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Really? How does that work?
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Yes, I think there is definitely a role for high rep lower weight stuff. Best when rotated with higher weight programming.
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Yes, I think there is definitely a role for high rep lower weight stuff. Best when rotated with higher weight programming.
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It really depends. Higher/longer repetitions (especially focusing on the negative) can cause more sarcoplasmic growth and give one that nice full look. However, nothing stimulates the myofibril portion of the muscle like heavy weights and lower reps. Those types of reps give that dense hard look. Its good to get a combo of the two so that one can have that complete physique.
You also have to take into consideration what works best for u. Athletes such as Phil heath can grow like crazy just off sarcoplasmic stimulation. Others such as mike mentzer had the disposition to grow huge amounts off myofibril stimulation. (Hence his heavy duty HIT training) Different strokes for different folks!
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You also have to take into consideration what works best for u. Athletes such as Phil heath can grow like crazy just off sarcoplasmic stimulation. Others such as mike mentzer had the disposition to grow huge amounts off myofibril stimulation. (Hence his heavy duty HIT training) Different strokes for different folks!
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It really depends. Some grow off higher reps because they respond greater to sarcoplasmic stimulation. (Phil heath) Most of these athletes have that nice full, round look. Others have the disposition to grow better off of myofibril stimulation. (Mike mentzer) Most of these athletes have that hard dense look. You just have to figure your body out and the look you want!
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Yeah that rings a bell, I remember reading an article a whole back about "load time" where they reckoned the amount of time a muscle is supporting a load has an effect on development. I don't remember everything but the idea seemed to be you could push a relatively light weight really slowly and get comparable strength/mass gains..
big weight, small reps work your white muscle fibers...
smaller weight, larger reps work your red muscle fibers.
some of these big lugs at the gym who can nail 450 on the bench once or twice, they struggle doing 225 many times.
now some of us are born with better red muscle fibers and some are born with better white muscle fibers. you probably figured out at some point that you were better as a powerlifter than bb or vice versa. some guys are good at both, some guys suck at both.
however if you work at it you can improve your red or white muscle fibers to a certain extent.
its the same thing with runners. sprinters look very different than marathon runners for a good reason. one is working reds, one is working whites. Manut Bol is fast, but he would struggle running long distance (not saying he could accomplish it but saying he wouldn't get a great time).. he just hasn't trained for that first off, and secondly he probably is genetically made for sprinting.... a long distance Kenyan runner meanwhile would be faster than most doing 400 meters but he wouldn't be as fast as these other guys.
smaller weight, larger reps work your red muscle fibers.
some of these big lugs at the gym who can nail 450 on the bench once or twice, they struggle doing 225 many times.
now some of us are born with better red muscle fibers and some are born with better white muscle fibers. you probably figured out at some point that you were better as a powerlifter than bb or vice versa. some guys are good at both, some guys suck at both.
however if you work at it you can improve your red or white muscle fibers to a certain extent.
its the same thing with runners. sprinters look very different than marathon runners for a good reason. one is working reds, one is working whites. Manut Bol is fast, but he would struggle running long distance (not saying he could accomplish it but saying he wouldn't get a great time).. he just hasn't trained for that first off, and secondly he probably is genetically made for sprinting.... a long distance Kenyan runner meanwhile would be faster than most doing 400 meters but he wouldn't be as fast as these other guys.
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