Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So, I had always thought that, if you're doing anything over 12 to 15 repetitions, it's basically glorified cardio and that, you know, it's just muscle endurance, you're not going to gain muscle.
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
So, I had always thought that, if you're doing anything over 12 to 15 repetitions, it's basically glorified cardio and that, you know, it's just muscle endurance, you're not going to gain muscle.
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