| Written by Rocco Castellano, on 15-04-2007 18:50 |
Ask Rocco: The Long and Short of Elongating Muscles
A self-proclaimed "buff chick" is afraid she's become a bit too buff. Rocco tells her what is bulking her up and what exercises can elongate her buffed-up muscles.
"What can I do to safely reduce muscle mass or elongate muscles in my
arms, legs and torso? I'm a rather buff chick and I'm tired of being
asked to flex for the boys. Also, what does it take to eliminate and
further prevent my "double butt cheeks" forming just below my buns? The
thought of a bikini is making me freak."
- Geni K., Cincinnati
Geni, I have to tell you that you're hanging around the wrong guys. If
they're asking you to flex for them, they obviously have some
inadequacies... like a muscle on their own bodies, if you know what I
mean.
If I were you, I'd take that buffness and slap them upside the head
with it, instead of asking me how to reduce it and play into their
stupidity. You've been given a gift, don't F*@k with it. If you really
need to smooth out some of the muscularity, then I suggest cutting your
workouts down to twice a week and reduce some of the intensity. I'm a
genetic freak and can grow muscle if I think about weight training and
that's what I did to reduce some of my bulkiness.
To answer your second question, I've never heard the term "double butt
cheeks," but I can assume what that statement represents. This is
probably not my place to say anything, but screw it. Don't you have
better things to freak out about than worrying about wearing a bikini
that's five months away? Maybe you're just a worrier and I should mind
my own business, oh yea... that's right, you wrote me.
Stop worrying. Rocco's here to help, but you have to promise me that
you will send my editor a photo of the before and the after just to
show you that your worrying was not warranted. Stop doing squats
because I know you are doing them. Long stride lunges performed on the
same leg for 30 repetitions followed by an exercise called "mountain
climbers" will suspend your butt like it was on strings and do away
with the "double butt cheek" folds.
Mountain climbers are performed as follows: Get down on all fours, then
position your left leg straight out in back of you while bending your
right leg and bringing it underneath your torso and to your chest. Now
alternate this process for 60 seconds. You can do as many sets as you
feel comfortable with. When summer comes, don't hesitate to show your
new butt off because I think this year's swim suits will be very
flattering on you.
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