It's definitely a derivative of GVT, but they rest a lot more between sets than traditional GVT would allow, and the exercises themselves are more strongman oriented and less "weight room" oriented if you know what I mean.
What you are suggesting they are practicing a specific skill set, that is getting good at a specific lift. This is as much or more cfrom ther other.oordination than it is strength, or force of contraction. Two aspects to resistance training, neural facilitation and myofibrillar hypertrophy. One cannot be separated from the other. To train for size IS to train for strength.
Yes, I agree. That coordination you're speaking about is called "neural facilitation". This brain-muscle connection can improve through practice, which exhibits itself as strength, but is not manifested as an increase in actual muscle size. Ok, now you're saying that coordination and muscle size increase (hypertrophy) can't happen independently. You sound very confused.
they cannot, they happen concurrently. for example, can you get a larger bicep without getting stronger curling? or, can you thro a heavy weight up the curl, without getting more size? case in point.
I'm not so sure about this. I know some very thin lean guys that can lift twice as much as some of the thick meat heads in my gym. I don't think muscle "size" equates to strength. For example, Tiger Woods benches 375 lbs and he is very very lean. I have guys in my gym that have to walk sideways through a door frame and they struggle to bench 285. Even me personally, I can curl more then 98% of the guys in my gym who are twice my size. I've always had strong arms. Yet I see these big hulk like guys that struggle to curl half the weight I do. I'm not saying I completely understand the science behind it, I just know that from observation alone, size does not equate to strength.
hahahah. lolololol I'm not saying I completely understand the science behind it, I just know that from observation alone, size does not equate to strength. [/QUOTE] [/B][/QUOTE] Do you have anything intelligent to offer or is that it? I'm being serious, some of us here are trying to have a normal conversation outside of the typical ET bullshit. It's your call. [/B][/QUOTE] are you saying the smaller muscle can create more tension than a larger? thats insane what are you trying to say?
Impressive pic Baron, perhaps you should just dominate the conversation. Were you always toned ripped etc? I was a beer drinking carb loving 6'6" 297# casually apporaching severe problems with a foot. When people asked me how I was a replied "fat and happy"---in my mind life was good and I was enjoying it. No foods off limit, cholesterol and BP always good. But the foot pain got to me. Now I take Karate, lost over 50# in 6 months doing Atkins, my foot feels 90% better, BMI out of obese range but still overweight. I am aiming for 190# for middle of healthy BMI, but I might have too much muscle mass. I do not worry about the gym any longer, prefer to focus on body weight exercises. Group karate is much easier than individual workouts for my lazy arse. When I started this I could not do a pushup, now I can knock out 100 in a day. I'd like to improve my fitness by some standard measure of fitness, perhaps we need more discussion here on what the best or most accepted standard is. I remember in school doing testing for presidential fitness awards. I would also like to find someone skilled or knowledgeable in stretching techniques like PNF- I would really like to get more flexible before I get older. I am more concerned about this than strength or looks. My weight is at a bit of a plateau just under 250 but I am enjoying vacations with some carbs with my wife. She is very happy with my body... Eat less exercise more. No beer. Low carbs. Eat fresh-outer aisles of groceries. The mouth is not a gland. No supplements other than glucosamine chondroitin here.
If what you're stating was true, then no lightweight powerlifter could ever get significantly stronger and still remain is his weight class. And he certainly wouldn't be able to set personal lifting records year after year. He would just get bigger and bigger every single year as his strength increases. But that doesn't happen and there's a reason why... because you can train for strength without training for size. That's also why professional athletes of all types don't train like professional bodybuilders. They train in a way that increases their power and performance without having to take on a bunch of raw muscle size and weight. As yet another example, take up kettle bell training. You'll get strong as hell if you do it right and you won't add any bulk to your frame whatsoever. That's because it's a training methodology designed to make you strong, not big. That's also why you'll never see a pro bodybuilder using kettle bells to put on size.
My genetic disposition is to be skinny. That's another reason why I have to hit each body part twice a week. If I do chest and then wait for a full week before I hit chest again, my body will have more than enough time to eat away at any progress and bring me right back to where it was by the next workout. My body does not want to hold muscle. It is a constant struggle to keep what I've gained. That's amazing! 50 lbs is serious weight loss. Aside from your foot getting better, you must feel so much better in general, not just from the weight loss, but from the overall conditioning that the karate has given you.