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Is There a Minimum Intensity Threshold for Resistance Training-Induced Hypertrophic Adaptations?

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Big claims for big weights but with little evidence

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Low-intensity exercise can increase muscle mass and strength proportionally to enhanced metabolic stress under ischemic conditions

(2012) Shingo Takada et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Resistance exercise load does not determine training-mediated hypertrophic gains in young men

(2012) Cameron J. Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Borg’s scales in strength training; from theory to practice in young and older adults

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The Effect of Different Rest Intervals Between Sets on Volume Components and Strength Gains

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Habituation to pain: Further support for a central component

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Perception of effort during exercise is independent of afferent feedback from skeletal muscles, heart, and lungs

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