Muscle Fiber Recruitment

[franchise24]

Now that I am a bit older. I have realized that I can work in sub maximal ranges and still hit pretty decent numbers during test day.

I aslo study this in school and have read some articles as well. The longer a person has lifted, they they know how to recruit the majority of their muscle fibers for near max effort lifts. Meaning that they fatigue faster and don't need much volume to elicit a growth response in strength.

I would love to hear from @Docd187123 @theprodgicalson @RodgerThat @Perrin Aybara @Masters Power @brutus79 @gr8whitetrukker @mands @ChestRockwell.

I need some enlightenment on this topic.

Thanks in advance.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

It goes deeper than that. PL are only concerned about maximal muscle fiber recruitment in a compound movement for the sole purpose if moving it as heavy as possible from A to B. Which leads to aesthetic deficiencies most PL have unless there doing BB work on the side. Legs are pretty straight forward like a squat for example. But a bench press can be divided to a tricep dominant or chest dominant press. Which is why most massively built BB often use less than impressive weights to work the pectorals. We mainly just refer to it as intention. Recruiting all the fibers of the chest to bench press or dumbbell press. Its all in what you want out of it.

 

[franchise24]

It goes deeper than that. PL are only concerned about maximal muscle fiber recruitment in a compound movement for the sole purpose if moving it as heavy as possible from A to B. Which leads to aesthetic deficiencies most PL have unless there doing BB work on the side. Legs are pretty straight forward like a squat for example. But a bench press can be divided to a tricep dominant or chest dominant press. Which is why most massively built BB often use less than impressive weights to work the pectorals. We mainly just refer to it as intention. Recruiting all the fibers of the chest to bench press or dumbbell press. Its all in what you want out of it.

Thanks brother for the response. I'm fascinated with human body, in how we all operate, function move differently. Recover at faster or slower rates than others. The human body amazing.

 

[RodgerThat]

It's more the neural pathways that your are building when using sub maximal weights. Think of it like you are programming your body to fire electrical signals to more fibres at the same time. Motorpathways are your muscle memory how it knows how to move and contract and extend then neural pathways create how much fast or how many muscle fibres need recruitment.

With the pound for pound strongest people they aren't that huge but they've built they're central nervous system into a supercomputer of sorts and it just has more processing power to get more work done quicker. That's why doing maximal effort work is largely detrimental. Just think if you're constantly overheating your computer by maxing out its processing then it needs time to cool down in order to work properly again. In the opposite way we build our CNS up by slowly adding work load to it but in sub maximal fashion and when it's coming close to its max processing capabilities then you back off to let it cool before it overheats and that's how you get your periodization style training.

 

[Docd187123]

The longer you've lifted and the more experienced/advanced you are the more muscle fibers you can recruit during lifting correct but this doesn't fatigue the muscle faster or reduce the volume requirement for progress. In fact, the more experienced you are the more work your muscles can do (meaning they're more fatigue resistant) and the more volume work you need to further progress.

 

[jaymaximus]

The longer you've lifted and the more experienced/advanced you are the more muscle fibers you can recruit during lifting correct but this doesn't fatigue the muscle faster or reduce the volume requirement for progress. In fact, the more experienced you are the more work your muscles can do (meaning they're more fatigue resistant) and the more volume work you need to further progress.

Was just going to say this. Just didnt know how to dumb it down...because Im smart.

 

[Cash43]

Thanks brother for the response. I'm fascinated with human body, in how we all operate, function move differently. Recover at faster or slower rates than others. The human body amazing.

This program I'm about 11 weeks into is the first true "Bodybuilding" program I've done and I agree the human body is amazing.
I've always been more of a "powerlifter" (or attempted to be atleast) but now learning to sculpt and grow is pretty fun and a welcomed change of pace.
Took a huge ego check to stop worrying about how heavy my lifts were and concentrate more on feeling the weight and playing with tempo and volume.

 

[brutus79]

I find that the more stuff I pick up and put down the more stuff I have to pick up and put down.

 

[Gobuckeyes0122]

Very good thread @franchise24.

 

[franchise24]

Very good thread @franchise24.

Thank you.

 

[franchise24]

I find that the more stuff I pick up and put down the more stuff I have to pick up and put down.

I like that Keep it Simple.