Posted on August 21st, 2009 | Comments (0)
Body building is a hobby that promotes many different goals, and vascularity for many weight lifters ranks extremely high on the agenda, as those who have visible veins in the arms convey strength and power. With this in mind, body builders aim to unlock the key to revealing a vascular appearance, wondering whether veins occur through building significant muscle mass, or if there is a certain diet structure that must be observed for veins to become visible. Although many weight lifters attempt to produce maximum muscle gain in an effort to boost vascularity, this is only one of two variables in producing such a goal.
A far more critical factor in improving vein prominence is body fat percentage, which results from proper diet techniques. When a body builder is gaining muscle mass, many times body fat increases, and although muscles are growing at a constant pace, definition declines, and vein appearance does not improve (and often worsens), which prompts certain body builders to seek a solution (such as bogus supplements promising to enhance vein appearance), yet when fat loss is focused upon, vascularity naturally improves. Often when seeking muscle gain, body builders consume more food than is necessary, or improperly construct their macronutrient profile, which results in quicker and more substantial body fat gain than is necessary, and this adversely impacts both definition and vascularity. As you’ll see, I group definition and vein appearance together, as the less body fat is present between muscle tissue and the skin, the larger and more impressive muscles will appear (definition), which consequently allows veins to display far more prominently (since they are no longer hidden by excess body fat).
Sometimes body builders will cut carbohydrates drastically in an effort to burn fat, but because muscle is lost using such a radical approach, vascularity does not improve to anywhere near the extent that is possible when following a proper carbohydrate, protein and fat ratio, as muscle is also involved in producing both definition and vein prominence. Larger muscles signal for a greater amount of nutrients, which necessitates additional blood flow, and enhances vascularity, but only when body fat is sufficiently low (the most critical concept), which is why building muscle mass alone is not helpful in this regard. Body builders who pursue muscle gain alone without a properly structured body fat controlling diet plan will find that vascularity worsens, as does total muscle definition, and this contradicts the body building goal of having a balance of sufficient muscle mass with low body fat for improved aesthetics.
Another factor controlling vascularity is genetics, as all body builders do not have the potential to show the same amount of vascularity, yet in most cases, genetic factors are not interfering with vein appearance, but rather simply require a body builder to find an effective fat loss diet routine to improve vascularity and bring definition to maximum levels. Cardiovascular activity is also helpful in increasing the rate of fat loss, but no amount of aerobic effort will bring about enhanced vascularity without a strong fat reduction diet program, so even though body builders frequently will either procrastinate regarding fat loss or never pursue a properly designed fat reduction eating strategy specifically because they worry that this will encourage muscle loss, this short sighted thought process is detrimental, as low body fat, when compared with muscle building, is equally important in developing a body building caliber physique, and if vascularity is a goal, the only method of bringing veins to the skin’s surface is to start eating and weight training in such a way that not only is conducive towards significant muscle building, but also reduces body fat to the lowest level that genetics will allow.
You’ll find that once diet is designed correctly, focusing on body fat reduction using a proper fat loss eating routine will allow vascularity to reach new heights, while greatly improving total muscle definition, and this is when body building begins to become an incredibly rewarding experience! Just make sure to reject the dreaded low carb diet method, as the muscle loss and metabolism reduction that accompanies such an eating regimen will risk significant muscle loss, and in the long run makes achieving low body fat, and a high level of vascularity, extremely difficult.
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Francesco Castano authors MuscleNOW.com, a diet and weight training program teaching the exact techniques for muscle gain without supplements or drugs. He also owns FatVanish.com, teaching exactly how to burn fat without supplements.
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