Where do Your Strength Gains Come From? Muscle Activity > Hypertrophy > Initial Strength - 3/5 Candidates Matter
Find out what's taking you from PR to PR, is it an increase in muscle size or activation on how important is how strong you already are? Have you ever asked yourselves why you've been adding 20lbs of weight to your squat and your legs still don't look any bigger? If you're a man you're probably not happy about that. I am not sure if the insights into Balshaw et al.'s recent study provide into the mechanism behind the resistance-training-induced strength gains will help you will make you happy/-ier, but certainly smarter ;-) The British scientists got to the bottom of your gains by assessing the individual and combined contribution of the adaptations in neural (agonist quadriceps EMG, antagonist hamstring EMG) and morphological (quadriceps muscle volume and θp, the fascicle pennation angle) variables. Are you looking for muscle builders for your new workout plan? Find inspiration here: What's the Latest on Failure? Drop-Sets: Vol-ume ↑, Gains ↕...