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Re:Sports supplement creatine makes no difference to muscle ... by Frost1x on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @10:59PM (#43564206)
Repping to failure has potential ethical implications?

Reps to failure can be done pretty darn safely with machines and incredibly low risk of injury if done on the higher rep ranges (say 20 per set). You’re not going to get rid or risk of injury but in order to even do this study, my opinion is you have to be at a normal level of injury risk or the study is pretty much flawed by design.

Re:Sports supplement creatine makes no difference to muscle ... by n4r9 on Thursday April 03, 2025 @03:37AM (#43566149)
Whilst safer in the short term, 20-rep machine sets are not a great way to build muscle. Perhaps something in the middle like a smith machine is best.