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Strength Training that avoids bulking?

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  • HardcoreP0rk
    HardcoreP0rk Posts: 936 Member
    OP, you're right to focus on what you can do for neural adaptation versus muscular adaptation. You can't obviously do all of one or the other, since they work together. But unfortunately, I don't have a lot of guidance for you. This isn't something I've spent much time with and I am much more successful at fine tuning my physique with dietary adjustments.

    For a brief search, I found this... but you've probably already read it or similar

    https://breakingmuscle.com/learn/how-to-get-stronger-without-getting-bigger
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    JoRocka wrote: »
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    Less weight, more reps, and a lot of cardio.

    less typing, more reading- and lots of learning.

    Less typing, less reading, and lots of doing.
  • HardcoreP0rk
    HardcoreP0rk Posts: 936 Member
    This morning, I was talking it the Sig O about the overall tone and utility of these forums. His thesis is that facebook killed the forum. He mentioned that he gets way better advice from real athletes and experts on a few key pages he follows. Apparently they are carefully curated and moderated by the owners to eliminate the nonsense... and you can get far more specific advice. I have no experience with this, and see pretty poor behavior on fb as well... but perhaps you can find some sport specific groups to join and follow. You might get better notes there.

    Beyond the overall tone and attitude I see here (from some), I notice that this site is primarily concerned with overall health and fitness. It's not populated with a lot of active members that are serious athletes. Body composition seems to be the #1 goal here, and many people dont know how to offer advice outside the confines of a "body composition" mindset. You can get better tailored advice by calling out similar people in the title. Try something like "Martial Artists - How to Improve Strenght While Maintaining Weight" or something like that.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    edited February 2017
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    JoRocka wrote: »
    bcalvanese wrote: »
    Less weight, more reps, and a lot of cardio.

    less typing, more reading- and lots of learning.

    Less typing, less reading, and lots of doing.

    I can promise you unless you're a full time professional fitness trainer or athlete- you do not do more than I do. So if you're implying *I* need to do "more doing"- I can promise you- it's not me who need to do more *doing*.

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