Few things cause as much angst for functional fitness folks than the prospect of bodybuilding. Since it’s inception there has been a natural tension between these two different tribes of gym bro’s. On one hand, bodybuilders couldn’t care less how functional they are as long as someone’s mirin’ on their instagram. Where as functional athletes spend the majority of their time talking about metcons, paleo diets, and rolling their ass’s on pieces of foam. You might think that these two groups have very little in common, but you’d be wrong. This article will cover recent research on increasing muscular size, hypertrophy, and how this applies to us, because lets face it guys, secretly we want to be jacked and functional.
