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Originally Posted by seeker5  There was a gym where I belonged that had a non-muscular-looking trainer. The other trainer told me that he was a vegetarian, so he didn't gain a lot of muscles. However, when it came to actually lifting, the trainer told me how amazed he was at how much strength he had for his size.
Perhaps, then the mass of muscle does not have a 1-to-1 correlation to the strength of the muscles? Perhaps it's possible for some smaller muscles to be stronger then some bigger muscles? |
Seeker5,
It's very possible to be less muscular than someone yet stronger than them.
There's a difference between strength training and training for size, or to get "toned," or "shredded."
Hypertrophy is what triggers muscle growth.
But your CNS (Central Nervous System) controls a lot of your strength.
There is a correlation in the fact that people who are stronger usually are bigger. And as you get stronger you usually get bigger.
But you don't necessarily need to be big to be strong.