Kristen Dunsmore, MS on Instagram: "The repeated bout effect refers to the body's adaptive response to exercise. When you engage in a novel activity that your muscles aren't accustomed to, it often
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Contralateral repeated bout effect following preconditioning exercises: a systematic review | Sport Sciences for Health
Strength and Conditioning Research - The "repeated bout effect" is what researchers call the observation that a single (muscle-damaging) workout is protective against muscle damage in a subsequent workout. However, the underlying
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Muscle damage and the repeated bout effect in male bodybuilders following unaccustomed resistance exercise | Semantic Scholar
The duration of time between workouts affects the magnitude of the repeated bout effect. This shows that the size of the protection… | Instagram
Chris Beardsley on X: "The repeated bout effect may occur in part because muscle fibers are stretched less during subsequent bouts of exercise compared to in initial bouts of exercise (so causing
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