Shoulder width and AAS

[soshesblowinme]

I know that wide grip pull-ups can make your shoulders wider by stretching your clavicle and scapula (SP?). What Im wondering is how much can your clavicle and scapula stretch, from working out? The reason Im asking this on the anabolic board instead of the training board is because Im also wanting to know if the use of AAS will increase how much they will stretch? Does anybody know how much width you can add to your shoulders by doing this? Thanks bros for any info you might beable to give me on this.

Sosheblowinme

 

[Nutri-Wrestler]

uhh, i know your clavicle and scapula are bones. didnt know that stretching them was possible.....

 

[ripper2]

your shoulders will get wider by working your delts...

 

[soshesblowinme]

I dont know much about it. I read it in a training article in an old musclemag that I have. Ive been buying the sorry muscletech promoting pieces of shit for years now. And every once in a while I go through the old ones and read up on things. The article that mentioned this was talking about Frank Zane and how he only did exercises that would improve his shape. And that he did wide grip pull-ups because there are able to stretch the clavicle and scapula and make the shoulders and lats wider without adding muscle to them.

 

[ripper2]

wide grip chins will make your lats wider. as for the stretching of the scapula and clavicle i really dont' have any knowledge for you there. i really dont' see how it WOULD stretch it though (but like i said, im no expert)

doing lots of wide chins will make your lats wider. working your delts will make your shoulders more broad.

i'll give it a bump though... this is interesting

 

[soshesblowinme]

Oh and Ripper thanks for the reply. Im aware that you make your shoulders wider by working the delts. I already have wide shoulders. Im not asking how to make them wider. Im wanting to know how much a persons clavicles and scapula can stretch by doing certain exercises.

 

[soshesblowinme]

I think it might have something to do with working the cartilage the connects the clavicle and scapula. But like I said I dont know. Thats why Im asking. Anybody else heard or read of this before?

 

[Morthik]

Perhaps what they meant is it streches the ligaments/tendons surrounding/attached to the bones you are talking about? Thus, giving you a wider appearance and creating sort of an illusion of mass. I dunno, just taking a shot in the dark here.

 

[soshesblowinme]

Morthik: Yeah thats kinda of what I was thinking. They didnt go into any detail on why this happens. So I was also coming to the conclusion that it must be the tissue connecting the bones that stretches, or does whatever it does. Im curious though to know what kind of affect AAS has on this.

 

[ripper2]

if it just stretches the connective tissues (cartilage, ligaments, etc) then AAS wouldn't really have much effect on it.

i'd just be real real careful when TRYING to stretch your connective tissues and not try to do it too fast or you could really muck something up