TunnelRat2
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Ivan Abadjiev + the Bulgarian Weightlifting System
http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=438&Itemid=60
I noticed the term "non functional hypertrophy". Does it seem likely that at some point a lifter would have to choose between greater size and greater strength? The usual argument is that one must get bigger in order to get stronger. Here Zatsiorsky suggests that sometimes getting bigger is not a help to getting stronger.
http://weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=438&Itemid=60
"[T]he final repetition of a (maximum) set of multiple repetition" sounds a lot like the Norwegian Myo-reps.Zatsiorsky states that high threshold motor units are activated under two conditions, a single maximal repetition and the final repetition of a (maximum) set of multiple repetitions. However, the greater time under tension in a multiple repetition set increases both non functional hypertrophy and muscular fatigue. Non functional hypertrophy is an increase in the size of the muscle cell's sarcoplasm rather than the actual contractile unit, the sarcomere. This can push a lifter into a heavier weight class without a corresponding increase in strength.
I noticed the term "non functional hypertrophy". Does it seem likely that at some point a lifter would have to choose between greater size and greater strength? The usual argument is that one must get bigger in order to get stronger. Here Zatsiorsky suggests that sometimes getting bigger is not a help to getting stronger.