by Green W / Friday, 09 November 2018 / Published in Blog
Too often, people (frequently women) do not engage in progressive heavy resistance training because they are afraid it will make them too big. This unfounded fear can prevent them from obtaining the full benefits of a strength training program. Women have fewer muscle fibers than men, especially in the upper body, and the primary anabolic (muscle building) hormone, testosterone, is dramatically lower in women than in men. Every individual’s body type is different, and some men and women (e.g., those of the mesomorph somatotype) are more genetically capable of developing muscle size because they have a greater number of muscle fibers. However, men and women rarely develop excessive hypertrophy except through the use of anabolic drugs.