
Why muscles aren't torn down and built back bigger
The HyPaultrophy podcast
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The Role of Satellite Cells in Muscle Growth
In order to create a significant increase in the size of the muscle fiber, we have to obviously add more nuclear to that muscle fiber. That means we do need satellite cells for hypertrophy to a certain extent. But what we notice is that we can create a very strong satellite cell response anytime we create muscle damage even if there is no hypertrophy being stimulated whatsoever.
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