ELI5- Do muscles grow and physically appear during a workout or do the effects take place in the time afterwards?

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I’ve wondered this for so long but don’t know how to articulate it well and also feel like it’s potentially a very dumb question but thought this would be a good place to ask it.

Essentially- while I’m working out, are the muscles building themselves during that time or is it a situation where you’d be able to see the effects afterwards like in the coming days? I hope that makes sense.

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your muscles tighten and look bigger during the workout because blood is flowing to them so you can do all the excerises, also you create micro tears on your muscles, with the right diet and working out constantly causes your body to repair those tears better than how they where before

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