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Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts

Professor of kinesiology at Auburn University specializing in skeletal muscle physiology and hypertrophy

Jul 8, 2026

3:45
So I'll set, set you up that way, and I'll let you lead from there.
3:48
Okay.
3:49
Sounds good.
3:49
So how does muscle grow? Uh, the simple answer is mechanical overload.
3:55
You will see that in the literature time and time again, which is to say that weight training for humans, um, or very, very intricate models in rodents will allow the muscle to grow.
4:04
So, uh, when we say mechanical overload, if, if any of your viewers, uh, read that, we're, we're referring to resistance training in, in the human.
4:13
Consistent resistance training, uh, and we'll get into programming, not my forte.
5:54
Hmm.

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