Spot Increasing

Quoted message said:

When you have a tiny little waist and huge

shoulders it basically started as a tiny waist and tiny shoulders.>

No, not quite, not even close.

Sanbar said:

Would it be fair to say that bodybuilding
is about spot increasing and overall
reduction. Everyone talks about how you
can't spot reduce, but obviously you can
spot increase.

I've never heard that expression, but, yes, you can obviously spot
increase. And some would agree that that's exactly what bodybuilding is
*to them*.

I'd guess that most here have seen Mr. Pecs, Mr. Delts, and Mr. Arms
being carried around by stick legs. Are those guys bodybuilders? Sure.
They lift weights and they focus on bodyparts which appeal to them.
Will they be contest winners? Doubtful.

Quoted message said:

When you have a tiny little waist and
huge shoulders it basically started as
a tiny waist and tiny shoulders.

Not always. It's difficult to make a fool-proof generalization. I'd say
that you're missing the mark.

Another few words wrt spot increasing. I forget the author... maybe Don
Ross, but there was an article WayBackWhen which suggested that
bodybuilders take some time to attack their naturally strong bodyparts
rather than concentrating on their weak points. I believe the idea was
that many trainers spend so much time on lagging parts which often fail
to show any true growth. The author's idea was to concentrate on the
parts that were already genetically superior to really give them a
boost. Sure, not the way to a balanced physique, but an interesting
thought nonetheless.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

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Quoted message said:

Sanbar said:

Would it be fair to say that bodybuilding
is about spot increasing and overall
reduction. Everyone talks about how you
can't spot reduce, but obviously you can
spot increase.

I've never heard that expression, but, yes, you can obviously spot
increase. And some would agree that that's exactly what bodybuilding is
*to them*.

I'd guess that most here have seen Mr. Pecs, Mr. Delts, and Mr. Arms
being carried around by stick legs. Are those guys bodybuilders? Sure.
They lift weights and they focus on bodyparts which appeal to them.
Will they be contest winners? Doubtful.

Quoted message said:

When you have a tiny little waist and
huge shoulders it basically started as
a tiny waist and tiny shoulders.

Not always. It's difficult to make a fool-proof generalization. I'd say
that you're missing the mark.

Another few words wrt spot increasing. I forget the author... maybe Don
Ross, but there was an article WayBackWhen which suggested that
bodybuilders take some time to attack their naturally strong bodyparts
rather than concentrating on their weak points. I believe the idea was
that many trainers spend so much time on lagging parts which often fail
to show any true growth. The author's idea was to concentrate on the
parts that were already genetically superior to really give them a
boost. Sure, not the way to a balanced physique, but an interesting
thought nonetheless.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

My point is that if you couldn't spot reduce and you couldn't spot increase
there would be no sport of bodybuilding. You have to have an avenue to
change the shape of your body and it's either one or the other. Without spot
increasing you would have the opposite effect of spot reducing which would
be increasing things such as your waistline.

Sanbar said:

My point is

In error.

Your point is incorrect.

Your hypothesis is false.

You are wrong.

Well, so far as any connection between spot reduction and spot addition
is concerned. One does not necessitate the other. No.

Quoted message said:

that if you couldn't spot reduce and
you couldn't spot increase there would
be no sport of bodybuilding. You have
to have an avenue to change the shape
of your body and it's either one or
the other.

And?

Quoted message said:

Without spot increasing you would have
the opposite effect

Or stasis.

Quoted message said:

of spot reducing which would be increasing
things such as your waistline.

BZZZT.

Wrong. Or, at the very least, not necessarily.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Sanbar said:

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Quoted message said:

Sanbar said:

Would it be fair to say that bodybuilding
is about spot increasing and overall
reduction. Everyone talks about how you
can't spot reduce, but obviously you can
spot increase.

I've never heard that expression, but, yes, you can obviously spot
increase. And some would agree that that's exactly what bodybuilding is
*to them*.

I'd guess that most here have seen Mr. Pecs, Mr. Delts, and Mr. Arms
being carried around by stick legs. Are those guys bodybuilders? Sure.
They lift weights and they focus on bodyparts which appeal to them.
Will they be contest winners? Doubtful.

Quoted message said:

When you have a tiny little waist and
huge shoulders it basically started as
a tiny waist and tiny shoulders.

Not always. It's difficult to make a fool-proof generalization. I'd say
that you're missing the mark.

Another few words wrt spot increasing. I forget the author... maybe Don
Ross, but there was an article WayBackWhen which suggested that
bodybuilders take some time to attack their naturally strong bodyparts
rather than concentrating on their weak points. I believe the idea was
that many trainers spend so much time on lagging parts which often fail
to show any true growth. The author's idea was to concentrate on the
parts that were already genetically superior to really give them a
boost. Sure, not the way to a balanced physique, but an interesting
thought nonetheless.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

My point is that if you couldn't spot reduce and you couldn't spot increase
there would be no sport of bodybuilding. You have to have an avenue to
change the shape of your body and it's either one or the other. Without spot
increasing you would have the opposite effect of spot reducing which would
be increasing things such as your waistline.

You are clearly misunderstanding the idea behind spot reduction. Spot
reduction relates to the reduction in fat in a specific area of the
body, typically around the abs. It has nothing to do with muscles. We
tell people not to spot reduce because you cannot simply reduce the fat
in a specific area unless you have lypo done. Far too many newbies
think they can do a bunch of ab exercises and they will eventually have
a 6 pack. Fact is you can have the greatest ab routine for your body
and still have nothing showing after several years unless the overall
body fat has been reduced enough for the muscles to show through.

--
Ed
http://everythingec.com/startingpoint

On 18 May 2005 15:46:33 -0700, "Curt James" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Another few words wrt spot increasing. I forget the author... maybe Don
Ross, but there was an article WayBackWhen which suggested that
bodybuilders take some time to attack their naturally strong bodyparts
rather than concentrating on their weak points. I believe the idea was
that many trainers spend so much time on lagging parts which often fail
to show any true growth. The author's idea was to concentrate on the
parts that were already genetically superior to really give them a
boost. Sure, not the way to a balanced physique, but an interesting
thought nonetheless.

Are you saying that I should try to focus on increasing my penis
size.

Which penis enlargement pills do you recommend?

Curt James said:

Sanbar said:

My point is

In error.

Your point is incorrect.

Your hypothesis is false.

He's not hypothesising anything...he's day dreaming perhaps...he's
philosophizing that *IF* A then B...his conclusions are correct IF A
were true. But we know that A is false which render his conclusions
worthless.

Nameless wrote:

re a balanced physique

Quoted message said:

Are you saying that I should try to focus on
increasing my penis size.

Years ago, at least one comedian had a bodybuilding reference in his
routine. Something like, "They're making all the other bodyparts huge,
but that makes the really important bodypart look even tinier by
comparison."

And I think it was Emo Phillips, a rail-thin comic, who would open his
act with, "I'm sorry I'm late. I was bodybuilding."

Quoted message said:

Which penis enlargement pills do you recommend?

Nah. No pills necessary, Nameless. Some strong rope, a 45-pound Olympic
plate, and a bridge will do you. Tie one end to your schwantz and the
other end to the plate then pitch the 45er off the bridge. That or
wasps in your pants. Either should do the trick.

Hth.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/