In the end everyone's body is different and will respond differently to different training routines, supplements and diet. For instance I've been training like a bodybuilder (for my physique), yet I do not compete, I just like to look good, but I can out lift most of my buddies that compete for powerlifting.
i find this statement odd. how are we different? why are we different?
we only study one type of anatomy and one type of physiology. and to define physiology: the scientific study of function in living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system.
i believe another way to look at it is, the interaction between various anatomical structures. seeing as how we study 1 anatomical structure, and those parts of the anatomy work using the same mechanisms, therefore our physiology are all the same. hell, even other mammals are so close to us that scientists will even use mice to do research. that to me states that not only are we the same, we are so similar to other animals and their anatomy and physiology that it just makes that whole idea that we are all different just wrong.
i have thought about this for year and a chemist explained it to me wonderfully on how we can be different yet all have the same mechanisms.
as shown in the above definition its the chemical reactions that can make us different. at a high level view we see chemicals and we know how they interact therefore we know the basics. but chemistry uses math to determine the exact interaction with chemicals. change one variable and you get a different outcome. our bodies have different levels of chemicals, hormones for example, which alter the outcome. add in the fact that we have many other chemicals from all the processed foods we eat in our bodies and all those change the variables therefore changing the outcome. some may say that each variable changes maybe 1%. sure some do and others can change things by 10%. but add them all up and you may get as much as 50, or 75% difference in the outcome.
so to me, the mechanisms behind our bodies are all the same. therefore the same workouts will work. we can complicate things a bit more by throwing in muscular efficiency levels, or being more skilled, and work capacity and recovery ability which change month to month and even more so year to year its easy to me to see how people think that we are all different. but are all the same mechanisms at the simplest level. so we are all the same.
/end weird post that doesnt add much to the conversation
but I train more for bodybuilding vs powerlifting, my strength has just come along with my physique haha
