Is it possible to build muscle strength with little to no muscle mass?

>>42728763
If you get stronger, you will get bigger. As a natural, the only way to get bigger is by getting stronger.

>>42728804
Then explain Bruce Lee.

One of the strongest people in the world, only weighed like 130lbs.

>>42728815
No, Bruce Lee was an actor with a good deal of relative strength and excellent skill. He wasn't "strong" in the sense that he could move a massive amount of weight. What anon said, in terms of raw production of force, is essentially accurate.

>>42728815
He was no where close to the strongest man in the world.

>>42728813
>one of the strongest in the world
If you're talking about physical strength, that simply isn't true

>>42728815

Strongest at what? Throwing good punches? Technique and perfecting the transfer of momentum and force matter just as much as having bigger muscle. In a fight, being too big is also detrimental, as it limits your mobility and will wear you down faster, since muscles are also heavy.

Bruce Lee however sure as hell isn't the strongest weight lifter around.

>>42728815
Ted Wong - "Bruce would do a lot of different types of sit ups and bench presses. He was also using a technique like the Weider Heavy/Light Principle, working up to 160lbs in the bench press for three sets of 10 on his heavy day
>one of the strongest people in the world

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>>42728815

>>42728815
Bruce Lee was strong in the sense that he could do 100 pushups as a warmup because of his strict cardio regime. He was more comparable to the dudes who get really lean and vascular on calisthenics and cardio than a bodybuilder who eats shit, roids, fucks trannies and dies in a suana

>>42728846
>Strongest at what?
This
>perfecting the transfer of momentum and force matter just as much as having bigger muscle
Because that's actual strength. Being able to lift weight up in a single direction isn't much in the way of actual strength.

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>>42728815
>there are people who actually believe Bruce Lee was anything more than an actor

>>42728815
itt: secrets man shouldn't learn about normies

>>42728763
This is from my understanding

There are 3 types of muscle fibers,
Endurance builds little to no mass
Strength builds moderate mass but takes longer due to the CNS barrier
Strength endurance builds the most mass

To start making gains through pure strength you first need to max out your CNS so your body will be forced to put on muscle

My personal belief is that for the ultimate gains, you have to lift heavy to max out your CNS and then reduce the weight to where you max out at around 10-15 reps and build from there.

>>42728904
no

>>42728763
Yes do low volume high intensity(of 1RM) routines which will ellicit mostly neuromuscular gains.You can read a pretty good discussion on this in Power to the People by Pavel for the simpler version or in Science and Practice of Strength Training or Supertrainning for the longer version.