What is the difference between mass(hypertrophy) and bulk?

Question

If there is a difference can you let me know.....because i know that if you want endurance and to build hypertrophy then you should do sets with lots of reps like 12 to 15........but if you want maximal strength and bulk then you should do about 8 reps or less like 4 to 8 or 6 to 8 but whats the difference between mass building and bulk if there is any........im putting this in the football sections because football players lift the most weight in sports and yahoo doesnt have a bodybuilding section

Answer 1

Mass = Sarcomere Hypertrophy
Bulk = Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy
Density = Hyperplasia

You have to have combinations for over-all football performance.

Hypertrophy (Sarcomere and sarcoplasmic) - is an increase in the size of the muscle due to an increase in the size of the muscle fibers (Mass and strength),
while hyperplasia is an increase in the number of muscle fibers (Density and power).

Heavy training on a regular basis will make you feel solid
(Hard work muscles)
Whereas someone who trains for the pump with light weights will feel soft. They might "look" good - but cosmetics don't "cut" it in football.

If you are interested in improving football performance, then strive for sarcomere hypertrophy (The better one of the 2 types of hypertrophy). Sarcomere hypertrophy, an increase in the size of the contractile portion of the muscle.

Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy - the other type- (BULKING) is only beneficial if an increase in body weight is more important than an improvement in performance.

The muscle cells you're born with are the ones you have for life...
however - Hyperplasia splits the muscle fibers. So you "develope" a greater number of fibers the same size as the originals. This splitting is not "new" fibers but damage to existing fibers - so as my father says - scar tissue between fibers...

Muscle hypoxia theory, blood nutrient theory, and the ATP theories are all crap and I can give you simple examples why - so the NO2, supplement, Amino Acid garbage people sell are ALL out the window...NO supplements.

A "maximum single day" produces the most work that can be performed in that single repetition. Because it lasts a limited time, only a small amount of protein is broken down. Which is why I only suggest one of these every 6 to 8 weeks for monitoring...not necessarily a workout...

High repetition sets with light weight also require a small amount of fuel supply.

Medium repetition sets with maximum weights require the largest fuel resupply, which will result in an increased protein breakdown. This leads to a bigger and better rebound in your energy stores and therefore increased muscle growth.

This is the support for the 4 a week workout I gave you...
a little mass building, then a high demand for density...
a little mass, then more work on density...
Oh - by the way the 4 a week isn't my work out...
I took it off the walls of the gym at Notre Dame when I visited there in the 80s. It was their strength and power workout...

It's a slow process because muscles are inherently lazy. They will only develop at the rate they are needed. So as you can see in my 4 a week plan...the demand is always intense...it's always changing...and therefore your muscles are always required to grow and adapt.

I have to tell you - you call on me so often I'm worried about screwing up...so I did a lot of research for this...
Here are my resources...you can read these too...they are pretty good.

1. Ditullio. The Development of Physical Strength.
2. Kraemer. Hormonal Mechanisms Related to the Expression of Muscular Strength and Power.
3. Medvedyev. A System of Multi-year Training in Weightlifting.
4. MacDougall. Hypertrophy or Hyperplasia Strength and power in Sports.
5. Silvanti. The Production of Muscular Bulk.

Good luck - you probably have enough information now to write your Masters Thesis in Kinesiology...just be careful...mine is already there...muahahahahahaha

:)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Okay, muscle doesn't grow rapidly, so the only way you'll become the big huge jacked guy is if you spend a year or two working out, and following a strict diet plan. At some point the big huge jacked guy was a fairly muscular guy, what you would describe as "cut up". He decided he wanted to get bigger muscles, so kept increasing the weight he was lifting. If you do the same as him, but instead reach the size you like and stick to the same weight then you won't get much bigger. So basically, you do exactly the same as the big huge jacked guy did when he started. Also, if you want good muscle definition you need you build muscle then diet to cut your body fat percentage. As that's going to be a while away just focus on building muscles, then once you have those starting dieting (aka cutting).

Answer 4

There really isnt a difference. "bulking" means eating whatever you want alot to gain size and put on fat also. It is just to gain size and mass. Clean bulking is eating alot of the right stuff to gain size slowly and minimal fat

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If you do alot of reps very quickly with lite weight, it will build speed. If you do fewer reps with heavy weight, it will build mass(muscle/weight).

Answer 7

sophisticated step. research from a search engine. just that could help!