Gaining more from doing less? The effects of a one-week deload period during supervised resistance training on muscular adaptations

Background Based on emerging evidence that brief periods of cessation from resistance training (RT) may re-sensitize muscle to anabolic stimuli, we aimed to investigate the effects of a 1-week deload interval at the midpoint of a 9-week RT program on muscular adaptations in resistance-trained indivi...

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Main Authors: Max Coleman, Ryan Burke, Francesca Augustin, Alec Piñero, Jaime Maldonado, James P. Fisher, Michael Israetel, Patroklos Androulakis Korakakis, Paul Swinton, Douglas Oberlin, Brad J. Schoenfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2024-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/16777.pdf