OK , let's talk about hypertrophy . The topic that occupies the minds of so many youth , young men , but also a lot of women .
The topic that occupies the minds of so many youth , young men , but also a lot of women . I think one of the really interesting progressions that's taken place in the last decade or so , is that far more men and women are using resistance training in order to evoke hypertrophy growth of muscles for aesthetic reasons and for all sorts of reasons , what are the ways that people can induce hypertrophy ? So not to correct you or insult you , but probably a better way to think about that question is really what stimuli do I need to give the muscle to induce hypertrophy .
Well , that's because what's driving changes in strength and power are the adaptations of specificity . What's driving changes in hypertrophy is much more well rounded and so you have options to get that . Remember , you're training a movement and now you're training a response and a muscle that causes the growth that's very , very different .
I think one of the really interesting progressions that's taken place in the last decade or so , is that far more men and women are using resistance training in order to evoke hypertrophy growth of muscles for aesthetic reasons and for all sorts of reasons , what are the ways that people can induce hypertrophy ? So not to correct you or insult you , but probably a better way to think about that question is really what stimuli do I need to give the muscle to induce hypertrophy . Now , there are um hormonal factors that are important , there are nutritional factors but just to stick with the context of training .
This is when you put like a cuff on your arm or your leg and you block blood flow and you use no load or as low as say 30% of your maximum . And you take it to fatigue failure , that actually is an equally effective way of inducing hypertrophy . Despite the fact that you know , you're using 35 , 10 maybe most 20 to 30% of your one at max .
