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pugwaddell
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I don't know if you're familiar with "The New Rules of Lifting" by Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove or not but I have found it to be a very interesting read. He addresses this some in the book. He says that MOST of the time, the average person gets little benefit from a biceps curl, lateral raise, or leg extensions because those muscles weren't meant to work in isolation. So exercising them in that way is poor use of our valuable time. He gave the example of being chased by a lion and your only hope for escape was to pull yourself up on a tree branch. Would you try to curl yourself up onto that branch, using your biceps in isolation? No, you'd grab that branch with both hands and pull with every darn muscle in your body that could save you. Essentially, your body has no reason to develop your biceps so that they grow out of proportion to other muscles on your body because that would make you bio-mechanically dysfunctional, and your body would resist that. He also says that your biceps will
get all the work they need from rows, chin-ups and other pulling exercises. They don't really need any special attention to grow in proportion to the rest of your muscles. And that they WILL NOT grow out of proportion to the rest of your body no matter HOW
many curls you do, or how you do them. Anyway.....some food for thought. I think it makes sense.
Sorry to go on and on. I usually just lurk here but since this near and dear to my heart right now, I thought I would throw it in.
Oh, I do NOT know these people that wrote the book and am NOT associated with them in ANY way. This is thrown in just so you won't look at my post count and think I'm hear to plug a book. I read over here all the time, I just don't post much.
get all the work they need from rows, chin-ups and other pulling exercises. They don't really need any special attention to grow in proportion to the rest of your muscles. And that they WILL NOT grow out of proportion to the rest of your body no matter HOW
many curls you do, or how you do them. Anyway.....some food for thought. I think it makes sense.
Sorry to go on and on. I usually just lurk here but since this near and dear to my heart right now, I thought I would throw it in.
Oh, I do NOT know these people that wrote the book and am NOT associated with them in ANY way. This is thrown in just so you won't look at my post count and think I'm hear to plug a book.
I read over here all the time, I just don't post much.
