Power Training:
To develop the body, gaining muscle size and shape, an individual must complete a lot of endurance training, - in the context of doing a number of sets and repetitions. However, I believe that in order to achieve that hard, dense muscle, the individual must include heavy, low rep strength training into a regular training regime.

I personally consider being strong just as important as having a good looking physique, further more I am of the opinion that this shows immediately onstage, the muscle appears to be a much softer on the physiques of those who train light year round. There is an abundance of scientific and physiological evidence to show this, mainly being more muscle-fibre hypertrophy, and increased density of these fibres, there are also studies which state that the actual muscle cell walls grow thicker and tougher, and therefore resists shrinking! By including some power sets into a strict training regime will also strengthen the attachments of tendon to bone, minimising the likelihood of injuries such as an avulsion fracture (separation of tendon from bone), and also be less likely to strain tendons etc.. whilst high repetition training.

Besides this, it is a mental voyage, you discover what your body can really do, how much weight you can really move, and if logged, the improvements can be seen over a period of time, and will give you a mental edge over an individual who never includes power training into their program.

The basis of bodybuilding for me is developing a muscle mass by lifting heavy iron, however this certainly doesnt mean that bodybuilders should train like weightlifters or specialised powerlifters. I recommend a program that incorporates a number of basic compound power movements, with a number of higher, maximum intensity repetition sets to supply you with the advantages of both styles of training.