May 16 2022 - How Many Muscles?

 

That's a lot of muscles to exercise in the Muscle Fit class at the Y.  There are over 600 muscles in the human body.   So good thing I count on the Y to take care of organizing the exercise of all those muscles.  Monday is Musclefit day so got me thinking about this. Our training is very organized and divided into groups:  chest and back quads and hamstrings biceps, triceps and shoulders gluten and abdominals I don't know how many of the over 600 that includes, but it is geared to the 21st century first world non-active human.  We go to the gym to "be active".   We've figured out that each week adults need 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and 2 days of muscle strengthening activity, according to the current Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans .   Does that sound like a lot?  Sounds like the minimum to me.  That is 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.  What do we do the rest of the time?   If you were a manual labourer would you be harming yourself by working every day?  We think of manual labourers when we think of physical work. What jobs are there that are active and pay well?  Articles point to the medical professionals such as therapists. Nurses and teachers are on their feet during the work day.  It is true that some of the most demanding jobs are hand labourers and material movers. Did you know that the most physically demanding job is to be a dancer.  The overall physical demand index of 97.0.   And yes, there is an increase of physical hazards in hard labour work.  There are so many hazards that there is an encyclopedia of occupational diseases.  Is there a light side to this?  Always in the realm of jokes. I pulled a muscle digging for gold.  It was just a miner injury.   What muscle group do you use the most when kidnapping someone?  The abductors. I have great muscle memory I totally remember when I was in shape.   The Magnolias have dropped their blooms in the heat.  This was what mine looked like on Saturday - this is likely Magnolia Susan.  Huge dark pink blossoms with this beautiful centre. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

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Feb 20 2021 - Children who are "ripped"

 

Little Hercules - this is the name of a Ukrainian-born child body builder.  He became famous in the U.S. where he developed a showcase muscular physique at a very young age.   Isn't that a strange picture of him?  Born in 1992, he became famous by the age of 6 when he was able to lift 180 pounds. He held the title of the world's strongest boy and posed in many bodybuilding shows. It was said that he did up to 600 pushups and 300 squats a day. Fast forward with all that media coverage of his diet (meat, vegetables and fruits regimented by his pizza-eating father), his father's abuse of his mother and subsequent prison sentence, and finally his transition to being and looking like a normal adult.  The catch-up stories were late 2020, identifying that he now works as a stunt man.  The articles sensationalize his physique and minimize how it is that other children don't have muscles like this. Medical experts argued that such muscular development would require levels of testosterone that were simply not present in a child under 10. They speculated that steroids must have been administered, which Sandrak's mother strenuously denied.  On that theme, I wanted to find out about normal muscle development.  I found an article outlining many child body builders with these freak bodies and these extreme training regimes.  It's HERE.  So there are children training at these intense levels.  And who knows about the possibility of supplements.   We need a light-hearted image to go with our post today. This clown was at the Ringling Circus display.  The French advertising is for chicory vs coffee - with lots of milk in one's "coffee". Purchase at: FAA - marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca