5 Upper Body Shots Flexed/Unflexed

hmm...never been good at puttin pics up on forums...lets see if I can get this right..
Front Pic Unflxed->Flexed
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MyFrontFlxed-Jan2nd2006.jpg


My Right Lat Unflexed->Flexed
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MyLatFlexed-Jan2nd2006.jpg


My Back Unflexed->Flexed
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MyBackFlexed-Jan2nd2006.jpg


My Arm(Outside) Unflexed->Flexed
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MyArmoutsideFlexed-Jan2nd2005.jpg


My Arm(Inside) Unflexed->Flexed
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MyArminsideFlexed-Jan2nd2006.jpg


Yay, looks like I did it...comments? those are the things that keep be goin...
 
OMG! You have the exact same blue clock as me!!!! :eek:
 
hit the free weights hard mate, compounds and heavy free weghts using a bench, dont do incline bench press tho that will give you sloping pectorals, do flies instead
 
ATM I do both inclined and flies...

what I knwo about putting on mass is this..
Lots of weight, small amount of reps, lots of protein, and such but I don't relly want amss, I jut want density and strength...not sure if it's possibly thuogh cuz I knwo to get dense you should do moderate weight with alot fo sets and small cooldown in between btu this isn't very good for strength....this is what I've read and not sure if it's right..
 
Backmann said:
ATM I do both inclined and flies...

what I knwo about putting on mass is this..
Lots of weight, small amount of reps, lots of protein, and such but I don't relly want amss, I jut want density and strength...not sure if it's possibly thuogh cuz I knwo to get dense you should do moderate weight with alot fo sets and small cooldown in between btu this isn't very good for strength....this is what I've read and not sure if it's right..

doesnt work that way, old myths die slow

look at sprinters, mid runner and marathon runners
think time under tension, rest periods and diet

you can grow strong on low to mid reps
you can grow mass on low to mid reps
but with high reps all you do is develope the ability to lift lighter weights longer, yes it grows muscle too but the type is a smaller muscle

think energy pathways

atp
cp
glycosis 1
glycosis 2
oxid

then their time frames
atp 0 to 1.5 secs (olympic lifting basically nerve or synaptic training)
cp or creatine phosphate which runs up to 15 or so seconds (olympic, powerlifter, sprinters)
at above that you go to glycosis levels which run between 15 (about 5 reps) to 50 seconds (about 14 reps) this is the biggest type of muscle and with it strength as well, in the center produces the larger muscles (8 to 12 range)
then as you move above this you go into oxidative muscles which carry no size (think economy size or the body wants to dump the extra weight for fuel efficiany)
follow?

so you want function and strength not size that give you an approximate range of 1 to 8 reps or on the saftey levels... 3 to 6 and same in sets.
follow?

imho only
cheers
 
I suggest Power to the People by Pavel Tsatsouline, you can buy it or dl it...lol. It explains your questions quite well.
 
I was never much of a reader....think if I looked hard enuff on the net I could find a site taht summerizes soem of these books in like a page or 2?
 
You're not going to notice a huge difference between 6 and 10 reps.. 6 is more geared toward absolute strength, 10-12 is more geared toward size.. So how about just stay around 8?? Stick with compound exercises, with very isolation. As long as your intensity is kinda high, keeping your sets @ 3 or 4 should be good. Obviously if you do 4 sets on flat bench, you don't need another 4 on incline and another 4 on flyes. Use your own judgement.


EAT

I can't stress it enough, diet is 1/2 the battle.






**the books that were suggested are excellent, i personally own both. i like to not only know what to do, but why it's like that, and why i should do that, why, why, why. you won't learn much online, i suggest reading also.
 
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I am a new member here,I think you have to work out your chest a little more but you are getting there,I think you should put some more weight on you are pretty tall are you?
 
I'm like 165 pounds, and 6 ft give or take an inch..and I'm 17...

don't know what it is but I seem to be losign weight over gaining it, which isn't much of a problem for me sicne I eat pretty well...I don't want to overeat but maybe I'm undereating...

for my chest I do a pretty decent chest workout..

4 sets of flat bench increasing weight and decreasing reps each set
4 sets of incline bench increasing weight and decreasing reps each set
3 sets of flat/standing or seated flies
 
Backmann said:
I want density, but also want stregth, is that possible...?

how do I go about putting on mass?
you gotta eat for what you want!!! and heavy weights there babe!!
 
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