The role of the neural stimulus in regulating skeletal muscle hypertrophy

C Alix-Fages, A Del Vecchio, E Baz-Valle… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Resistance training is frequently performed with the goal of stimulating muscle hypertrophy.
Due to the key roles motor unit recruitment and mechanical tension play to induce muscle …

Towards an improved understanding of proximity-to-failure in resistance training and its influence on skeletal muscle hypertrophy, neuromuscular fatigue, muscle …

MC Refalo, ER Helms, DL Hamilton… - Journal of sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
While proximity-to-failure is considered an important resistance training (RT) prescription
variable, its influence on physiological adaptations and short-term responses to RT is …

Effects of resistance training to muscle failure on acute fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis

JG Vieira, AV Sardeli, MR Dias, JE Filho, Y Campos… - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Proper design of resistance training (RT) variables is a key factor to reach the
maximum potential of neuromuscular adaptations. Among those variables, the use of RT …

Similar muscle hypertrophy following eight weeks of resistance training to momentary muscular failure or with repetitions-in-reserve in resistance-trained individuals

MC Refalo, ER Helms, ZP Robinson… - Journal of sports …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the influence of resistance training (RT) proximity-to-failure, determined
by repetitions-in-reserve (RIR), on quadriceps hypertrophy and neuromuscular fatigue …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of exercise on markers of B cell-related immunity: A systematic review

D Walzik, S Belen, K Wilisch, M Kupjetz… - Journal of sport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background B cells represent a crucial component of adaptive immunity that ensures long-
term protection from infection by generating pathogen-specific immunoglobulins. Exercise …

[HTML][HTML] Resistance training in face of the coronavirus outbreak: Time to think outside the box

P Gentil, R Ramirez-Campillo, D Souza - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Resistance training (RT) is an exercise type commonly associated with the performance of
muscle contractions against external resistance. This training model is very popular and has …

Equating resistance-training volume between programs focused on muscle hypertrophy

JP Nunes, W Kassiano, BDV Costa, JL Mayhew… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Acute neuromuscular and hormonal responses to power, strength, and hypertrophic protocols and training background

J Kotikangas, S Walker, S Toivonen… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This study investigated how two slightly different athlete groups would differ in acute
neuromuscular and endocrine responses to specific resistance exercise loadings and …

Changes in circumference sizes of bodybuilders using machine and free weight exercises in combination with different load regimes

V Potop, V Manolachi, A Chernozub, V Kozin… - Health, sport …, 2023 - ibn.idsi.md
Purpose. To evaluate the changes in circumference sizes of bodybuilders using machine
and free weight exercises in conditions of different load regimes at the stage of specialized …

[HTML][HTML] Acute behavior of oxygen consumption, lactate concentrations, and energy expenditure during resistance training: Comparisons among three intensities

GA João, GPL Almeida, LD Tavares… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the oxygen consumption, lactate concentrations, and
energy expenditure using three different intensities during the resistance training sessions …