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> If this were about, say, weight resistance training, would you expect to have bigger muscles after this program? Yes, absolutely, and you will have better mu
by jules 17y ago
> If this were about, say, weight resistance training, would you expect to have bigger muscles after this program?
Yes, absolutely, and you will have better muscles. You can have big changes in performance in a few days if you spend more time per day (but whether your muscles look bigger maybe not).
- gaius 17y agoMost of the initial quick gains in weight training are related to gaining the skill needed to coordinate your muscles correctly to do say a bench press. Adding muscle requires patience - gaining 10-15lbs of muscle per year is about as good as it gets without steroids, and that's with training hard and eating right all year too.
- jules 17y agoSure that is part of it but that isn't the only thing that happens. For example: when I cycled 4 days about 60 km/day at age ~10 I was completely amazed how much easier & faster it was when I cycled to school after this vacation. This is not due to better coordination, as I had cycled every day for many years. I'm not saying that you get significantly bigger muscles quickly, but you can get better muscles quickly (or perhaps it's due to the lungs/heart?). BTW 10 lbs per year is a lot. It's more than 12 grams per day which is about 12 cm^3 per day. This is definitely noticeable. Where do you have this information from? Do you have other information like this? I'd be interested to know what exactly makes muscle tissue grow.
- gaius 17y agoLoads of great info on www.crossfit.com www.t-nation.com www.gymjones.com