The low - carb group added more muscle while the other
group gained more strength.
Not exact matches
When the researchers compared the effects of a 7 - week weightlifting training which included classics such as the deadlift, clean and jerk, military press and back squat, and the effects of a 7 - week strongman training that involved exercises such as log lift, farmer's walk and heavy sled pull, it was evident that the athletes who performed strongman exercises
gained slightly
more muscle and had similar increases in
strength and power as the weightlifting
group.
The reason of why the high cholesterol
group gained more muscle and
strength is not exactly known, but it's speculated that cholesterol is important for testosterone production as well as maintaining the integrity of muscle cell membranes.In other words, cholesterol may be necessary for building muscle and
strength.
Take note: don't be fool when you see marketing material claiming «athletes
gained 250 %
more muscle
strength than placebo
group using ZMA».
At the end of the experiment, one
group had
gained 32 per cent
more upper - body
strength and 47 per cent
more lower - body
strength than the other.
The authors say that the multi-joint movements the high - intensity
group used (deadlifts and bench presses) improved
strength gains, and the higher - intensity movements recruited
more muscle fibers.
A 2015 study in the Journal of
Strength and Conditioning Research found that subjects who did full - body sessions three times per week
gained more arm size than another
group who did a body - part split, hitting each muscle just once.