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Why your muscles look bigger after just a few workouts
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The development of skeletal muscle hypertrophy through resistance training: the role of muscle damage and muscle protein synthesis
doi:10.1007/s00421-017-3792-91%
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Methodology score · 1/100
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What’s the bottom line?
When you start lifting weights, your muscles swell up at first because they get damaged and hold fluid — not because they're growing. After about 10 workouts, they start to grow a little. But real, lasting growth only kicks in after about 18 workouts. Also, you don't need to feel sore to grow...
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