The Claim

mTORC1 signaling is activated by resistance exercise in human skeletal muscle and contributes to increased muscle protein synthesis, but acute increases in mTORC1 activity are not consistently correlated with long-term muscle hypertrophy.

Source: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review of Mechanisms of Resistance Exercise–Induced Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy

What the research says

Roughly balanced

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How it works
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In plain English

When you lift weights, your muscles turn on a specific molecular switch called mTORC1, which helps build more muscle protein. But just because this switch flips on right after a workout doesn’t mean you’ll definitely get bigger muscles over time—it doesn’t always line up.

See the scientific wording

mTORC1 signaling is activated by resistance exercise in human skeletal muscle and contributes to increased muscle protein synthesis, but acute increases in mTORC1 activity are not consistently correlated with long-term muscle hypertrophy.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review of Mechanisms of Resistance Exercise–Induced Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy

    This study says lifting weights turns on a muscle-growth signal (mTORC1) and helps muscles get bigger short-term, but just having a big spike in that signal doesn’t always mean you’ll get much bigger muscles over time — which is exactly what the claim says.

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