GFFI Fitness Academy

By Dr. Neeraj Mehta

Some of you may presume the person has large veins due to their genetic composition. Those with smaller veins, calves, or forearms must work harder than those with larger veins or calves. Fortunately, there are efficient ways to improve vein definition in bodybuilding.

Lifting weights, for example, will assist muscle. Because your muscles are larger, your blood must go further. This decreases pressure on your artery walls. Because your heart has to work less to pump blood around your body, your blood pressure is lower.

According to one study, weightlifting reduces blood pressure for a longer period of time than aerobic exercise. Regular exercise, such as moderate weightlifting, provides several health benefits, including lowering blood pressure in the long run. If you have high blood pressure, talk to your doctor before starting any exercise program.

Maintaining a high body fat percentage hides your chiseled muscles and veins like a hedgehog in the yard. When you lose belly fat, the exercises you’ve been doing to lose it will start to work. The same goes for your veins. Also, belly fat might conceal desired bulges. Reduce your body fat percentage to make your veins more noticeable. While your genetic propensity cannot be modified, a good diet can improve your vascularity. The likelihood of having a vein increases with body fat percentage.

Muscles that are actively used demand more blood. A lot of activity creates additional capillaries by increasing the blood vessel network. Muscle cells secrete enzymes to use oxygen to make energy. Exercise can help blood vessels. Initially, doctors and scientists thought atherosclerosis was a passive blood vessel, like a lawn sprinkler for your grass. This is false. It is a fight between regulatory systems (like atherosclerosis) and bodily systems (bodily systems, like cardiovascular health).

Nitric Oxide & Arteries Health

An artery’s innermost layer is one of three. This process produces nitric oxide, which helps keep arteries open. Plaques, however, work in a reverse way. Exercise affects endothelial cells, which are important for vascular health. The endothelium that coats blood vessels weighs about three pounds and would cover a football field if laid out flat. Nitric oxide is produced by endothelial cells. Car exhaust pipes carry the same harmful gas as smokestacks and exhaust pipes.

Nitric oxide causes both actions. It reduces inflammation and blood clot risk by preventing platelets and white blood cells from adhering to artery walls. Atherosclerosis, or artery narrowing, increases the chance of a heart attack.

In a study conducted at the GFFI Research Center a unit of GFFI Fitness Academy under Dr. Neeraj Mehta supervision on a group of 48 men and women who were new to exercise for beginners, 24 people were given just three workouts: bench press, squats, and deadlifts for their 50 percent capacity with just a regular diet and 3 grams of nitric oxide supplement, and they gained approximately 21 percent size in their used veins, while the other group was given the same nitric oxide supplement, and they gained approximately 16 percent size in their used veins

HIIT & BFR effects on Vascular circulation:

Muscles enlarge during exercise, forcing the veins to the surface. Your veins may have burst while lifting weights, but not when doing cardio. The greatest pump comes from high-rep weightlifting moves like the biceps curl. HIIT can produce this effect.

A study at The University of British Columbia recently placed non-exercisers, habitual exercisers, and diabetics through intervals of resistance and cardio training (UBC). Then they did weighted leg presses, extensions, and pulls, and a spin bike workout. 7 minutes warm-up, 1-minute high intensity, 1-minute rest between rounds. In this study, it was found that interval strength training increased blood vessel function more than interval cardio. Interval weightlifting enhanced blood to flow more than interval cardio.

Larger muscles require more blood. Also, training and eating to gain muscle mass directly affect the body’s blood vessel network, allowing greater area for muscular growth. The BFR training also improves vascularity, allowing you to lift less weight and increase strength. This allows you to complete more repetitions with lesser weights.

So now Simply understood,

Exercise improves artery health.

Regular exercise develops capillary networks and hence blood vessels.

Regular exercisers gain endurance and strength as their blood oxygenates and metabolism speeds up.

Not only with genetic factors it can be improved but, correction in the diet leads to fat loss and improved vascularity.

Nitric Oxide which builds up in the body helps to improve the vessel’s health.

HIIT and BFR training will boost the health of vessels.

Useful links for understanding strength training and Vascular health:

https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/train-for-veins-6-ways-to-boost-vascularity.html

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/veiny-arms

https://generationiron.com/vascularity-really-mean/

https://athleticmuscle.net/best-vascularity-supplements/