More specifically, we're gonna be looking at the difference between muscle hypertrophy and the process of muscle wear, tear and repair. Hypertrophy is a phenomenon while muscle wear, tear and repair is a process.
The statement, it really highlights the difference between the outcome that we see, the denser muscle fibers after wear, tear and repair of muscles fibers. And then the actual biological process that's happening, you know, behind the scenes to put on more muscle cells in body.
So, when we talk about muscle hypertrophy, what exactly is happening? What's going on at a cellular level? So, muscle hypertrophy is essentially an increase in the numbers of your muscle cells.
When you're lift weights, you're creating tiny little wears and tears in your muscle fibers. These are also known as microtrauma. And so we're damaging our muscles.
Because this microtrauma that we're talking about, it's actually what stimulates muscle fibers growth. So, your body will respond to that damage by repairing and rebuilding those muscle fibers. This is the so called process of wear and tear of muscles and their repair.
And that makes them bigger and stronger than they were before. So, it's like, we're kind of pushing our muscles just enough to spark that repair and growth process.
So, you have to make sure that you're giving your muscles enough rest and the proper nutrients to rebuild.
Proper nutrition, especially protein, provides the building blocks.
And rest gives your body that time it needs to do the construction work.
And something called progressive overload is super important for continued growth. As you get stronger. So, consistently pushing yourself.
Muscle hypertrophy is a pure science or phenomenon of consistent progression of resistance or load provided to muscles for better flow of blood and metabolites in muscles while wear tear and repair process is orchestrated carefully to damage and repair muscle fibers to ensure more dense muscle fibers.
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