Why "science-based lifting" is irrational

[Elliott]

It seems kind of intuitive that different muscle groups or types of muscle fibers would react quite differently.

[Carl-Richard]

59 minutes ago, Elliott said:

It seems kind of intuitive that different muscle groups or types of muscle fibers would react quite differently.

In theory, yes, but that doesn't matter for the "dose-response relationship" claim if only one of the between-group comparisons were ever solid. The relationship was ever only solidly 1 sets vs 5 sets; very low volume < very high volume (granted the host of other limitations with the study). The intermediate part of the supposed curve is at best tentative or unknown. If the latter, any conclusions about that part of the curve is speculative and hypothetical, not empirical, not "the science has shown that".

Edited 1 hour ago by Carl-Richard