Muscle building happens to be different than strength building. I am not suggesting that a guy with a small frame is capable of lifting 300 pounds if he wants to but I am saying that there is a certain difference between having big muscles and having strong muscles.
Arm Wrestling
I noticed something interesting with arm wrestlers while seeing them on sports channels, the guys who have really big arms are not necessarily the ones who beat everyone, the guys who have somewhat smaller and more compact arms tend to beat the bigger guys, I am not talking about guys with noodle arms they still have sizable arms but they are not particularly big.
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was not a very big guy, but he was very strong, you would not find many people who are as small as he was who could do push-ups on their fingers.
He was not super human, anyone who says that he was is delusional, he went through rigorous training methods to build his strength up.
The Difference
Like I said, I am not implying that muscle building wont make you stronger but there is a difference, what is the difference you ask?
For strength growth you take the heaviest weights that you can lift 4 reps MAX, this will put a lot of strain on your muscles and require them to adapt to this weight, they will grow bigger but it wont be huge growth.
For muscle growth you lift weights for 8 minimum and 12 reps max otherwise you are wasting your time, this will force your muscles to grow assuming that you are eating enough to allow your body to gather the resources for growth.
This is the traditional bodybuilding rep range, most bodybuilders train in this rep range for build muscle.
Choosing
If it was as simple as saying that one method is better than the other I would have dedicated an article to only one of them, unfortunately there is no right or wrong way of training.
The question that you should be asking is, what are your goals?
Are you looking to increase your bench press or do you want to gain 20 pounds of muscle mass?
You should train in a way that corresponds with your goals.
In Conclusion
There is a lot more to weight training than most of us know, in every sport there are completely different training methods, the most important thing you need to know is that you need to train in a way that fits your goals.
Somewhere down the road you will need to change your workout routine because only one training method can have some negative effects over the long term but we'll save that for a later article.
If you want info on getting bigger arms I recommend a good article in this Weight Lifting Articles [http://hardcorenaturalbodybuildingtips.com/weight-lifting-articles-that-you-might-want-to-read/2010/07/13/] post.
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