Chris and I cover the myth behind the repeated phrase that "muscles grow from microtears" or "microtrauma" and that "muscles are torn down and built back bigger. We also cover why satellite cell proliferation an increase in myonuclear domain do not mean more hypertrophy or even an increase in muscle growth potential.

Check out Chris' Patreon covering the studies mentioned here and others -

https://www.patreon.com/posts/podcast-4-muscle-82230019

You can find Chris on his social and publications here -

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisabeardsley/?hl=en

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/SandCResearch

Twitter - https://twitter.com/SandCResearch

You can find Paul on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/liftrunbang1/?hl=en

And his hypertrophy training groups here -

Yoke Squad - https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/lift-run-bang

Valkyrie - https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/the-valkyrie

Garage Gangsters - https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/garage-gangsters

Garage Gals - https://marketplace.trainheroic.com/workout-plan/team/garage-gals