What is the primary difference between training for muscular strength and muscular size?
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well if u want to train for some extra size you would spend your time with hypertrophy work. Have you ever heard about Drop Sets??\nA drop set is like doing 3 sets the first one at 90% the second one at 70% and the last one at 50%. Do 10 reps each and dont rest, move on immediately. And dont do drop sets on explosive movement like cleans and snatches.\nThis will increase the water in your muscles, and you will end up having more mass and size!\nThe same can be achieved with similar stuff or you could use creatine, that has the same effect with the water.\nWell all that will eventually lead to more reps. Your muscles are conditioned that way!\nStrenght is based on different stuff, but u could start doing hypertrophy for like 6 weeks and then move on to the strenght phase. You are able to do more reps. when u start the strenght phase have a lot of reps with "low" weight. Increase the mass and decrease the reps over an 6 to 10 week preiod. After that yu could or maybe should make some changes or otherwise you will lift on a plateu.
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this varies from person to person and you need to experiment to see what works for you \n\nin general doing less than 5 reps with heavier weights will build strength, doing between 6 and 12 reps builds muscle and doing 15 or over reps builds endurance \n\nhowever I know athletes who grow like crazy doing really low reps all the time and I also know many who grow best when doing a mixture of reps - like on monday doing low reps, on wednesday medium reps and on friday high reps \nI went from 225 to 255 lbs (at same % bodyfat) in 6 months doing this mix\n\nBUT there are no set rules no matter what anyone says - dont do what others do just because they do it and they are big - experiment for yourself to find what works best for your body and goals\n\ndont overtrain however - better to under train if you want to gain mass and eat big sleep big
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isometric means 'same length'\nwhat this means is that a muscle has the same length, and thus no actual movement takes placeduring the exercise.\nfor example: for the triceps:  if you put your forearms against the wall so that your elbows are bent 90 degrees, and then push against the wall, the wall will resist your motion, but you will be activating the triceps muscle.
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You need to add more details.... Are you talking about repetitions? power full punches? short people versus tall people? The impact on muscle growth? Quick solid and controlled movements? fast power full movements? slow power full movements?
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Effects of exercise on skeletal muscles.\n\nMuscles undergo changes related to the amount of work they normally do.\nProlonged inactivity causes disuse atrophy. \nRegular exercise increases muscle size, called hypertrophy.\nStrength training is exercise-involving contraction of muscles against heavy resistance.\nStrength training increases the numbers of myofilaments in each muscle fiber, and as a result, the total mass of the muscle increases. \nStrength training does not increase the number of muscle fibers.\nEndurance training is exercise that increases a muscle’s ability to sustain moderate exercise over a long period; which is sometimes called "aerobic training."\nEndurance training allows more efficient delivery of oxygen and nutrients to a muscle via increased blood flow. \nEndurance training does not usually result in muscle hypertrophy.\n\nBy\nSURESH KUMAR .M.P.T.,M.I.S.C.P.\nCHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST\nskmpt2002@yahoo.co.uk
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Stretching and strength training.  Train your forearms/wrists, delts, lats, abs and leg muscles with higher reps and lowers weights.  Stretch your arm regularly, as flexibility is very important.  I was a little shorter than you in high school and threw 89-91mph.
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Strength training at the gym.
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Yes very good for both. I recommend doing variations on them as well. Normal push-ups, wide armed, which is about 3-6 inches outside of your shoulders, narrow armed, which is with your hands almost touching in front of you. And my favourite, "Get Massives". Have your index finger and thumb of each hand touch each other forming a diamond of sorts, and do press ups. You do not need to buy any equipment to do these. You get the best workout by doing them in these various positions. You can however increase to difficulty by raising your feet off the floor approx. 6-8 inches as well, but don't do it this way all the time, as it increases the stress on your shoulders, and develops different muscle groups. Which ever you do, start slow and increase every week, and don't give up! Good Luck!
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You should try strength training instead.  Using weights would help build muscle.
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isometric means same length, for example you tense the muscle without moving it.  \nIsotonic is shortening contraction, for example lifting a weight.\n\nSo a good example of isometric would be holding a tuck position in diving.  \nIsotonic can you found in every sport where you move, so take your pick!
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Working up to Bigger, Stronger Muscles\n\nIs it possible to increase muscle mass by doing more repetitions with lighter weights, or do you need to be lifting heavier weights?\n\nIt depends on your intensity level. You can increase your strength with heavier weights, but let’s say you’re capable of squatting 225 pounds for ten repetitions and that, physically, you can do no more.\n\nIf you reduce the weight to 125 pounds, but increase the reps to 20 – and then complete another rep on top of that – you’ll have stimulated your body to respond with increases in strength and muscle mass.\n\nProviding you have proper rest and nutrition, you muscles will be stronger and bigger next time you train.\n\nOf course, there are genetic limits of this, but the general rule applies to everyone.\n\nSo the answer is less about the number of reps but how much effort you put into your set.\n\nBasic rules to follow are:\n\nMaintain proper form \nGradually increase the weight or reps \nDo most sets to – or almost to – muscular failure; in other words, until you simply can do no more. \nAlso, keep in mind that the upper body generally responds well to 10-12 reps; the lower body responds to 10 to 20 reps.
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To get bigger you use heavier weights and less reps.  To just firm and tone your muscle, you use less weight and more reps.  This is what you would want to do.  Light weights but do it A LOT.
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Muscle is heavier than fat.
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No, it doesn't do anything to muscle growth.  Your body builds muscle on proteins.  What happens is when you work out, you tear your muscles (in a good way).  Your body then builds the muscle back up stronger using proteins.  thats why it is important to have protein when you work out.  The only way to lose muscle  is when your body start depleting it (getting sick, not working out ) etc.  There is no outside force that will deplete muscles.
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ok what are your fitness goals you mentioned bringing your weightlifting to an extreme and running.... for strength training you need low cardio heavy reps with low count on sets.  So your training the muscle to handle more weight.  Running on the other hand is higher intensity and you may loose some build.  The happy medium i recommend 3-4 sets of 10-12 reps.  Train one muscle group once a week, never train chest shoulders or triceps on the same day or day after.  These muscle groups are used together in almost all lifts so you'll tire really fast without a sucsessful workout.   Eat some lean protein meats tuna, egg whites, chicken breast... the best workout doesn't mean anything on a poor diet.  Try to get in 1-1.5g of protein per pound of bodyweight.  Cardio is either on your off days of lifting or after lifting NEVER run or do cardio before lifting unless its a short warmup.  Make sure you get your sleep because that is when you heal.  Use 3-4 different lifting techniques to train each muscle group.  Preacher Hammer curls are the prime bicep technique, one arm dumbell rows and shrugs are back's , french curls and overhead barbell extentions are tricep's, and squats and leg extentions are leg's, chest is dumbell fly's.  I always keep these lifts in my routine since they're prime muscle building techniques and throw in 2-3 others.  I can email you a complete workout sheet with lift tips and techniques I use if you like massure4hire@yahoo.com I keep it up to date on the PC.  Also keep a lifting journal so you can keep your progress and see where you need improvements.  I also log diet and suppliment info into mine.  Here is a free download to print the sheets http://www.trulyhuge.com/TrainingJournal.pdf and just put 3 holes in and put into a 3 ring binder.  Lastly you may want to look into a whey protein isolate a protein powder with amino acids and 0 carbs.  Take 30 min prior to lifting and again after lifting no later than 30 min after lifting and take with some carbs like rice or peanut butter into the blender with it.  Carbs are important in bodybuilding kind of like a shuttle to the muscle fibers for protein synthesis (healing the muscle) to take place.
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Hi,\nNeither of these.\nSize doesn't matter, holding strength doesn't matter, or how many times you can do it in an hour doesn't matter.\nWhat matters is the mind; sex is in the mind. What you do with your size is what's important, not what the size is.\nForeplay is more important, getting aroused, mentally, caring for the other, and hoping they will have a great time!\nPlease rate my answer, and best of luck.
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Resistance training is using some kind of weight or other force to make your exercise more difficult and build muscle.\n\nLean Body Mass is the percentage by weight of the muscle tissue in your body.\n\nFat Body Mass is the percentage by weight of the fat tissue in your body.\n\nCardirespiratory endurance is a measure of how efficiently your heart and lungs operate during vigorous exercise.