posted Thu, 07/19/2012 - 09:51
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getting stronger without getting bigger
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is there a way to get stronger in the weights without adding on muscle mass. would that be all slow twitch muscles exercises? and a low carb diet? maybe a cutting cycle will do?
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Seems tread answered your question. this has happened to me..Getting strong no mass gains especialy with test prop..It was my diet..way way off..Im logging everything i eat and finding out my macro's..If I see that my waist is gettin swole or bigger then ill adjust somethin in my diet..like eat a couple meals consisting of just beef or chicken over salid..my waist is smaller already..im logging everything..I plan on steppin up to the bid dawgs by 2013. Each meal consist of 40-60g protien 5 to 6 times a day..
What tread said for diet but for pure strength workout wise I would be using 1-5 rep range at 90%ish of your 1RM.
Stick to compound movements squat, deadlift, bench, shoulder press, bent over rows and drop the accessory stuff like curls etc..
Or find any good powerlifting workout intended to increase strength only and follow that.
tread-mStick to medium weight and higher reps and of course, don't eat to get bigger. The food really is the reason behind all achievment in size or lack there of. A lot of people achieve what you want on accident since they don't know how to eat to grow! Lol. You just want maint levels on cals, still high protein and control the size via the carbs. Start seeing a little weight come on cut those carbs back and pull them early in the day to hold and cut the excess that showed up.
naguib123thank you bro, ur advice is always appreciated
they have a pill for that on napsgear. i guess they really have a pill or inject for everything.. but the question is why dont you want to add mass?
naguib123I'm too big and alot of people give me shit for it and its annoying , im 230 , 5 10 , 12 bf. The reason i lift is to get stronger. "Arnold can bench 600lb at 240lb." A friend brought that up to me in the gym, kinda of felt bad for being that big i guess and only bench 365 lb.