Blood Flow Restriction Does Not Augment Low Force Contractions Taken to or Near Task Failure

Low load [30% of one repetition maximum (1RM)] exercise performed to volitional failure appears to result in similar skeletal muscle adaptations as low load exercise with the addition of blood flow restriction (BFR). However, there may be a point where the training load becomes too low (<20% 1RM) to stimulate an anabolic response without the addition of BFR. PURPOSE: To examine the skeletal muscle adaptations to very low load exercise with and...