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phatbhird Posts: 3 Joined: 2004/11/01	2004/11/01, 09:06 PM Ever since i began weight training, i've noticed jagged, red lines on the upper edges of my chest (near the deltoid area). I have been thinking that perhaps it is from too much bench pressing, or my skin's way of coping with my expanding chest. Does anyone have a definitive answer? Thanks
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/11/01, 09:49 PM hey phat bird and welcome to FT. The marks your describing are stretch marks a result from your body growing. I love seeing my strech marks although you can really see them on me as i naturally have that itialian olive skin:) but you can put some coconut lotion i belive thats it not sure someone can correct me on that, they also have lotion for strech marks designed for preganant women. Don't worry these stretch marks are a good sign.:big_smile:
phatbhird Posts: 3 Joined: 2004/11/01	2004/11/01, 09:56 PM thanks for the welcome, and thanks for the reassurance. i thought it was some kind of skin disease or something.:)
YodelingAdam Posts: 111 Joined: 2002/12/30	2004/11/01, 10:33 PM cocoa butter or Vitamin E oil is supposed to work as well. Also, make sure you keep really really hydrated. The more hydrated you are, the more elastic your skin will be.
	2004/11/02, 04:58 AM yea.. i know the feeling, got huge ones near my chest/delts...had a really long nasty one on my right side, now i got new ones on both sides..eh..they should fade with time...
pimple Posts: 490 Joined: 2003/07/08	2004/11/02, 03:34 PM a friend of mine has a stretch mark on her butt, and she says it's due to squats... so if you squat to the point where you get stretch marks on your butt, you'll know you're placing the bar on the wrong end of your back... -------------- The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/11/02, 03:56 PM why's that pimple? doesn't that mean she's doing them correctly and her muscles are growing
DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2004/11/04, 02:45 PM Stretch marks. well I don't really have them, but if I flex I can see some lines on my deltiods. What is this? Is it muscle? DX14AG
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/11/04, 03:55 PM Read above, i answered it in my first response to this question.
kakaroto Posts: 893 Joined: 2002/05/09	2004/11/04, 03:58 PM a lot of muscle, less fat (ripped)
YodelingAdam Posts: 111 Joined: 2002/12/30	2004/11/04, 06:03 PM dx14ag, you might be talking about muscle striations. Thats the actual muscle fibers standing out. If its like little ripples underneath the skin...thats what it is. If not, it might be stretch marks that are showing cuz your flexing.
pimple Posts: 490 Joined: 2003/07/08	2004/11/04, 10:44 PM justin... that was a joke... you see, if you place the bar on your shoulders, where do you get the marks? and if you're getting them on your butt, where would you think the bar was placed?! bleh, never mind... heh... -------------- The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2004/11/10, 01:17 AM allso take vitamin e,and warm up properly,and drink lots of h20,your skin cant keep up with your muscles it seems to me,over and out...
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/11/10, 11:20 AM warming up warms up the skinand helps it stretch??huh? -------------- GO into battle as if was your last, cause thats the only one you loose!