Bulking & Strengthening.. Hand in Hand?

TriZZle305 · 03-23-2004, 05:33 PM

I play football and i want to get stronger but not necesarrily bigger... do they go hand in hand? can i get stronger muscles while still losing fat? Does getting stronger mean i have to eat like im trying to get bigger?

Yanick · 03-23-2004, 05:37 PM

You do not have to get bigger if all you are looking for is strength. Stay at a maintanance diet and work with singles, doubles, triples (does not mean with 90+% of 1RM, you can do triples with 75% of 1rm and just move it as quickly as you can). You have to eat to get bigger, but not necessarily stronger.

TriZZle305 · 03-23-2004, 05:40 PM

will that give me enough muscle gain and activity to slowly reduce fat? i dont want to be on a hardcore cutting diet and all that but i do want to lose a little fat

Yanick · 03-23-2004, 05:44 PM

If you want a little bit of both worlds you should try and periodize your training. Like say 5 weeks power training (low reps/high speed, more rest, oly lifts, compound movement), 3-4 weeks hypertrophy (train like a BB'er would, higher reps, less rest, more isolation exercises etc).

EDIT I probably used the word periodiz wrong in this regard but w/e.

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Yanick Amor Fati Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,798	You do not have to get bigger if all you are looking for is strength. Stay at a maintanance diet and work with singles, doubles, triples (does not mean with 90+% of 1RM, you can do triples with 75% of 1rm and just move it as quickly as you can). You have to eat to get bigger, but not necessarily stronger.
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03-23-2004, 05:40 PM	#3
TriZZle305 Go Away Body Fat Elite Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 809 Photos: 8	will that give me enough muscle gain and activity to slowly reduce fat? i dont want to be on a hardcore cutting diet and all that but i do want to lose a little fat
	My "Quest for Strength" Journal The Cheapest Supplement is knowledge! Improve BACK to improve BENCH

03-23-2004, 05:44 PM	#4
Yanick Amor Fati Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,798	If you want a little bit of both worlds you should try and periodize your training. Like say 5 weeks power training (low reps/high speed, more rest, oly lifts, compound movement), 3-4 weeks hypertrophy (train like a BB'er would, higher reps, less rest, more isolation exercises etc). EDIT I probably used the word periodiz wrong in this regard but w/e.
Yanick Amor Fati Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,798	"...we have to remember that training is a complicated dance of stimuli and response. Our goal is to understand how to manipulate the stimuli in order to evoke the responses we desire." -Nathan J. Polenchek

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