The Biggest Hypertrophy Mistakes (Not Training For Strength)

In this video, we're going to talk about the biggest muscle building mistakes that you're likely making if you're not training for strength.
Too often, people make the mistake of training for muscle size rather than strength. This can lead to stagnation in your training and ultimately, failure. In this video, we're going to discuss the importance of training for strength and how to make the most of your muscle building efforts.
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[Aeshon]

Some actual good advice from this guy.

[coolgainz]

Yeah, I think that was one of the mistakes I made was only sticking to hypertrophy reps, but now I started incorporating heavy weight with low reps so it’s good to have variety of rep ranges to bring new stimulus to the muscles and I didn’t realized it until now

[deaglehawkings]

I remember doing hypertrophy leg training a few weeks ago and my legs felt so awful the next day that I could barely walk for almost a week, since then I've been using your advice to train my legs for movement and functionality rather than hypertrophy and it's been going pretty decent so far.

[Theartofnaturalphilosophy]

In early highschool I always wanted to build muscle like a bodybuilder. I was on the wrestling team for four years and it wasn't until I found channels like these I realized training strictly muscular growth exercises was killing my progress in and off the mat. I was a guy who put forth effort but didn't get much from it. Thanks to people like you I realized getting in shape isn't just about being muscular. It's about the endurance and universal aesthetics which makes the body capable of external imagery and internal strength.

[farmingthetnt]

Progressively overloading isn't to see the numbers go up, for that do solely strength training. Progressive overload is to make sure your muscles are getting enough stimulus. It's just a way of increasing stimulus as your muscles get more and more used to stimulus. If you're training to or close to failure, you're getting enough stimulus for that set (after that you apply a correct amount of volume). Yes, strength training will help you progressively overload, as in, it'll allow those numbers to go up, but the numbers going up doesn't mean your muscles getting bigger necessarily. If you want hypertrophy, train for what makes your muscles grow, not for what makes the numbers higher.

[ettox]

this is the best video you have ever made that i can truly agree on

[owenwright]

The thing is if your severely lacking in muscle wouldn’t it be better to focus on hypertrophy for a while then resume with strength training as hypertrophy training will aid with building some strength but not to the same degree as strength training

[ReEz]

I guess it depends. For example, I used to train on the heavier side(3-8 reps), and I didn't progress on anything for 3 months. As soon as I started doing 12-15 reps on pretty much anything, I started progressing again

[theghost]

I do cycles, one month hypertrophy, and the next for strength

[micharainczuk]

That's why 5-8 is the best rep range.

[paulwaters]

Wow !!!! Finally someone young gets it..good job making this short clip

[airheadterrarian]

When you are progressively overloading and training with intensity the amount of reps performed is obsolete. However the chance is if you are doing sets of 20 you are probably not actually training to failure, that’s why I think that people think of hypertrophy wrong, and to look at it as a side effect of progressively overloading with good technique

[RuinedComedian]

My biggest thing is everyone I've met who “just trains for hypertrophy” doesn't even go to the gym consistently. Build a base first. I think they just don't want a taste of some humble pie i'm not saying people don't train for hypertrophy. it's just in my experience more often than not it's just people who are scared or embarrassed to go heavy

[ThomateMaligno]

This is the #1 reason why most people don't grow in the gym. They always stick to the 10-12 rep ranges. They never try to progressive overload, because if they do so, they'll most likely worsen their form. Since strict form is heavily pushed on the internet, people become obsessed with it; hence the "you didn't squat low enough", "you didn't hit depth", "the bar didn't go low enough on your bench press" comments everywhere. If you really want to grow, you NEED to lift some heavy weights, there's no way around it. And if you try to do so, you'll likely have to sacrifice a little bit of your form.

[letsvthis]

Ur right man I stopped training cuz peoples at my gym stick to hypertrophy, and I was forced to stick to it, I stopped training for strength and got weaker .

[dannys_myname]

Thanks Mario for all the advice. Just hit a new pr of 315 deadlift today. I’m only weighing in at around 155.

[exotic]

And that’s why Leon Edward is the Goat of aesthetics

[ProsperityPuls]

I lift in the 6-12 rep range and I am building muscles and strength

[skylermccloud]

Spot on never understood whycmore people dont understand this

[robbylebotha]

That's why I recommended

4 sets

10 reps - light weight (endurance)
8 reps - medium weight (strength)
6 reps - heavy weight (hypertrophy n strength)
4 reps - heaviest (hypertrophy)

Simple, balanced and effective. Every 2 weeks increase the starting weight. You see good results in months, not years like some people...