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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5566992" data-attributes="member: 15538">That's simply not true. There are differences between training for power and body sculpting. While a boxer might, for instance, lift weights in order to increase strength, to actually achieve a stronger punch, the boxer needs to punch repeatedly, and integrate the muscles and support structures. Further, you simply can't talk about strength without considering motor neurons. Without balance, coordination of opposite muscle groups, and a good initiation of motions, you suffer from inefficiency. And inefficiency means less strength. Poorly coordinated motions are like a tug of war team where four people are pulling with all their might, but the fifth isn't sure which way they are supposed to pull. Because muscles must be coordinated, simply adding more muscle doesn't add more strength in a linear fashion. Simply having muscle mass does not mean it's distributed in areas where it's useful. A lot of the extra muscle in a man can be considered to simply be for moving the man's extra mass around, and supporting his denser bones. Some if may be just accenting secondary sexual characteristics. People who work out in order to shape their bodies do not develop in the same way as people who work to lift very large weights, or to move with explosive power.</blockquote>