Why Men Have Breasts and “Beer” Bellies

Why Men Have Breasts and “Beer” Bellies.

“Men’s breasts” are caused by lifting.

From being children, little boys are more likely; to be climbing trees and be doing press ups or pull ups; while little girls, spend a great deal of time, perfecting the leg throwing activities of handstands, cartwheels and of course, the splits.

Using our arms to lift (and push or pull) a weight from the front; damages a muscle in the chest called, the “pectoralis minor” and one under the arms, called the “serratus anterior”.   The “pectoralis minor” sits beneath the “pectoralis major”, connecting four of our ribs to the top of our arm. The “serratus anterior” hugs around our ribs from the back and connects onto them at the front, in the same location as, but underneath, the “pectoralis minor“.

Here is a Diagram of the Chest

 Both of these damaged muscles tear or fray along the join lines of their connections, with the ribs. Our body creates internal scabs, called “oedemas” which act like a glue, to hold together the fraying muscle tissue. And just as a scab on the outside of our body, hardens to protect the flesh beneath; so too, the “oedemas” harden.

But these “oedemas”, our body’s “repair” mechanism, now hinder and slow our blood flow causing dead cells and cell waste; “body cell debris” to snag on and build up around them; and in effect, our body builds up a protective padding of the “body cell debris”. More accumulates and soon those bulges, that are beneath “men’s breasts, grow”.

When men are young, the more magnificent and taught are their “pecs”; then when they are older, the larger will be, their breasts.

Men’s “Beer” Bellies

As adults, men in general, tend to lift more heavy objects than do women and often, they lift using the muscles of their middle back, as the point of leverage.

Lifting from the middle back, damages a set of muscles called the “serratus posteria”, a group of four that connect our lower ribs to our spine. When these muscles are damaged, our “waist thickens” and we develop a thick band across our middle back. The band droops from our spine, hanging at each side and it grows to the front. Once there, our “stomach muscles” which normally pull upon the muscles of our back, as a counterbalance; have in effect, lost their support. Subsequently, our stomach muscles seize, lose strength and let go of their “load” (our vital organs) and our tummy falls out. We develop a “barrel stomach”. Many builders mistakenly assume, that their “barrel” shape, is due to their copious consumption of beer, but in reality; it is a “lifting belly” not a “beer belly”.

Men with “barrel” stomachs and “breasts” are not fat, they are damaged.

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The ideas expressed in this blog are the original concept of Linda Dodds.

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