A 1999 USA study had men trained eccentric bicep curls and found signs of damage and swelling persisted for 7 days, but once it subsided muscle volume actually decreased to 10% of what it was before training and remained smaller for numerous further weeks, suggesting excessive muscle damage may be counterproductive for hypertrophy.
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“a 1999 USA study had men trained eccentric bicep curls with these variables and found signs of damage and swelling persisted for seven days after the session but once it subsided muscle volume actually decreased to 10 percent of what it was before training”
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