ChrisHouston
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If muscle size doesn't determine strength, what does? If big muscles aren't necessarily strong muscles, what makes a muscle strong?
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as Jester said, in natural trainers there is a correlation between strength and size, but someone on AAS can be big and relatively weak. Heavy weights are necessary to increase mass in most naturals but some people's genetics allow their CNS to achieve maximum neural coordination (strength) without the hypertrophy.[b said:Quote[/b] (bosbik @ Nov. 20 2005,10:57)]i thought you gain more muscle mass when going heavy ang less reps?...am I wrong?
Well, it does to an extent. The peak force depends upon many factors (1) muscle and fiber size and length; (2) architecture, such as the angle (pennation) and physical properties of the fiber-tendon attachment, and the fiber to muscle length ratio; (3) fiber type; (4) number of cross-bridges in parallel; (5) force per cross-bridge. Slow- and fast-twitch fibers have similar capacities to generate specific tension (kg cm-2) but fast fibers type have a larger peak rate of force but also lose their force potential earlier.[b said:Quote[/b] (ChrisHouston @ Nov. 20 2005,2:19)]If muscle size doesn't determine strength, what does? If big muscles aren't necessarily strong muscles, what makes a muscle strong?
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