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The 'sleeping' thread got me thinking about a thread I started last year on another forum. I didn't get a whole lot of feedback on it because I think that overall knowledge on that board is lacking, but TID has such a great base of veteran's that I'm hoping to get some great feedback.
Here's the original post:
Your muscles recover and rebuild most when you are sleeping. So does the position in which you spend most of your night affect how that muscle will be shaped over years and years of training?
Take for instance, me. I sleep on my side with my shoulders hunched forward and my back stretched and rounded. I have slept this way for my entire life, and my back is very wide and thick. On the filp-side, my chest is not wide or well developed. Is this a coincidence? I know that genetics play the largest role in muscle shape and size, but could sleep position also play a role?
Its kind of like the intense stretching advocated by the Dogg-Crapp training founder, except that it is low intensity, long duration stretching. He believes that the stretching of the sarcoplasm can and will change the shape of the muscle. How about the same principle applied to sleep?
Thoughts?
Personally I do believe that the position in which you sleep can and does affect the way you look. Think about this, if you walk around hunchbacked for 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 10 years, you will have a permanent posture problem. Now granted, that's as much a bone problem as it is a muscle problem, but have you ever noticed that hunchbacked people who work manual labor have huge backs? I believe that sleeping a certain way for 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, year after year, can affect muscle shape, size, posture, and overall look.
Here's the original post:
Your muscles recover and rebuild most when you are sleeping. So does the position in which you spend most of your night affect how that muscle will be shaped over years and years of training?
Take for instance, me. I sleep on my side with my shoulders hunched forward and my back stretched and rounded. I have slept this way for my entire life, and my back is very wide and thick. On the filp-side, my chest is not wide or well developed. Is this a coincidence? I know that genetics play the largest role in muscle shape and size, but could sleep position also play a role?
Its kind of like the intense stretching advocated by the Dogg-Crapp training founder, except that it is low intensity, long duration stretching. He believes that the stretching of the sarcoplasm can and will change the shape of the muscle. How about the same principle applied to sleep?
Thoughts?
Personally I do believe that the position in which you sleep can and does affect the way you look. Think about this, if you walk around hunchbacked for 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 10 years, you will have a permanent posture problem. Now granted, that's as much a bone problem as it is a muscle problem, but have you ever noticed that hunchbacked people who work manual labor have huge backs? I believe that sleeping a certain way for 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, year after year, can affect muscle shape, size, posture, and overall look.