If I do arm curls, will I eventually get that big beefy bulbous veiny look?

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  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,991 Member
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    lsutton484 wrote: »
    just reading all about all that work made me sleepy.

    It should bore you to death especially if you're going to double quote my entire long a** post. An excerpt would have been sufficient. LOL!
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
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    Nope. Not unless you first build up the muscle mass underneath and then cut away the fat ontop. Vascularity is mainly due to body fat percentage. Tell me, what other exercises are you doing? Like squats, deadlifts, OH presses, bench press, rows. Or are you just doing curls?
  • mgalovic01
    mgalovic01 Posts: 388 Member
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    Sure you could. Bicep curls are where it's at.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
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    VintageFeline wrote: »
    Oh MFP, you never fail me.

    Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?

    Of course.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-oRydlnCE
  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
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    No but you will probably get tendonitis
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
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    In my experience, vascularity comes from being lean not having large muscles. Over 15% I have minimal vascularity but below they all start to come out.
  • mgalovic01
    mgalovic01 Posts: 388 Member
    edited November 2016
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    jolive7 wrote: »
    No but you will probably get tendonitis

    I've never had that problem with curls and I used to do them all the time. The only thing that has given me tendinitis so far is my HG250 gripper. Bending added to it too.
    Actually, I had a little nerve issue in my wrists, especially when doing hammer curls, but nothing major.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,991 Member
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    jolive7 wrote: »
    No but you will probably get tendonitis

    I actually tore my left subscapularis tendon (part of the rotator cuff) doing heavy curls w/o using a brace ("Arm Blaster") that would have prevented the injury.

    The tear was misdiagnosed because it was hidden (doc thought it was just a bicep tendon strain which has a similar attachment point) and had a high contrast dye MRI done over a yr later which finally revealed it.

    Pain in that shoulder still hasn't gone away completely even after almost 5 yrs since the surgery.
  • SweetHeresy
    SweetHeresy Posts: 15 Member
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    vespiquenn wrote: »
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    Is this the look you're going for, OP?

    Damn, you beat me to it!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Did OP ever come back?!
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    Yes he started another thread
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Yes he started another thread

    Please say it was about leg day?!
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    edited November 2016
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    No it wasn't http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/38205277
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,991 Member
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    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Yes he started another thread

    Hoping to find a more sympathetic audience?

    Good luck, LOL!!!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,867 Member
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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
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    He didn't skip synthol day though.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
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    Ew
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    usmcmp wrote: »
    The veiny look comes from low body fat, genetics, and hydration.

    This. You can have that look pretty much with any amount of muscle, just drop your body fat to around 10% (maybe more, maybe less on some people). You lose body fat by eating at a deficit (losing weight). I'd have to agree with others, you'll start to notice it below 15% and it gets more defined as you get lower.

  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
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    I see this thread and I picture the dude from The Lady in the Water that only works one side of his body.

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