Baseline characteristics
There were no baseline differences between training groups for select dependent variables, which are displayed in Table Baseline characteristics between groups.
Abbreviations: 1‐RM, one‐repetition maximum; cm, centimeters; F, females; high‐RIR, group training further from failure per set for exercises indicated in Table Notably, all 19 participants self‐reported resistance training for 1 year or greater (6 ± 4 years, range = 1–14 years). The men in the study possessed body mass‐normalized bench press and back squat strength values of 1.27 ± 0.23 and 1.74 ± 0.27, respectively, which (relative to prior literature) is in line with men who have prior resistance training experience (Hoeger et al., 