Dr. Martin Picard

In an Austrian accent.

Yes.

So if you direct energy towards a muscle, then one way to direct energy is to resist the energy flow and then to let go.

And that's what exercise fundamentally is.

You resist the energy flow and then you let go.

When you resist energy too much, it feels uncomfortable, which is the burning pain.

And then when you let go is when growth and

uh, you know, building can happen.

Uh, and we know the same thing happens like everywhere.

This is, this is not like a mysterious thing of the muscle and like of exercise, uh, you know, physiology.

This is a fundamental biological principle.

If you flow energy in one area.

then it will grow.

It will get better.

It will get more efficient.

And if you block energy flow to one area, like you block blood flow, for example, or you get an accident and the nerve gets damaged, then the muscle doesn't contract anymore.

You're basically blocking the flow of energy there.

And what happens?

It atrophies.

Atrophy is a normal movement of life when energy flow decreases.