Can posing build muscle?

**davidp** · 05-03-2002, 11:51 AM

Please respond.

**BigAssDeltoids** · 05-03-2002, 11:52 AM

no but i believe it can help with striations, as well as shaping your muscle... arnold says that when you finsh a set, you should flex the muscle forcefully and hold it until your next set...ive tried that works great

**Dann** · 05-03-2002, 12:49 PM

sort of , it can bring out sirations , and make it harder, thats about all, i do it all the time in class,

Dann

**JOEISHOT** · 05-03-2002, 12:51 PM

you should flex the muscle forcefully and hold it until your next set

**SDAthlete** · 05-03-2002, 01:21 PM

i flex my abs really hard all day in classes, on one minute, off two, or somethin like that...

just somethin to keep me busy during mad boring lectures !! oh and it keeps em tight n hard

peace
shaun

**Mossma** · 05-05-2002, 07:19 AM

I agree with the other guys...........more of the striation deal. I find myself flexing all the time, I'll be walking down the hall way flexing my abs as hard as I can..............all day.lol

**imdutch** · 05-05-2002, 08:55 AM

I don't think it builds muscle, but it does make it have more ripples.
peace

**Thorazine** · 05-05-2002, 09:40 AM

I entirely disagree. Perhaps pre-contest it can make a difference, but that is all.

Please tell me why exactly is gives your muscles a better "shape" (which is impossible) and brings out more striations (which is a result of bodyfat, nothing more).

Thank you,

Thorazine

**dannstein** · 05-05-2002, 09:43 AM

Yeah, I gotta agree. If posing helped build and/or define muscle then I'd be a pro by now

**BodybuildingKid** · 05-05-2002, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by BigAssDeltoids
no but i believe it can help with striations, as well as shaping your muscle... arnold says that when you finsh a set, you should flex the muscle forcefully and hold it until your next set...ive tried that works great

I'd rather shake my arms and loosen them in between sets if im working them out , aswel as legs,

**tibbatts2000** · 05-05-2002, 09:49 AM

Im not sure if flexing actually builds muscle, but if i flex the **** outta my muscles between sets they are definetily a mot sorer the next day. WHICH IS A GOOD THING!

**f*cking ecto** · 05-05-2002, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by tibbatts2000
Im not sure if flexing actually builds muscle, but if i flex the **** outta my muscles between sets they are definetily a mot sorer the next day. WHICH IS A GOOD THING!

That doesn't always have to be a good thing...

**Geeza** · 05-05-2002, 10:09 AM

first off can anyone tell me what striations are??? either its an american term or im just stupid lol. Well anyway I feel that you can't shape a muscle by flexing it, but if you flex inbetween sets then its keeps them nice and pumped, but I don't flex them for the whole duration as they need some rest to drain LA etc. I also feel that what they mean about shaping the muscle is that you are making more of a mind muscle connection so you learn to flex it better( you know how your left or right is weaker??) well thats what im learning to do because my left should be nearly as big as my right(bicep) because there is more or less no strength difference.

BTW can anyone tell me how to do that vacuum thing? i read it in one of Laynes articles

**Jean Schernoff** · 05-05-2002, 10:19 AM

Thorazine,
I believe they believe they "shape" their muscles by flexing them, because their muscle are under tension. I don't believe it neither.

**RetiredMod** · 05-05-2002, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by BodybuildingKid

I'd rather shake my arms and loosen them in between sets if im working them out , aswel as legs,

Agreed. When I'm done with a set my muscles are toast. If I start flexing they usually go into spasm (and my water, sodium, potassium and rest of my diet is in check so its not that). I usally stretch out in between sets.

**Thorazine** · 05-05-2002, 11:19 AM

tibbats: Soreness is not necessarily a good thing at all, and it doesn't signify growth.

And you can't change the shape of your muscle bellies unless you take some form of growth hormone.

Thorazine

**Travis Stenersn** · 05-05-2002, 11:27 AM

The idea to flex a muscle in between sets is to help with localised blood flow, it would probably be a much better idea to alternate between stretching and flexing a muscle.

Posing creatine muscle shape? I don't buy it, although, it might help you learn to better recruit your muscles so you can flex them more efficiently, something like that. Like if you don't know how to do a lat spread, when you try it, it won't do your lats justice, however if you do you can show them off more efficiently.

**NHBfighterDAN** · 05-05-2002, 01:22 PM

i just relax and stretch and shake my arms out.. i figure if u hold them for a flex, they will wear out too fast and u wont be able to lift as much

**urbanlegend** · 05-05-2002, 02:32 PM

Originally posted by JOEISHOT
you should flex the muscle forcefully and hold it until your next set

y? just intesity? i find that just hurts and doesnt do a whole lot but tear tendons

**Geeza** · 05-06-2002, 08:24 AM

Well im all for tensing muscles, but not for the whole rest period. I think that if you flex the muscles for about 5 secs then strech them it increases bloodflow, as flexing shortly decreases bloodflow slightly so when you strech and loosen your arms etc the blood comes rushing in. thats how I maintain my pumps, and also how I get them more often.

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