The Claim
Even though the muscles got bigger after the exercise, the number of special repair cells and nuclei inside the muscle fibers didn’t go up — meaning the growth happened without these typical building mechanisms.
What the research says
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Even though the muscles got bigger after the exercise, the number of special repair cells and nuclei inside the muscle fibers didn’t go up — meaning the growth happened without these typical building mechanisms.
See the scientific wording
Six weeks of low-load blood flow-restricted resistance exercise does not increase muscle stem cell content or myonuclear number in healthy older adults aged 56–75, despite inducing muscle fiber hypertrophy.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that older adults got stronger and their muscles grew bigger after a simple, low-intensity workout with restricted blood flow—but their muscle cells didn’t add more nuclei or stem cells, which means the growth happened without changing the muscle’s basic cellular structure.
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