Increased muscle mass. How and why do muscles grow?

The main factors influencing the growth of muscle mass and the formation of successful muscle development in bodybuilding are considered to be:

1. stimulation muscle fiber,
2. overcompensation.

Now let's look at them in more detail:
Stimulation your muscles to growth occurs when your training takes place in quite severe and intense form, which forces the muscles, in response to the stress received during training, to respond to this with their own increase in size and becoming stronger.

Factor "overcompensation" directly related to the anatomical ability of our body to restoration. In fact, recovery is a series of chemical reactions that occur within the body that your body needs to compensate for the losses incurred during training. What kind of losses are these? In the process of intense, heavy physical activity, our muscles are destroyed. The fact is that the cells of our muscle fibers (myofibrils) die en masse, receiving a significant load. Our body senses these losses and, over time, makes up for them thanks to its ability to recover. But at the same time, the body understands that the available number of myofibrils is not enough and, having made up for all losses, makes an additional reserve. That is, it recreates as many of them as there were before, but plus some small amount “in reserve.” This ability of our body to fully recover and additionally store for the future is called “overcompensation.”

A balanced diet, adequate sleep, rest, its quality and duration - these are main factors, promoting the speedy recovery of the body.

The experience of many years of research on various people shows that a person’s ability to restoration does not increase at all in direct proportion to its strength. It has been established that, for example, a man with average natural abilities has the opportunity to increase his strength by 2.5-3 times before reaching his peak. potential opportunities. Accordingly, a woman - 2 times. Unlike strength, potential recovery not adapted to such giant leaps. So, the stronger you become, the more time and attention you need to pay to your ability to recover.