Ok wtf…I have HUGE stretch marks on my traps…to where it meets my shoulder. I got these before but they went away after a few days…and they werent as bad…i figured it was from grappling around and stuff with my dad lol. But today before i went to the gym i had no shirt on and didnt notice any stretch marks or anything nor did i last night.
Today i trained shoulders, traps, calves…i got home took my shirt back off and was like WTF IS THAT…had stretch marks on both sides. Ill try to get some pictures up of this. This is very weird because they werent there before i lifted today…and im not really getting big that fast that stretch marks would appear…i been at the same weight for the past couple weeks. Anyone have an explaination for this PLEASE!..and is this permanent!!!
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.
[quote]purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.[/quote]
Good post. I get those on my shoulders sometimes from the pad. Again, stretch marks don’t go away.
I use that machine and it leaves marks everytime, usually a hella lot smaller than the ones your sporting.
Ive never seen stretch marks like the markings you have. If they are stretch markes you should be able to see the stretched skin in between the scarring. If they are markings from the machine, you should be able to see the blood collected under the skin.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.
Good post. I get those on my shoulders sometimes from the pad. Again, stretch marks don’t go away.[/quote]
I’m glad I’m not the only one. My friend and I tried shrugs on the standing calf machine after reading one of TC’s articles and my traps looked hideous the next day. My friend, on the other hand, had no problems…
[quote]purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.[/quote]
They look like bruises to me too. I get bruises just from lying on a bench for benchpress. I’m a delicate peach, I am.
[quote]LBRTRN wrote:
Professor X wrote:
purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.
Good post. I get those on my shoulders sometimes from the pad. Again, stretch marks don’t go away.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. My friend and I tried shrugs on the standing calf machine after reading one of TC’s articles and my traps looked hideous the next day. My friend, on the other hand, had no problems…[/quote]
There is no way I would use that machine for traps. Yes, technically it is the same movement, but I can feel that muscle group working much better when actually holding weight in my hands.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
LBRTRN wrote:
Professor X wrote:
purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.
Good post. I get those on my shoulders sometimes from the pad. Again, stretch marks don’t go away.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. My friend and I tried shrugs on the standing calf machine after reading one of TC’s articles and my traps looked hideous the next day. My friend, on the other hand, had no problems…
There is no way I would use that machine for traps. Yes, technically it is the same movement, but I can feel that muscle group working much better when actually holding weight in my hands.[/quote]
I feel it the opposite way. I get a much better effect using a calf machine or hammer strength shrug seat (standing).
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Professor X wrote:
LBRTRN wrote:
Professor X wrote:
purdiver wrote:
Did you train your calves by using a standing calf machine? I ask b/c those strech marks just look like marks from the pads you would put your shoulders against to work your calves. I get them doing that too, and when using the hack squat machine.
They’re just bruises.
Good post. I get those on my shoulders sometimes from the pad. Again, stretch marks don’t go away.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. My friend and I tried shrugs on the standing calf machine after reading one of TC’s articles and my traps looked hideous the next day. My friend, on the other hand, had no problems…
There is no way I would use that machine for traps. Yes, technically it is the same movement, but I can feel that muscle group working much better when actually holding weight in my hands.
I feel it the opposite way. I get a much better effect using a calf machine or hammer strength shrug seat (standing).[/quote]
I agree with you Prof. All the exercise did for me was F*#K up my skin…haven’t used it since.
