Should Athletes Do Hypertrophy?

Like it or not, hypertrophy training (sometimes only seen as bodybuilding programs) can be very beneficial to fitness athletes and CrossFitters, possibly even necessary for long-term muscular growth, strength gains, increased athletic potential, and injury resilience.

Should athletes train for strength or hypertrophy?

The choice between hypertrophy training and strength training has to do with your goals for weight training: If you want to increase the size of your muscles, hypertrophy training is for you. If you want to increase the strength of your muscles, consider strength training.

Should I focus on hypertrophy?

Many hypertrophy exercises are actually assistance lifts, so they can help you build and break through your natural limits to new levels of strength, which can be motivating in and of itself. Focusing on hypertrophy can also be helpful because it gives you a new challenge and a new set of goals.