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Does continuously flexing the arms or abs have any good effects?

I've seen a few times on the internet people posting comments on how continuously flexing their abs (flexing and bring it back) has made their body become adapted to being in that state. So I am wondering if this is true and if it could also work on the arms as well if they are continuously being flexed if it might cause them to look like they are being flexed even when they are not.

If it works of course I am not going to flex when any one is around. I am planning on doing this when I am at the computer watching videos so it feels like the minutes I spend watching stuff on the internet doesn't go to waste.

Just asking if anyone has any experience or knowledge on whether this actually works or if it's just a waste of time and effort.
 
As far as the flexing of the abs, I'm pretty sure it just tightens the skin around your abdominals so they show more.
 
To make progress you need to put load upon a muscle to make it grow. Flexing it wont make it bigger but contraction against a load is the way to go. Not sure if I worded that clearly but oh well.
 
Hmm

I might start flexing my abs every now and then if that is the case.

For the arms there's really no difference huh? It does seem plausible though, that it could cause muscle memory.

Oh well unless there's a chance of continuously flexing the arms having some effect, then there is no reason for me to try.
 
Because you might be a person who likes to find things out for themselves rather than listening to me, someone you dont even know over the internet.

Im just saying it goes against muscle physiology that a muscle can adapt without being put past its current limitations.
 
Meh why not, I might start doing it from now on just for fun.

Whether it works or not I'll probably think it does even though I know it doesn't. Cause since I started doing it on tuesday my arm muscle seem more defined, but thats probably because I hit one of those moments when you notice a big difference when it was actually there the whole time. hahah.

Too bad I won't be able to prove if it works. The only way I could think of proving this at all would be if I were already at my peek physically for a few months while having maintained the same routine this whole time. Then take a picture of arms and keep doing same routine for a month or two, but add 30 minutes a day to nonstop flexing of the arms. Then take a picture and compare to the old and see if there is a difference.
 
Putting the biceps in a state of flexion is beneficial if you're looking to achieve tone. I believe bruce lee actually did curls and such by only flexing his bicept but acted as if he was holding a curling bar. this may stregnthen your joints and burn (slowly) any fat around your muscle but it will have 0 improvement on muscle hypertrohphy. It may however be very good for neuromuscular coordination and how your C.N.S recruits muscles to join in on the fun. but that is a stabilization phase and there are typically no real strength gains as far as the bicep on it's own.
 
Measuring won't really work for me since I started working out intensely only 2 months ago, and my arms are still getting bigger.

So even though I might measure them now. They will most likely get bigger and more tone from the exercising not the flexing.

I am going to start flexing my arms then, hopefully they will look a little more tone.
 
Valentine817 said:
Putting the biceps in a state of flexion is beneficial if you're looking to achieve tone. I believe bruce lee actually did curls and such by only flexing his bicept but acted as if he was holding a curling bar. this may stregnthen your joints and burn (slowly) any fat around your muscle but it will have 0 improvement on muscle hypertrohphy. It may however be very good for neuromuscular coordination and how your C.N.S recruits muscles to join in on the fun. but that is a stabilization phase and there are typically no real strength gains as far as the bicep on it's own.
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Could you please explain to us how you can burn fat around a muscle by flexing it, therefore going against the whole concept of there being no such thing as spot reduction.

Bruce Lei was scrawny nuff said about him :cool:
 
Bruce Lee could perform bicep curls at a weight of 70lbs to 80lbs for three sets of eight repetitions!

The reason Bruce Lee wasn't big was because all he cared about was getting stronger, being faster, having better endurance and reflexes. If he wanted to get big he definitely could have.
 
NBS 4life said:
Could you please explain to us how you can burn fat around a muscle by flexing it, therefore going against the whole concept of there being no such thing as spot reduction.

Bruce Lei was scrawny nuff said about him :cool:
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Yes, I was mistaken in what I said. By burning the fat i mean looking leaner in that area. If you only workout your arms, they will look more lean than the rest of your body of course. And by using light weight you are typically going to be developing neuromuscular efficiany. This is going to make you LOOK leaner there is no such thing as spot reduction, but you will be burning glycogen stores in your muscle tissue. In that muscle tissue and that is what I like to call "potential fat" so as the rest of your body is either maintaining/ growing larger your arms will now LOOK smaller.
 
before this thread i do this often i just flex bc i thought it would help with toning and with my abs it has i feel as if they came out more toned then if i were to of not done anything with them.
 
alternativekid said:
before this thread i do this often i just flex bc i thought it would help with toning and with my abs it has i feel as if they came out more toned then if i were to of not done anything with them.
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This thread is feeding a lot of bull-sh^t.......its all over the place. :)

This thread is in dire need of "MOP and GLOW"....so we can "mop up the crap"......and forum members can GROW and GLOW!.......

He, he, buh, ha, ha.......;)


Here are a couple of examples:

pinoyballa said:
As far as the flexing of the abs, I'm pretty sure it just tightens the skin around your abdominals so they show more.
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This is false. Do not believe it.

brazuca said:
Bruce Lee could perform bicep curls at a weight of 70lbs to 80lbs for three sets of eight repetitions!
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This isn't a lot of weight for two-arm bicep curls.

One way or the other, with diet or with exercise you're going to have to pay a price to get that 6-pack.

Either one pays it, and earns their 6-pack lean goal

or

They don't, and dont earn their 6-pack lean goal.



Most people underestimate the amount of effort it takes to get lean or "6 pack abs" lean.

It's simple, but it's not easy. :) Let me explain, briefly.

When your expectations come in line with reality, it doesn't get any easier physically, but mentally it's easier because you understand what must be done and all the confusion is lifted...

When the confusion is lifted......you are left with a choice: Pay what is necessary or go home. This isn't a rude comment as much it is fundamentally the truth of the matter.


It is simply a function of hard work, genetics, and low body fat.


Best regards,

Chillen
 
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The Bruce Lee curls are one armed not two.

I can do 75 pounds, 3 sets of five repetitions, and I don't even devote 10% the amount of training that he did. Basically he did more then what I can do now, but with one arm. (On a machine *Not free weights* I can do 85 pounds, 4 sets of ten repetitions, so I am not 100% on my limit on free weights.)

Also all I wanted to ask was if continuously flexing the arms and maybe the abs have any good effects.
 
I swear advanced bodybuilders flex while in workouts and they gain something from doing it...Most likely wrong though.
 
Well iv heard it before, from various people in the gym. Personally i dont really believe it, and even if it did do something i reckon it would be unnoticable.

I flex everyday, Also my penis gets its daily flexing :D
 
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