Un article que je trouve très intéressant qui fait une synthèse sur le bodybuilding en général .
"Another method of muscle growth that is the subject of much debate is muscular hyperplasia. This is the actual growing of new fibers. Previously it was thought that this was impossible after reaching maturity, but research is suggesting that it is possible that a large amount of growth that bodybuilders sustain could be down to hyperplasia. However muscle biopsies of bodybuilders tend to show that they have normal sized muscle fibers in a tremendous number as opposed to weightlifters who have a small number of thick fibres. One study showed that elite bodybuilders and power-lifters had arm circumferences 27% greater than normal sedentary controls yet the size (i.e., cross-sectional area) of athlete's muscle fibers (in the triceps brachii muscle) were not different than the control group. This does suggest that bodybuilding training with it's medium rep ranges and average to fairly heavy weights could cause hyperplasia as well as hypertrophy whereas weightlifting with it's small number of reps and very heavy weights causes only hypertrophy."
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"Drop sets are in my opinion the best way of increasing intensity and fatiguing the muscle."
"If you just want to lift big weights, rest for longer, as long as you like in fact. If you are serious about bodybuilding, cut the rest periods."