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Weight Pulling
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  • skeletal muscle
  • hypertrophy
  • myonuclear accretion
  • protein synthesis
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/cells10092459

This video describes a mouse model of progressive resistance exercise that utilizes a full-body/multi-joint exercise (weight pulling) along with a training protocol that mimics a traditional human paradigm (three training sessions per week, ~8–12 repetitions per set, 2 min of rest between sets, approximately two maximal-intensity sets per session, last set taken to failure, and a progressive increase in loading that is based on the individual’s performance). Author demonstrates weight pulling can induce an increase in the mass of numerous muscles throughout the body. The relative increase in muscle mass is similar to what has been observed in human studies, and is associated with the same type of long-term adaptations that occur in humans (e.g., fiber hypertrophy, myonuclear accretion, and, in some instances, a fast-to-slow transition in Type II fiber composition). Moreover, author demonstrates that weight pulling can induce the same type of acute responses that are thought to drive these long-term adaptations (e.g., the activation of signaling through mTORC1 and the induction of protein synthesis at 1 h post-exercise). Collectively, the results of this entry indicate that weight pulling can serve as a highly translatable mouse model of progressive resistance exercise.

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Hornberger, T. Weight Pulling. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/143 (accessed on 17 January 2026).
Hornberger T. Weight Pulling. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/143. Accessed January 17, 2026.
Hornberger, Troy. "Weight Pulling" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/143 (accessed January 17, 2026).
Hornberger, T. (2021, December 15). Weight Pulling. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/143
Hornberger, Troy. "Weight Pulling." Encyclopedia. Web. 15 December, 2021.
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