[quote]lloydk wrote:
We must capture this child’s DNA.[/quote]
See, that’s why the rest of us mutants have to hide our abilities. One accidental telekinetic explosion and all of a sudden the whole world wants a piece of you.
If I were him, I would move, change names, then quietly hit 30 years of age and become a secret vigilante who somehow becomes bulletproof through radioactive bees…or something…yet can wear spandex and NOT look gay due to the size of leg muscles.
Human myostatin consists of two identical subunits, each consisting of 109 amino acid residues. Its total molecular weight is 25.0 kDa. It can be produced in genetically engineered E. coli or eukaryotic cells and the recombinant protein from both sources is commercially available. However, due to the unique manner by which the mature protein is processed, there is considerable doubt as to the effectiveness of myostatin generated in E. coli.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2007/11/myo...on-humans.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...70530/20070530
http://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal...me%20limb%20in
thats what i found,about it …
I remember learning about a condition similar to this if not this exact condition in physiology and people with this condition had a very adverse side effect from it. I can’t remember exactly but I think it had something to do with a decreased life span due to the heart growing to such a size that it could no longer pump properly. Dont quote me though.
[quote]Da Vinci wrote:
I remember learning about a condition similar to this if not this exact condition in physiology and people with this condition had a very adverse side effect from it. I can’t remember exactly but I think it had something to do with a decreased life span due to the heart growing to such a size that it could no longer pump properly. Dont quote me though.[/quote]
Myostatin has effect only on skeletal muscle…these people are perfectly healthy…
“Consequently, it was thought that myostatin was relegated to skeletal muscle and that the genes role was restricted to the development of skeletal muscle. However, A New Zealand team of researchers recently reported the detection of myostatin mRNA and protein in cardiac muscle.”
“Animals with induced myocardial infarction (causing death of cells in heart tissue) displayed high levels of myostatin protein.”
This was what I was thinking of…
Loos, R, M Thomis, HH Maes, et al. Gender-specific regional changes in genetic structure of muscularity in early adolescence. J Appl Physiol 1997, 82:1602.
Sharma M, R Kambadur, KG Matthews, et al. Myostatin, a transforming growth factor-b superfamily member, is expressed in heart muscle and is upregulated in cardiomycetes after infarct. J Cell Physiol 1999, 180:1.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
lloydk wrote:
We must capture this child’s DNA.
See, that’s why the rest of us mutants have to hide our abilities. One accidental telekinetic explosion and all of a sudden the whole world wants a piece of you.
If I were him, I would move, change names, then quietly hit 30 years of age and become a secret vigilante who somehow becomes bulletproof through radioactive bees…or something…yet can wear spandex and NOT look gay due to the size of leg muscles.[/quote]
Coleman definitely bought all of those size spandex pants in the world. haha
I wish I had the balls and physique to wear the yellow ones on a regular basis…
I’ll agree the video doesn’t quite give the kind of impression i was hoping for…
And i have to say i have cousins around the same age and i don’t see anything he did as extra-ordinary…Sorry not to be a dick but…
He has 40% more muscle mass than other kids, through no type of training or special diet, just totally natural. He could be asleep in the video, and that wouldn’t make his case any less impressive.
True, but on the other hand what exactly are they alluding to? On one hand they’re representing in the video, he’s making a “strong impression”…and what they showed is NOT what i thought the video was going to show…just sayin’…
You’re right, the vid doesn’t look to impressive.
But little children, especially those who are active, are often very skinny anyway.
I think the parents do a great job of exposing the kid very early to athletics so he will have a broad skill base which will help finding a good pro sport later in adult life.
Some time ago in Germany was a similar case, the newspaper wrote it as if the litle bugger was sick, so I don’t think he’ll be as lucky as little Hoekstra.
[quote]lloydk wrote:
He has 40% more muscle mass than other kids, through no type of training or special diet, just totally natural. He could be asleep in the video, and that wouldn’t make his case any less impressive.[/quote]
Where’s he hiding the extra 40%? He looks completely normal.
There’s a boy my sons age who lives up the street. I’ve known him since he was 3 and he was lean and more muscular than that boy in the video at the same age. I’d say he’s more likely to have the mutation. He can rip off pull ups, that boy can’t.
I think this is a case of wishful thinking on the part of the parents.
According to the article, he has this condition for only certain parts of his body?
‘Legs, calves, and arms’. Does that mean he will only have accelerated hypertrophy of those areas and the other areas will lag?
Somebody has a picture of a Wippit as there avatar with that condition I think.It looks photoshopped but it’s not.The dog dosen’t look to happy about being fucking huge.lol
Well, as for the video being impressive or not, in the article it said he could do an iron cross. If something like that was shown in the video, I think more people would be impressed.
As previously stated, though, the kid looked normal. Whether he looks normal 15 years down the road is a different story.
It says he’s got 40% more muscle mass than a ‘normal’ baby. Are we really doing body comp tests on infants these days, or is this by BMI/height weight tables?
Haha, I just read the article. The boy in the vid couldn’t do a pull up at 3 years old and we are supposed to believe he could do an Iron Cross at 5 months old. Comical.
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
Somebody has a picture of a Wippit as there avatar with that condition I think.It looks photoshopped but it’s not.The dog dosen’t look to happy about being fucking huge.lol [/quote]
The condition exists in that species of dog and in at least one species of steers. I’m suddenly finding myself skeptical that it exists in any humans.
I wonder if any Pro’s have this mutation?
Just hearing Brandon Curry’s story makes me think he may have that.
I mean shit when he started trying he turned pro in 2 years.
“The wiry but muscular toddler eats six full meals per day and still struggles to gain weight.”
Hardgainer.
This kid if in fact he has the ability to put on mass muscle probably wont care.We all want it because its what we work for but everyone wants what they cant have.I went to school with a kid named Seth who had amazing genetics.He competed at the Emerald cup in Bellevue washington a few years back completly natural and took second…Now he is a mormon and from what i hear doesnt even touch weights anymore.
Just remember that myostatin is also needed in the heart to prevent cardiomyopathy. Nobody looks good in a coffin.
I found a case study that said the patient (4.5 yo) had a quad diameter that was 7.2 SD’s above the mean. his quads were over twice the normal diameter.