ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
Intramuscular Anabolic Signaling and Endocrine Response Following Resistance Exercise: Implications for Muscle Hypertrophy.
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- Chronic Effects of Static Stretching Exercises on Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Transcriptomic adaptation during skeletal muscle habituation to eccentric or concentric exercise training.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
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- Intramuscular MAPK signaling following high volume and high intensity resistance exercise protocols in trained men.European journal of applied physiology · 2016Trial
- Associations of exercise frequency and type with trajectories of daily activity limitations among older adults in the UK.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of an acute bout of endurance eccentric exercise on exerkines production in healthy males.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Physiological and Recovery Responses to Dietary Polyphenols in the Context of Exercise: Relevance for Muscle Aging and Sarcopenia.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Longitudinal outcomes associated with structured exercise and dietary and microbiota-targeted care in patients with diabetic sarcopenia: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Strength gains and distinct acute blood lactate responses induced by stepwise load reduction training in healthy males.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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- Methylglyoxal reduces resistance exercise-induced protein synthesis and anabolic signaling in rat tibialis anterior muscle.Journal of muscle research and cell motility · 2024Article
- The Effect of Resistance Training with Outdoor Fitness Equipment on the Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Physical Health of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Low-Load, High-Repetition Resistance Training on Maximum Muscle Strength and Muscle Damage in Elite Weightlifters: A Preliminary Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Time to consider the potential role of alternative resistance training methods in cancer management?Journal of sport and health science · 2023Review
- Polyamines and Physical Activity in Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Potential Therapeutic Challenge.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Role of Muscle LIM Protein in Mechanotransduction Process.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Protein signalling in response to ex vivo dynamic contractions is independent of training status in rat skeletal muscle.Experimental physiology · 2022Article
- Blood-Flow-Restriction-Training-Induced Hormonal Response is not Associated with Gains in Muscle Size and Strength.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
- Myokines and Resistance Training: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Maintaining skeletal muscle mass and function is critical for disease prevention, mobility and quality of life, and whole-body metabolism. Resistance exercise is known to be a major regulator for promoting muscle protein synthesis and muscle mass accretion. Manipulation of exercise intensity, volume, and rest elicit specific muscular adaptations that can maximize the magnitude of muscle growth. The stimulus of muscle contraction that occurs during differing intensities of resistance exercise results in varying biochemical responses regulating the rate of protein synthesis, known as mechanotransduction. At the cellular level, skeletal muscle adaptation appears to be the result of the cumulative effects of transient changes in gene expression following acute bouts of exercise. Thus, maximizing the resistance exercise-induced anabolic response produces the greatest potential for hypertrophic adaptation with training. The mechanisms involved in converting mechanical signals into the molecular events that control muscle growth are not completely understood; however, skeletal muscle protein synthesis appears to be regulated by the multi-protein phosphorylation cascade, mTORC1 (mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1). The purpose of this review is to examine the physiological response to resistance exercise, with particular emphasis on the endocrine response and intramuscular anabolic signaling through mTORC1. It appears that resistance exercise protocols that maximize muscle fiber recruitment, time-under-tension, and metabolic stress will contribute to maximizing intramuscular anabolic signaling; however, the resistance exercise parameters for maximizing the anabolic response remain unclear.
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