Hypertrophy Training

What Does Hypertrophy Training Mean?

The definition of hypertrophy is the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells. Hypertrophy training in this case is the enlargement of muscle tissue due to the nature of training muscle cells are certain to increase in size due to the nature of the workout routine.The process of building muscle is a result of continuous microscopic damage to muscle fibers.

What Does It Do?

Hypertrophy targets your muscles cells in the most effective way in causing microscopic damages for the body to repair and build off of. It is the best way to put on considerable muscle mass in the gym and has been used by bodybuilders to top Hollywood actors to achieve god-like physics in short amounts of time. It encompasses high intensity and rigorous training routines to achieve failure after every set.

What are Compound Exercises?

Referring back to the example of the primates, you will notice that most of their movements involve or incorporate multiple groups of muscles at a time during any given movement they do. Swinging from branches, or moving debris and sometimes each other, requires force from different various groups of muscles, these are compound movements.

Why are they important?

Compound exercises are important for a variety of reasons. Most notably compound exercises ensure that a proportional athletic build is developed. By requiring force and energy from different muscle groups at a time, this increases athleticism in general allowing the body to feel comfortable and exert force naturally according to the physical capabilities of our anatomy.

What are Isolated Exercises?

On the other side of the coin you will find isolated exercises. Not so prevalent in the animal kingdom, isolated exercises are mostly used in the gym for increasing efficiency or size in a specific muscle group. A few examples of isolated exercises below.Bicep curlsLeg raisesTricep extensionsCalf raises etc.