does an increase in strength automatically mean size growth?

[Elite_Fry]

does an increase in strength automatically mean size growth?
because i am sooo much stronger than my friends but yet im about the same weight.. what's with this??
my diet and training is all right

 

[Scottygunz]

No, I dont think strength means size growth.

 

[bignate73]

no it doesnt. there are neural changes that show up as strength gains.

 

[CytoMel]

does an increase in strength automatically mean size growth?
because i am sooo much stronger than my friends but yet im about the same weight.. what's with this??
my diet and training is all right

Yes an increase in strength and your muscles will generally grow bigger. This probably the most basic law of weight training and thgey accompany each other. Just because you are the same size as your friends and stronger has nothing to do with you individually getting bigger after getting stronger. I bet anything that your muscles are now bigger as a result of you getting stronger.

 

[SSAlexSS]

no it doesnt. there are neural changes that show up as strength gains.

Intially yes. As you learn the exercise it becomes more natural and you use more weight.

Howeever YOU HAVE TO HAVE MUSCLE INCREASE as you strength drasticly increases.
PERIOD.

 

[Arioch]

Hey Alex,

Wanna bet?

Let's see some references.

And then explain why some powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters can remain in the same weight class for years (or even a decade) with little to no body composition alteration yet they can increase their total year after year.

 

[SmooThy5464]

i hear ya man i am startin to put up much more then my friends i lift with and we r alll about the same weight gettin pissed

 

[BenBen]

When you train, you do not Add more Muscle tissues rather you increase their size I.E. each Muscle Cell grows a bit. how much do they grow? that depends on the type of Workout you do (how you stimulate your muscles), Genetics, the food you eat etc. but when you increase your strength you increase your muscles size.
Bye

 

[endpoint]

oh god here we go again.

alex,
try the power to the people training that you were talking about in another post (not the bear) try it for a few months.
you will get stronger with out gaining mass. some people even lose weight but still get stronger.

muscle size has nothing to do with strength.
strength comes from the central nervious system and other systems in the body that contract muscles.

imagine your bicep is a crain.
the cable is your muscle, and the engine is your CNS.

the cable you have is enough to hoist 25 cars.
but the engine can only muster enough power to pull 5 cars.
you dont need a better cable you need a stronger engine

thats the same as any muscle. i read somewhere that the average "all out" muscle contraction is only 10% of what the muscle is capable of. dont quote me on that

 

[BenBen]

Hey,
Interesting Explanation, never heard of it, I would investigate though.
I think strength has a lot to do with muscle size but only compare to oneself. when you loose muscle mass (due to lack of training, accident or whatever) you will never grow stronger (compare to yourself), only weaker. When we train, and our muscles feel "more dense" it means that you have increased your muscle size. That is the only way the muscle knows how to cope with the on going stress you put it through training.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Bye.