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Reproducibility and quality of hypertrophy-related training plans generated by GPT-4 and Google Gemini as evaluated by coaching experts

Tim Havers
1, 2
,
Lukas Masur
3
,
Eduard Isenmann
1, 4
,
Stephan Geisler
1
,
Christoph Zinner
5
,
Billy Sperlich
6
,
Peter Düking
3

  1. Department of Fitness and Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany
  2. Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, German
  3. Department of Sports Science and Movement Pedagogy, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
  4. Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, Institute for Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne
  5. Department of Sport, University of Applied Sciences for Police and Administration of Hesse, Wiesbaden, Germany
  6. Integrative and Experimental Exercise Science and Training, Institute of Sport Science, University of Würzburg, Germany
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):289–329
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.145911
Online publish date: 2024/12/18
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