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A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by mywittyname »

ovi256 wrote: post #20
davemp wrote: post #16

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Further off topic: high intensity workouts also have the benefit of being short and therefore easier to do after work :) --- A great workout that only requires an exercise bike is: - 4-5min of biking, sprinting for 30sec every minute. - no break, 20 push-ups, 20 squats, 20 crunches - ~1min break, repeat the above two more times The result should be a ~20min strength building exercise that is easy on the joints and ge…

The body-weight push-ups and squat are only a very light strength building exercise. Sadly, you'll still be above average in fitness if you do this workout.

If you keep some progression going, and don't over-eat, you'll end up with a pretty nice physique at least.

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by abledon »

curiositydriven wrote: post #3

Jokes aside, this is actually a very interesting study. We all know that physical characteristics are developed specifically by different activities (endurance for runners, strength for weightlifters). But I think most people would think this is due to local effects at the level of the muscle or specific neural circuits for different movements. This study suggests that a more general physical adaptation is at play, s…

According to yogis and qigong teachers I’ve met The tongues energetic circuit connects to the heart and actually runs down the spine and ends at the anus . I could totally see how exercising one part frees up and strengthens another through reflexology

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by runamok »

frodo3212 wrote: post #13

It would be interesting to see how muscle development faired and progressed with musicians. Opera singers, specifically. I can't think of another subset of the population who have explicitly geared themselves toward using these small muscles in ways which require both strength and endurance. An opera singers' entire musculature is geared toward natural, acoustic amplification, and their use of the tongue to manipulat…

I think the whole point of this study was to see how muscles reacted to that were unrelated to those trained by the athlete's sport.

I suppose it would be interesting but would be a bit like comparing runners and weightlifters to sedentary people. In fact I think that group would be better for control...

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by Fricken »

mywittyname wrote: post #31
ovi256 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The body-weight push-ups and squat are only a very light strength building exercise. Sadly, you'll still be above average in fitness if you do this workout.

If you keep some progression going, and don't over-eat, you'll end up with a pretty nice physique at least.

I think a big reason why so many have a hard time maintaining a life-long fitness habit is because their goals are merely cosmetic. The first thing an excercise routine needs to be is fun, and after that the rest is butter.

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by totalperspectiv »

davemp wrote: post #30
thr0awaz wrote: post #21

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Further off topic still... you need to add some pulling exercises to balance your pushups, maybe some vertical pulling and pushing (pullups, overhead presses) as well, and swapping the squats for lunges or step-ups once in a while will give you better overall leg development (squats for quads, lunges and stepups will work glutes and hamstrings a bit more) You're probably not going to run into issues with that low of…

Great input! I believe a serious workout would involve some sort of lifting routine before hand. This exercise is really just intended to get some cardio/endorphins without being heavily aerobic.

Further off topic, you have essentially described the model that CrossFit uses! You could steal workouts from https://www.crossfit.com/ as the publish them for free. There is also a lot of good material tied to the crossfit name for high intensity interval training if you google around.

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by totalperspectiv »

From the viewpoint of the endocrine system and how the body reacts the different type of stresses you put on it, this makes perfect sense. A stressor in the form of a heavy weight is going to induce a different hormonal response than a stressor in the form of a long run. A hormonal response won't localize to just the muscle groups involved, but affect everything, so even your tongue gets some degree of adaptation to the stressor. Bodies are awesome.

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by mikestew »

robertsd247 wrote: post #33

Women are the best judges of tongue muscle performance. Redundant study is redundant.

Obvious punchlines are obvious. Yeah, sure, we were all thinking it. That's why the rest of us felt it unnecessary to say it out loud.

Re: A comparative study: tongue muscle performance in weightlifters and runners

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Post by [deleted] »

tcoff91 wrote: post #17
lj3 wrote: post #15

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You can still do cardio and maintain muscle mass. Sprinting is better than running miles and miles. But, if you want to run marathons or triathlons, google "alex viada the Hybrid Athlete." He's a bodybuilder who maintains his muscle mass and strength while also doing triathlons. He has a background in biochemistry and works in pharmaceuticals. At least he used to. I'm not sure if he still does.

Given his background in body building and pharma, I would bet he is using PEDs to be able to be a hybrid athlete.

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