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