Eur J Appl Physiol May 2012 PMID 21922259

Low intensity blood flow restriction training: a meta-analysis.

Jeremy P Loenneke, Jacob M Wilson, Pedro J Marín, Michael C Zourdos, Michael G Bemben

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Abstract in brief

This meta-analysis investigated how different training variables influence the effectiveness of low intensity blood flow restriction training (LIBFR) on muscle strength and size, finding that LIBFR generally produces greater gains than traditional low intensity training.
The results showed that LIBFR led to significantly higher improvements in both muscle strength and hypertrophy, especially when combined with resistance training rather than walking, and performing it around 2 to 3 days per week.
The study also found that longer training duration correlated with increased strength gains, although muscle size improvements did not show a clear relationship with training length.]

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