The Key to Getting Stronger (Hypertrophy Not as Important?)

[@brianhickey5949]

I think Tony is awesome! Imagine a live Q&A with him - wow!

[@Thefunwayhome]

I like this. Alot. Unrelated, when I saw him, I knew he didn't think hypertrophy was beneficial. Built like a powerlifter.

[@gmotwmirl]

Maintaining the porportions between positional and accelerating musculature (positional being for example the lats and abs in a squat, accelerating being the vmos and rectus femoris, in a squat) will keep the sub total of components in the "puzzle" resulting in the same picture, progressing in size. Something that can only be done practically through using calistethics as much as possible for assistance, upper body wise. Volume is simply better spent that way. A Bench press does not intrinsically teach hollow body patterns like ring or regular push ups and rows, nor does it work the attachment between tendon to bone as well, provided the right rep scheme on the array of muscles keeping the torso rigid and upright, and in extention the extremities locked in position. As a lift really is just a transfer of mechanichal work from the lever(s) to the base of support and back. Great content as always.

[@littlefinkle7757]

Love the part about longevity. Saving the joints is a key!

[@nirhedvat3036]

Informative and useful as always. Thank you!

[@jamescarr2156]

this is a brilliant video. its awesome when you hear the presenter start to ask the better question from the research. elite fts has never changed with quality regardless of the social platform. big ups!

[@helmutkrusemann9194]

every video a knowledge bomb. thank you very much guys

[@HumanMechanism]

So much still so unknown, and man this vid was great. I never looked at things like this before. This idea can be applied to lifestyles where powerlifting isn't even the goal. Wanna get good at something? Well, your brain's relationship is the best known factor we can affect for change. Doing more of the specific thing you wanna do will help, but only so far. At a certain point, specific-adjacent types of variations in that stimulus will push it further. This could apply to a program for a mountain hiker or a powerlifter prepping for a competition. Crazy how the best answers are often the simplest. Thanks guys.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

The law of specificity applies to everything we do.

[@LeeH3nson]

It's always interesting listening to detailed explanations along these lines, to me at least

[@meisdetermined]

He really likes the word specificity….Like a lot. He specifically likes to use the word specicifity.

[@charlescalado1]

reserch link?

[@christianbolt5761]

I wonder if the tendon thickness and attachment impacts the ability to move weight by improving mechanical efficiency

[@R1pp3d]

Tendon attachment certainly does, that would be under the "starting strength" part; you're born with it and can't change it. Thickness I don't know for sure but my intuition would say it probably helps.

[@rickharris275]

100 percent it does. Higher efficiency and proficiency also has an extreme effect on recovery as well. Bromley covered these a few times, Empire Barbell

[@gmotwmirl]

If evenly present you will in theory be allowed through proprioception and mechanoreseption to produce more force if all factors are up to par, and none are dangerously overwhelmed.

[@Ale-mv3gr]

Very informative, thanks! Could you link the article?

[@Dr_Footbrake]

If no one replies to you give me a time stamp and I can probs work out what study it is

[@matt5004]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@Sizen_nepal]

does anyone have link to the paper? wanna study this more. Very interesting stuff.

[@scottcody8498]

Where does connective tissue come in?

[@snbforever]

Blah blah blah science...lift heavy and often 💪

[@Xplora213]

Except tons of guys already do this and don’t get stronger. So we have to look at why some get better. With science 🧪 😉

[@jakesimmonds5043]

Ooga booga me lift big weight!

[@snbforever]

My point is his information was making my eyes glaze over. Sure, it's science, but it's not very INTERESTING science.

[@michaelherbert7389]

@@snbforever for you it wasn't, but fantastic for many others.

[@ByeEvoX]

@@snbforever Doesn't matter if it's interesting or not. It's factual in a space where there is still much to learn. If this bores you then maybe bodybuilding is more your speed.

[@xbenxwilsonxhighlights7879]

Your mass also has an impact on your strength to . Or is that leverage?

[@FastingFTW]

Just when you think you can't get more confused on how to get big and strong lol

[@findingtruth511]

Fr lmao

[@labibchowdhury5935]

Can u plz suggest something for increasing bench arch,ve been using tennis ball on my back. Thanks great content

[@Xplora213]

Football or foam roller. Chad Aichs and JM Blakely both suggested staying in that position for maybe 5 minutes at a time 😂

[@joehill4391]

They did a video with Chad Aichs about this a few weeks ago! Check it out👍

[@labibchowdhury5935]

@@joehill4391 Thanks man

[@labibchowdhury5935]

@@Xplora213 Thanks man

[@Ripcookiethief]

Foam roller definitely would help more than a tennis ball.

[@---rm8rr]

Hydration carbs and fat percentage should be factors lol

[@j.a.6866]

What does “et al” mean following the names of the researchers?

[@jwubwub]

Et Al is a Kryptonian researcher who has a very wide, and varied body of research

[@j.a.6866]

@@jwubwub Noice! 👊

[@gantoniopatriarca9520]

It is Latin, it means "and other people." The full phrase it Et Alii.

[@Dr_Footbrake]

Means there's multiple authors (normally 3 or more depending on the referencing style).

[@gantoniopatriarca9520]

@@Dr_Footbrake Good catch, I should have mentioned that.

[@Schwertfisch198]

The clickbait is strong in this one!

[@8strang]

Why would you say this? Asking you a genuine question not being SA.

[@RonaldRumRaisin]

"it's science based bro science"- rik

[@farhanhussain_]

It was surprising to know that hypertrophy is not much linked with strength gains. Otherwise almost all literature says that bigger muscle has the potential to generate more strength.

[@knuckledragger4648]

Yeah, it seems questionable to me. Logically, all other factors being equal, a thicker rope is a stronger rope, and the more fibers you wrap around that rope the stronger it'll get. Maybe there's a point of diminishing returns with regard to how much you can actually optimize in both the hypertrophy and neural aspects, but I'm not convinced that for the majority of folks, adding more muscle won't help them become stronger.

[@Xplora213]

@@knuckledragger4648 I think the point was explained that it was 0-18%. It will help some, but doesn’t help at all sometimes... probably the most important aspect was that it was possible to add no muscle and get stronger but also add muscle and not get stronger. I think of Grizzly Kouriakis and doubt adding more hypertrophy mass is going to help him 😂

[@GutsBatman]

I've been thinking about this recently. I've been listening to Dave (especially the latest podcast he did with JM and the others) and one of my biggest takeways from them is that training the central nervous system is far more important than the muscles because the mind controls the body. I believe the point of training is to turn thought into instinct. We know the thing that slows people down the most when going to do something is thinking. I watch it every day at work. Working on that has nothing to do with muscles. Yes, you need enough muscle to actually do the lift For the last 14 months I've been doing a powerbuilding program (though I didn't know that term until this summer) and have recently cut back on the hypertrophy and accessory work. I feel it's working out better that way for me right now. For full disclosure, I've been a gym regular since June 2013 (garage gym as well starting in 2020) and serious since about 2016 (405 1RM on squat and deadlift, 285 on bench press, 161 standing overhead strict press).

[@Dr_Footbrake]

@@knuckledragger4648 ropes aren't contractile tissue to begin with, then on top of that not all ropes are equal.

[@Xplora213]

@@GutsBatman depends where you are at... once you’re advanced, you don’t need more muscle. Just gotta make it work better. Which makes sense really. There are limits to all of this.

[@bestwesterner]

So what you’re saying is…. Conjugate?

[@billybenoit647]

The mysterious 40% isnt the tren?

[@Mrknubbe]

Unlikely - Tren affects hypertrophy/muscle mass and that has been shown to not have such a significant impact on strength as per the charts in this vid.

[@tk-hl3hk]

Tren absolutely affects strength. Honestly the strength gains are comparable to the physical effects. The argument could def be made it's as productive of a powerlifting drug as it is a bodybuilding drug. I'd never condone it's use tho unless you're making a living off those sports. It's just too damn harsh, and the more info that comes out about it the more dangerous it is. The unique aspect I noticed to it compared to other PEDs, the sides get exponentially worse each run. Yeah it's fn awesome the first time, no argument there. Keep going, it'll catch up and your opinion will likely change. Although I'd love to, you couldn't pay me to use tren again.

[@Mrknubbe]

@@tk-hl3hk Thanks for the indepth explanation man, learned a bit more today!

[@michaelellero228]

turning out that hyperthrophy is extensive of growth and ability to use under amounts of strength based excersises also range and size of muscles, although meaning that the mass applied to strength based movements should give a kinetic based push and pull figure of speaking. but i think that small parts that help you repeat a daily cycle along with a weekly to monthly should be working along with the ability and dcontridiction just leaving yourself unsure is a big thing or one of the biggest compenents and the ability to extensify to oa p[oint or allibreiate the pain or pressure in spots but frtom the common or the unknown those spots our our reaming spots we still do not use corretly and thewre should be a figure of spech to help with all of this but in the long run we do need to increase common knowledge to learn more and base our skills around the abilty to do the job in terms of works if that isnt explained alot of excersise we do doesnt have the meaning to carry over from one person to another or just saying one athlete might look at themselves as less but the person who might look bad at what there are doing has been shown a different technique and lets face it boundries towards the extend of the excersise should be avoided unless you fully know the risk involved going into extensive movements we can all learn better in what we have learnt at some point someone did try to teach those things to you and somebody else should be respected just as much for putting in a effort people aviod the feeling of what its like in an enviroment and finding the solution for you is key it might be something that works for you in your entire lifetime but knowing when to stop doesnt put any strain on you and nethier should alot of excersing that you will come across when mobility is the biggest issue will we still support one another when we know for a fact what they are doing wouldnt work for ourselfs its about the reinhabition and tasking a goal in mind making sure that every day you can do as much as you can to feel better about the mistakes or a time when you havent felt encoured to do or finish a workout because with out the idea that you are doing something in everyones image ytou wont be able to maintain what they asee in you not for ever so why hold up im sure there is lotys of things a bodybuilder can do but learning a bit less about the growth of a body builder and learning m,ore about the condidtion of the heart and for all athletes size isnt the biggest comparison buit when they can show you some stuff fort a day does it feel good, maybe just forgetting asbout it for a bit wont hold you up for any longer and day seems easy, not hard. your muscles with learn from your heart brainb and muscles from response times and that would best intricate a beginning and a able means to result where something you can depoict will lie and i promise you wont be lying to yourself if you image things a bit different through the day you can do many things why would it hurt to not see a resulting factor about your idea and what should be growing when in fact that can just be our focus or a latened respone for something you have never noticed. and that part might hurt abit if you do require assistance in excersising.

[@Doggomorph]

What is acormeee

[@peeweesermon2231]

This is why the strongest lifters are usually the smallest with the least amount of muscle mass

[@demoncore5342]

And 40% is just black magic...