I've a couple of posts in draft that I will get up soon - an update / reflection on Dry January and some thoughts on the scheduling benefits of short workouts if your life is busy. Before that though, I am pointing to something else. However, I wanted to highlight something that is coming this weekend that I've been involved in. Amber Rogers (Gokaleo and author of Taking Up Space ) has been pulling together a bundle of books from various authors with a common theme, one that I've been pushing here recently. Keep it simple, avoid the hype, be patient, be consistent and flee the gurus. I've talked before about how we get obsessed with pushing for more and more, when enough is OK. I've given my view that so much of the health and fitness internet world is more like a gnostic religion than something that will benefit your life. There are other voices out there saying similar things and I'll be pointing to a bundle of books later this week ...
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Also, I think many women would be amazed at how lean, yet how strong, she is (and maybe men too!). I think most women believe that to be strong you've got to bulk up. Here is proof you do not!
Some exercises DO benefit from the subject being bulkier... squats and bench presses come to mind. But, chinning is one where larger girths really do little, if anything, to improve lift leverage. The curl is another.
Muscle alone will do the trick without any extra "marbling."
There is, of course, a relationship between the cross-sectional area of a muscle and its power, so added lean muscle will help.
Brad
Cheers