When "No Load Training" Builds Muscle and Classic Biceps Curls Diminish Your Triceps Size, Science Must be Involved
Do not misunderstand the results of the study at hand. It does not "proof that you don't have to use weights to make size gains" and it does not even suggest that "training without load works as effectively as training with loads for every muscle". I suspect you will remember that I have previously written about the potential muscle building effects of posing. Now, the isometric contractions you perform when you "pose", are not exactly the same, but at least related to the "maximal contractions through a full range of motion" Counts et al. investigated in their latest study. Accordingly, it doesn't seem to be totally far-fetched to assume that (1) increases in muscle size would be similar with this type of NO LOAD compared to HIGH LOAD training and that (2) HIGH LOAD training would still result in a greater strength increases compared to NO LOAD due to the principle of specificity. To elucidate whether these hypotheses are accurate,...