[quote]56x11 wrote:
- The Henneman’s principle is often cited by different writers (who are often little more than hacks) to support whatever their particular agenda happens to be. So when others told you to read more on the subject, they’re right. [/quote]
I am assuming the Wikipedia article on it is correct? If you’re saying this is true, lifting to failure will recruit all the fibers my body is willing to allow me to recruit at that time. This means that toward the end of the set, it will recruit the larger fibers which lead to the largest gains in hypertrophy, right?
[quote]56x11 wrote:
I recently read an article in which the author cited farmers that lift 60 pound bales of hay and are able to deadlift impressive weight. I have known several men who were raised on farms and they weren’t exactly weak.
However, ask yourself this: why is it that the strongest lifters or the most muscular bodybuilders do NOT employ this type of strategy? [/quote]
Because it’s very difficult to go to failure (or close to) doing that? Kind of like why its difficult to attain muscular failure jogging/walking… I should have larger leg muscles by just walking than a person destined to a wheel chair…Definitely not the best way to bodybuilding legs though.
[quote]56x11 wrote:
So don’t just read one or two authors. As you read more articles and studies - each with its own interpretation on the best application of the Henneman’s principle - the deeper your knowledge base will be. [/quote]
It’s difficult to conclude what is true when there aren’t many results, too many articles, and too many agendas. Just today I was looking for information on Strategic Deconditioning… Sure the studies are there for and against doing so, but I couldn’t find any information from people that actually employed it. Is it just being lazy or does the body truly develop a resistance to getting larger? (you can save that answer for another thread lol)
[quote]56x11 wrote:
2) If you think doing only high-rep work will keep you injury free, I suggest you visit some bicycling forums in which the posters complain about persistent knee pain. There are other examples in other sports in which the athletes perform submax movements yet still manage to hurt themselves.
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You convinced me on this one, I agree. There’s a lot more to it than just heavy/light weight.
[quote]56x11 wrote:
3) There’s literature regarding the conversion of fast twitch to slow IF one performs most of his work in a certain rep range. And there’s also literature regarding how the fast and intermediate fibers respond better to hypertrophy-style of training. [/quote]
A quick Google and Kelly Bagget (I respected Madcow2 a lot who advocated his stuff) says couch potatoes have the highest IIB fibers since ANY training converts them to IIA. Just giving an example of all the different OPINIONS there are… nothing ever seems to be concrete and thus why I come to a forum to see what others have to say… hopefully giving me advice based on experience and such or leading me to new articles I haven’t seen yet.
[quote]56x11 wrote:
At this point, you can take significant time off - which in some studies have been shown to convert the slow back to fast. But what do you think will happen to any gains you’ve made up to that point…? [/quote]
Lol kinda beat me to it from my answer in the previous quote… Well some studies say that if I take significant time off, my muscles will become sensitive again to stimulus. Thus taking a 1 step back, 2 steps forward approach.
[quote]56x11 wrote:
Or, instead of taking the time off, you can switch right back to the rep ranges in the intermediate range. But then that would be an admission of sorts that your original premise (doing only high rep work for hypertrophy) is inherently flawed. [/quote]
You got me on that one. It’s almost like I’m not allowed to lift heavy now and just see what happens huh? Honestly, I’ve put some thought in just doing high reps (<60% load)for upper body just to see if gains can be continual…