Muscle Damage and Hypertrophy: The More, the Better?
by Yann Le Meur, PhD
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June 2017
There is a sound theoretical rationale supporting a potential role for muscle damages in the hypertrophic response, but a cause-effect relationship directly linking these gains to muscle damage is yet to be established. If such a relationship does in fact exist, it is not clear as to what extent of damage is optimal for inducing maximum muscle growth.
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Yann Le Meur is a French sport scientist with research interests in performance analysis, training methodology, prevention of overreaching, and recove ...
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