If I do (for example) 10 squats 5 times over the space of the day, is that just as good as going 50 squats once a day? Why or why not?
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It won’t be the same, as a huge part of building muscle requires “time under tension” or the time, that a muscle is straining. You know that burning feeling you get on the last few reps of an exercise? Those few reps are the most efficient when trying to build muscle. If you do 10 squats and then stop for an hour, you’re never going to reach the actual hard part of the exercise, therefore not pushing your body to build more muscle.
Training works, because you’re giving your brain a repeated signal saying “Hey we’re doing something that’s really hard right now, some more muscle would be useful”, so your body starts building more muscle fibres. If you’re not doing something hard, your body doesn’t need to adjust.
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