The Claim

Twelve weeks of resistance training increases the number of capillaries per muscle fiber in both type I and type II muscle fibers of the biceps brachii in college-aged men, with measured increases from 4.9 ± 0.6 to 5.5 ± 0.7 in type I fibers and from 5.1 ± 0.8 to 6.2 ± 0.7 in type II fibers, while capillaries per unit area remain unchanged, suggesting that capillary growth is proportional to muscle fiber hypertrophy.

Source: Muscle fiber hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and capillary density in college men after resistance training.

What the research says

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In plain English

Lifting weights for three months increases the number of tiny blood vessels in arm muscles of young men, and the growth keeps up with how much the muscle fibers get bigger.

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Twelve weeks of resistance training increases capillaries per muscle fiber in both type I and type II fibers of the biceps brachii in college men, with type I increasing from 4.9 ± 0.6 to 5.5 ± 0.7 and type II from 5.1 ± 0.8 to 6.2 ± 0.7, while capillaries per unit area remain unchanged, indicating capillary growth is proportional to fiber hypertrophy.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Muscle fiber hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and capillary density in college men after resistance training.

    The study looked at college men doing 12 weeks of weight training and found their muscle fibers got bigger and had more capillaries around them, just like the claim says. The number of capillaries per area didn’t change, meaning the blood supply grew along with the muscle.

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