Deadlift and squat make you waist chunky?! 中文如下

"Women and physique competitors should all avoid squats and deadlifts! They'll thicken the midsection and make you look blocky!"

Chunky waist means excessive oblique developments, and studies has shown that deadlift or squat activate lumbar/thorax erector spinae and also intra abdominal muscle. If you brace your core correctly, the rectus abdmoninis, internal/external obliques will not activate to high degrees which gives you a blocky waist.

However, those "abs slimming" exercises are what activates your abs into a higher degree stimulation and leads to chunky mid sections(especially your body fat% is high) . exercises such as •weighted sit up •leg raises • side bends •abs wheel •wood chops •even planks .

Take home message: A good diet and a well balanced training program could help you get rid of the belly fat over your abs 🤔🙌💪

Ps: correlation does not imply causation!

Remember genetics are a key factor in determining the width and size of your pelvis. The natural skeletal variation could also be a reason for that.

隨著過去多月的努力,很多朋友已經聽取我們的建議,在他們的訓練中加入深蹲跟硬拉,而且發現整體的肌肉有明顯進步。但最近他們反映：網上流傳著深蹲 跟硬拉會令腰部變粗,因此擔心自己的腰圍會越練越粗。

網上傳言：很多的健美先生及健美小姐都擁有樹幹般的腰圍。
解謎：的而且確頂級的健美先生及小姐都會安排深蹲同硬拉在他們的訓練中,原因是它們的確能有效增加肌肉發展。但他們這般粗的腰圍主要來自offseason的大量卡路里及提昇運動能力的藥物(PEDs),眾所周知,對健美運動員來說,在非賽季期就是增磅的好時刻,因此要進食大量卡路量,但這還不夠,他們需要依賴葯物幫助增肌(原因涉及generic celling, muscle growth potential,有機會再講),而其中insulin就是令內臟肥大主因,因此看上去他們的腰腹粗大。

網上傳言：進行深蹲及硬拉需要强壯的腹部肌肉支援,因此會過度發展腰部

解謎：冇錯,深蹲及硬拉時需要腹部肌肉收緊以配合動作的流暢度及準確度,但這樣做的主因是産生腹內壓以保護腰椎過度屈曲或伸展。而且透過肌電圖(EMG)測試,直接的腰腹訓練對腹直、腹內外斜肌的剌激才是最大的。根據SAID(Specific Adaptation of Imposed Demand)訓練原則,不難理解,捲腹,提腿等動作才是最直接的腰部强化訓練！

其實最重要的一點是骨架的大小及肌肉的起始點會影響你的身形外觀,即是如果你的盆骨較闊,肋骨較大,而這是基因者遺傳的,無論你怎樣避免那些會令腰腹肌肉强壯的動作,看上去還是會較粗壯。

深蹲跟硬拉的好處有目共睹,不必為無理據的傳言而止步！

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