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Are you saying that lifting weights makes more muscle fibers? I was under the impression it does not, that it simply makes your existing muscle fibers bigger and stronger.


The main muscle fiber cells don't divide (usually), but satellite cells reproduce. Those fuse with the fibers though.

Though the science is not completely established here and there are some exceptions (obvious ones like cancer, etc...)




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