Quote (prednam @ 26 Feb 2014 20:13)
diet matters indeed. I still believe (but will submit to contrary evidence if it exists) that powerlifters and especially weightlifters have a lot of development on the neural frontier even at elite level, not to mention that bodybuilders exaggerate their arms and calves when training with weights, whereas two out of three lifts in PL dont even use arms much.
of this im not completely sure, but ive heard that if you have a higher bodyfat level then your muscles can exert greater forces with less risk of injury. The body indeed has mechanisms for detecting tension/torsion, so fat could provide cushioning of sorts. I would assume a mechanism where your neuromuscular functioning isnt hindered by signals from cells responsible for monitoring tension/torsion, allowing your muscles to use a greater output. I find this idea interesting, and could be related to the strength of chimps.
That's something I've read about. However, even though I know it helps protect organs, I'm not that sure about muscles. But yes generally people decrease output performance at lower bf (but seriously lower bf, so not sure it applies).
Quote (Lightman @ 26 Feb 2014 20:21)
Different types of hypertrophy exist. It's not a theory. If a bodybuilder gains size over time while not increasing his weightstack, he's gained sarcoplasmic size.
I see. Couldn't the differences in the weight you'd expect to be moving after growing bigger account for myofibrilar hypertrophy which is yet to improve neuromuscular coordination. I don't know if they need to be further trained when they are hypertrophied to improve neuromotor connections to the level of the rest of the muscle. Totally clueless there...
PS. Do people generally consider as Sarcoplasmica hypertrophy the increase in muscle girth due to enlargened glycogen deposits? Jw