a cycle of tren, and perhaps some winny.
I disagree. Isometric training and flexing can induce a partial contraction of the muscles even at rest. Look at the old standing in the doorway “magic trick” for instance. Even after making a concious effort to relax, the subject’s arms rise. It’s a neurological phenomena. That can only take place through a contraction of the muscles. Through regular flexing, you can teach your body and its neurological pathways that a contraction of the muscle is normal even when there’s a lack of resistance.
Like Mufasa said~flex! After EACH bis ex, I double bis pose hard for 15 sec or more, that seems to lock in that hard look and feel. If you don’t have the hard look yet, unlike what others say, sometimes you have to concentrate on the bis, not only hitting them with power curls and all the compound movements others recommend, but to do “twisting biceps” movements, such as concetration curls (many versions are available); and my long term exercise~twisting dumbell curls (which just may be Zottman curls)alternate with db in each hand, palm facing your side, and start up with a hammer, then as the bell clears your side, twist your palm upward as you continue raising the bell; and as you achieve the contracted position, and your bicep muscle is in that knotted ball, twist your palm even more so that your little finger is higher that the rest of your hand. Also, hold each contracted position for a count or moreALWAYS! If it’s so heavy, holding it for a count or more makes the bicep muscle work at its apex, and also makes that muscle harder! Drag curls will punish the bis and contribute to the hardness factor. Like someone else said, when you recover, recover! Anytime after the 1st day after the bicep workout tho, you can flex the bis in a double pose for 15 sec or more to pump those babies up and contibute again to the hardness factor.
haven’t posted in a long time, but i’m glad to see that the long discussion we had on resting tension hasn’t been forgotten (just kidding man). I also fell that body fat distribution has a lot to do with the hardness felt, whilst you may not have a large amount of subcutaneous adipose (the shit that makes you look fat) you may have a large amount of intramuscular triglycerides (fat stores) which obviously does not tense as you contract your muscles therefore making them appear soft. high intensity glycogen depleting style workouts work well toburn this fat (i.e meltdown - I know what your going to say joel) but the scientific literature states that intramuscular fat stores burn best at around 60% of V02 max. hope this helps juity
Oh lord, here we go again No, really, I actually did a cycle of Meltdown myself (with maintenance calories) and got some nice results. It has it’s place, but certainly not a precontest or “get shredded” routine that many would try to prescribe it as. Good to see you back!
-JM
Viagara…
Barbarians did not invade Roman villages. The Roman Empire spanned a very large portion of Europe at its peak (nearly 1/3). So if you want to look at it as making the new land you just fought and conquered your new backyard, then yes your right. But the Roman Army did its fair share of marching and fighting. Dying too but hey its war right.
Did Pavel mean on a one on one fight? Maybe they should make another Gladiator movie to help settle this arguement.
“RAMONE SMASH!”
I’ve always sort of wondered about this as well. I have made a few observations that provide some possible clues. My muscles were always very soft as a kid. I was very thin and weak. After working out for many years now, I have noticed that my legs are like rocks even without flexing…especially my hamstrings. My abs and back also feel very dense. My arms however are still comparatively soft even when flexed. I always trained my posterior chain very heavy with low reps. A lot of power cleans and explosive stuff. I have never done much direct arm work however, and my arms feel pretty soft even when flexed. I do a lot of upper body work…just very little isolation on arms. My arms are definitely my weak link. I really think that training for relative strength is the key to dense muscles. If you look at your friends with good relative strength…even the ones who don’t train much…I’ll bet they have dense hard muscles. My best friend has arms like bricks without ever lifting weights…and his body fat is probably in the 15+ % range. Another observation…I have two sons…a 9 year old, naturally very thin like me…not very strong…his muscles are all very soft. I have a 2 year old who can already do vertical handstands for 30 sec.+ with his feet on the wall. He has always been very strong…he could roll over at five days old…I could go on and on with his feats of strength. His muscles are already rock hard everywhere. His mom was a gymnast and is very muscular…his maternal grandfather has legs like a bodybuilder without ever lifting a weight…definitely takes after that side of the family. I know this is long but I just wanted to point out some observations that lead me to the conclusion that muscle density is definitely related to relative strength and can be affected by training. I would be very interested in others observations about this.