Wimps Are Stronger Than Bodybuilders, Says Study

If you want to increase strength, bodybuilding-style training is the worst way to go about it, says a new study.

Wimps might have the last laugh on gym-obsessed hunks - gram-for-gram, bodybuilders' muscles are weaker than those of people who never touch weights, research has shown.

Scientists found that bodybuilders had extraordinarily large muscle fibres capable of generating forces far greater than normal for an average human. Read more