DougC wrote:
If bodybuilders have these striations, could they be from drug use?
Bodybuilders take drugs to grow muscle and lose bodyfat. That's a very low priority for marathon runners who need minimal muscle and already have very low bodyfat. I don't think any typical bodybuilding drugs would be of use to a serious runner, but I may be totally wrong.
Some of the LetsRun resident bodybuilders, who boast gains of up to 160lbs+ (!!!!) can comment on this.
disgraceful_admin wrote:
Consider this.... wrote:Muscles do have horizontal striations, but on a microscopic level. Maybe what we're seeing is the rectus femoris muscle recoiling.
Only thing recoiling is your microscopic intellect.
Here are some similar striations ...
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4306503&d=1333469232Clearly a tribal surgical procedure...
If you put the bodybuilder and Kipchoge together side by side you can easily tell that those striations are NOT in the same spot.
disgraceful_admin wrote:
Consider this.... wrote:Muscles do have horizontal striations, but on a microscopic level. Maybe what we're seeing is the rectus femoris muscle recoiling.
Only thing recoiling is your microscopic intellect.
Here are some similar striations ...
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4306503&d=1333469232Clearly a tribal surgical procedure...
The pic you linked are not striations, you booby, those are fasicles, for which that is the normal orientation in the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis in your muscle bound example. If you had any clue whatsoever, however, the rectus femoris, being a bipennate muscle, has two rows of fasicles running in diagonal directions, which is not what Kipchoge is displaying. Another moran!
Don't know what it is, but I've seen this in a few other Kenyan runners
I have seen the exact same thing but with Rupps hamstrings. It was at last years USAs and I remember pointing it out and asking others around me if they had ever seen anything like it before.
Muscle striations can be clearly visible but they are not horizontal. They appear more angled like a series of Vs.
Those look more like varicose veins.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, and WRONG!
Calling Mr. Vein wrote:
Muscle striations can be clearly visible but they are not horizontal. They appear more angled like a series of Vs.
Those look more like varicose veins.
At trials I noticed marks very similar to this on Galen rupp but on his hamstrings. They looked almost like scars on Galen
BoneHawk wrote:
At trials I noticed marks very similar to this on Galen rupp but on his hamstrings. They looked almost like scars on Galen
It's the connective tissue attachments between the skin and the fascia. This is superficial to the muscles.
TWRE wrote:
Do you have any idea what is it under Kipchoge's skin on his thigh muscle? I remmember Martin Lel had similar thing.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/08/22/sports/22MARATHONweb1/22MARATHONweb1-superJumbo.jpg
His great grandmother was 50 percent gazelle, and was on the Trail of Tears.
Consider this.... wrote:
disgraceful_admin wrote:Only thing recoiling is your microscopic intellect.
Here are some similar striations ...
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4306503&d=1333469232Clearly a tribal surgical procedure...
The pic you linked are not striations, you booby, those are fasicles, for which that is the normal orientation in the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis in your muscle bound example. If you had any clue whatsoever, however, the rectus femoris, being a bipennate muscle, has two rows of fasicles running in diagonal directions, which is not what Kipchoge is displaying. Another moran!
I know what sarcomeres, striations, and fascicles are. Bodybuilders and 99.9% of the public think "striations" when they see those features in muscles, to the point that it's the correct term in everyday vernacular.
It's really confusing with Kipchoge. Maybe he has some unique features. Maybe his rectus femoris has an attachment/origin that's slightly displaced from the usual anatomy, through training or genetics, so that one of the "heads" - what's the right term, it's bipennate? - demonstrates horizontal fascicles.
I also saw this in the slowmo vid during the race. If we can "prove" that it's elastic recoil of the muscle and fascia, that would be pretty cool.
The muscle is pretty relaxed in swing phase of gait, so I don't buy the muscle striation/fasciculation theory.
I asked my wife last night if she would striate my middle leg muscle. As usual... She would have none of it.
Actually, the muscle is active in the swing phase, but it is not not in a fully contracted state such as at mid-stance.
Could it be a ripple due to force from the ground on Kipchoge's body? It looks like his body is experiencing peak force here-his right leg is contracting pretty hard, probably just after impact. His knee was flexed as he was about to land, hence his relaxed quadriceps showing ripples during peak force from ground impact.
I am in my mid 20s and u have the same thing you idiots
Perhaps those lines are an indicator of mechanical doping
I mean I have the same on my thigh muscles.
Mistaprime wrote:
I mean I have the same on my thigh muscles.
Great! I look forward to your posting a picture (I'm sure you have one, since that's the only way to see it)
Its a condition.They are muscles.I have the same thing on my thigh muscles.It happens if you started running hard for long periods at a very young age like pre teenage before the muscles mature enough.I get very painful muscle cramps at that area sometimes especially on the track during workouts.
