are you building muscle or lifting weight?

[chodan9]

it's the way he went about saying what he said..i think..but hey thats just my opinion.

I guess
depends on what your looking to hear I guess, my mind had been going that way for a while lately anyway so I guess I picked up that.

[Marius_Ursus]

yes but ...
"These results suggest that low-load high volume resistance exercise is more effective in inducing acute muscle anabolism than high-load low volume or work matched resistance exercise modes"

this study doesn't show that lighter weights are better at building muscles, it shows more volume is better than 1rm .. nothing new !!
everyone knows hypertrophy comes from volume
I Imagine more volume + more weight is better than more volume and less weight

what they should study is the difference between high volume at lighter weight and the same volume increasing the weight ... that would be more interesting

To get objective results, they're going to have to have samples of lifters all trained to the same level with subgroups having the same muscle fiber distribution. Guys with my (presumed) distribution find it easy to put on muscle with low- and high-volume training. On the other hand, we find it a little too easy to get fat, too.

[OutOfStep]

everyone knows hypertrophy comes from volume

No they don't. If they did, there would be a lot more guys on this board who look like they lift.

[chodan9]

On the other hand, we find it a little too easy to get fat, too.

I hear you there, way too easy to add fat for me

[billb7581]

No they don't. If they did, there would be a lot more guys on this board who look like they lift.

Not sure I follow.. shouldn't all the chicks at my gym waving around 3 pound dumbels incessantly be jacked by now? (srs)

[orb85750]

Olympic weightlifters, don't look like body builders. Powerlifters/weightlifters move more weight than bodybuilders. Bodybuilders care about how they look. Weightlifters care about how much # they move. Two different sports, different disciplines.

The question should be, are you trying to be a bodybuilder, weightlifter, or somewhere in between?



Arguably serious weightlifters have more functional strength

You mean you don't want to see this guy in posing trunks?

[OutOfStep]

Not sure I follow.. shouldn't all the chicks at my gym waving around 3 pound dumbels incessantly be jacked by now? (srs)

You're right. You don't follow. Not surprising though. You don't seem all that bright from what I've read of your posts.

[geer_matt]

Ahh the girls and their little cute pink dumbbells. A lot of cardio bunnies at my gym, they are just so dam cute with their little dumbbells and their hip flex-or exercises, using the good girl/bad girl machine, very motivating

[gbk56]

That's what I was going to say. Oly lifters are very lean until you get into the top weight classes.

Exactly. When I watch the olympics and see people in weight classes they are shredded. I think the biggest difference is in training styles. I would equate bodybuilding to running marathons whereas powerlifting is more of a sprint.

In bodybuilding you are really trying to get a good pump and working the muscle with volume (ie doing higher reps / running longer distances). In bodybuilding you are looking for size and endurence.

In powerlifiting you are trying to get more explosive power for lower reps / doing more sprints. In powerlifting you are look for strength / the most pounds in one rep.

Of course in both training regimens you mix it up, but the main emphasis is on one or the other. Although, I guess there are those in the middle who may run 5ks.

[billb7581]

You're right. You don't follow. Not surprising though. You don't seem all that bright from what I've read of your posts.

Or maybe my mental faculties are fine and your explanation leaves something to be desired

From what I've read of your posts you are a raging douchebag.

[OutOfStep]

From what I've read of your posts you are a raging douchebag.

I'm truly hurt. Some dumb twat on the internet doesn't like me. Think I'll go write about it in my feelings journal before I cry myself to sleep.

[Bladerunner1811]

I'm truly hurt. Some dumb twat on the internet doesn't like me. Think I'll go write about it in my feelings journal before I cry myself to sleep.

LOL OMFG!!! That was the best case of sarcastic comebacks I've ever read online to date

[PaulKemp]

I was just thinking about this today, at the gym this kid was on the bench next to me trying to kill himself with a 30lb dumbbell and he kept staring at me funny for not using more weight than I was. I am just at the beginning of my journey, but I did realize the difference between the two before I decided to pick up a weight. I personally am sick of being and looking fat, so I'm not really concerned with impressing the guy next to me at the gym with a bigger dumbbell than him.

[Bladerunner1811]

I was just thinking about this today, at the gym this kid was on the bench next to me trying to kill himself with a 30lb dumbbell and he kept staring at me funny for not using more weight than I was. I am just at the beginning of my journey, but I did realize the difference between the two before I decided to pick up a weight. I personally am sick of being and looking fat, so I'm not really concerned with impressing the guy next to me at the gym with a bigger dumbbell than him.

Welcoem to the highway of helath and fitness. Just remeber prefection is a journay not a destination.

[PaulKemp]

Welcoem to the highway of helath and fitness. Just remeber prefection is a journay not a destination.

Thank you.

[jor012]

Excellent post!