hyuri

question about vascularity:

sometimes i'll look down at my arms (not during or right after a workout) and the veins are popping out bigtime. other times you can't even see the veins other than the greenish coloring below the skin.

what's up with that anyway? does it have to do with how much water i've been drinking or how recently i've eaten?

danzik17

It has a lot to do with how hydrated you are. You will get good vascularity if you are properly hydrated.

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thewicked

yep! hydration...genetic predisposition, lower bodyfat, and high blood pressure if you're like me will give you plenty of vascularity! HAHA

some people have it and some people don't...but those are some ways you can bring it out alittle more if you like the freakshow look like me HAHA!

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fufu

I think the biggest factors in your case are the amount of work your arms have been doing and the core temp of your body.

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Goatheart

I've heard good things about PlasmaJet and vascularity, but I haven't seen any results myself.

Plateau_Max

It also has to do with how you are sitting, if you are constricting the axillary vein a little bit it can allow blood to pump in but won't drain back out as fast which will make them swell.

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Moondogg

it obiviously has a lot to do with the amount of pump you have. but it also has to do with the temperature of your body. the amount of blood flowing through you veins has to do with two processes, vasoconstriction and vasodilation.

basically when your too warm vasodilation occurs, the muscular wall of your blood vessels relaxes and the wall widens, the blood flows closer to the surface of your skin, allowing you body to lose heat via radiation.
when you too cold vasoconstriction occurs, the muscular wall of you blood vessels tightens and the blood flow is moved further away from the surface of the skin, reducing the amount of heat lost via radiation.

vasodilation also occurs during training, widening the muscular wall and allowing greater blood flow to the muscles.

juggernaut

i have this really squiggly vein that pops. I know I am gettng leaner, but this happens only when i wake up in the morning...It cant be because of hydration, simply because I just went 8 hours without water.

fufu

Where is it?

I'm not saying it is vericose vein, but it makes a little since that it may be. Since you said you get it when you wake up that means you have been laying supine a long time allowing blood to accumulate in the vein in such a way. It goes away once the blood is pumped from muscle contraction.

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AKIRA

My veins show more after I eat something with sugar.

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