mmmmmmmmm.......... ice cream cake............Shinra said:
Bigger/cut arms?
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my personal advice.... take it or leave it 
lookin good.. i suggest maybe doing incline bench before flat bench for a couple of workouts, this will help develop the upper region of your chest. and maybe up the hanging leg lifts, your upper abs are looking more defined than lower. oh yeah, add some hammer curls into your bicep routine! definatly a huge improvment from the last pics you posted. keep it up!
lookin good.. i suggest maybe doing incline bench before flat bench for a couple of workouts, this will help develop the upper region of your chest. and maybe up the hanging leg lifts, your upper abs are looking more defined than lower. oh yeah, add some hammer curls into your bicep routine! definatly a huge improvment from the last pics you posted. keep it up!
ok im deciding to step it up a little bit. perhaps a bit more weight training for my chest and shoulders, realizing that i dont have much of either lol. I mean what's the point of getting a rippling six pack and lean cut arms if as soon as you look up you see a bony, flat, boring upper body lol. now im posed with two options:
Option #1: Buy a pair of 30lb dumbbells and learn dumbell exercises for my shoulders and chest.
Option #2: Take my friends adjustable dumbells (the ones u can put on and remove plates from) and his weight plates for my shoulders and chest. he has x2 of 5's, 10's, and 20's.
Which do you guys think is the better move?
Also something thats been bugging me is I have a tendency to every chance I get, flex my arms or my abs just to see them. Is it bad to flex a bodypart you just worked out the day before or a few hours ago?
And last but certainly not least, those updated better photographed pictures of myself lol. One is flexed and one is just standing there.
Just standing there:
Flexed:
As usual thanks for all your help guys!
Option #1: Buy a pair of 30lb dumbbells and learn dumbell exercises for my shoulders and chest.
Option #2: Take my friends adjustable dumbells (the ones u can put on and remove plates from) and his weight plates for my shoulders and chest. he has x2 of 5's, 10's, and 20's.
Which do you guys think is the better move?
Also something thats been bugging me is I have a tendency to every chance I get, flex my arms or my abs just to see them. Is it bad to flex a bodypart you just worked out the day before or a few hours ago?
And last but certainly not least, those updated better photographed pictures of myself lol. One is flexed and one is just standing there.
Just standing there:
Flexed:
As usual thanks for all your help guys!
shinra, whats your ethnicity? and besides, u in good shape. relax. just keep doing what you're doing. big pecs arent a must. you wanna look like u have breasts?
damn man, i took some pics today and I see I've improved my definition, but I'm not as cut as you. good **** man. you better be thankful for what you got. and trust me, by the time u go to italy, ull be where u wanna be. just stop being so critical and just work the f.u.c.k. out. good work
damn man, i took some pics today and I see I've improved my definition, but I'm not as cut as you. good **** man. you better be thankful for what you got. and trust me, by the time u go to italy, ull be where u wanna be. just stop being so critical and just work the f.u.c.k. out. good work
ok...
italians are white - they aren't super dark. and i could easily see u being italian.
secondly, u said u wanted to wow the ladies? cause ill be honest... they dont like beasts. they like trim, lean & defined, which is what you're going for.
in closing, excellent work. keep it up.
italians are white - they aren't super dark. and i could easily see u being italian.
secondly, u said u wanted to wow the ladies? cause ill be honest... they dont like beasts. they like trim, lean & defined, which is what you're going for.
in closing, excellent work. keep it up.
Shinra,
Looks like I am a little late to the party but you've gotten a lot of great advice from what I've had an opportunity to skim through.
Just wanted to mention one other thing (I apologize if it has already been said)...The best advice one can give about training toward your goals is to stay consistant. Rain, shine, healthy, sick, tired......stick to the plan as best you can.
Don't worry about the ladies. Keep hittin the gym and keep your head up.......they'll know who da man is. From what I'm told women are attracted to confidence.
In Health & Fitness,
DM
Looks like I am a little late to the party but you've gotten a lot of great advice from what I've had an opportunity to skim through.
Just wanted to mention one other thing (I apologize if it has already been said)...The best advice one can give about training toward your goals is to stay consistant. Rain, shine, healthy, sick, tired......stick to the plan as best you can.
Don't worry about the ladies. Keep hittin the gym and keep your head up.......they'll know who da man is. From what I'm told women are attracted to confidence.
In Health & Fitness,
DM
Thanks alot DM. I'm yet to miss a routine, even though I had the flu this weekend (ON MY BIRTHDAY! ) The roads a bit bumpier staying consistant with my diet, but we're all human as wolverine said.
I've switched up my bicep routine a bit since its been about 8 weeks and frankly I'm just getting bored and don't think I'm doing it right anyway. What I do now for my biceps is:
3x8 from rest position of concentration curl to half way point.
3x8 from halfway to full contraction
3x10 hammer curls
i feel like im hitting my biceps MUCH more than i ever did with my previous concentration curls. Is that a good workout?
) The roads a bit bumpier staying consistant with my diet, but we're all human as wolverine said. I've switched up my bicep routine a bit since its been about 8 weeks and frankly I'm just getting bored and don't think I'm doing it right anyway. What I do now for my biceps is:
3x8 from rest position of concentration curl to half way point.
3x8 from halfway to full contraction
3x10 hammer curls
i feel like im hitting my biceps MUCH more than i ever did with my previous concentration curls. Is that a good workout?
If that routine interests you then by all means try it out for a while, I mean we only have a life time of lifting to figure out what works for ourselves right? I just added what I call "vanity" day to my routine. I hit bis and tris on one day. Generally I stay away from a lot of direct arm work but it's fun to hit "beach muscles" sometimes...especially right before beach season.
Anway try this for bis
Chin-ups (this is with the reverse grip about shoulder width apart not too wide though) 3 sets to 10-12 (or failure which ever comes first)
Barbell curl: reps of 10, 8, 6, 4, 8 - use heavy weight but be very strict with your form. No swinging!!! If you need to cheat a little on the last set to get out the couple last reps then OK go ahead.
incline Dumbell curls: 10, 8, 6, 6 reps (heavy but strict)
1-arm dumbell preacher curl: 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps (concentrate of getting full extension but not to hyper extend.)
If you've got any left in the tank try some drag curls, zottman curls, or dumbell hammer curls.
Just another option for you to try out when you can fit it into your routine.
DM
Anway try this for bis
Chin-ups (this is with the reverse grip about shoulder width apart not too wide though) 3 sets to 10-12 (or failure which ever comes first)
Barbell curl: reps of 10, 8, 6, 4, 8 - use heavy weight but be very strict with your form. No swinging!!! If you need to cheat a little on the last set to get out the couple last reps then OK go ahead.
incline Dumbell curls: 10, 8, 6, 6 reps (heavy but strict)
1-arm dumbell preacher curl: 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps (concentrate of getting full extension but not to hyper extend.)
If you've got any left in the tank try some drag curls, zottman curls, or dumbell hammer curls.
Just another option for you to try out when you can fit it into your routine.
DM
McCarley said:
Ryan Renolds and HHH were in blade III. And every girl wants to **** ryan renolds, not HHH. So pick your 'body types goals' wisely and for the right reasons!! keep pushin' on everyone.
Kickbacks aren't that great anywaysShinra said:
I don't remember what you have for weights, but French presses, skull-crushers, and tate presses are pretty good for tris.
Guess that question will remain a mystery! lol
Sticking to my plan how long you think it'd take to lose this? Figured I'd embarress myself and show how far I have to go.
I grabbed literally as much as I possibly could...it even hurt a little pulling that much lol.
Oh and I started doing my biceps/abs every other day (totals out to 48 hours of rest) is that enough time for rest?
Just finished my workout for today (bi's and torso). I upped the weight to 25lbs now cuz 20lb's was getting breezy. I also upped my weighted crunches from 10lb's to 20lb's. My abs felt insanely tight after the workout, like my arms did, but now the muscles I worked out feel very shakey and like if I tried to lift a weight again I would shake like crazy and look very weak. Is that normal?
Sticking to my plan how long you think it'd take to lose this? Figured I'd embarress myself and show how far I have to go.
I grabbed literally as much as I possibly could...it even hurt a little pulling that much lol.
Oh and I started doing my biceps/abs every other day (totals out to 48 hours of rest) is that enough time for rest?
Just finished my workout for today (bi's and torso). I upped the weight to 25lbs now cuz 20lb's was getting breezy. I also upped my weighted crunches from 10lb's to 20lb's. My abs felt insanely tight after the workout, like my arms did, but now the muscles I worked out feel very shakey and like if I tried to lift a weight again I would shake like crazy and look very weak. Is that normal?
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enjoy it! that means you worked em killer hard! i only get the shakes on leg day now, and sometimes on bench day. those squats do it for me lol, anyways... about not seeing your muscle very much while relaxed, i know you're not going to like this answer, but you've gotta lose more bf%!!! lol, i know i know that's the answer to everything around here. my cousin had the same problem, he had guns, but only when he flexed otherwise no one could tell. and i told him to diet and run, now you see those things from a mile!!Shinra said:My abs felt insanely tight after the workout, like my arms did, but now the muscles I worked out feel very shakey and like if I tried to lift a weight again I would shake like crazy and look very weak. Is that normal?
thanks mreik! sry i was havin some computer trouble the past 2 days. im now faced with a problem i dont think i can fix. As my abs become more visible after each workout, I'm noticing more and more that the right side of my abs are...higher? up than me left side. It's not that they're misshapped, one side is just...higher. lol. anything i can do about this? cuz it also seems like my left side is buldging more than my right.
right side = higher
left side = bulkier
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right side = higher
left side = bulkier
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not too many people are perfectly symmetrical