Difference between strength and muscle training?
I’ve heard about training strength (power) and training muscles (toning) and how they’re different, but how? How do you train them differently?
Are there particular styles that would, say, rather than tone biceps, train its strength? I’d appreciate an in depth answer. Thanks guys.
there is not a huge difference in the exercises,and in building muscle, your strength goes up and vise versa.. the difference is found in the reps per set and rest in between sets. toning is sort of a myth in the sense that weight training builds muscle. by building muscle and stripping body fat, you "tone" your body. to answer your question in detail, when i train for strength and power – i will use the chest as example, i will do 6-7 sets of benchpress, at a weight that allows me to complete 3-6 reps, and take 2-3 minutes rest in between each set. when i am training for muscle size i will press a weight that allows 8-12 reps per set, with only 1-2 minutes rest in between sets. training for muscle size and shape usually requires more reps, and a variety of exercises for a bodypart, whereas training for strength you usually focus on the compound power movements and do more sets of fewer exercises.. like i said, by training for muscle size, you increase strength and when training for strength you increase muscle size, but it is good to take a multi facettted aproach to training so your body does not become accustomed to the same routine. by switching between the 2, you continue to make gains and progress.
there is not a huge difference in the exercises,and in building muscle, your strength goes up and vise versa.. the difference is found in the reps per set and rest in between sets. toning is sort of a myth in the sense that weight training builds muscle. by building muscle and stripping body fat, you "tone" your body. to answer your question in detail, when i train for strength and power – i will use the chest as example, i will do 6-7 sets of benchpress, at a weight that allows me to complete 3-6 reps, and take 2-3 minutes rest in between each set. when i am training for muscle size i will press a weight that allows 8-12 reps per set, with only 1-2 minutes rest in between sets. training for muscle size and shape usually requires more reps, and a variety of exercises for a bodypart, whereas training for strength you usually focus on the compound power movements and do more sets of fewer exercises.. like i said, by training for muscle size, you increase strength and when training for strength you increase muscle size, but it is good to take a multi facettted aproach to training so your body does not become accustomed to the same routine. by switching between the 2, you continue to make gains and progress.
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Basically training muscles is when you plateau, or stay at a certain level for a period of time, eventually you will need to go up in weight to increase your strength. You mean strength training? Thats what athletes and bodybuilders do, build up muscles but a bodybuilder cycles their type of training from volume training to high weight training to volume to HIT training, all are different styles, while an athlete does volume training also know as high rep training with low weights, slowly increasing over time. Whereas a bodybuilder goes up in weight in frequent periods of time. To tone you muscles you only need to do certain amount of sets, to build your muscles you must do as many as you possibly can, this also varies from person to person. You must find what is right for you, everyone is genetically built in variation.
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Used to be an athlete, now a bodybuilder.
for muscle toning the idea is to perform high reps with low weights, this pumping the blood in your muscles, giving you that burn feeling and making the muscles look all toned and pretty. This will also build strength but it is not the best workout for strength training.
To build strength and muscle size it is recommended to perform only compound exercises (rather than isolation the muscles). Examples of compound exercises are Dead lift, squat, bench press, shoulder press.
You should perfrom these exercises using a very heavy weight for 3-6 reps. This will help to build power and size to the muscles as well as strengthening the joints.
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