muscle development bodybuilder vs runner

[ktimekiller]

For a anatomy homework, i have to write about the difference of muscle development between a bodybuilder and a marathon runner. BUT! whenever i try to look it up on google, the only thing i can find is websites about selling exercise equipment, exercise methods, exercise pills, supplements, bla bla bla. Cant find anything regards of muscle development difference or muscle development PERIOD on a bodybuilder or a runner.

Anyone got some infos?

 

[Cavalry]

Bodybuilder goes for all round strength, runners go for leg muscle.

 

[delusional]

Body builders build up muscle mass, while runners build up muscles that develop glycogen that develop energy without food.

 

[Dan]

runners basically have a highly developed cardiovascular system. This means high lactic acid threshold, high VO2 max, and their muscles will tend to contain mostly slow twitch fibers. Body builders have mostly just a lot of fast twitch fibers and not necessarily huge muscle mass, just a lot of muscle definition which comes from dehydration and exercising obscure little muscles that pop out to give the bulgy look.

 

[evil^milk]

I think there should be a certain amount of balance between the two.

If a hardcore bodybuilder focused only on building muscles in a short time period, the heart would be too stressed out to feed all the muscles with blood, and the oxygen transportation would be less efficient due to the arteries transporting less purified blood.

I think that's why some people feel tired right away when they don't work out any "cardio" exercises and just focus on muscle.

The reverse may also be true. Put a lot of stress on your heart, it pops, and you get skinny.

 

[Raziaar]

Well I don't really know about runners, but here's how I view it.

Generally, body builders attempt to go for the largest amount of mass. They develop muscles through strength training and supplements in hope of the most definition, the largest size.

On the contrary, people like runners and other individuals who train their body with their own weight of weights without having that goal of mass, develop muscles that generally contain more potential for strength as well as endurance.

It may sound bizarre, but typically you're going to find people who generally look far more scrawny than bodybuilders(although still muscular because muscle size does have a lot to do with strength), capable of lifting heavier weights than your average musclebound "show body". They can also do it more often because they go for the goals of efficiency rather than appearance, and thus achieve greater feats of stamina.

Bodybuilders, when they are judged, are not judged by their strength or endurance. They are only judged on, and generally train for, muscle shape and definition.

 

[ktimekiller]

lots of answers in general terms, but i was looking more for the detailed analysis of the muscle fibers and contraction and how it differs overall.

 

[Dan]

I told you, fast twitch vs slow twitch, that is the main difference in muscles.

If you are still having trouble finding information on these, it is also called type I and type II. Google will help you.

 

[evil^milk]

Bodybuilders, when they are judged, are not judged by their strength or endurance. They are only judged on, and generally train for, muscle shape and definition.

Well, this is true for the showy kind of bodybuilding. Y'know, the kind that wear thongs and just jiggle some meat around.

But there's also the ones that are competitive of strength and endurance. You ever watched those shows where people pull trucks with a rope tied around their waste? Stuff like that. I believe there's plenty of stuff around for strength/endurance - most predominately in a competitive scenario.

But honestly, I prefer brains over brawn any day :E

 

[Cavalry]

I don't know a whole lot about the human body to go into detail.

Sorry I can't be of more assistance.

 

[Raziaar]

Well, this is true for the showy kind of bodybuilding. Y'know, the kind that wear thongs and just jiggle some meat around.

But there's also the ones that are competitive of strength and endurance. You ever watched those shows where people pull trucks with a rope tied around their waste? Stuff like that. I believe there's plenty of stuff around for strength/endurance - most predominately in a competitive scenario.

But honestly, I prefer brains over brawn any day :E

Yeah, I know. But when I hear 'body builder' I think Arnold Schwarzenegger types and I consider them 'meatheads'. The other people I consider strength builders and I have more respect for them.

 

[Dan]

But there's also the ones that are competitive of strength and endurance. You ever watched those shows where people pull trucks with a rope tied around their waste? Stuff like that. I believe there's plenty of stuff around for strength/endurance - most predominately in a competitive scenario.

That isn't body building. Body building is only about aesthetics; there is no strength portion to a body building competition.

 

[Cavalry]

Yeah, I know. But when I hear 'body builder' I think Arnold Schwarzenegger types and I consider them 'meatheads'. The other people I consider strength builders and I have more respect for them.

So you consider those who go onto Worlds Strongest Man as meatheads?

(no offense, I don't care, I think that sometimes.)

 

[Raziaar]

So you consider those who go onto Worlds Strongest Man as meatheads?

(no offense, I don't care, I think that sometimes.)

No... World's Strongest Man would be classified as a Strength Builder. Not merely a male model show meathead contestant.

 

[Cole]

Body Builders build muscle. They work out in weight rooms, they do a variety of exerices on just about every single muscle in there body. You can have a lot of muscle but very little definition.

Running doesn't build a lot of muscle. Rather, running burns off a lot of body fat giving you a very defined look (6-pack abs, look stronger with less muscle) and making you lighter. Runners not only endurance there muscles but also there brain. It takes a lot of mental focus to run long distances, in fact I would say that mental focus is the most important thing for a runner. Theres been countless times where I stopped, not because I was physically exhausted but because I just couldn't focus on running.

 

[evil^milk]

That isn't body building. Body building is only about aesthetics; there is no strength portion to a body building competition.

I see.

 

[AKIRA]

I see.

that's so gross..i dunno how any woman can like that lol, it's too cartoonish,and he has gross veins everywhere...he looks like:

 

[Raziaar]

You want a disgusting looking body builder? Carrot Top. Ugh he looks so ****ing weird with his buff body and woman/monster looking head.


EDIT: Ahh here we go... uuugggh.

Like what the hell at his pants too... you can see like groin rash or something at the top of his pubes.

 

[evil^milk]

That's prolly skin itch or whatever for shaving his pubes.

But seriously, since when is he a bodybuilder?

My stomach does somersaults when I look at him.

 

[AKIRA]

That's prolly skin itch or whatever for shaving his pubes.

But seriously, since when is he a bodybuilder?

My stomach does somersaults when I look at him.

he was never a bodybuilder, he just used roids.

 

[Saturos]

muscle density > muscle mass when it comes to strength.