Hypertrophy Explained
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Muscle hypertrophy is a term for the growth and increase of the size of muscle cells. The most common type of muscular hypertrophy occurs as a result of physical exercise such as weightlifting, and there are two essential components necessary for the growth of muscles—stimulation and repair. In this series of videos, Colin Herbert explains what Hypertrophy is, how hypertrophy in muscles occurs, how muscle fibres grow, provides an insight into metabolic stress, and discusses muscle damage and repair through hypertrophy training.
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