Mechanisms of resistance exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy: 'You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs'

Benoit Smeuninx^{1

2}, James McKendry^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
² MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham, UK.

Comment

Benoit Smeuninx et al. J Physiol. 2016.

. 2016 Dec 15;594(24):7159-7160.

doi: 10.1113/JP273343.

Benoit Smeuninx^{1

2}, James McKendry^{1

2}

¹ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.
² MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham, UK.

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Resistance training-induced changes in integrated myofibrillar protein synthesis are related to hypertrophy only after attenuation of muscle damage.
Damas F, Phillips SM, Libardi CA, Vechin FC, Lixandrão ME, Jannig PR, Costa LA, Bacurau AV, Snijders T, Parise G, Tricoli V, Roschel H, Ugrinowitsch C. Damas F, et al. J Physiol. 2016 Sep 15;594(18):5209-22. doi: 10.1113/JP272472. Epub 2016 Jul 9. J Physiol. 2016. PMID: 27219125 Free PMC article.

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