a lot of good feedback. . and opinions would be good to have some vets chime in....
one thing im not sure about is the pump (chasing the bigest pump) makes u grow? if that was soley ttruely the case it means I coud do tons of pressups for pump and my chest would grow?
lol I think there's more to it.
Brad Schoenfeld is an authority on this subject. He has been featured on several podcasts including "Blue Collar" and "B-pak's" Basically the pump can cause hypertrophy through cell hydration "swelling the cell" can cause a stretch on the exterior portion of the fiber itself. Cell hydration can lead to:
increase protein synthesis
decrease protein degradation
Brad suggests the following to increase Cell Hydration:
Creatine
BFR training
Dropsetting or basically taking the muscle past failure.
I'd suggest reading about swelling the cell or "Cell hydration" to anybody looking to achieve gains through this particular form of anabolism. Datbtrue has a very unique approach to it and has tons of info on the subject as a caveat I'll say that I don't prefer his approach, but I do like his breakdown of Cell hydration. Meadow's website has an article on "Swelling the Cell" that has some similar advocacy to Datbtrue's articles.
Here is the major Caveat:
Cell Hydration is not the only means of muscle acquisition via training. Obviously things like Tension itself (which typically comes from more resistance ie: lifting heavy weight in good form), Intra workout supplementation, Lactic acid, and well fuck I could go on for days.
If your "Training for the pump" exclusively from a scientific perspective you're leaving key components on the table that could lead to more hypertrophy. It's bro science to say "Bodybuilders should only train for the pump", however we now have scientific evidence that "the pump" can lead to hypertrophy, however it's not the only thing you should be looking to do to acquire skeletal muscle.