Originally posted by Maki Riddington:
Are you offended that I posted it elsewhere?
I see no reason why you can't formulate a rebuttle or speak your mind if you feel you are correct.
Not in the slightest!
I'm serious about that post. (Still a bit miffed that you brought a .50 caliber sniper rifle to a paintball match, but whatever) I pride myself on being humble and open to the facts. Therefore, if I'm wrong, i'm wrong, and if you're right, you're right.
However, given what supremebeing said, I do say that I'm reserving judgement. Unless the following can be proven, namely that:
A) EMG analysis accurately measures muscle stress and work over a full range of contraction.
B) This stimulation is under a condition of maximal effort of the muscle fibers (i.e., not simply a function of low-effort, fine control actions, consistent with the Size Principle SupremeBeing mentioned)
C) This "selective stimulation" that has been observed produces selective adaptive response/hypertrophy. (i.e., non-stimulated regions of the muscle do not show any signs of hypertrophy) This would also require B to be true.
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D) Nerve fibres in the muscle can discreetly activate certain muscle fibers voluntarily. (i.e., true biofeedback.
Remember, I'm not a scientist. I'm a political science major who is seeking to educate himself and dispense his limited, (but hopefully exapanding) knowledge in the best way possible. That post was originally meant to explain to newbies not to worry about doing crossovers to "widen" their chest or work their "inner pecs".
It is not meant to be a scientific treatise, nor is it meant to hold up under severe scientific scrutiny, since many of the assumptions in it (along with many other aspect of physiology) are theory. I'm, of course, perfectly willing to debate the issues, but i feel that my knowledge on the recent EMG craze (i.e., that stupid article on CNN about ab workouts) isn't up to scratch enough for me to debate intelligently.
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And that's all I gotta say about that....
btw, you spelled "rebuttal" wrong.
<FONT COLOR="#000002" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">[Edited 1 time by Belial on 06-13-2001 at 08:18 AM]</font>
