Protein and Improved Leg Press Strength

• Does Protein Ingestion Timing Affect Exercise-Induced Adaptations? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-06-21
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 17(13)
  • • Rafael A Casuso
    • Lennert Goossens

  • PubMed: 40647175
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17132070

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Leg Press Strength

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  For the leg press exercise, consuming protein before training increased the RM more than after training (SMD: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.005 to 1.388; I² = 31%, p = 0.048).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  Not specified in abstract