So, guys, Derek from more plates, more dates.com.

Today we're going to be talking about the correlation between strength and size.

So, you know, there is a very common saying, and it's a bigger muscle is a stronger muscle.

And I don't know where that originated from.

I don't know where I heard it myself, but, you know, it's been passed

down through the grapevine sort of over the years. And a lot of people, they think, you know,

obviously progressive overload is extremely important and it's a necessity for exerting more stimulus

on your muscle. So then you're always uncomfortable and continuously

adapting to you know get stronger and get bigger to accommodate that increased workload you're

exerting upon yourself so I'm not saying that progressive overload isn't important but one thing

I've come to notice over the years is uh most bodybuilders when they're on camera or they're trying to do something impressive, they might lift, you know, a decent amount of weight.

But typically when they're in the gym by themselves actually doing their real working out, you know, their actual training sessions and it's not for show or like a YouTube video or something,

they're just going for mind muscle connection and getting a ridiculous pump.

And they're just, it's not like they're lifting light, but relative to what, you know, maybe a guy with, you know,

who weighs the same who's in strongman competitions and stuff,

or is training specifically for strength or cares a lot about strength.

You see these bodybuilders lifting a lot lighter than those guys.

You might have like, you know, a power lifter guy doing five, six plates on the dead lifts.

And then you have a bodybuilder who could probably

do five or six plates if he wanted to, but, or he could work up to that fairly easily, but

with the amount of drugs he's on in his genetic response, but he's just going for mind-muscle

connection and doing like three to four plates or something. I've come to realize over the years

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