muscle growth
Building body strength
Muscle growth is the increase in size or mass of skeletal muscle tissue, typically through exercise and adequate protein intake.
The process involves microscopic damage to muscle fibers during resistance training, followed by repair that leaves them larger and stronger.
Also called hypertrophy in fitness and medical contexts: He adjusted his diet to maximize muscle growth.
- compound exercisesMovements using multiple joints
- amino acidsOrganic compounds forming proteins
- resistance trainingExercise against opposing force
- progressive overloadIncreasing exercise demands over time
- protein synthesisAssembling amino acid chains
hypertrophy · anabolic · periodization · bodybuilding · gym bro · glutamine · leucine · macronutrients · protein · dumbbells · strength · flex · testosterone · overload · reps · training · newbie gains · vascularity
- pubertypuberty, voice cracking, adolescence, body hair, pubic hair
- growthgrow, increase, increasing, expansion, expand
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, teen, adolescent
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- health benefitsheart health, brain health, immune boost, immunity, digestion
- transformationchange, metamorphosis, morphing, shape-shifting, shapeshifting
muscle tissue change
muscle growthmuscle atrophy
Shrinkage from disuse
muscle wasting · muscle breakdown · cachexia · muscular dystrophy · muscle weakness