The Claim
Antioxidant supplementation during resistance training is associated with reduced ubiquitin-proteasome pathway activity in skeletal muscle, and this reduction does not result in measurable differences in net muscle growth.
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Taking antioxidant supplements while doing resistance training is linked to lower activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in skeletal muscle, but this change does not lead to measurable differences in muscle mass gain.
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Antioxidant supplementation during resistance training is associated with reduced ubiquitin-proteasome pathway activity in skeletal muscle, which may reflect altered protein turnover dynamics, though this does not translate to measurable differences in net muscle growth.
Taking antioxidant supplements during strength training reduces the natural stress signals from molecules called ROS, which normally tell the muscle to break down old or damaged proteins. This causes less protein breakdown, but the muscle still builds new protein at the same rate, so overall muscle size doesn't change.
What the research says
1 studyTaking vitamin C and E while lifting weights lowered the body’s system that breaks down muscle proteins, but your muscles didn’t get any bigger or stronger as a result.
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