You can get muscle benefits from blood flow restriction even if your muscles aren’t burning or working super hard—so something else, like cell swelling, might be doing the work. (This finding is from...

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The anabolic benefits of venous blood flow restriction training may be induced by muscle cell swelling.

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The anabolic benefits of venous blood flow restriction training may be induced by muscle cell swelling.

DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.10.014

You can get muscle benefits from blood flow restriction even if your muscles aren’t burning or working super hard—so something else, like cell swelling, might be doing the work. (This finding is from...

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The anabolic benefits of venous blood flow restriction training may be induced by muscle cell swelling.