Two kinds of hypertrophy, do you notice a difference?

[expylon]

For those who tried both ways long enough, did you notice a difference on the mirror? Do they really give different physiques?

Ive tried both for short periods, so dont really have a clear answer.

 

[MA11]

What are "two kinds of hypertrophy"?

 

[Mac11wildcat]

I assume you mean myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic.

Myofibrillar is the hypertrophy you want to care about. Recoverable volume near or at muscular failure should be the goal.

 

[expylon]

I assume you mean myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic.

Myofibrillar is the hypertrophy you want to care about. Recoverable volume near or at muscular failure should be the goal.

Yes i mean those kinds.

Shouldnt it be the opposite for bodybuilding? sarcoplasmic.

I know its not particularly low volume, but ive been doing 3 sets of 8 reps for a long time, it allows for decent weights but on the long run i start to feel pain here and there...

So my point is... if i lowered weights and went for higher volume (more sets and reps) would there really be a difference on my physique or there isnt much difference at all?

 

[Mac11wildcat]

Sarcoplasmic is finite and limited. You need to build new tissue to continue growing.

 

[29trt]

You need both to really look like a bodybuilder... hence all the volume driving compounds like insulin hgh etc on top of relatively high volume training near failure

 

[Petitewilson]

For those who tried both ways long enough, did you notice a difference on the mirror? Do they really give different physiques?

Ive tried both for short periods, so dont really have a clear answer.

Not to big on focusing on if I’m doing sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar hypertrophy I just make sure to go to failure as long as I’m doing more then 8 reps and not doing unnecessarily high rep ranges