Not exact matches
Most martial artists and non-heavy weight lifters will choose
myofibrillar hypertrophy, since their goal is having strong muscles but keeping their weight down, while bodybuilders favor sarcoplasmic
hypertrophy which increases muscle size but it's generally viewed as form over function.
On the other hand, real muscle growth is caused by
myofibrillar hypertrophy,
which happens when you train with heavy weights for low reps, and this type of
hypertrophy is also responsible for huge strength gains.
The second one is called
myofibrillar hypertrophy and it represents enlargement of the muscle fiber as it gains more myofibrils,
which contracts and does all the functional work — creates tension in the muscle.With this type of
hypertrophy, the area density of myofibrils increases and there is a significantly greater ability to exert muscular strength.
This is known as
myofibrillar hypertrophy, in
which the contractile unit of the muscle gets stronger and larger, ultimately leading to greater force production.
The ratio of sarcoplasmic:
myofibrillar hypertrophy you experience is not a reflection of
which exercises or equipment you utilise but rather how you stress the body through training.