muscle development
Getting physically stronger
Muscle development is the process of increasing muscle size, strength, or definition through exercise, nutrition, and recovery.
The term appears in fitness contexts—a workout plan designed for muscle development—and in medical or biological discussions of how muscles grow and change over time.
Also called muscle building or hypertrophy.
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- creatineMuscle energy compound
- protein synthesisAssembling amino acid chains
- slow twitchEndurance-oriented muscle fibers
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
amino acids · weightlifting · resistance training · protein shakes · lean mass · progressive overload · hyperplasia · growth hormone · tone · bulk up · pump · calisthenics · cortisol · plyometrics · leg day · shredded · weights · swole
- organogenesisneurogenesis, angiogenesis, bone formation
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- puppy raisingpuppy training, puppy food, puppy socialization, puppy classes, puppy pads
- prenatal developmentembryo, fetus, embryogenesis, organogenesis, fetal growth
- pubertypuberty, voice cracking, adolescence, growth spurts, body hair
- Drosophila geneticsMorgan, Muller, balancers, Hox genes, wingless
muscle developmentmuscle atrophy
Shrinkage from disuse
muscle wasting · muscle breakdown · muscular dystrophy · cachexia · wasting away
muscle developmentendurance training
Exercise to sustain prolonged effort
aerobic exercise · marathon training · aerobic conditioning · long-distance running · stretching
muscle developmentweight loss
Reduction in body mass
cutting · slimming down · caloric deficit · slimming · thinning