If trained muscles are not flexed...
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IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.2 -
stanmann571 wrote: »
IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.
True, but in this case it was moving a computer mouse vs. 80kg deadlifts (and of course less on other lifts). I know it's not that much, but considering I was about 56kg then I did feel proud of it. Less proud though about overhead lifts as I never got above 20kg there. Girly arms indeed.
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I look like fit and like I work out even when I'm not flexed and I'm relaxed. Of course I look different flexed...but nobody flexes all of the time. I can generally tell when someone trains whether they're relaxed or flexed.
Who knows.. maybe yet another women/mirror issue: Too heavy, too ginger, too thick lower legs, too little muscles?
You mean, as in redhead? No such thing.3 -
stanmann571 wrote: »
IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.
True, but in this case it was moving a computer mouse vs. 80kg deadlifts (and of course less on other lifts). I know it's not that much, but considering I was about 56kg then I did feel proud of it. Less proud though about overhead lifts as I never got above 20kg there. Girly arms indeed.
What do you do for arm flexation exercises? Pulling exercises such as pull downs, chin ups, rows, and curls are what work the biceps, it's possible that you just aren't working them enough. Deadlifts and overhead lifts don't really do that so you to firm up the biceps your might want to add more pulling exercises.2 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »
IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.
True, but in this case it was moving a computer mouse vs. 80kg deadlifts (and of course less on other lifts). I know it's not that much, but considering I was about 56kg then I did feel proud of it. Less proud though about overhead lifts as I never got above 20kg there. Girly arms indeed.
What do you do for arm flexation exercises? Pulling exercises such as pull downs, chin ups, rows, and curls are what work the biceps, it's possible that you just aren't working them enough. Deadlifts and overhead lifts don't really do that so you to firm up the biceps your might want to add more pulling exercises.
beat me to it...1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »
IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.
True, but in this case it was moving a computer mouse vs. 80kg deadlifts (and of course less on other lifts). I know it's not that much, but considering I was about 56kg then I did feel proud of it. Less proud though about overhead lifts as I never got above 20kg there. Girly arms indeed.
What do you do for arm flexation exercises? Pulling exercises such as pull downs, chin ups, rows, and curls are what work the biceps, it's possible that you just aren't working them enough. Deadlifts and overhead lifts don't really do that so you to firm up the biceps your might want to add more pulling exercises.
beat me to it...
LOL as they say about great minds.
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stanmann571 wrote: »
IT really depends on what sort of training one does.
Or lifestyle.
Muscle size/definition has to do with adaptation to load and BF%.
A carpenter/roofer will have pretty amazing upper body and forearm strength, someone who does 3x Jillian michaels 3 lb dumbbell sessions a day won't have any perceptible strength.
True, but in this case it was moving a computer mouse vs. 80kg deadlifts (and of course less on other lifts). I know it's not that much, but considering I was about 56kg then I did feel proud of it. Less proud though about overhead lifts as I never got above 20kg there. Girly arms indeed.
Keyboarding is actually a really good arm exercise.3 -
Context matters. When I sit- my thighs look absurd- and not in the good way.
but in costume- or clothing- they look like magnificent trunks of awesome. so- don't take "just sitting down not flexing" as the way your body looks. context matters.5 -
Context matters. When I sit- my thighs look absurd- and not in the good way.
but in costume- or clothing- they look like magnificent trunks of awesome. so- don't take "just sitting down not flexing" as the way your body looks. context matters.
I've seen a few of your dance videos and you look fantastic.2 -
I have a picture trying to load on my phone- seated... my legs resemble shamou.
I'm comfortable with it- but it is disconcerting if you're not used to it/didn't notice it/or are feeling particularly hard on yourself some days.
but thank you 2 -
... Boom. These are all me. Those are my thighs in my chair right now. Same thighs as the other pictures. Context matters.
(also- those are just gray/brown pants- not skin)6 -
Flexation? Definition....0
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... Boom. These are all me. Those are my thighs in my chair right now. Same thighs as the other pictures. Context matters.
(also- those are just gray/brown pants- not skin)
Agreed. My legs look AWFUL when seated... they spread everywhere! But standing, lifting, etc., they look fantastic.
Your legs are amazing!0
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