muscle hardness: a few questions

[dj ben2]

ok, ive been training for quite some time now and have put on a bit of mass and have the dry muscly look that ive been after for ages but my question is when i tense i look nice and hard but when you squeeze my muscles they arent really rock hard like you would think. yet my training buddy who is the same size as me when you squeeze his muscles they are like granite.
which brings me to my 2 questions. 1. why arent my muscles that hard and how can i make them hard and 2. what does it mean when your muscles are harder (ie. does that mean you are stronger?)

 

[Rampage1]

you probably have a higher bodyfat percentage than your friend mate.

 

[Colossus]

Basically what it means is that 1) your friend has lower intramuscular fat content than you, and 2) His fibers are packed with more contractile protein filaments, kind of like a stuffed sock. Two guys could have similar muscle fiber volume, but one may be more fluid and the other may be more 'solid' protein matter.

 

[dj ben2]

Basically what it means is that 1) your friend has lower intramuscular fat content than you, and 2) His fibers are packed with more contractile protein filaments, kind of like a stuffed sock. Two guys could have similar muscle fiber volume, but one may be more fluid and the other may be more 'solid' protein matter.

so basically i have more water retention then him?

 

[alexjoan]

Once you done lefting you would want to eat protein but not to much protein. sometimes when I am done i just drank a cup of soy milk.