Men's Health (UK)

Q17\ Want to reap more muscle from your reps? You need to…

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A Increase the weight B Reduce the weight

B Counter-intuitive though it may sound, lightening the load will pack on muscle. In a Japanese study, those who performed their usual sets to failure, followed by one set with a lower weight, lifted their strength by 17.5% more than those who did all their sets with the same weight.

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