"Myosin filaments" refers to tiny protein structures found in muscle cells that are responsible for muscle contraction.
Full definition
Myofibrillar hypertrophy is an increase in the number and size of the actin and
myosin filaments within muscle tissue.
Titin ensures that the actin and
myosin filaments of a sarcomere are positioned correctly and re-adjusts the sarcomere to its original length after muscle activity,» explains structural biologist Kristina Djinović - Carugo.
Myofibrils, the functional units of myocytes, composed of actin and
myosin filaments spanning the length of the muscle cell, do not serve as substrate for the proteasome in their native state (45).
For the science geeks, this is an increase in the number and size of the actin and
myosin filaments within a muscle.
Muscles that have been trained either in a bodybuilding or strength training fashion, respond to the training stimulus by increasing the number of the contractile parts, which are actually actin and
myosin filaments.
These contain even smaller structures called actin and
myosin filaments.
Rodent studies show that the number of titin filaments that surround
each myosin filament can increase after exercise training (Bellafiore et al. 2009; Hidalgo et al. 2014; Krüger & Kötter, 2016), and this would be expected to increase titin - based stiffness, thereby increasing force during lengthening contractions (Lindstedt et al. 2001; Hidalgo et al. 2014).