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Volume (sets per week)
How many working sets a muscle group gets per week. The link to growth is dose-dependent, but past a certain threshold fatigue grows rather than results.
Section: Training
Sources for the definition
- Dose-response relationship between weekly resistance training volume and increases in muscle mass: A systematic review and meta-analysis · Schoenfeld BJ, Ogborn D, Krieger JW · Journal of sports sciences, 2017 · PMID 27433992
- The Resistance Training Dose Response: Meta-Regressions Exploring the Effects of Weekly Volume and Frequency on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gains · Pelland JC, Remmert JF, Robinson ZP · Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2026 · PMID 41343037
Where it is used
The term is used in the calculator, the supplements sections and pharmacology. Back to the glossary or open the methodology in the app.