[quote]FightingScott wrote:
andersons wrote:
FightingScott wrote:
<<<Tell me any exercise that you think shapes a muscle and I’ll tell you an exercise that favors particular muscle bellies out of an entire muscle group but actually doesn’t do any shaping at all.
I didn’t say anything about shaping any muscle bellies. However, “favoring particular muscle bellies out of an entire muscle group” WOULD have an effect on the overall look, which is what I’m talking about.
Then I apologize for being kind of a douche. [/quote]
Not at all, it was an interesting post.
I just think it is the coolest thing about bodybuilding, that one can decide to bring up certain muscles and noticeably change his overall look.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
No, I haven’t, that’s the point. I think there are only so many different exercises you can do for any muscle, especially a small, single joint muscle like the biceps. Sure, I change the ORDER of my exercises, hell, sometimes I may just pick one exercise and simply do 10 sets to failure and then go home. I honestly think people overcomplicate things. Yes it used to bother me when I’d read ‘expert’ theories on how it takes approximately 10 years to build a decent physique, but now that I’m on the other side of the time line equation, it makes sense. The only real trick I’ve learned over the years is consistency.
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Well, your arms look great, Stu.
10 years is very interesting to me, because I once did some research in ‘skill acquisition,’ and the numbers that were consistent across all the different fields of skill were 10 years/10,000 hours of training. (The term in the literature is ‘directed practice.’) Fields included all different kinds of sports, music, chess, scientific research (even significant science contributions came after 10 years/10,000 hours of work).