Increase your Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy to get big, juicy muscles with shape. Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy comes from your muscles holding more fluid and all of the glycogen and other good stuff that’s in that fluid. Training with high volume causes this because to train at high volume your muscles learn to store more glycogen to give you more endurance. For each gram glycogen your muscle holds it holds an additional 3 grams of water! Other ways to increase sarcoplasmic hypertrophy are to take supple

Understanding Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy in Muscle Growth

Myofibrillar vs. Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. Simply put, myofibrillar hypertrophy is achieved through damage to the contractile components of muscle fibers. These are the myofilaments that are composed of two proteins, myosin and actin. These protein strands bond to one another in a “cross bridge” and pull against each other to shorten a muscle fiber in an act known as a “power stroke”. When these components get damaged through resistance training, they heal and remodel, thicker, and more numerous