Comparison of Traditional and Advanced Resistance Training Paradigms on Muscle Hypertrophy in Trained Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Participants’ characteristics, training status, and strength level.

Study	Participants	RT experience	Initial strength level	Training status reported in the study	Training status according to Rhea [38]
Amirthalingam 2017	Nineteen healthy males were randomly assigned to either TRAD (n = 9) or GVT (n = 10)	TRAD: 4.8 ± 4.8 years. GVT: 3.5 ± 1.0 years. More than 1 year, 3 months consistently	Not reported, but according to data, the RS on the bench press was ∼1.0	Healthy men	Untrained to highly trained
Angleri 2017	Thirty-two men (16 legs in CP, 16 in DS, and 32 in TRAD)	6.4 ± 2.0 years	Squat RS > 1.3	Well-trained young men	Recreationally to highly trained
Branderburg 2002	Eighteen university-aged male subjects: TRAD (n = 10); EO (n = 8)	At least 1 year	Bench press RS > 1.0	Trained individuals	Recreationally trained
Enes 2021	Twenty-eight healthy males: TRAD (n = 9); DS (n = 9); RP (n = 10)	TRAD: 4.4 ± 0.7 years; DS: 5.6 ± 1.5 years; RP: 5.2 ± 2.2 years. At least 2 years	RS on the squat: TRAD = 1.6 ± 0.2; DS = 1.7 ± 0.2; RP = 1.7 ± 0.2	Resistance-trained males	Recreationally trained
Fisher 2014	Forty-one participants: control (n = 3 men and 5 women); TRAD (n = 4 men and 13 women); PE (n = 2 men and 12 women)	At least 6 months	Not reported	Trained participants	Untrained
Fisher 2016 A	Fifty-nine participants: TRAD (n = 10 men/9 women); EO (n = 10 men/10 women); SS (n = 10 men/10 women)	At least 6 months	Not reported	Trained participants	Untrained
Fisher 2016 B	Thirty-six subjects: TRAD (n = 6 men and 5 women); DS (n = 3 men and 8 women); HDS (n = 2 men and 12 women)	At least 6 months	Not reported	Trained males and females	Untrained
Hackett 2018	Twelve healthy males: TRAD (n = 6) and GVT (n = 6)	More than 1 year, 3 months consistently	Not reported, but according to data, the RS on the bench press was ∼1.0	Healthy males	Untrained to recreationally trained
Prestes 2019	Eighteen subjects (14 males and 4 females): TRAD (n = 9) and RP (n = 9)	More than 1 year	Not reported, but according to data, the RS on the bench press was ∼1.1	Trained subjects	Recreationally trained
Walker 2016	Twenty-eight men: TRAD (n = 10), EO (n = 10), and control (n = 8)	0.5–6 years; 2.6 ± 2.2 years	Not reported	Strength-trained men	Untrained to highly trained

TRAD: traditional resistance training; GVT: German volume training; RS: relative strength; EO: eccentric overload; DS: drop-set; RP: rest-pause; PE: pre-exhaustion; SS: super slow; HDS: heavy DS;  = groups not considered in the calculation of standardized mean difference.