The 3 Mechanisms of Hypertrophy | ETP#59

Today’s episode is inspired by a recent Instagram post from Aaron
comparing two recent DEXA scans. On the surface, it looks like
muscle mass was lost…but was that truly the case? Can hypertrophy
training mechanism temporarily shift the measurable amount of
lean body mass?


In this episode we introduce and cover the two types of muscle
hypertrophy, myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic. As well as the three
main mechanisms of action that drive muscle hypertrophy.


  


Three Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy:


1. Mechanical Tension: Heavy weights, in a controlled manner,
through a full range of motion


2. Metabolic Stress: short overload; higher reps, metabolites in
muscle, supersets etc…


3. Muscle Damage: lengthened overload = damage but is that a good
thing?


 


Two Types of Muscle Hypertrophy:


1. Myofibrillar Hypertrophy.
Building bigger/stronger muscle fibers


2. Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy.
Accumulating more fluid in the muscles (glycogen; pump) *what you
lose when taking time off, not actual muscle.   



Thanks for listening.



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