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

• Published in: Journal of applied physiology (1985) Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. 129 - 138
• Main Authors: Morton, Robert W., Oikawa, Sara Y., Wavell, Christopher G., Mazara, Nicole, McGlory, Chris, Quadrilatero, Joe, Baechler, Brittany L., Baker, Steven K., Phillips, Stuart M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Exercise - physiology; Hormones - metabolism; Humans; Hypertrophy - metabolism; Hypertrophy - physiopathology; Male; Muscle Strength - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Resistance Training - methods; Weight Lifting - physiology; Young Adult; strength training; growth hormone; load; testosterone; anabolism

We reported, using a unilateral resistance training (RT) model, that training with high or low loads (mass per repetition) resulted in similar muscle hypertrophy and strength improvements in RT-naïve subjects. Here we aimed to determine whether the same was true in men with previous RT experience us...