How To Train To Optimize Hypertrophy (Muscle Growth)
As I’ve mentioned in some of my previous articles, including the one about training for strength, you can’t effectively train to optimize all three goals of strength, hypertrophy and fat loss at the same time!
There is a bit of carryover between strength and hypertrophy, but it’s more effective in the long-run to prioritize one at a time.
Here, we’ll focus on the primary goal of maximizing hypertrophy, which is commonly referred to as the scientific term for building muscle.
What Is Hypertrophy?
Muscle mass is essentially the amount and size of muscle fibers that you have, which makes up a cross sectional area. There’s no such thing as lean muscle or bulky muscle. Muscle tissue is muscle tissue.
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