44 Reviews were dissected to understand what are currently the important variables for Strength, Hypertrophy and Physical Function.
Unfortunately, the topic of Physical Function got a lot of inconclusive results due to a lack of Data, therefore I’ll be skipping this one on this post.
So let’s see the results for Strength and Hypertrophy:
Hypertrophy:
RT vs non-exercising control: Important
Load: Not Important
Set end Point: Not important
Contraction Velocity/TUT: Not Important
Volume (Sets): Important
Set Configuration: Not Important
Inter-set Rest: Inconclusive
Periodization: Not Important
Weekly Frequency: Not Important
Muscle Action Type: Important
Time of Day: Not Important
Exercise Order: Not Important
Strength:
RT vs non-exercising control: Important
Load: Important
Set end Point: Not Important
Contraction Velocity/TUT: Inconclusive
Volume (Sets): Important
Set Configuration: Not Important
Inter-set Rest: Not Important
Periodization: Inconclusive
Weekly Frequency: Important
Muscle Action Type: Not Important
Time of Day: Not Important
Exercise Order: Important
There are some results that can easily be interpreted in the wrong way.
Inter-Set Rest for Strength for example. It showed as not important, but this was thanks to the result of a poor-quality study.
And when we look at load for Strength, high loads are specially important, which can’t be obtained with a low inter-set rest. So remember to take everything with a grain of salt, and make sure to understand everything before you implement it yourself!
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