How to Build Tendon Strength vs. Muscle Strength

This video breaks down the process of Muscle Protein Synthesis vs. Collagen Synthesis.

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[briansammond]

Out of dozens of videos on the subject, yours is the first video on the subject of muscle growth that I have seen that mentioned satellite cells. At first, I wondered if the mention was bogus (under the assumption that if they were real and crucial to the subject, then others should not have overlooked their importance), but I researched it, and learned they are a real thing with credible references in the scientific literature (though not fully understood, particularly with regard to senescence and aging). It just surprises me that with all the fitness and physiology videos I've seen on the subject, yours is the only one to ever mention satellites cells that I have seen. Thanks. Time to do some more research.

[bilizard]

Lifting very heavy like that might indeed signal more tendon growth, but if you are middle aged or older like myself, it can also be detrimental to your joints! Before you load up the bar, be wary of increasing your risk of injuries.

[kramkalisthenics]

Strengthening my tendons over years by doing calisthenics and ATG goblet squats. Actually stopped my knee issues that I had at 59, 6 years ago. Gone! Great info! TY!

[bishnietech]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 *💪 Muscle growth is primarily driven by mechanical tension, metabolic stress, and muscle damage.*
03:50 *🔧 Tendon strength is built through collagen synthesis, requiring specific training like isometrics and heavy slow resistance exercises.*
06:38 *💉 Hormonal signaling, particularly growth hormone and IGF-1, contributes to collagen synthesis and enhances tendon strength.*

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[padisorgum]

Thank you, this channel will become big

[timothydavis]

really like this video. Great pictures, concise explanation, and the perfect length

[Sparkie]

Having been out of shape where I can't even really do pull ups any more, I one day decided to try doing slow negative reps from the top instead, as that was very heavy for me and all I could muster. I could feel uncomfortable strain on my tendons (at my age, it's the joints and tendons that are the biggest hindrance), particularly on my left biceps tendon.

Anyways, I ended up straining it or something, as it was injured for months. Any time I did any kind of hammer type biceps exercise (they were palm down pull ups), the pain would immediately rear its ugly head. It's still not 100%, nor completely discomfort/pain free, but at least I can somewhat work it out again, albeit much more gently. Getting older sucks. I used to do well over 100 (112 to be exact) different types of pull ups in one work out.

TL;DR: This guy is absolutely correct in saying that almost max load isometrics or negatives works your tendons, as that's exactly what happened to me when they weren't ready yet 😅.

[BlackElon]

I love your channel bro!... ive been lifting since the 90s, you are miles ahead of most channels

[kaibe]

This is the first time I've seen it explained so well that I understood why fasting is working so well for building muscle growth.

[axlealleyauto]

loved the video, thank you...i think working out and getting blood into the tendon is important. especially injured tendons so i mix it up between heavy stress one day and high blood delivering pump ups the next time in my my tendon repair program. injured tendons cartilage and joints benefit from the blood bathing the injury as they get a lot less blood than the muscle does. that said this is specific to injury rehab as at 60 i have injuries that are older than dirt...

[c.galindo]

Awesome explanation. I will need to add this to my repertoire

[ryanr]

Great video. Thanks for the straightforward and clear instruction with great pictures

[lolitsmatt]

amazing video. I'm working on strenghening my achilles, and this is helpful

[BlackElon]

I usually load the weight during the end of a compound movement and just try to hold the weight as long as possible for tendon strength

[erdenjak]

Would you use some of the same training methodologies to improve ligament strength/resiliency as you would for tendon strength?

[haidyyousif]

Big THANK YOU ❤
I LEARN& Retain ALOT by Your Way of Simplfying Complex things

[xyzct]

That was GREAT!
Talk about critical information!

[beefstickswellington]

This is why heavy load variable resistance bands work best. X3 bar system will give you load without stressing your joints needlessly. Our bodies can carry 7x the load at strong range vs weak, so variable bands bypass the joint damage if you have good form.

Or go old school and use chains.

[marcusstrymon]

Wow. That is why regular crimping is still very important to building finger strenght in climbing

[grochef]

Thank you. That was a very clear description.