Thursday 21 June 2012

[Supertraining] Digest Number 4586

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Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy From: Brendon Lowe

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Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy

Posted by: "Brendon Lowe" blowe_96@hotmail.com   blowe96

Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:36 am (PDT)




I may be off base here, but a couple fellow students and I did a very archaic study on transient hypertrophy in college. I believe that this type of training stimulates an above average increase in muscle cell cytoplasm, because the cells increase the number of mitochondria. The mitochondria accommodate the large amounts of work in the oxidative phase of exercise so that the cell can create ATP from glucose (or rather Acetyl CoA).

BTW, I have been following the group for seven years now and this is my first contribution. I have really enjoyed the vast amount of information and discussion.

Brendon Lowe
Fort Worth, Texas


On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:16 AM, "Perez, Miguel" <miguel.perez@crbard.com> wrote:

> Ed,
>
> My guess is that the guy's probably training for a contest, or for the beach. Not likely he trains like that all the time.
>
> Miguel PĂ©rez
> Reynosa, Mexico
>
> From: Supertraining@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Supertraining@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of efreem3407@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:16 AM
> To: Supertraining@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Supertraining] Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy
>
> Well one bodybuilder at the gym I was training at was about 275 lbs. huge and ripped. He only did machine training. He never used more than 100 lbs. on any exercise whether it was the cable bench press, cable shoulder press, pulldown, seated row, leg press, machine squat, leg curl, or any other machine. I observed him doing about 100 reps per set on each machine. Then after his weight training he would always do 30 minutes of cardiovascular training. Now he was big and ripped but lifted only light weights with high reps.
>
> If I were to do that I would be a skinny refugee from camp.
>
> I think it was the steroids that were causing him to be huge and ripped with low weight/high rep workouts.
>
> Edwin Freeman, Jr.
> San Francisco, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: efreem3407 <efreem3407@aol.com<mailto:efreem3407%40aol.com>>
> To: Supertraining <Supertraining@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Supertraining%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 16, 2012 5:18 am
> Subject: Re: [Supertraining] Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy
>
> Correct me if I am wrong but I think lean muscle gains correspond to strength
> increases. Any bodybuilder that gains lean muscle should have strength
> increases? Then again, this could be suspect, because I've seen bodybuilders
> using steroids that do only high rep and low weight workouts yet have massive
> amounts of muscle. I've seen bodybuilders do hundreds of reps on machines with
> say 100 lbs. yet still be huge and massive.
>
> I train as a powerlifter. I'm not training to gain a lot of bulk. I am mostly
> training for strength without massive amounts of body weight and bulk increases.
>
> Edwin Freeman, Jr.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deadliftdiva <deadliftdiva@comcast.net<mailto:deadliftdiva%40comcast.net>>
> To: Supertraining <Supertraining@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Supertraining%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 9:31 am
> Subject: Re: [Supertraining] Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy
>
> I'm going to jump in here with one point that I think has bearing on the whole
> question: When we measure lean mass, we are not precise. We cannot be. What we
> get is some guess based on measurements which varies and can be misleading - and
>
> I recall Mel's comment long ago that the only truly accurate measure was
> "autopsy". Few would desire to have their lean mass evaluated this way during a
> growth phase in training, so that's clearly out :) .
>
> With the known variance in measuring methods (and here I recall James Krieger's
> good article on measuring that he thoughtfully shared some time ago with this
> group), my thinking is that there is a considerable margin of guessing that
> makes it possible to overestimate how much lean mass has been gained by an
> individual over time. I myself over the years have experienced wildly ranging
> measurements by folks who were said to be expert in such things - considering
> that the measurement of one's bodyfat subcutaneously or measurements to estimate
>
> a guess at overall bodyfat including a visceral estimate would have bearing on a
>
> presumed gain in lean mass by way of deducting the presumed bodyfat on board...
>
> I also once handed Mel a copy of a book that suggested you could 'squat for 6
> weeks and gain 20 pounds of lean hard muscle' and the response was that it was
> entertaining but unlikely to be accurate... Thankfully sq never had that effect
> on me personally or I'd have required more new wardrobes than I have been
> through personally over the years here as a competing powerlifter!
>
> So if we consider that measuring the bodyfat an individual has on board is still
>
> somewhat less effective than we would like, how then can we be sure of lean
> gains that would be based on our best guess of the fat to lean ratio of a
> person? Would not a "lean muscle gain" not be entirely muscle also, but the
> bones themselves responding to the increased loads as well?
>
> Interesting topic, back to reading. :)
>
> The Phantom
> aka Linda Schaefer, CMT/RMT, competing powerlifter
> Denver, Colorado, USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kendaiganoneill" <kayoneill@earthlink.net<mailto:kayoneill%40earthlink.net>>
> To: Supertraining@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Supertraining%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:54:05 PM
> Subject: [Supertraining] Re: More About Rate of Hypertrophy
>
> Krista's reports of 25-44 lbs of muscle gain within a year for life long
> ectomorphs.
>
> I will dissent, however, on the notion that 20-30 lbs of muscle gain in as
> little as three months are hype. Back from the 1930s into the early 60s many a
> trainee reported 20 or more pounds increase in manly muscle over a three month
> period by means of specializing in 5 sets of 20 reps of breathing squats, some
> adding the Hise shrug. Thrice weekly, consuming nutrient dense whole foods and
> the sole protein supplement of that bygone era: milk.
>
> Breathing squats are especially demanding, certainly no fun save for Masochists.
>
> With each set, one breath between reps 1-5, then 2 deep breaths for reps 6-10,
> three deep breaths for reps 11-15, and - you guessed it - four deep breaths
> between reps 16-20. The immediately onto a picnic bench for sets of 20 reps,
> very light weight dumbbell flyes to expand the rib cage for a big chest.
>
> These days I'll defer to the exciting new work coming out of McMaster University
>
> comparing 1 set of 8-10 1 RM to failure vs 3 sets of 8-10 to failure 80% 1 RM vs
>
> 3 sets of 30 reps to failure with 30% 1 RM. Adding volume at 80% and 30%
> produced essentially equal hypertrophy, both significantly greater than 1 set to
>
> failure (a failed idea).
>
> In my personal experience and that of training others, hitting significant
> annual hypertrophy is far more easily facilitated when rep schemes, cadence or
> tempo, stage sets, drop sets, using 30-80% 1 RM are all intelligently and
> strategically applied to one end: avoiding plateaus, instead sustainable
> anabolism.
>
> --- In Supertraining@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Supertraining%40yahoogroups.com> , Krista Scott-Dixon <kristascottdixon@...>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Anthony Pitruzzello
> > <tonypit45@...> wrote:
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I recently posted a question about rate of hypertrophy – basically, what are
>
> > > the optimal realistic results a person can expect, vs. the endless claims in
>
> > > the muscle mags, e.g., "Gain 20-30 pounds of lean muscle mass in six
> > > weeks!!!" I compared the responses with some other data, and I thought I
> > > would share it with the group.
> > >
> >
> > I work with John Berardi at Precision Nutrition, which runs a
> > muscle-gaining Scrawny to Brawny program. It's a one-year program that
> > focuses on step-by-step habit acquisition and entrainment, like our
> > other fat-loss program Lean Eating. We run a contest that awards money
> > to top finishers -- people who dramatically transform their bodies.
> >
> > Looking at our recent 12-month cohorts, our top finalists put on
> > between 25-44 lbs in a year. These are ectomorphs who are "lifetime
> > scrawnies", so they gain mass relatively slowly -- some made notable
> > transformations even with relatively less muscle gain, because small
> > amounts of mass make a big difference on a shorter/skinnier frame.
> > This is with a highly structured eating and training program, a coach,
> > and daily check-ins (lessons and habits). All material is
> > science/research-based as you might expect from JB and PN.
> >
> > Interestingly, our 6-month program was not as dissimilar as you would
> > expect -- it doesn't seem to be a linear scale.
> >
> > Here are finalists from our early, 6-month program:
> > http://www.precisionnutrition.com/s2b-winners-2010
> >
> > Here are finalists from our 12-month program that begin in May 2011.
> > http://www.scrawnytobrawny.com/may-2011-finalists
> >
> > Krista
> > Toronto, ON
> >
> > --------------------
> > Krista Scott-Dixon, PhD
> > Lean Eating Program Director
> > PrecisionNutrition.com
> > krista@...
> >
>
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