ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2022
Inter-set stretch: A potential time-efficient strategy for enhancing skeletal muscle adaptations.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chronic Effects of Static Stretching Exercises on Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Chronic Static Stretching on Maximal Strength and Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Meta-Regression.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled 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
- Stretch-mediated hypertrophy and strength increases and their impact on dynamic balance performance - a randomized controlled intervention study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Partial Range, Full Gains? The Effect of 8 Weeks of Partial Range of Motion Training at Long Muscle Lengths on Elbow Flexor Hypertrophy and Strength in Trained Individuals.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Influence of 8-weeks of supervised static stretching or resistance training of pectoral major muscles on maximal strength, muscle thickness and range of motion.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Implications and Applications of Stretch-Mediated Hypertrophy in Therapy, Rehabilitation and Athletic Training-An Outlook to Future Potential Applications.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- The effect of a combined long-duration static stretching and resistance training regimen on a competitive bodybuilder: A case study.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Eccentric Exercise Interventions with Small and Large Ranges of Motion on Rat Skeletal Muscle Tissue and Muscle Force Production.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Discussing Conflicting Explanatory Approaches in Flexibility Training Under Consideration of Physiology: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Comparison of Supervised versus Self-Administered Stretching on Bench Press Maximal Strength and Force Development.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Inter-Set Foam Rolling of the Latissimus Dorsi Acutely Increases Repetitions in Lat Pull-Down Exercise without Affecting RPE.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Effects of a Home-Based Stretching Program on Bench Press Maximum Strength and Shoulder Flexibility.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Article
- Physiology of Stretch-Mediated Hypertrophy and Strength Increases: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Time is considered a primary barrier to exercise adherence. Therefore, developing time-efficient resistance training (RT) strategies that optimize muscular adaptations is of primary interest to practitioners. A novel approach to the problem involves combining intensive stretch protocols with RT. Conceivably, integrating stretch into the inter-set period may provide an added stimulus for muscle growth without increasing session duration. Mechanistically, stretch can regulate anabolic signaling via both active and passive force sensors. Emerging evidence indicates that both lengthening contractions against a high load as well as passive stretch can acutely activate anabolic intracellular signaling pathways involved in muscle hypertrophy. Although longitudinal research investigating the effects of stretching between RT sets is limited, some evidence suggests it may in fact enhance hypertrophic adaptations. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is threefold: (1) to review how the active force of a muscle contraction and the force of a passive stretched are sensed; (2) to present evidence for the effectiveness of RT with inter-set stretch for muscle hypertrophy (3) to provide practical recommendations for application of inter-set stretch in program design as well as directions for future research.
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