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dugan 08-24-2012 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL (Post 4763568)
Ah, yes, I remember that thread. :)

That thread was a response to an earlier thread. I'm under the impression that that earlier thread was also started by Anisha, but I'm not going to go looking for it to confirm.

EDIT: Yep.

frankbell 08-24-2012 09:33 PM

Moderate exercise will not cause you or anyone else to bulk up. And women do not bulk up the way men do in any event.

The Hulk Hogans of this world work out all day almost every day.

You can see some examples of what that means here:

http://www.collegebodybuilding.net/b...groutines.html

k3lt01 08-24-2012 10:13 PM

See a professional and get information from experts that will help you :doh:. Asking for information on a site like this from people you do not know from a bar of soap is a recipe for a thread to turn to mush, as has already started before I even got here with the typical conspracy theories and dragging up ancient history :tisk:. Good to see the usual recidivist offenders are keeping up their typical modus operandi ;)

Aquarius_Girl 08-24-2012 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL (Post 4762934)
I'll be serious for a moment. Calcium deficiency. Get some multivitamin and mineral tablets.

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4763326)
You shouldn't have said that, they'll rip you to shreds very soon. Those multivits are dangerous things, can kill a man real quick. You gave poor Anisha a death sentence. RIP Anisha...

I agree with TeXMeX here, Brian, you really shouldn't have said that. Now,
don't dare to mention the word "salt" here! Who knows, they might be monitoring
this thread and waiting for someone to talk about salt so that they can rip
him up all over again!

:rolleyes: ;) ;)

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Originally Posted by newbiesforever (Post 4763438)
:confused: Why are you asking the LQ community a question better answered by health and fitness experts? If you actually trust your LQ friends the most, that's great, but posing the question here is still like asking experts on muscles about a Linux problem.

Not sure what people consider a "medical" advice!
I didn't ask any advice on injections and pills. Did I?
In the other thread linked by Dugan, all I asked was the doctor's "name".

Now if someone wants to talk about salts and medicines, that's not my fault.

Besides, this is what I actually asked here:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul (Post 4762799)
Well, is it true that you'll be building more and more muscles, the more you do push-ups?

Is this sort of question going to kill me or anyone else?
LQ is surrounded by men, and men usually do push-ups, so I thought people might be
knowing something about it here.
Though I appreciate the concern, but I do think that there isn't any need for people
to start nitpicking. :)
I am NOT going to take anyone advice here "for granted" for sure. I do research always
before dealing with my body issues.

Saying it again:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul (Post 4459474)
Posting on LQ (/General), for me, is not always a way to get the perfect solution. Sharing experiences with known people, listening to them, joking around etc., is also a reason behind the threads in /General.


H_TeXMeX_H 08-25-2012 08:12 AM

I haven't done pushups since high school. It doesn't matter for me, I prefer aerobic exercise. Anyway, Anisha Kaul has mail.

jefro 08-25-2012 01:10 PM

I did read an article where women (I make a huge assumption that you are female) can increase bone density by running. These studies are never very good. The ladies that run may be health nuts and eat well, and get rest and also do exercise.

When I was a kid a guy named Jack La Lane would be on tv and do simple exercises. One of them was a deal with a chair. One would put their chest on the chair and lift either or both legs. I have found that and a similar exercise to be the best for my back. The next was a deal where you layed down on the floor on belly. Then lifted legs and arms and wiggled them in opposite motion for a 10 count. Then relax. Do that 4 or 5 time every few days and see if it helps your back.

As with all this, consult a doctor who can decide if you are healthy enough.

ntubski 08-25-2012 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cascade9 (Post 4763081)
Both will increase your overall strength, and will have some effect of your muscle.....even if you do huge numbers of repetitions with very low weight.

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Originally Posted by baldy3105 (Post 4763347)
Er, Any muscle, used repeatedly, will get bigger. Its kind of a biological thing. As long as you are eating enough calories including a reasonable amount of protein, you will get stronger and build muscle.

Did you decide this was true using "common sense" or confirm it with experiment?

baldy3105 08-25-2012 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ntubski (Post 4764120)
Did you decide this was true using "common sense" or confirm it with experiment?

Er, no I read some books and did some exams on biology when I was younger. Plus I have since done a lot of weight trainging myself and have never found a muscle that wouldn't grow.

Never occured to me that someone might not know this really. Muscle tissue is muscle tissue. There are a few subdivisions of muscle types but they all respond to being exercised in the same way. i.e. exercise = muscle damage = healing and size increase.

Go look at some body building web sites. They may be strange obsessive people but you cannot deny that they know whereof they speak.

ntubski 08-25-2012 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by baldy3105 (Post 4764204)
Er, no I read some books and did some exams on biology when I was younger. Plus I have since done a lot of weight trainging myself and have never found a muscle that wouldn't grow.

Never occured to me that someone might not know this really. Muscle tissue is muscle tissue. There are a few subdivisions of muscle types but they all respond to being exercised in the same way. i.e. exercise = muscle damage = healing and size increase.

I guess the question is more about the exercise than the muscle tissue. What do you think about the claim that more than 20 reps won't increase muscle size? I suppose the explanation would be that such low intensity exercise doesn't cause muscle damage?

AnanthaP 08-25-2012 08:23 PM

As per your earlier post, its probably the scooter driving that you do.

Calcium supplements under a doctor's prescription coupled with gentle yoga should do.

OK

cascade9 08-26-2012 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul (Post 4763675)
I agree with TeXMeX here, Brian, you really shouldn't have said that.

Why on earth not?

Its a reasonable suggestion, even if (at least IMO and from what I've heard from medical sources) multivitamin and mineral tablets alone wont solve the problem, and low bone density isn't always conencted to a calcium deficiency.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ntubski (Post 4764120)
Did you decide this was true using "common sense" or confirm it with experiment?

From personal experience.

One example is I'm an x-screenprinter. When I started I would do maybe 2000-3000 reps with very low weight loadings and pick up 10-15KG 100+ times a day. I put on muscle, and so did everybody elseI know who did the same job.

Aquarius_Girl 08-26-2012 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by cascade9 (Post 4764505)
Why on earth not?

You didn't get the sarcasm it seems, you were a part of the previous thread! Remember the salt iodine issue? ;)

P.S
I'll follow up the remaining posts tomorrow.

k3lt01 08-27-2012 02:48 AM

Never mind... it's not worth the aggravation.

anomie 08-27-2012 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cascade9
One example is I'm an x-screenprinter. When I started I would do maybe 2000-3000 reps with very low weight loadings and pick up 10-15KG 100+ times a day. I put on muscle, and so did everybody elseI know who did the same job.

AFAIK, you're a male. (I know you weren't replying to me.)

I will stand by what I originally said. Anisha (a chick) is not going to bulk out into a bodybuilder by doing pushups.

cascade9 08-29-2012 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul (Post 4764556)
You didn't get the sarcasm it seems, you were a part of the previous thread! Remember the salt issue? ;)

I remember that little word-war was over iodine, not salt......

Quote:

Originally Posted by anomie (Post 4765565)
AFAIK, you're a male. (I know you weren't replying to me.)

I will stand by what I originally said. Anisha (a chick) is not going to bulk out into a bodybuilder by doing pushups.

*checks in pants* Yep, male.

I wasnt ever saying that doing some pushups will bulk Anisha up. Check post #8.


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