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12-02-19 11:10 PM - Post#890960
There's the technique development consideration too. Very few people can use 100% of their strength owing to less than perfect technique, and technique in any form of lifting anything in or out of the gym can be improved without adding bodyweight.
I figure, if you're going to attempt to avoid adding muscle as much as possible, you could practice technique, study technique, find and develop your own best technique without using weights that cause much muscle development or pump in the muscles.
But then again. we've all seen guys who, after their initial beginner "free" gains eat like birds and get stronger without really getting much bigger. Limiting your food, I think, is the biggest factor in this equation. Not to the point of injuring yourself once you have the willpower developed to push yourself, no, not that!
But we do have to remember that, aside from honing the techniques needed to express the strength we've already developed, there can be a lot of mental training of use in expressing strength. Training the mind to believe what the body is capable of and all that.
Life's too short to worry about longevity.
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Edited by Neander on 12-02-19 11:13 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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