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300th Posts: 16 Joined: 2007/01/25	2007/02/22, 08:06 PM When your lifting weights is it true your not using 100% of that muscle, your only accessing 20-30% of Muscle actually used. Please correct my novice statement if its wrong "The human body is a machine that winds itself" - Thomas Hardy
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/02/22, 08:56 PM True. if you used 100% of your muscle fibers, you would tear something. You are not neurologically efficient enough to utilize all the fibers at the same time. It can get pretty in depth here (frequency of contractions vs tetanus) but for the most part this statement is accurate. -------------- Gravity hates you. Enter the Darkside.
	2007/02/22, 09:02 PM Dont post threads with diff questions and same title.... No heavy lifting doesnt stunt growth...it's a myth....as long as you do it within reason(dont 1rm every workout) and do it with correct technique....russian literature has long held that heavy lifting even at young age is good for you and even suggests that it can improve growth.... Muscle recruitment is differs depending on how trained an athlete is. Trained athletes are able to recruit more muscles due to improved CNS effeciency. I dont know that it's X amount of 100%....definitely higher than 20-30%....google.com for ton of info.....
	2007/02/22, 09:11 PM oops...something was wrong with my screen or my brain....thought u made 2 posts with same title asking 2 things....nm....
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2007/02/28, 10:29 PM you're confusing micrtrauma with a muscle tear. A muscle tear implies trauma and damage to a muscle. -------------- Gravity hates you. Enter the Darkside.
brachii Posts: 79 Joined: 2007/02/26	2007/02/28, 08:21 PM "if you used 100% of your muscle fibers, you would tear something" - wrestler125 Just wondering, don't you already tear you muscles when your lifting weights anyway or...? -------------- \"I\'m not concerned with body building; I\'m just trying to make people normal human beings\" - Joseph Pilates brachii