A tennis player has been told that she must increase the vel

A tennis player has been told that she must increase the velocity of her forehand; the only way to do so, according to the tennis coach, is to train with weights. The athlete wants to improve, but she is concerned that if she resistance trains, her arms “will get too big.” Is muscle hypertrophy related to increased force production? What else increases the force a muscle is able to produce? What other types of training may help with this?

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Muscle hypertrophy is the increase in muscle fiber size and is observed when muscle achieves higher diameter or thickness. With muscle hypertrophy the actin and myosin starts production and synthesise protein in large amounts.

Yes increase in force production is related to the muscle hypertrophy which is preffered by many athletes.

Someother methods which promotes hypertrophy

1. Descending weight or drop sets:

or example, an exerciser might do 8 repetitions of a dumbbell lateral raise with 35 pounds to failure, put those dumbbells down and complete 8 repetitions with 25 pounds to failure, and then drop to 8 repetitions with 15 pounds to failure. Depending on the exerciser, a sequential drop of 10%–25% in weight would be appropriate for this technique.

2. Eccentric training

Consist of supramaxial training in which a person lifts a weight that is 105%–125% of that person’s normal load

3. Super sets:

consists of any two sets performed in a sequence eg agonist and antagonist performed together   biceps curl and triceps extension)