When undertaking any form of training the body becomes damaged in the process, some fibres are exhausted while others are torn. The body then naturally repairs the affected areas, however during the repairing phase it overcompensates. This is known as the ‘training effect’. The result is that the damaged areas are now stronger when fully healed, meaning the same work can be performed with less effort. This is then a continuous affect so once the fibres are re-damaged they are re-healed stronger and as a result overall strength increases. As the muscle fibres gets stronger they become bigger and therefore the overall size of the muscle or muscle group increases.

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