The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Mechanical tension is kind of like strength. And this is why if you do even sets of five or eight, and you're kind of close to that strength range, you will gain a little bit of muscle. It's not optimal muscle gain, but you're going to gain some because everything in these, like physiology didn't cut off at four reps and then five reps is a different thing, right? It's always a blend, so think of it as like a fading curve.
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
Other ways say a higher load maybe uh as heavy as you can for say eight repetitions is going to get through through what's called mechanical tension
mechanical tension is kind of like strength. And this is why if you do even sets of five or eight and you're kind of close to that strength range, you will gain a little bit of muscle. It's not optimal muscle gain, but you're going to gain some because everything in these like physiology doesn't cut off at four reps and then five reps is a different thing, right? It's it's always a blend. So, think of it as like a a fading curve. As you get closer to the end, it fades less effective. As you get closer to the middle, it's more effective. Anywhere between eight reps per set to 30, it's equally effective. Past 30, it's going to blend out. Past 8 to 5 to 4 to three, it's going to blend, you know, lesser there.
and the research shows that from one rep to 30 reps you can build very similar amounts of muscle so this is amazing right because the conventional wisdom says oh my God if you're doing fewer than I don't know what the number is that they would say if you're doing fewer than six reps there's no hypertrophy it's all strength right that's what that's what conventional thinking would say