Questions tagged [muscle]
How to safely and effectively build muscle, whether for looks or for strength. Also, how muscles work physiologically.
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How to find optimal number of sets/reps for maximum growth? [closed]
I think there are a lot of question like this, but what I am looking for isn't some numbers like 4x8 , etc. I want to find a formula that gives us some understanding to find when we are growing more ...
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What percent of mucle growth is possible without steroids consumption? [duplicate]
I am interested to know, if someone does bodybuilding exercises with good rest, enough protein, high presure workout, etc, but without consuming any steroids, how much of muscle gorwth is possible for ...
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Muscle spasms in legs during long distance running
Last spring I ran a half marathon. I trained rather well for it and hit distance close to and equal to 13 miles in my training. I managed these training runs without incident. However, during the race ...
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How does being in a calorie surplus prevent muscle breakdown?
From my knowledge, being in a calorie deficit causes more muscle breakdown because your body requires protein which it gets from the muscle. However, being in a calorie surplus regardless of how much ...
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How much muscle will be created while adding 1KG body weight? [closed]
I like to know, will body create more muscle when someone gets 1KG fat? I mean if a person has 60KG body weight, then he will eat a lot and his body weight arises to 120KG for example, and he don't do ...
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Are there studies on the number of sets that should be performed per exercise?
It's now well established that the number of hard sets correlates well with hypertrophy. Are there any studies that investigate how a given number of sets should be distributed among different ...
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Should you eat sugar before a muscle building workout?
Is eating sugar before a muscle building workout a good idea?
Eating sugar could boost your energy levels and make you perform better. However, excess sugar turns into fat and if you don't exercise ...
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How varied should a strength training workout be?
I want to do strength training so that I can increase the size of my glutes and thighs and tone my waist. I normally do a workout with about 12 exercises (4 exercises per body section) with a minute ...
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Nutrition Planning Help for Lean Muscle and Strength
Right now my main goal is total body transformation. I am on a caloric deficit and getting stronger each week and have lost about 10 lbs of fat so far from 170 to 160. My target weight goal is 150. ...
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Muscles activated when you are running on the street compared with treadmill
Does anyone know which muscles are activated when you are running on the street compared with running on the treadmill?
I'm wondering if there is any scientific study.
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What are realistic rates of muscle growth?
As a preface, there are obviously several factors that go into such a consideration. Therefore simply assume that we are looking at a genetically average individual who has gone through puberty and is ...
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Is lactate threshold different for different activities and/or muscle groups?
Is the adaption resulting from lactate threshold training mainly in the trained muscles, in the cardiovascular system, or both?
If I improve my lactate threshold through one kind of training, ...
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Should I stop GYM?
I am 31 man, doing gym 3 to 4 times per week (sometimes 5) every session is about 1hour, and mostly during my lunch break.
My goal was to loose weight and gain muscle as I was (and still) a real ...
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Do muscles start growing evenly?
I've searched information about this but I'm not able to find anything.
For example, when I started exercising, my pecs began growing near the armpits, and then the rest.
Did this part grow faster ...
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Morning Barbell and Bodyweight Routine
I want to gain weight and build muscle.
I currently do not want to make time to go to a gym. I have a barbell. I do not have a bench. I have received instructions on form at a gym.
For the past two ...
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Back muscles training - swimming vs stand up paddling (SUP)
I'm looking for outdoor workout concentrated on back muscles. My current one (running, cycling) targets only legs and I don't have much to do in resting days...
I have a lake nearby so I'm thinking ...
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Strengthening muscles absorbing shock by running downhill
I've rapidly increased my running endurance this year. For the last years I was running max 12 km, in this year I've broken half marathon, and I've started trail running. After one run with 600 meter ...
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Is my body resisting the training, or I'm just old?
I am a software engineer (mid 30's) who lived his life without really any physical activity (no sport at all). Fitness level == -1. I tried to do gym twice in my life and stopped after a while (for ...
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What workout routine is best for a 14 year old?
I'm a skinny 14 year old weighing about 50 kg, and I need to find a good workout routine (doesn't matter how long). I'm looking for a workout that targets my biceps, triceps and core. Can you suggest ...
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How to burn both fat and muscle at the same time?
After doing a body composition test the results show an abundance of both fat and muscle in my thighs. My thighs are really thick and short at the same time. I'd like to get a slimmer figure for ...
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My anatomy: What exercizes should I do? Is there any YouTuber/Instgramer that looks like me to help me understand what kind of work-out I should do?
Musculation should be highly customized, according to the anatomy e.g.. I've practiced for almost 2 years, without any result (in term of hypertrophy, strength / weights, etc.)
Below is my current ...
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Should I run while sore?
I would say I ran about a mile-ish in under 15 minutes, which is very slow. I'm overweight and out of shape, so I was not surprised to feel sore after it. Although, many other people are not sore, it'...
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Transverse Abdominis Confusion
Recently I've learned that to prevent a "bloated" stomach, you should contract the transverse abdominis when exercising. Since I've never worked the TVA specifically, I couldn't contract it and knew ...
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Can muscle glycogen be fully replenished with any food source that contains glucose?
For example, if one were stranded in a survival situation could they eat only wild edible leafy plants, such as goose grass and dandelions, and eventually fully replenish all of the bodies muscle ...
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Is working in orchard like workout in gym?
I have recently bought an small orchard and I work there time to time. Like shoveling pruning etc. Is this good for my health and muscles like gym?
My purpose is not to build big muscles. I just ...
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What is meant by a tight muscle?
What is meant by a tight muscle?
What is an easiest way to identify whether a muscle is tight or not?
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What have you found to be the best, most effective strength exercises to help complete a strict pull up?
In 2018 it was my goal to lose weight (which I have accomplished) but now it is my goal to become stronger; one of the more specific goals I have is to be able to do a pull-up by December 2019.
What ...
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Is protein the only intake needed for muscle gain?
There are three types of muscles in the human body: Skeletal Muscle, Smooth Muscle and Cardiac Muscle (heart muscle).
Among them, we focus on the weight gain of skeletal muscles only.
Skeletal ...
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Is there an upper limit to building muscle each week?
When a person seeks to build muscle (with proper food and exercise), is there an upper limit to how much can be built in the span of a week?
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36 eggs a day, is it legit?
I watched a video
about Vince Gironda's 36 egg a day diet in which it states that the diet is similar to taking a cycle a dianabol. The basics of this idea is that eating dozens of eggs per day would ...
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Should I increase the repetitions?
Good day, my routine is as follows:
Routine:
10 minutes of warm up.
Monday: 200 crunches
Tuesday: Arms; 5 exercises of 4X20
Wednesday: Leg: 7 exercises of 4X20
Thursday: Chest: 5 exercises of 4X20
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It's easy for me to fall to the ground…which muscles should be strengthened?
When the ground is a bit slippery, eg. muddy, wet, snowy, etc., I can't help but walk in a hilariously unnatural fashion. Every step is difficult and scary for me. Whenever I'm a bit out of balance, I ...
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I am a 28 year old skinny guy, i am trying to gain weight and build muscle, is the following workout good enough?
I am 28, male, weight: 53kg, height: 178cm.
After some research on the internet, i made this workout routine to do at home:
Day 1: chest, shoulder, tris (pushups-benchpress-tricep curl-barbell
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How do I improve my body composition?
Hey! So over the past year I lost a bunch of weight ( I was 69kg and now I am 54 ish). But I really want to build muscle especially around my glutes and my back! As you can see I have very little ...
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Strengthening rotator cuffs - other muscles taking over?
I try to strengthen my rotator cuff muscles in order to prevent injuries when lifting weights. I do some internal as well as external rotation movements with an elastic band before my actual workout.
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Chest musculature, involvement in pulling the arm down and use of pull ups for chest hypertrophy
Is the pull up exercise alone enough to develop the chest musculature without any other chest exercise or will not doing any chest specific exercise but only pull ups result in muscle loss on the ...
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Muscles involved in front lever and back lever
I'm interested especially in the back lever. Some sources that I found suggest it puts strain on your chest. I am not able to perform it, but I imagined that it would be more strain in the back. At ...
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Is cycling the best option to strength the thighs muscle and make them look smaller?
I am concern about my thighs size.
I an adult men weighing 56.4 Kg, 165 cm tall (5.4 feet), considered as a short man.
My last visit to a nutritionist, was a disaster. She told me that I should not ...
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Should I be doing push-ups if I can do dips in order to hit chest muscles?
I was doing the following exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJTLMaJZrQ for some weeks. I had been doing just 3 sets of normal push-ups till the fatigue before, so it took only a few weeks for ...
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Pull up progressions, resistance band vs regular?
I'm currently working towards doing 10-15 full form overhand grip pull ups at slightly wider than shoulder width. I can only do about 1 of them per set while keeping proper form. I can do 7-12 with ...
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Rep Range Cycling Daily, Weekly, or more
After reading several sources about rep range recommendations, I know that:
Low reps of heavy weight build strength
Moderate reps of less heavy weight builds muscle
High reps of low weight builds ...
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Why am I stronger in isometrics?
I can only curl with one arm 21 kilograms once, this is my maximum but I can hold at 90° degrees 30 kilograms for for up to 2 minutes then my arm starts to shake too much.
So I'm clearly immensely ...
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I'am at my goal, now what?
After someone has reached their fitness goal, how should their workout and nutrition plan be altered if they no longer wish to lose weight or build additional muscles?
please tell me about this ........
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Building muscle on low carb diet
I'm 75kg, 184cm 22 year old healthy male and I do weightlifting to build muscle. I eat around 250g protein, 220g fat and 100g carbohydrates. My body seems to react negatively to a lot of carbs so this ...
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Are drop sets effective?
A very commonly performed action in bodybuilding is the drop set. In which, you do your working sets. Then on the last set, you go to failure, drop the weight, go to failure, drop the weight, go to ...
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Goblet Squats vs. Regular Squats
I'm tempted to include Goblet Squats into my workout routine, because they seem easy to execute (you only need a single Dumbbell) and look fun.
Now, in terms of muscle activation, where are (if any) ...
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Leg curls and hamstring training in general
Simply put, out of all hamstring exercises like leg curls, deadlifts, good mornings, nordic curls and so on... which one builds more leg muscle?
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Weighted press ups for abdomen
Loading with weight crunches is no viable because at the end of the movement the weight actually drags you forward making the movement way easier than without weight, it only becomes viable when doing ...
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Which muscle group am I missing in my workout routine?
Every day, I do this:
Pull-ups.
Suspension dips.
Leg lift (for abs).
Side planks for abs.
Biceps curls.
Triceps curls.
Chest-pull.
Single-legged squat, up to full extension, including calf raise.
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Romanian Deadlifts: Do they focus on Lower Back or Hamstrings more?
When setting up a workout routine, I opted towards the RDL instead of the "regular ones", because the owner of the gym I got to prefers us not to deadlift (don't ask me about it...) and I thought RDLs ...
