News Finding: More evidence for weak correlations between acute hormonal responses &amp; resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass 
Paper Finding: Acute hormonal responses were correlated with gains in lean body mass (LBM), muscle fibre cross-sectional area (CSA) and leg press strength.
News Context: More evidence for weak correlations between acute hormonal responses &amp; resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass 
Paper Context: Acute hormonal responses were correlated with gains in lean body mass (LBM), muscle fibre cross-sectional area (CSA) and leg press strength. There were no significant correlations between the exercise-induced elevations (area under the curve-AUC) of GH, fT and IGF-1 and gains in LBM or leg press strength. Significant correlations were found for cortisol, usually assumed to be a hormone indicative of catabolic drive, AUC with change in LBM (r = 0.29, P \ 0.05) and type II fibre CSA (r = 0.35, P \ 0.01) as well as GH AUC and gain in fibre area (type I: r = 0.36, P = 0.006; type II: r = 0.28, P = 0.04, but not lean mass).