Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below i have this female friend who works out. thing is she refuses to work her chest. somebody told her once that if a girl works her chest is will make her breasts smaller. this particular girl already has very small breasts and thinks if she works her chest that it will get worse. i don't believe that it would happen like that. would it??
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Gladiola
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Re: |Aint not expert
Ummm, OK, before I'm a moron again & write a sincere, serious reply, please tell me this is a serious post???
Using very light weights is totally ineffective at *building* & strengthening muscle (aka "lean mass").
Ummmm, isn't building muscle the theme of this web site??? Where am I?
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BatZgirl said:Hey
I aint no expert but Ive heard that the reason the breasts get smaller is coz the muscle gets bigger, maybe she should train her chest using very light weights
But dont take my word for it, just giving my opinon
Ummm, OK, before I'm a moron again & write a sincere, serious reply, please tell me this is a serious post???
Using very light weights is totally ineffective at *building* & strengthening muscle (aka "lean mass").
Ummmm, isn't building muscle the theme of this web site??? Where am I?
<<do doo do DO do doo do DO>> (Twilight zone music)
Re: Re: Re: |Aint not expert
That's just the point I think she was trying to make, there is no such thing as "toning". Light weights/high reps won't do shit. You get "toned" by building muscle and losing fat. I speak from experience as well.
BatZgirl said:
Well as i said I aint no expert,
I know light weights dont build mass but maybe she could use light weights to tone her chest, I guess its better than just not trainig it at all?
What do ya think?
That's just the point I think she was trying to make, there is no such thing as "toning". Light weights/high reps won't do shit. You get "toned" by building muscle and losing fat. I speak from experience as well.
Gladiola
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Re: Re: Re: |Aint not expert
Yup, Cheetarah hit the nail on the head - there's no such thing as toning.
Oh, but Light weights/high reps WILL do shit.
It can get you at risk for overuse injuries & joint pain!!!!
Here's the deal... breasts are made up of mammary tissue (not large on ANY woman) and FAT. Big breats are breasts with lots of fat in them [*real* big breasts, I mean
]. That's it.
Typically (yes, there are exceptions, but rare) the higher your % of fat - [the more fat on your body] - the more fat will be in your breasts - the larger they will be.
In reverse, the LESS fat you have on your body, typically the LESS fat you will have on your breasts - the smaller they will be.
--------------- This is why I sometimes get pissed off when watching porn & the chicks have these big ones with thin thighs & perfectly flat bellies... NO, women aren't built like that!
Here's the deal with toning & why it does NOT EXIST.
You have X% of fat on your body. YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHERE THAT FAT RESIDES! Genetics makes that decision FOR you. Unfortunately....
Working with weights to BUILD lean mass will change the SHAPE of your body, but won't necessarily make fat go away (healthy diet can though, when mixed with training... but that's another issue).
IF only building muscle automatically made fat go away from the area where the muscle was built (all other factors the same).... then I could squat & lose ass flab. Alas, that is not so
BatZgirl ---- make sense? or clear as mud?
smr91481 - I hope your friend is going to start benching! (& doing push-ups, flies, cable crossovers...)
BatZgirl said:
Yup, Cheetarah hit the nail on the head - there's no such thing as toning.
Oh, but Light weights/high reps WILL do shit.
It can get you at risk for overuse injuries & joint pain!!!!
Here's the deal... breasts are made up of mammary tissue (not large on ANY woman) and FAT. Big breats are breasts with lots of fat in them [*real* big breasts, I mean
]. That's it.Typically (yes, there are exceptions, but rare) the higher your % of fat - [the more fat on your body] - the more fat will be in your breasts - the larger they will be.
In reverse, the LESS fat you have on your body, typically the LESS fat you will have on your breasts - the smaller they will be.
--------------- This is why I sometimes get pissed off when watching porn & the chicks have these big ones with thin thighs & perfectly flat bellies... NO, women aren't built like that!
Here's the deal with toning & why it does NOT EXIST.
You have X% of fat on your body. YOU CAN'T DECIDE WHERE THAT FAT RESIDES! Genetics makes that decision FOR you. Unfortunately....
Working with weights to BUILD lean mass will change the SHAPE of your body, but won't necessarily make fat go away (healthy diet can though, when mixed with training... but that's another issue).
IF only building muscle automatically made fat go away from the area where the muscle was built (all other factors the same).... then I could squat & lose ass flab. Alas, that is not so
BatZgirl ---- make sense? or clear as mud?
smr91481 - I hope your friend is going to start benching! (& doing push-ups, flies, cable crossovers...)
but thanks for giving me your thoughts on fat and toning, serously though I didn t know all that, so its realy great to learn
Gladiola
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Re: OK OK You guys win
Nah... we don't win, science wins. We didn't invent it all... he he, if we did, we WOULD choose to be able to put fat where we want to
Don't worry about it-- I didn't know this stuff several years ago either & of course I still have tons to learn. I'm really glad this distinction is clear to you, I know it is VERY hard to let go of all those common myths b/c they are so pervasive in our society. Keep reading, ask questions when you're not sure & it's all good!
-Gladi
BatZgirl said:
Nah... we don't win, science wins. We didn't invent it all... he he, if we did, we WOULD choose to be able to put fat where we want to
Don't worry about it-- I didn't know this stuff several years ago either & of course I still have tons to learn. I'm really glad this distinction is clear to you, I know it is VERY hard to let go of all those common myths b/c they are so pervasive in our society. Keep reading, ask questions when you're not sure & it's all good!
-Gladi
Re: Re: OK OK You guys win
HEHHE
I agree
they should ban myths and introduce Facts instead
Gladiola said:
Nah... we don't win, science wins. We didn't invent it all... he he, if we did, we WOULD choose to be able to put fat where we want to
Don't worry about it-- I didn't know this stuff several years ago either & of course I still have tons to learn. I'm really glad this distinction is clear to you, I know it is VERY hard to let go of all those common myths b/c they are so pervasive in our society. Keep reading, ask questions when you're not sure & it's all good!
-Gladi
HEHHE
I agree
they should ban myths and introduce Facts instead
