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alexbusnello
alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
edited 6:54PM in Fitness and Exercise
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=80436

Is it true that my muscles will get shorter and I'll get bulky when I start building them back if I don't lift a certain way?

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  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    The article was explaining how your muscles work when moving and/or lifting.
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    That's not what any of that said. The article was explaining how your muscles work.

    I mean the part about the length of the muscles
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=80436

    Is it true that my muscles will get shorter and I'll get bulky when I start building them back if I don't lift a certain way?

    No.
  • schooby2
    schooby2 Posts: 20 Member
    I didn't read the article, but as a physical therapist I can tell you that the length of your muscles may be affected if you don't work through your full range of motion of a muscle and if you don't stretch.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I didn't read the article, but as a physical therapist I can tell you that the length of your muscles may be affected if you don't work through your full range of motion of a muscle and if you don't stretch.

    How can this change the length of the muscle? Wouldn't the insertion point/origin have to change if the muscle length changes?
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
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  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    I didn't read the article, but as a physical therapist I can tell you that the length of your muscles may be affected if you don't work through your full range of motion of a muscle and if you don't stretch.

    How can this change the length of the muscle? Wouldn't the insertion point/origin have to change if the muscle length changes?

    Your bones get longer
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    ohhhh....silly.... not you, the responses. No need to change the length of the muscle.... you know that. You can work certain ones more than others.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Your muscles will only get shorter if 1) your bones get shorter or 2) you become injured for some crazy reason and they become unattached.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    The length of your muscles will not change.

    Edited: I think I see where you are getting the idea from. Muscle length does not change, but you need to make sure you do not have muscle imbalance, so you work the 'other side'. For example, if you works biceps, you also need to work triceps.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    I didn't read the article, but as a physical therapist I can tell you that the length of your muscles may be affected if you don't work through your full range of motion of a muscle and if you don't stretch.

    How can this change the length of the muscle? Wouldn't the insertion point/origin have to change if the muscle length changes?

    Yeah so all you have to do is have surgery to detach them there and reattach at new points!
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