Deconditioning?

[silver_shadow]

so are you an alter then?

 

[Guinness5.0]

but fake mass, would be mass that you can't maintain w/out following a %/peak routine. a week at high reps and the mass is gone....comprende'

I've been using nothing less than 12 reps for the last two weeks. Before that I was using a PL protocol where I focused on singles for the main lifts and did accessory work in the 5-ish rep range. I have yet to deflate and based on past experience it's not a concern.

There are two main types of hypertrophy: myofibral and sarcoplasmic. Myofibril is growth of the muscle fibers themselves and is best stimulated in the lower rep ranges (4-8 is what I've seen as the example, though I would guess that there is some individual variance, not to mention the role workload plays, but I digress). Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is growth of areas of the cells that fuel work. This is typically said to be stimulated in the higher rep ranges and is heavily influenced by the diet (i.e. why people look so flat when carb depleted then swell right back up after a carb-up).

The funny thing about your comments is that it's widely accepted that myofibral hypertrophy is 'real' gain that sticks around longer and is more responsible for strength gains, while sarcoplasmic hypertrophy can diminish and return based on diet and other factors.

So basically what you said is completely wrong and you stated it as though it were written in stone by God himself.

I'm gonna pass on the diet/training advice. But thanks for the offer

 

[jochensa]

dont you have a guiness to drink? anyway i think you may read too much bro. thank you for the cut and paste tho. the % of strength loss really cant be compared. in reality your overall (low rep) will not be affected should you stop training. and of course you will lose reps if you stop training and look like shit after. high reps are used to acheive a big look that stays thru conditioning. if you stop you lose the look. so my point being you overall strength will not be affected as a whole if you switch to high reps from low reps. but you will appear to deflate, or lose size in the mirror, its inevitable (spelling police shove it). 2 diff types of training, mine yeilds better long term results.

 

[silver_shadow]

and which is why you look like you run marathons! oh i forgot! those are before pics...! lmao!

 

[jochensa]

my before pic yes haha. hey if 6'2" 225 is scrawy then yes i run marathons.

 

[mad dipz]

first oceano, and now this guy

 

[blut wump]

lol @ 6'2" 225. You must have heavy feet.

 

[silver_shadow]

naw he's just dense!

 

[jochensa]

in that pic yep....i shit you not. not feet big legs, i work on getting them smaller, doesnt work

 

[Guinness5.0]

in that pic yep....i shit you not. not feet big legs, i work on getting them smaller, doesnt work

Take your own advice: just do some low rep work for a while, then do high reps for a week and watch 'em deflate .