Men's Fitness Guide

BIGGER & STRONGER

Your body is a clever old thing. The process of muscle growth is essentially your body's response to the stress of weight training. It thinks, ‘That was hard. I'd better do something about it so it's not as difficult next time.’

When you perform resistance exercises, microscopic tears occur in your muscles. Your body responds to

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