Muscle Growth Is Very Strongly Correlated with Strength Gains after Lower Body Resistance Training: New Insight from Within-Participant Associations.

Med Sci Sports Exerc · 2025 · PMC12893175 · PMID 40680785

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Previous studies have found surprisingly low, insignificant or moderately significant relationships between the changes in muscle size and strength after RT using between-participant correlation ( r = 0.03–0.53).

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