Cackerot69 you seem to be the man.

[Tuna Guy]

All else being equal, if all motor units are recruited then the larger muscle will always be the strongest.

Is it me or is the board becoming really bitchy at the moment.

 

[Cackerot69]

A bigger muscle IS a stronger muscle. Period.

A stronger muscle isn't always a bigger muscle, though.

 

[Tuna Guy]

Why?

 

[Cackerot69]

Well, I shouldn't have said a stronger muscle isn't always a bigger muscles - because it is...it's just that other factors contribute to strength.

A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle because a bigger muscle will contain more actin and myosin filaments. More actin and moysin filaments means a more powerful contration because there will be more moysin heads to cross-bridge to the actin heads which set off the contraction.

 

[Robboe]

"there will be more moysin heads to cross-bridge to the actin heads which set off the contraction."

let's not go into action potentials and thresholds now Cackerot!

 

[Tuna Guy]

Assuming that its activated. Muscle is also 75% water. The protein filaments of actin and myosin unly contribute a small part of the muscles bulk.
By the way you seem very knowledgable on the subject, are you a sport science student.

 

[Robboe]

Me? hell no - I'm just a smart ass.