From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Wed Dec 6 15:53:02 EST 1995 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:17:06 -0600 From: stefansi@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu (Stefan Ivanov Stefanov) Subject: Exercising eye muscles Status: RO X-Status: Has anybody thought more deeply about the effect of exercising the external eye muscles on the eye and its refractive state? Certainly, the idea of having exercised, tonic, strong muscles appeals to everybody. But regular muscle training usually results in increase of their mass and volume. What effect could that have in the case of eye muscles on the eye? Stefan Stefanov ========================================================================= From owner-i_see@indiana.edu Wed Dec 6 17:01:40 EST 1995 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 13:23:35 -1000 From: "Laszlo Nemes SMF(916)823-7174" Subject: Re: Exercising eye muscles Status: RO X-Status: Muscles do not normally bulk up unless the training chosen is directed that way. To bulk up you typically do minimal repetitions with the maximum weight possible. As there is no way I know of to add weight to an eye exercise, I do not believe you need to worry about this. Consider also, the case of runners, swimmers, cyclists and other heavy-duty exercise athletes where continued use of the muscles rather than explosive use, as we associate with weight lifters, is used. The eye muscles are used continually, more along the lines of these athletes. Another possibility though, is that muscles can become permeated with fat if they are not exercised. I don't know if this has ever been checked in the case of eye muscles. Laszlo From: IN%"stefansi@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu" 6-DEC-1995 12:41:37.17 To: IN%"i_see@indiana.edu" CC: Subj: Exercising eye muscles Has anybody thought more deeply about the effect of exercising the external eye muscles on the eye and its refractive state? Certainly, the idea of having exercised, tonic, strong muscles appeals to everybody. But regular muscle training usually results in increase of their mass and volume. What effect could that have in the case of eye muscles on the eye? Stefan Stefanov =========================================================================