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I was always taught that you get stronger when exercising because your muscles "tear" and they repair by adding new growth. Recently I learned that a certain muscle cell metastasizes, leaving one copy for future use and the other copy embeds into the muscle. What exactly happens for muscle growth?

by /u/gomi-panda in /r/askscience

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