sometimes its not due to diet, genetics, or gear...
Sometimes it can be due to musculoskeletal problems--or simply put: Nerve impingment
why is your CNS so important? Trust me, if you are a truth athlete and care about your musculature, CNS is THE most important system in your body.
Because much of this is beyond the scope of this forum, i will try to keep it simple:
your muscles contract from nerve impulses. every muscle in your body is innervated by some nerve.
those nerves have to come from a source--the brain. but they travel down many pathways all over your body, through other muscles, through other nerves, and around many bones
one thing i would stress to body builders is to consider your brachial plexus (a network of nerves that innervate your pectoral muscles and your arms---i figure two of the most favored bodyparts by many of you)
the nerve exits through your C5 and C6 spinal cord level (behind your neck) and runs underneath your clavicle (collar bone) down to basically under your armpit.
without full function of this plexus your pecs and arm muscles will not get the proper signals to contract and worse yet--GROW!
please consider this before worrying about less important things like drugs and diet and also do not be so quick to blame "genetics"
for the most dedicated athlete (true competition level bodybuilders), i will ask you this:
try to go see a chiropractor and let him palpate you and/or x ray you and 8 times out of 10 i guarantee that you will have a subluxation (misalignment) at your cervical level.
That is, if you are having questions/problems with the chest and arm areas.
why also is this important? because improper nervous signaling can also cause your many other muscles to compensate the weakness in others..what does that mean?
you can tear and injure your muscle due to your body (and even you somtimes ) trying to overcompensate the weakness in that particular region (and when i say weakness i mean that relatively..it may not "feel" weak but weakness can also mean "not as strong as it should be"
this post is to inform and prevent injury and also prevent one from becoming frusrated from not knowing why something is just "not working (growing, contracting) right" in the muscle
questions??
Sometimes it can be due to musculoskeletal problems--or simply put: Nerve impingment
why is your CNS so important? Trust me, if you are a truth athlete and care about your musculature, CNS is THE most important system in your body.
Because much of this is beyond the scope of this forum, i will try to keep it simple:
your muscles contract from nerve impulses. every muscle in your body is innervated by some nerve.
those nerves have to come from a source--the brain. but they travel down many pathways all over your body, through other muscles, through other nerves, and around many bones
one thing i would stress to body builders is to consider your brachial plexus (a network of nerves that innervate your pectoral muscles and your arms---i figure two of the most favored bodyparts by many of you)
the nerve exits through your C5 and C6 spinal cord level (behind your neck) and runs underneath your clavicle (collar bone) down to basically under your armpit.
without full function of this plexus your pecs and arm muscles will not get the proper signals to contract and worse yet--GROW!
please consider this before worrying about less important things like drugs and diet and also do not be so quick to blame "genetics"
for the most dedicated athlete (true competition level bodybuilders), i will ask you this:
try to go see a chiropractor and let him palpate you and/or x ray you and 8 times out of 10 i guarantee that you will have a subluxation (misalignment) at your cervical level.
That is, if you are having questions/problems with the chest and arm areas.
why also is this important? because improper nervous signaling can also cause your many other muscles to compensate the weakness in others..what does that mean?
you can tear and injure your muscle due to your body (and even you somtimes ) trying to overcompensate the weakness in that particular region (and when i say weakness i mean that relatively..it may not "feel" weak but weakness can also mean "not as strong as it should be"
this post is to inform and prevent injury and also prevent one from becoming frusrated from not knowing why something is just "not working (growing, contracting) right" in the muscle
questions??
