Physiological stimuli necessary for muscle hypertrophy

• Main Authors: Hayao Ozaki (Author), Takashi Abe (Author), Alan E. Mikesky (Author), Akihiro Sakamoto (Author), Shuichi Machida (Author), Hisashi Naito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper reviews the existing literature about muscle hypertrophy resulting from various types of training to document the significance of mechanical and metabolic stresses, and to challenge the conventional ideas of achieving hypertrophy that exclusively rely on high-load resistance training. Low...