Hyperplasia

[Charlie_Francis]

@Dazed

Academically speaking, why wouldn’t a muscle undergo hyperplasia? I mean as a muscle cell grows larger, the surface area to volume ratio increases and I would think that this would result in a lower efficiency of nutrient transport making it harder to support the tissue that already exists. Is this perhaps a reasonfor body builders plateauing?

In a more applied setting, what ramifications does this have for the transport of waste product out of the muscle cell?

I think this is a very good point and not the only one.
Why wouldn’t muscles tear more often as athletes improve if the only means to greater power is increased contractile volume?
The human body is amazingly adaptive so why not hyperplasia?
I’ve always assumed it because it seems the likeliest scenario.