Neither load nor systemic hormones determine resistance training-mediated hypertrophy or strength gains in resistance-trained young men

What this work gives Aellic

Confirms Mitchell 2012 in already-trained men over 12 weeks (~30–50 % versus ~75–90 % 1RM, all sets to failure): load is secondary for hypertrophy, proximity to failure is what counts.

Where this sits in the engine

1 declared site: constants and thresholds in the code that point at this entry.

• Training Muscle growth — sets per muscle 1 site