Evidence of sarcoplasmic hypertrophy

[Guest guest]

Hey Folks,

I am curious as the what exactly the evidence of sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is. I

have heard that it's spoken of in the book Supertraining, I hope to have some

free $$ one of these days to purchase the text. I did a bunch of researching on

Pubmed and found some studies about muscle fiber changes after strength

training. Most showed more increase in myofibrils compared to mitochondria or

sarcoplasm, one showed an even balance between myofibriliar and sarcoplasmic

hypertrophy. But none showed a person gaining a higher level of sarcoplasmic

contents compared to myofibriliar gains.

From all those it seemed to me that one can train in a way where they gain more

on the contractile machinery over the energy substrates, but not the other way

around.

Is sarcoplasmic more of a theory? Have there ever been any biopsies to show a

type of training that was preferential to it?

Thanks for any help or ideas!

Ron Sowers

Post Falls Id

USA

[Guest guest]

> Hey Folks,

>

> I am curious as the what exactly the evidence of sarcoplasmic

hypertrophy is. I have heard that it's spoken of in the book

Supertraining, I hope to have some free $$ one of these days to

purchase the text. I did a bunch of researching on Pubmed and found

some studies about muscle fiber changes after strength training. Most

showed more increase in myofibrils compared to mitochondria or

sarcoplasm, one showed an even balance between myofibriliar and

sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. But none showed a person gaining a higher

level of sarcoplasmic contents compared to myofibriliar gains.

> From all those it seemed to me that one can train in a way where

they gain more on the contractile machinery over the energy

substrates, but not the other way around.

>

> Is sarcoplasmic more of a theory? Have there ever been any biopsies

to show a type of training that was preferential to it?

>

> Thanks for any help or ideas!

>

> Ron Sowers

> Post Falls Id

> USA

>

>

[Guest guest]

That study that was posted by someone a few day's ago sure seems to show

evidence of it.

It makes it sound like even though a untrained person has low amounts,

years of training seem to increase it enough to make it into a

significant souce of fiber size. WE NEED MORE BIOPIES STUDIES! :-) :-)

Ron Sowers

Post Falls Id

USA

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When Dr Siff visited us here in Sweden two years ago I asked him the

same questions. He told me that the sarcoplasmic hypertrophy theory

is based on unpublished material from the former USSR that he

obtained from Dr Verkhoshanskij.

I also asked a renowned Swedish muscle researcher the same question

and his response was; " when you consider the slim amount of

sarcoplasm that exists in the muscles in comparison to contractive

proteins, sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is probably neglectable " .

I guess the jury is still out!

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[Guest guest]

That study that was posted by someone a few day's ago sure seems to show

evidence of it.

It makes it sound like even though a untrained person has low amounts,

years of training seem to increase it enough to make it into a

significant souce of fiber size. WE NEED MORE BIOPIES STUDIES! :-) :-)

Ron Sowers

Post Falls Id

USA

*************************************************************************

*****

When Dr Siff visited us here in Sweden two years ago I asked him the

same questions. He told me that the sarcoplasmic hypertrophy theory

is based on unpublished material from the former USSR that he

obtained from Dr Verkhoshanskij.

I also asked a renowned Swedish muscle researcher the same question

and his response was; " when you consider the slim amount of

sarcoplasm that exists in the muscles in comparison to contractive

proteins, sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is probably neglectable " .

I guess the jury is still out!

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