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Also if two people have exact genetics, twins for example, and one has specifically trained his body for max weight, it is very likely that his nervous system recruits more muscle fibers than his brother (or sister). So if one has a nervous system that recruits 10% more of his/her nervous...

I'm glad it is working out for you Tweakle. Some people are capable of both, as I have been doing so for years. Probably more years than you have been out of Jr. High, if you are that old.

I think everybody should stop posting in this thread, it is getting too long and deviating from the orginal topic.

Yes, that is true, but it doesn't take massive amounts of energy. Less than a calorie.

Yes, but is has been shown often that those that can squat 400lbs for 20+ reps often have trouble with as much more weight as 50lbs. Muscular endurance is the same thing as maximal force output.

Yes, but your claim that it takes a lot of energy to form contractile protein chains has yet to be backed by any evidence. The fact that this can happen in short deprevational periods is evidence that large amounts of food is not necessary. The rest of your post is rather interesting, but...

Very well then, bolding mine:

Didn't claim that my way was the only way of gaining strength, I am only claiming there are OTHER ways of gaining strength, ways of gaining strength that is more efficient for a given task. Bodybuilders don't compete for strength like OL or powerlifters so just lifting to gain some size is OK...

Debaser: well, sarcomere fibers are the contractile muscle fibers, the one that actually do the work, yes. However, look into muscle fiber recruitment patterns for other mechanisms of strength gains.

casualbb: You mean this study? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12436270&dopt=Abstract Eur J Appl Physiol. 2002 Nov;88(1-2):50-60. Epub 2002 Aug 15. Related Articles, Links Muscular adaptations in response to three different...

I didn't say that sarcomere hypertrophy doesn't occur while bulking, only that bulking itsn't necessary for it to occur.

From the OP: I then asked him if his opinion on the two types of hypertrophy and got no response. I took this as a negative. Sarcomere energy doesn't take that much energy. (relatively) The purpose of bulking is what I said: getting to body to realize there is an abundance of nutriants and...

Obviously Oly lifters as a general rule do not "bulk" like bodybuilders, so in that case you are right, however, the purpose of bulking is to build sarcoplasmic hypertrophy and keep glycogen replentished. So in that case, they eat less. That isn't diet manipulation any more than me not eating...

Some other links that support my argument and debunk debasers outrageous claims that muscle fiber types and differing types of hypertrophy exist: http://www.weighttrainersunited.com/hypertrophy.html http://www.engr.mun.ca/~butt/training/growth2.html...

Olypic lifters are smaller because they train for sarcomere hypertrophy, not sarcoplasmic hypertrophy (the non contractile proteins) From here: http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/hypertrophy.txt OPTIMUM, NOT MAXIMUM, HYPERTROPHY In both Olympic lifting and powerlifting, optimal and not...