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muscle repair/ water gain

Kipperdog123
Kipperdog123 Posts: 59
edited January 11 in Health and Weight Loss
When you work out a lot, do your muscles repair themselves by retaining water in the little crevices of the muscles? This is what I heard. And is there a subsequent weight gain because of this?

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  • Goal_Line
    Goal_Line Posts: 474 Member
    yes. The day after a hard heavy lift I can be up as much as 5 lbs.
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