INTRODUCTION
hypertrophy
HYPERTROPHY
It is well known that resistance training promotes increases muscle strength and mass and that these outcomes are conferred through neural and musculoskeletal adaptations (Sartori et al., While training at or near failure may negatively affects motor unit characteristics and lead to suboptimal strength outcomes (Carroll et al., Given the knowledge gaps discussed above, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether 5 weeks of resistance training near failure (i.e., 0–1 repetitions in reserve per set or “low‐RIR training”) versus ceasing sets 4–6 repetitions short of failure (i.e., “high‐RIR training”) differentially affected strength, hypertrophy, and motor unit characteristics. Herein, resistance‐trained males (