The ‘use it or lose it’ theory has changed: A surprising way your muscles respond to exercise

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By Sara Middleton, staff writer

(NaturalHealth365) “Use it or lose it.” You’ve heard that saying before. Simply put, if you don’t exercise – for a long enough period of time – your muscles will lose their strength and all your hard work (previously done) in training and recovery will be for nothing.

But, wait a minute: this is only true to an extent. New information revealed in a breaking new review from Frontiers in Physiology adds an important nuance to this well-known adage. The authors of the review propose a better way to say it: “Use it …read more

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