Would working out make you more susceptible to cancer given that you undergo much more cell division to gain muscle mass?

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Would working out make you more susceptible to cancer given that you undergo much more cell division to gain muscle mass?

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Answer 1

No, for one very simple reason. You do not actually produce more muscle cells as a result of working out.

Muscle cells are very complex and very large cells that are formed by smaller cells joining together. This only really happens during development so you don’t go producing more cells later on. Instead each of those cells grows larger and more robust.