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		sofuture on Aug 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weig... Right. Muscles either grow, or don't grow. There's is no 'grow but only in a way that is toning and not actually growing bigger and stronger'. It's absurd how prevalent of a myth that is.

gaius on Aug 14, 2010 [–]

Not a simple as that. There is sarcoplasma volume and myofibril density. It depends on what your goal is.

But if you are training in the hypertrophy range and getting stronger, then you must be getting bigger.

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