Karsciyin wrote...
EDIT: Typos fixed
Actually looking at the torso shows Bioware have done their homework.
Thick
waist - thick waist are indicative of strong CORE muscles. People with
wide shoulders and tapered waist are gym rats who build up muscles
deliberately - a strong core is indicative of hard work or life long
training rather than quick muscle growth.
The pectorals ('pecs')
are large because they are responsible for the lifting and movement of
the arms. Archers, dual wielders, fencers - all of these lift their arms
and perform strong strikes (or in archer's case, draw back resistant
bowstrings) so it is natural that pectoral muscles are larger to account
for the strain put on them. Large muscles are also indicative of sudden
demands for lots of energy, rather than for moderate amounts over a
period of time. No fighting --> massive fights with dragons -->
resting back home would create a cycle of high demand-low demand, rather
than constant medium demand, so again - built up muscles for quick
power rather than smaller, more energy-efficient for endurance. Marathon
runners vs sprinters, people.
As for the undefined abs, again -
this is a sign of FUNCTIONAL muscle, rather than muscle that is built up
for show. Characters with tapered waists and defined abs are NOT
super-strong and super-fit, they're indicative of people trying to build
muscle quickly - for looks. If you have absolutely no fat on your
stomach - ESPECIALLY for males since that is the primarly depositing
point - then you are gravely ill and should start eating a higher
calorie diet. That is extremely unhealthy.
I am pleased with how
the male torso looks. Believe me when I say it makes anatomical sense
when you think about the different types of abdominal muscles, the
pectorals, and how muscles work vs those who enter body-building
competitions and those that wrestle elephants. For fun.
This post is wrong in so many ways. Where to start? Hawke's core is not that thick. His obliques are underdeveloped or genetically small, if he were human. Strength, abdominal or otherwise, is NOT the same as muscle. There is no way tell how STRONG his core is. Everyone's abs look great underneath bodyfat. Absolutely everyone's. Quick muscle growth and long term muscle growth do not appear different. Teenage boys grow muscle very quickly after puberty. It looks no different than if an adult does it over years. Muscle shapes are entirely genetically determined. You can change the size, not the shape without surgery.
Pectorals are NOT responsible for lifting movements of the arms... That's largely the deltoids. Archers use their biceps and lats mostly. Pectorals are use to PRESS STUFF AWAY FROM YOU more or less in the horizontal plane.
Muscle definition is a sign of bodyfat levels, not how muscle was acquired... Furthermore Hawke's abs are not undefined. Your idea of defined comes from magazines or pictures in which the subject is DEHYDRATED. The size of a person's waist is largely dependant upon the size of their PELVIS, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MUSCLE OR HOW FAST IT WAS BUILT. The stomach, it's called the abdomen, by the way, in case you were wondering, is not the primary depositing point of fat for males. Many males deposit fat on their lovehandles/back or on their chest, or even their waist and hips. It has far more to do with hormones and genetics than how you workout. You really know nothing about this. I could go on and on and on. In short you have NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT and please stop posting nonsense you read on some ill-informed crossfit website. (Your constant use of the word "Functional" gives you away.
Modifié par mindbody, 04 mars 2011 - 11:23 .
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