Why the mantra "get stronger to get bigger" is bad advice and how strength training infiltrated bodybuilding

[TrainForPain]

@alex_uk

if you want to look like a bodybuilder, train like a bodybuilder”, which I don’t think it anyone disagreed with?

Hoo boy…

Look Like a Bodybuilder, Perform Like an Athlete

[Look-Like-a-Bodybuilder-Perform-Like-an-Athlete] by Christian Thibaudeau How to build High-Performance Mass Building muscle size, strength, and explosive power – as a single strategy – produces the absolute best gains, period! Here's how. I have to admit that when I’m out in public I think of myself as looking powerful, like a bodybuilder. But on the other hand, I don’t feel like a bodybuilder. At my core, I am and always will be 100-percent athlete. You might be thinking, “Since bodybuilder…

I’m just being annoying there, but

@alex_uk

Feels more like a bunch of middle aged folks trying to be, bigger, stronger more capable, athletic, leaner etc.

Ouch!