bodybuilding vs. strength training

[Kinetic Linking]

when you're lifting weights, what's the difference? I want to get serious about weightlifting but I'm concerned I'll end up bodybuilding by accident.

[Richie-G]

i'm not that clued up either, but if your training for strength, its low reps e.g 3-6 with a heavy weight, where as bodybuilding is 8-12 reps with a lighter weight, it tears the muscle more so it grows back bigger. Also theres power and plyometrics, plyos are little or no weight with extremely explosive movements and power can be trained with fast movements like olympic lifts.

[kearney]

research the 5x5 workout for strength training, 5 sets of 5 reps on a high weight

[Nosferatu]

Op to answer your question as a former bodybuilder there are alot of variables involved in what it takes to "bodybuild"

If you fears are of getting muscle bound and your diet is not a bodybuilder's diet than you can put your fears to rest b/c it is physiologically impossible to gain muscular bodyweight on a fixed boxing diet.

If you're eating a diet geared to keep your weght at say a welterweight division, than all the lifting in the world won't make you a attain a bodybuilder's physique.

That being said, boxing relies on anaerobic speed and aerobic endurance.
Weight training can train both it all depends on how and what you do.

Doing 3 setsof 8 reps of bench presses trains your fast twitch muscle fibers as does doing 3 sets of 12 fast explosive reps

where as doing 3 sets of 50 reps with a lightweight trains your slow twitch muscle fibers.

Either way if you're not eating a bodybuilder's diet designed to gain mass than you won't acquire a bodybuilder's physique per say...hope this helped.

[Spartacus Sully]

on your diet though your gonna want to do like 6 sets of 50 reps on a light weight explosively fast like you need to consciously keep the bar from flying to the celling

though really i think that if you not tearing muscles then your body building

[Left2theliver]

If you're looking to bulk up, then go heavyweights with less reps per set. If you wanna do it for performance then my suggestion is go lighter weights up higher reps. If you wanna lift to help boxing or something then don't lift heavy, wanna get that muscle endurance down, which means do lighter weights for 12-1 reps per set and do 3-5 sets.

[kryo]

If you're looking to bulk up, then go heavyweights with less reps per set. If you wanna do it for performance then my suggestion is go lighter weights up higher reps. If you wanna lift to help boxing or something then don't lift heavy, wanna get that muscle endurance down, which means do lighter weights for 12-1 reps per set and do 3-5 sets.

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[hemichromis]

If you're looking to bulk up, then go heavyweights with less reps per set. If you wanna do it for performance then my suggestion is go lighter weights up higher reps. If you wanna lift to help boxing or something then don't lift heavy, wanna get that muscle endurance down, which means do lighter weights for 12-1 reps per set and do 3-5 sets.

WRONG!

lighter weights build up muscular endurance and SIZE

Heavy weights (low reps) build strength but can also build muscle

[Wyson]

haha everyone is WRONG! Low weights high rep---builds strength and endurance....4 sets of 20 reps...anymore reps then 20 are useless....you get cold muscle....for bodybuilding its high weights low reps....3 sets of about 8-10...thatll make you bulky and strong....i go low weights high rep.....PM me and i can send you my boxing workout routine...it works like crazy. best of luck!

[F l i c k e r]

haha everyone is WRONG! Low weights high rep---builds strength and endurance....4 sets of 20 reps...anymore reps then 20 are useless....you get cold muscle....for bodybuilding its high weights low reps....3 sets of about 8-10...thatll make you bulky and strong....i go low weights high rep.....PM me and i can send you my boxing workout routine...it works like crazy. best of luck!

RIGHT! lol, the only one that is right. Green k.