Quick Tip: What is Hypertrophy?
If you lift, chances are you’ve heard of muscular hypertrophy. Hypertrophy is defined as an increase in the size of a certain area, organ, or tissue without an increase in number of cells – in other words, it is an increase of size of individual cells, rather than an increase in the amount of cells. In muscle hypertrophy, it is associated with an increase in muscular mass and cross-sectional area. Interestingly, hypertrophy does not always correlate with increased strength – cells can grow bigger without becoming stronger. In order to maximize hypertrophy so you can increase your strength and power, programs that increase the volume (number of reps times number of sets) of resistance training are utilized. Consistent short-duration, high-intensity workouts are typically associated with producing hypertrophy, but exact workout plans vary for individuals.
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Further divided.
Two very important types of muscular hypertrophy.
Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy This corresponds to the increase in sarcoplasmic fluid within the cells, thus increasing overall size of muscles but not necessarily strength. This is the predominant type in bodybuilders, and also endurance runners.
Myofibrillar hypertrophy The increase in size of myofibrils within the muscle. So this is either an increase in size OR an increase in number of the myofibrils. Myofibrils are tiny bundles of filaments within the muscle cells. This is the predominant type in strength training athletes, most sports athletes.
Like Kristina said, neither are an increase in the actual number of muscle cells, but in either case: within each muscle cell, something is growing :-p
wow u guys are well-informed !!
how bout training for fighting?? Hypertrophy would work ?>? what do u think? hit me up!
Absolutely.
When you train one of those two forms of hypertrophy are occuring. Its which one you want to occur that determines the type of workouts you should seek. You're going to want myofibrillar, as you'll want very dense and powerful muscles as opposed to large muscles that are relatively weaker.
I'm not sure what type of training you'd want to do though as a fighter, because you need endurance but you also want to pack a punch, so i'd imagine a lot of conditioning mixed with strength training, but I'm no certified trainer and won't claim to be :-p
none thats ok
jus asking, but does Endurance occur in Hypertrophy, because i believe there two diferent objectives in training-wise... but thanks for ur info...good to know. look after your self. :)
Not the endurance your looking for
When you first start lifting weights it will be difficult to get 12 reps of a weight, but after a few weeks your body will build up endurance so you can handle multiple sets of higher repetitions, but thats not the same endurance as what you're talking about, as far as being able to last in a ring for a few rounds