From what I learned, building muscle is essentially working them until there’s microtears, and said microtears repair themselves and become bigger/stronger than before. Since this is the case, why can’t we give ourselves microtears using some tiny sharp object and build our muscle that way?
In: Biology
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Last year, u/math2ndperiod offered a great answer to this by answering a similar question in this sub. I recommend you go check out that top comment of theirs.
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