The Claim

In healthy young men, performing 300 maximal eccentric quadriceps contractions immediately before 7 days of unilateral leg immobilization is associated with higher daily myofibrillar protein synthesis (MyoPS) rates during the first 2 days of disuse compared to no prior exercise, with MyoPS rates 48% greater in the exercised leg (2.57 ± 0.22 vs. 1.89 ± 0.21%·day⁻¹), suggesting that prior muscle-damaging exercise transiently elevates protein synthesis during early disuse.

Source: Muscle damaging eccentric exercise attenuates disuse-induced declines in daily myofibrillar protein synthesis and transiently prevents muscle atrophy in healthy men

What the research says

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In plain English

If young, healthy guys do a tough leg workout right before having one leg immobilized for a week, their muscles in that leg keep building protein faster for the first couple of days compared to if they didn’t exercise first.

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In healthy young men, performing 300 maximal eccentric quadriceps contractions immediately before 7 days of unilateral leg immobilization is associated with higher daily myofibrillar protein synthesis (MyoPS) rates during the first 2 days of disuse compared to no prior exercise, with MyoPS rates 48% greater in the immobilized leg (2.57 ± 0.22 vs. 1.89 ± 0.21%·day⁻¹), suggesting prior muscle-damaging exercise transiently elevates protein synthesis during early disuse.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Muscle damaging eccentric exercise attenuates disuse-induced declines in daily myofibrillar protein synthesis and transiently prevents muscle atrophy in healthy men

    The study found that doing intense leg exercises before immobilizing a leg helps keep muscle-building activity higher for the first couple of days, just like the claim says.

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