Hypertrophy in a sentence as a noun

If you just want to bulk up, look up hypertrophy training.

That same Rippetoe reccommends high reps if your goal is hypertrophy and you are past the novice stage.

The study is based on dietary factors, there are plenty others out there focused on strength and hypertrophy training.

Myofibrillar hypertrophy; causing the myofibrils, the structures that generate force, to grow larger.

Higher reps for hypertrophy is around 8-12 I believe, not 50+.The problem with reps at that level for me personally is that its very difficult to know where your limit is.

Hypertrophy in a sentence as a verb

Men have a greater capacity for muscular hypertrophy due to higher testosterone levels.

With respect to bodybuilders, high-rep sets provoke sarcoplasmic hypertrophy.

P90x is not the most hypertrophy inducing workout in the world by a long shot, but for fat loss, some muscle increases, vaso-dialation which will help when you go heavy again, and flexibility, it's one of my favorite "all around" programs.

This contains within it additional modalities: strength, hypertrophy, endurance, isolation, compound, plyometrics, speed / Olympic lifts, etc. Also involves progression, periodization, and micro / meso / megacycle training variation.• Prioreception / fine motor control: not entirely the same thing, but essentially training your coordination and skills.

From the wikipedia page:\n"In addition to increasing height in children and adolescents, growth hormone has many other effects on the body:\n- Increases calcium retention, and strengthens and increases the mineralization of bone\n- Increases muscle mass through sarcomere hypertrophy\n- Promotes lipolysis\n- Increases protein synthesis\n- Stimulates the growth of all internal organs excluding the brain\n- Plays a role in homeostasis\n- Reduces liver uptake of glucose\n- Promotes gluconeogenesis in the liver\n- Contributes to the maintenance and function of pancreatic islets\n- Stimulates the immune system"

Hypertrophy definitions

noun

abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

verb

undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"