On Mar 1, 8:21 pm, Max Berry <maxbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mad_casual: it's true that this could cause just as much wear & tear
> on the heart and tendons as muscle gained from weightlifting, though
> possibly less since the growth occurs without the strenuous exercise.
> I am in fact 20(-something), 6'2", and consider myself bulletproof, so
> I'm willing to accept the risks there :P
I wasn't concerned about wear and tear. Let me say it this way, I have
some experience gaining muscle without exercising; or to a level
higher than what exercising was inducing. I'm sure you're aware that,
myostatin knockout and mutant infants die more often than their wild-
type counterparts. I'm sure you know that anti-sense myostatin alone
makes muscular dystrophy worse because it enhances contractile
elements without enhancing connective and structural elements. (It is
touted/suspected/makes sense that)Humans hypertrophied in excess of
what they can do exercising suffer ill effects along the same pattern.
Hell, at 6'2" you or someone you know at the same height probably had
tendinitis/tendinosis simply from growing bigger naturally.
Not telling you not to try it, it sounds fun and it sounds like now
(or soon) is the time to try it; I'm just saying my kids are impressed
with what I can lift, I'm thankful that I can lift them (most of the
time). You sound like you know the harm you could be doing to yourself
and I couldn't stop you if I wanted to; it was the proliferation on
the internet (with associated optimism) that gave me reservations. Am
I a muscle/bio geek or just way over-parenting? Either way, I look
forward to results or publications as they become available.
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