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A Thorough Breakdown of the “Extreme Volume Study”

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  1. Gaywallet
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    My own major takeaways: A lower intensity, higher volume cycle where weight is held constant and sets are gradually increased appears to strongly promote muscular hypertrophy, especially during...

    My own major takeaways:

    • A lower intensity, higher volume cycle where weight is held constant and sets are gradually increased appears to strongly promote muscular hypertrophy, especially during the first 3 weeks.
    • More RIR (reps in reserve) seems to allow for a much higher workable volume with less perceived fatigue
    • Anything above 60% 1RM is going to train at near maximal muscle activation
    • I should probably train above 75% 1RM a lot less and leave more RIR (when struggling) and do more sets instead to reduce injury and fatigue