For bodybuilders, muscle size is often more important than strength. From a visual standpoint alone, bigger muscles have more power. So, is it true that muscle size is proportional to strength?
Can increase strength without increasing muscle size
In real life, we can see that the same person without muscles, one person's strength will be significantly greater than another person. This shows that strength does not necessarily reflect the size of the muscle. However, when you continue to exercise and continue to build your strength, you will find that your muscles are bound to grow. Because your exercises are helping you build strength, these exercises are actually helping you build your muscles and burn off your fat.
You can only see strength gain in the short term, but not muscle gain. However, in long-term exercise, with the emergence of muscles and muscle training, strength gain will reach a new level.
Strength is related to the size of muscles
This is one of the reasons why people who build their muscles better have higher strength levels. Strength is actually a skill that uses muscles. It comes from changes in muscles, the nervous system that controls muscles, and the techniques used to train them.
So, strength is related to training, it is related to the mass of the muscles, and it is also related to the control of the muscles by the user. People who use the same muscle mass will show different levels of strength.
Bodybuilders vs. weightlifters
In a comparison of bodybuilders and weightlifters, it was found that bodybuilders mainly trained muscle size and proportion, symmetry, etc. Weightlifters focus on strength training and are relatively small in size and muscle size compared to bodybuilders.
So, bigger muscles provide relatively more power, however, it's not that bigger muscles make more power. If you want to improve your strength in a targeted way, you need to work with the corresponding strength exercises, such as squats, bench presses and hard pulls to lift as much weight as possible. Targeted improvements in muscle efficiency will also allow users to achieve a higher level of strength with the same muscle mass.