As the title says. Why does hypertrophy (growing muscle tissue in size) does not correlate with the strength of the individuals training for strength (as in heavy weight lifting, without growing muscle tissue)?
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Larger cells can hold more fuel, so they can do moderate or small bursts of energy more times. You make them larger by doing that specifically – hypertrophy training.
Any sized cell can be trained to use more fuel in a single action. Training to get better at a large blast of energy won’t necessarily make the cells need to grow, though – strength training.
Bodybuilders train for hypertrophy because it grants size, powerlifters and olympic lifters usually focus on strength.
A larger cell trained for size also has more potential for a greater outburst of strength, but you have to train specifically to do that. Many powerlifters train for some size for that reason.
Your skeleton, tendons, and ligaments that hold your muscles in place also have to be trained to handle those short extreme bursts of strength, so even if you have the muscle to potentiall deadlift 500+ lbs, you may not have the framework in place to do it. Bodybuilders usually injure themselves trying to lift abnormally heavy because their muscles have developed faster than their connective bits.
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