“…A total of 747 healthy men and women with an average age of 23.4 ± 3.0 yr participated in the included studies. Seventeen studies compared low- versus high-load resistance training ( 2 , 5 , 6 , 33 , 34 , 36 , 38 , 39 , 42 – 46 , 49 – 51 , 53 ), four compared low- versus moderate-load ( 35 , 40 , 47 , 52 ), five compared moderate- versus high-load ( 7 , 32 , 37 , 41 , 48 ), and two studies compared low- versus moderate- versus high-load ( 3 , 4 ). Most of the studies involved men (19 of 28, or 67.9% [ 2 – 7 , 34 , 38 – 42 , 44 – 48 , 53 ]) and untrained participants (21 of 28, or 75.0% [ 2 – 6 , 32 – 39 , 42 , 44 – 46 , 49 – 52 ]; Table S2, Supplemental Digital Content 2, characteristics of included studies, http://links.lww.com/MSS/C234 ).…”