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The Street => The Lounge => Topic started by: blueee on April 17, 2016, 10:48:09 AM

Title: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: blueee on April 17, 2016, 10:48:09 AM
so I always figured the more you excersize your muscles the stronger and more durable they become, but these days I seem to be able to manual less and less as time passes. I really love Manuel lines and if I spend all day doing them I end up tearing my forearm muscle tissue either slightly or severely and can't ride for days. whats up with that? amn i getting old? I always said "I ain't giving up bmx till the day I can't Manuel anymore"
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: Prodigal Son on April 17, 2016, 11:49:29 AM
Figure out your opposite muscle usage of manuals and do them, stretch yo shit  out before doing a mile long manual too.
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: blueee on April 17, 2016, 01:33:29 PM
any idea which of those muscles it would be? should I do some curl reps or sunthing?
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: ginger on April 17, 2016, 06:55:28 PM
Manuals would keep your "pull" muscles in tension, i.e. biceps, back, hamstrings. Train your "push" muscles to balance it out, i.e. chest, triceps, etc.
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: blueee on April 17, 2016, 08:56:48 PM
you mean the glamour muscles? I have arthritis in mi elbow and can't really fux with them.
I used to have a real sexy chest :(
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: Bristow on April 17, 2016, 10:29:48 PM
You can still do flys with mildly arthritic elbows I guess, at least, easier on the elbow than bench/ dumbell presses etc etc. I would suggest strengthening your core as a whole, and that includes your lower back.
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: dude... on April 17, 2016, 11:34:28 PM
hit the roids bro

stretching helps too, and look into getting some sports support things for times when youve hurt yourself recently and are starting to ease back into riding. doesnt work for everyone but deffos works good for my knees, wrists and ankles when i fuck them up
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: blueee on April 19, 2016, 04:17:33 PM
I was drunk talking to my EMT cousin about roids the other day. can I get some In Mexico??

they'd be great for travelling when I only have a couple days to see a city and am worn out by the 2nd or 3rd day
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: dude... on April 19, 2016, 07:22:05 PM
hmmm gee blue can you get roids in mexico? i dunno man, not really into the mexican roids scene myself. id imagine you can get most anything in mexico for a price
Title: Re: muscle growth/wear with age, manuals
Post by: ginger on April 19, 2016, 09:37:56 PM
Taking roids to improve your manual spec, this is BMX 2016.