The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
But that acute response to exercise, th that those that increase in um post exercise, testosterone, growth hormone, etc., people used to think that was the driver of hypertrophy. And so there were all of these training styles to sort of maximize that response.
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So, what I've been taught, when I was an up-and-coming strength and conditioning professional, that, if you want strength, you take long rest, like 3 minutes in between your sets, and for hypertrophy it's like 30 seconds to a minute because that will maximize the hormonal response. So, in between sets, or depending on the type of training that you are doing, shorter inter-set rest intervals will promote greater growth hormone, testosterone, and IGF-1 responses after the workout is over.