1 CEC

By Stuart Phillips

Our understanding of why human skeletal muscle hypertrophies in response to resistance exercise has evolved tremendously in the last two to three decades. We now recognize that rises in endogenous supposedly anabolic hormones do not give rise to muscle growth. We also know that external load is not a driver of hypertrophy, so long as a high effort is exerted. Local intramuscular mechanisms dominate how muscle growth occurs. Humans’ response to mechanical loading drives intrinsic molecular-level adaptations that are core to understanding muscle hypertrophy.

Learning Objectives:

1. Uncover what factors do not drive muscle hypertrophy;
2. Learn how intrinsic versus extrinsic factors modulate muscle hypertrophy; and
3. Understand how molecular mechanisms are the keys to skeletal muscle hypertrophy.

This course includes an online video from ACSM’s Integrative Physiology of Exercise Conference and corresponding online evaluations. All course content will be presented to you electronically after your purchase. To earn your CECs, you must view the course content and complete the evaluation.

Learners must complete this course bundle within 365 days of the date of purchase. ACSM will not offer refunds, transfers or course credits for uncompleted courses prior to their expiration date.

ACSM does not allow substitutions, refunds or credits for this course.

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