Anyway, I did look up a bit more about lactic acid. You were more correct, there's been more research since I last looked in to it.
"adding bulk" has nothing to do with fat. It makes your muscles bulkier, "bind some more water to your muscles" is what I'm talking about. Creatine has a largely asthetic effect, in that it makes your muscles look bigger
Endurance training does build strength. First of all, if you do endurance training with weights, it is still lifting weights. Lifting weights does make you stronger, don't you dare try to talk me out of thinking that. Say you're doing 4 x 12 at X weight. Eventually, the X weight isn't providing enough of a workout. Change to Y weight, which is higher (maybe just by 5 - 10 lbs). You still do an endurance rep set (4 x 12), and the increased weight is going to add strength benefits.
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