The Systematic Way To Enhance Muscle Size
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010So How do you increase muscle mass scientifically? The smart way to increase muscle size is by having some basic knowledge of how muscles grow, there are 2 types of muscle growth and these are called Sarcoplasmic and Myofibrillar. When you lift with high reps and high volume, you increase the volume of fluid inside of the muscle which results in a quick increase in size. Low reps causes a real growth of muscle tissue in your muscle. The best way is to maximize both types of growth.
Create Fluid Within Muscle With High Reps Causing High Fatigue
I know it sounds weird to increase the fluid (sarcoplasm) within a muscle, but this is legitimate growth. Considering we are made mostly of water anyway, why would it be strange to have fluid within our muscles. This sounds like an extremely temporary state, but that would be false. This is a good way to add size and as long as you train hard in the proper rep range, you will maintain this size.
High Tension With Low Reps Produce Muscle Fiber Growth
If high tension and low reps makes actual muscle fiber, why not just do this from the start and bypass the first stage? You need to realize that growing muscles this way is a slow affair. With just low rep training it would take a long time before you could notice a significant growth of your muscles. With this type of growth you get denser and more firm muscles. It tones up your muscles and looks more defined. Another benefit is that this also makes the muscles much stronger than just increasing size through fluid increase.
The Smart Regime
The smart way to increase muscle size is to mix the two approaches together, spend 3 months doing one technique, then 3 months doing the other, and repeat until you are the desired size. You should not mix the two systems within a short space of time because the body will not know how to adapt. When you try to be a “jack of all trades” your body responds by not adapting to either style of training very well.
The Truly Simple Approach
If you are in no hurry to increase muscle size then you can remain in the middle ground for all your workouts. Five reps in five sets is a good regime to follow. As time goes on you will steadily see your muscles grow. The nice thing is that you will also gain strength the whole time as well. The best way to continue this approach is to have 2 exercises for each part of your body and do five sets of five reps for each. The rest period between sets should be small and you want to use quite heavy weights. This is the scientific way to increase muscle size.

