Vacuuming..how many of you?

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #1

This seems to be "a lost art" in bodybuilding. I myself have started doing this after reading about it and it is hard to do and I can feel my abs working while doing it. Just wondering how many of you have ever done, still do, or don't do this?

 

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da_Fonz

Banana

• Jan 10, 2007

• #2

Competitors dont incorp that into there posing routine anymore. It is as you sai a lost art. Its more of an isometric workout bud. Hell just try posing for a minute in each of the madatories and you'll feel your muscles work and be shaking to when your done. lol

 

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giantkilr

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #3

i do it all the time when getting ready for a show...most of the time when i am in the tanning bed & have nothing to do but lay there...it really helps to control your ab muscles...it gets easier the more you do it...

 

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

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I do pose fonz! lol and yea I run outa breathe pretty easy doing it. I like to contract my muscles alot. I feel it helps the muscle out by posing and contracting it for as long as you can. what are your thoughts on this guys? I have started doing Vacuum's too for my abs as they need work. I have also started doing 2-a-days. I go early in the day and do calves (except for on leg days), abs, and cardio (3-4 times/week). Then I go around 10 at night and do my main workout.

 

irishpride

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #5

i make my gf vacuum, other than that count me out LOL

 

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giantkilr

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #6

ppl think posing is easy to do but it is extremely hard! you can run throuhg a posing session & by the end be soaking wet from sweating so much...

 

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #7

IP you should take your sheep on the road and get paid if you taught them how to "vacuum" you!

 

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giantkilr

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #8

ip is a douche-bag!

 

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #9

So does vacuuming actually make your waist smaller or just "appear" smaller?

 

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giantkilr

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #10

it makes your abdominal muscles stay contracted...i notice just walking around during they day that i am holding my abs in & tight without realizing i am doing it...anytime you hold your ab muscles tight your waist is going to appear smaller...

 

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #11

it doesn't actually make it smaller in size though? just makes it appear to right? like if you were a 36 in the waist and did it all the time it wouldn't help drop you down to a 34? something like that.

 

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giantkilr

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #12

technically speaking, NO! i think you would really notice more of a difference if you are lean...

 

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w000dy

Gold Member

• Jan 10, 2007

• #13

bigguy1 said:

technically speaking, NO! i think you would really notice more of a difference if you are lean...

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I got ya. Though you may not be lean enough to see your abs (I am around 12-13%BF right now), it will still aid in the development of your abs and helping to strengthen them if I am not mistaken?

 

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da_Fonz

Banana

• Jan 10, 2007

• #14

Isometric workouts have not been shown to cause significant muscle growth. Vaccums are more for superficial looks making the abdominal wall seem smaller. Remember bbing is all about creating illusions.

 

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mikeswift

New member

• Sep 11, 2007

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da_Fonz said:

Isometric workouts have not been shown to cause significant muscle growth. Vaccums are more for superficial looks making the abdominal wall seem smaller. Remember bbing is all about creating illusions.

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yeah but last time I checked you had back fat. LOL.

 

Get_Swole

MuscleChemistry Registered Member

• Sep 11, 2007

• #16

lmao i bet malic read this back in the day and though holy shit i can look bigger by vacuuming. he vacuumed the hole fuckin house twice i bet lmao.

 

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bigworm6

New member

• Sep 11, 2007

• #17

lol thats funny as hell

 

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Glen Baxter

New member

• Sep 12, 2007

• #18

Not on my own initiative but only in case my wife insists (normally only after poker evening with karaoke later on).

 

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mikeswift

New member

• Sep 12, 2007

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Get_Swole said:

lmao i bet malic read this back in the day and though holy shit i can look bigger by vacuuming. he vacuumed the hole fuckin house twice i bet lmao.

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