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Taking a low-dose aspirin every day doesn’t seem to slow down muscle growth or strength gains when young adults do weight training for 8 weeks — and they still gained about 7.5% more quad muscle size, so it might be a safer anti-inflammatory choice for lifters.
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High doses of anti‐inflammatory drugs compromise muscle strength and hypertrophic adaptations to resistance training in young adults
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2018 FebThe study found that taking a low dose of aspirin (75 mg) every day didn’t stop muscles from getting stronger or bigger during training, which supports the idea that it’s a safe option for people doing strength workouts.
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