Brad Jon Schoenfeld

Wanna start a fight? Walk into a room full of strength coaches, personal trainers, and exercise physiologists and ask, “How many reps should I do to build muscle?” Follow it up with, “What’s the ideal number of sets?” or “What’s the fastest way to get bigger?” Then step back and watch it unravel.

Abstract Abstract Background: Range of motion (ROM) during resistance training is of growing interest and is potentially used to elicit differing adaptations (e.g. muscle hypertrophy and muscular strength and power). To date, attempts at synthesising the data on ROM during resistance training have primarily focused on muscle hypertrophy in the lower body.

Hypertrophy can be operationally defined as an increase in the axial cross-sectional area of a muscle fiber or whole muscle, and is due to increases in the size of pre-existing muscle fibers. Hypertrophy is a desired outcome in many sports. For some athletes, muscular bulk and, conceivably, the accompanying increase in strength/power, are desirable attributes for optimal performance.