NEWS YOU CAN USE: Training For Gains: High Intensity, Low Volume Strength Gains Stick. Low Intensity, High Volume Gains Don’t, But They Come With Significant Improvements in Body Comp. “The actual intention of the researchers was not to compare the muscle and strength gains during the six-week training program, but their persistence. Accordingly, the all-important question was what would happen, when the subjects resumed their normal active, but not necessarily resistance trained lifestyle after a 2-week lay-off of any type of systematic (training stoppage).”