*** The 2010 Gym Rats Thread ***

Freefaller said:
There is no upper abs - it's one muscle dude. And nowt wrong with an opinion, just don't get it mixed up with fact.
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This.

Rectus Abdominus is one muscle seperated by tendons. Internal & External Obliques and Transverse abdominals are the only other abdominal groups.

As I'm sure you know the pec minor sits behind the pec major but you can't fire muscle fibres at one end/side. The all or nothing principle, muscle fibres either contract or they don't contract at all, the heavier the load the more fibres that are recruited. So it's really a case of recruiting as many/all the fibres you can.

You don't tend to get people with a massively over developed upper chest and a non existant lower chest (I'll let upper & lower slide here). Certain angles or exercises may give the illusion of working the upper/lower chest but the truth is that it's just most of the fibres in pectoral muscle are contracting for a change.

This arguement is on the same bandwagon as 'toning'.
 
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Whoops! Burst some blood vessels in my right elbow doing chest and tri's tonight.

The joint is covered in little red specks, well some are like 1mm wide. Looks rather weird. :P

Also, tried that elbow wrap when struggling on my last set with 40kg skull crushers, man oh man does it make it easier. No wonder so many powerlifters use them for benching and the like. My last set felt as easy as my first suddenly.

I feel dirty on the inside... like I cheated after a year and a half of using nothing but some chalk. :(
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
Whoops! Burst some blood vessels in my right elbow doing chest and tri's tonight.

The joint is covered in little red specks, well some are like 1mm wide. Looks rather weird. :P
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Ah! I think this is what I did to my arms a few weeks ago, it went relatively unnoticed I just wasnt sure if it was more stretch marks (I currently have some but they're white/unnoticable)
 
Yup the support will be taking some of the load. not used any myself so can't say how much but I wouldn't let it bother you. Rather have a working elbow than a busted one for the sake of my pride :)
 
The Craig said:
Ah! I think this is what I did to my arms a few weeks ago, it went relatively unnoticed I just wasnt sure if it was more stretch marks (I currently have some but they're white/unnoticable)
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Diffinetly not stretch marks, I got a few during the summer and these nice and red. Fresh stretch marks are more purple'ish.

Also this is on the inside of my elbow, same spot as my tendonitis :mad:

BennyC said:
Yup the support will be taking some of the load. not used any myself so can't say how much but I wouldn't let it bother you. Rather have a working elbow than a busted one for the sake of my pride :)
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Yup I know, the reason the doc told me to get it, for all pushing exercises. So chest and shoulders mostly.
I'll only be using it if my elbow feels a little weird, hench only on my last set. Pressure was getting to it.

At least my elbow isn't bothered with squats and deadlifts :D
 
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That reminds me I've been using bio-oil since about the middle of June on mine. Have 3/4's of my second bottle left. Will post some before/after comparisons when I'm done for anyone that's interested :)
 
It's working well, deffinatley faded them. However I can imagine it being more effective if I wasn't still growing. Deffinatley less raw than before. Hasn't seemed to stop them shifting though. But I get really big pumps which is part of the cause I think.

AFAIK the only way to truely get rid of them is cosmetic/plastic surgery.
 
Little review of MyProtein liquid chalk after it's first go at the gym...

Really easy to apply, pour an amount the size of a 10p onto one hand, rub it in, 30 seconds later it's dry and ready to go!

Worked great on deadlifts, really felt like my hands were sticking to the bar, did 110x5, 110x5, 110x5, 110x5, 120x5, 120x5 no trouble! So I rate it highly in that respect.

The downside was that it doesn't stay on for the whole workout, i had to do a small reapplication even before the deadlifts were done. So in that respect real chalk might be better because you'll get through a lot of liquid stuff if you use it for every work out.

Overall, great stuff, no mess beyond where you hold the bar, not too badly priced.
 
Skull said:
The downside was that it doesn't stay on for the whole workout, i had to do a small reapplication even before the deadlifts were done. So in that respect real chalk might be better because you'll get through a lot of liquid stuff if you use it for every work out.
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I can't talk about using chalk for gym work but powdered chalk needs reapplication too if you're climbing or using it in any way - you sweat and the friction on whatever you are gripping rubs it off your hands, there's no reason why liquid chalk should be any different there.
 
I think I read in a review of some other liquid chalk that it stayed on for the whole workout, that's why I was disappointed. Apart from that, it works great.
 
BennyC said:
This.

Rectus Abdominus is one muscle seperated by tendons. Internal & External Obliques and Transverse abdominals are the only other abdominal groups.

As I'm sure you know the pec minor sits behind the pec major but you can't fire muscle fibres at one end/side. The all or nothing principle, muscle fibres either contract or they don't contract at all, the heavier the load the more fibres that are recruited. So it's really a case of recruiting as many/all the fibres you can.

You don't tend to get people with a massively over developed upper chest and a non existant lower chest (I'll let upper & lower slide here). Certain angles or exercises may give the illusion of working the upper/lower chest but the truth is that it's just most of the fibres in pectoral muscle are contracting for a change.

This arguement is on the same bandwagon as 'toning'.
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Hmm...

I do however think certain 'areas' of a muscle are used less when inclining/declining ;)

I cannot believe ive been off nearly a month....im going to turn into a sack of potatoes!!!!

Oh...and I feel I have more 'upper' muscle on my pecs as opposed to the 'lower' part of them...(For what little muscle I have anyway!)however, this is mainly fat build up I think of where I've gained and lost loads of weight when I was younger due to being a paranoid freak :o
 
Delvis said:
Hmm...

I do however think certain 'areas' of a muscle are used less when inclining/declining ;)

I cannot believe ive been off nearly a month....im going to turn into a sack of potatoes!!!!

Oh...and I feel I have more 'upper' muscle on my pecs as opposed to the 'lower' part of them...(For what little muscle I have anyway!)however, this is mainly fat build up I think of where I've gained and lost loads of weight when I was younger due to being a paranoid freak :o
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dude you coulda kept up legs maybe, least that way you'd feel active :P
 
TommyV said:
dude you coulda kept up legs maybe, least that way you'd feel active :P
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Delvis trains at home.

Though some bulgarian split squats, even at body weight could be good. Nice and slow. You could hold the dumbell in the opposite hand. Though doing this regulary may create some imbalances and lead to problems further down the line.
 
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