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Training twice per day increases muscle gains compared with training once per day at equal total volume.
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Is it true that training twice per day increases muscle gains compared with training once per day at equal total volume?
Partly. The retrieved studies only partially address the claim: two small twice-daily training studies report muscle-size gains without a once-daily comparison group, while several sprint-training and volume-equated resistance-training studies found no advantage of higher frequency, though they measured power, endurance markers or strength rather than muscle gains at equal total volume.
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Hansen, A. K., Fischer, C. P., Plomgaard, P., Andersen, J. L., Saltin, B., & Pedersen, B. K. (2005). Skeletal muscle adaptation: training twice every second day vs. training once daily. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00163.2004
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Similar Muscular Adaptations in Resistance Training Performed Two Versus Three Days Per Week - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2019-0062
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Day-to-day change in muscle strength and MRI-measured skeletal muscle size during 7 days KAATSU resistance training: A case study. (2005). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3806/ijktr.1.71
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Increased muscle volume and strength following six days of low-intensity resistance training with restricted muscle blood flow. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.3806/ijktr.4.1
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Effect of sprint training: Training once daily versus twice every second day. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2014.932849
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Effect of sprint training: Training once daily versus twice every second day. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2014.932849
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Effect of sprint training on resting serum irisin concentration — Sprint training once daily vs. twice every other day. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2015.12.006
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