however, four sessions of resistance training per week produced greater gains in muscular strength for the upper body measures (i.e., 1RM bench press and arm curl) when compared to two sessions per week under volume-equated conditions.
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