In the March Details magazine (pp. 137-8), the story “You’re So Vein” (by Kayleen Schaefer), with the subtitle “Gymgoers may have stopped shedding their shirts, but they’re still showing off their lean, fantastically fit physiques”. The story begins:
Fear not, gym dandies: just because it’s gauche to go topless to show off your physique in this post-Jersey Shore world, the fantastically fit are still engaging in a highly visible vain pursuit – namely, veins.
Cephalic vein at the gym:
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More from the Details story:
“Vascularity is the new six-pack,” says Elias Carmelo, a personal trainer and model in New York City, who says that making his veins pop is his top priority before a photo shoot. The most essential is the cephalic, whoch runs along the forearm and the biceps from the wrist to the mid-shoulder – a beating indicator that a tank-top or tight-tee wearer is in shape everywhere else. “When you see that vein, you think, Wow, that guy’s pretty fit,” Carmelo says.
An anatomical view: the superficial veins of the arm, highlighting the cephalic:
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About the vein, from Wikipedia:
In human anatomy, the cephalic vein (also known as the antecubital vein)is a superficial vein of the upper limb.
It communicates with the basilic vein via the median cubital vein at the elbow and is located in the superficial fascia along the anterolateral surface of the biceps brachii muscle.
Superiorly the cephalic vein passes between the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles (deltopectoral groove) and through the deltopectoral triangle, where it empties into the axillary vein.
The cephalic vein is often visible through the skin, and its location in the deltopectoral groove is fairly consistent, making this site a good candidate for venous access.
… Ordinarily the term cephalic refers to anatomy of the head. When Persian physician Ibn Sīnā’s Canon was translated into medieval Lati
… Veins don’t appear unless your body fat is shockingly low, between 8 and 10 percent, according to [another coach].
… The aesthetic today is taut and toned … “The huge bodybuilding look has become passé,” [another personal trainer says].
More from Details, on the attractions of veins these days:
Veins don’t appear unless your body fat is shockingly low, between 8 and 10 percent, according to [another coach].
… The aesthetic today is taut and toned … “The huge bodybuilding look has become passé,” [another personal trainer says].
Everything in excess. Yesterday abs, today veins.
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