“…It is now widely accepted that resistance exercise is a powerful stimulus for satellite cell activation and proliferation (Crameri et al, 2004, 2007; O'Reilly et al, 2008; Mikkelsen et al, 2009; Babcock et al, 2012; Cermak et al, 2013) and, though subject to debate (O'Connor and Pavlath, 2007; McCarthy et al, 2011), satellite cell differentiation is probably permissive for large-scale muscle growth (Rosenblatt et al, 1994; Barton-Davis et al, 1999; Li et al, 2006; Petrella et al, 2008). While less is known about satellite cell behavior in response to endurance exercise, there is growing evidence that heavy endurance exercise can stimulate satellite cell proliferation following as little as one session (Darr and Schultz, 1987; Mackey et al, 2007) and that aerobic training programs can result in measurable increases in satellite cell number (Umnova and Seene, 1991; Charifi et al, 2003; Li et al, 2006; Verney et al, 2008; Shefer et al, 2010; Kurosaka et al, 2012; Fry et al, 2014; Hoedt et al, 2016; Murach et al, 2016). Notably, satellite cell pool expansion has been documented following aerobic training not only with- (Umnova and Seene, 1991; Charifi et al, 2003; Verney et al, 2008; Shefer et al, 2010; Fry et al, 2014; Murach et al, 2016) but also without measurable hypertrophy (Li et al, 2006; Kurosaka et al, 2012; Hoedt et al, 2016).…”