Getting started in the gym, beginner athletes look forward to when their muscles begin to increase in volume. In the everyday life of an ordinary person who does not exert significant physical effort, the muscle mass remains almost unchanged. However, the plasticity of muscle tissue is very significant, so with the right approach to training, after a few months of training, you can see how the muscles grow.
How muscles grow
Strength load leads to significant changes in the protein metabolism of muscle tissue. Protein synthesis in particular increases during the rest period that follows exercise. The muscles worked out in the course of specially selected exercises respond to the load in the next one to two days, in contrast to traditional types of physical activity.
The muscles of a trained athlete have a higher energy potential, and biochemical processes in them are much more efficient and stronger than in a person who does not work with weights. Regular training with significant weight leads to the growth of muscle fibers, strengthening of the skeletal system and tendons.
Athletic gymnastics literally makes a person stronger.
The mechanism of muscle fiber formation is very complex and not fully understood. It was found that directly during exercise with large weights, the muscles are partially destroyed. And during the rest period following a workout, fibers are not only restored in volume, but also begin to grow. This process is called supercompensation. This phenomenon lies not only in tissue growth, but also in improving their quality, flexibility and elasticity.
All muscle fibers are entangled in a dense network of small blood vessels. Such an impressive number of capillaries makes it possible to very quickly bring blood streams containing nutrients and oxygen to the tissues. The blood vessels also carry away their waste products.
At the moment of application of the force load, almost all capillaries open, so that the amount of blood going to the muscle tissues is several times greater than the volume of blood flow observed at rest.
Strength Training Tips
For muscles to grow more efficiently, they need a certain rhythm of work. Not every strength load will necessarily lead to muscle growth. Many years of experience of athletes suggests that the best results in terms of increasing muscle mass are observed when the weight of the projectile allows you to perform eight to ten repetitions before muscle failure occurs. The number of approaches to the projectile should be within three to five times.
Over time, there comes a point when it becomes easier and easier to perform the exercise with the initially selected weight. In this case, it is imperative to apply the method of progressively increasing the load, gradually increasing the weight of the projectile. If the load is not changed upward, the muscles get used to it, and the growth of fibers stops. Effective tissue growth is also observed when different muscle groups are worked out sequentially on different days, and not immediately in one workout.
