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By: Felipe De la GarzaIB Sports, Exercise, and Health Science
11th grade
What happens to muscles when a weightlifter becomes
sedentary
Weightlifter before
• Damage muscle fibers
• When these repair themselves, they grow
• You get stronger
• Loss of aesthetics
• Decrease strength
Atrophy
• Muscle atrophy is the wasting or loss of muscle tissue.
• http://livehealthy.chron.com/happens-muscles-weight-lifter-becomes-sedentary-4411.html
• http://www.livescience.com/32312-how-many-muscles-does-a-human-have.html
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003188.htm