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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 the abstract summary - full study details were not available)
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The study says that squeezing blood flow during light exercise can still help muscles grow, even if the usual reasons (like burn or fiber use) aren’t strong—because swollen muscle cells might be enough to trigger growth.
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