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My body is very wierd.

I dont even understand how my body is repositioning itself, but I took my measurements today:

Neck: 16"
bicep: 14.5" ---What the hell?!
Calf: 14.5" ----what the hell?!
Waist: 33"---Huh?!
buttocks: 41"........
thigh: 23.5".......?!?!
chest: 37"...!!!

Sooo weird. I've only lost 5 pounds (175.2 now). It's very confusing. I recognize that I'm losing fat, my arms don't really have much left, nor do my calves, but I didn't realize that much of the volume wasn't muscle.

So my arms, calves, chest, waist, all lost a fairly significant amount of size, but my buttocks, thighs and neck stayed about the same. (or larger)...

I really do have a femanine frame (with muscle)...having a female waist to hip ratio doesn't seem that cool to me....haha

Oh well, maybe I'll readjust my goal to 165.

It's been pretty easy losing weight this time around. Just watching what I'm eating. I noticed the less junk I eat, the less hungry I am.
 
Well done with the effort you have put in, have you had your bodyfat% measured again recently ?
 
Not recently. If I had to guess, I'd say I'm only around the 15% mark. The only place I really have extra fat is sitting exactly dead center of my stomach (My hips have cleared out, showing their girly nature) and directly on my butt.

With Rollerblade season coming back full swing, I can see that alone being enough to torch that problem.


I don't think my muscles are proportioned properly.

Here's an example as to why:

My deadlifts, benchpress, and squats are all maxed out around my body weight (build up to 1 set, @ 5 reps at body weight) typically do 5 sets total, starting 20% lower than max. Even my bent over rows are sitting around my bodyweight too, with just a bit less.

I don't usually like using my strength as an indicator between muscle groups, but I feel like my deadlifts and squats should be much heavier. (I never do any two of those 4 exercises on the same day)

I thought it may have been a form issue, and I actually hired a personal trainner just to watch and make sure I was doing it properly, and I was generally doing everything spot on. (He told me to go wider stance with my feet for squats; that was about it)

I know my core is weaker than it should be, but I didn't think it would impact my squats THAT much.

What do you think True? I usually do three muscles a day weightlifting session. 1 large group (one of those four exercises), a smaller one (calves, forarms, triceps, biceps) and a medium (upper back, lower back, some leg stuff, core). I'll do more than one type of exercise for each specific part.

So because I do it that way, you can see that it's usually a week or so before I hit up the same muscle group again. Should I just maybe increase the squat sessions, and lower back? It seems like those are my weakest areas...I don't really know if building everything together, and hope they catch up is the best idea.

I'd rather be properly proportioned then slim.

I'd really love to hear your opinion True, and I'm glad to see you're around :)
 
in general your deadlift should be higher than squat and bench lower than squat.

the width of your stance for both squat and deadlift will determine exactly which muscles are more targeted.

A narrow stance will target the rectus femorus more than any of the other quadricep muscle, a shoulder width stance will work all the quadriceps equally with a small amount of adductor muscle activation. A wide stance (Sumo Stance) has slightly less impact on the rectus femorus but brings in more of the adductors.

The core is very important for both squats and deadlifts.

are you doing any assistance exercises for the lower back and Erector Spinae as deadlift is primarily a back exercise.


the key to a big deadlift and a big squat is developing the explosive power out of the bottom of the squat and the initial pull from the floor for the deadlift.

one way of doing this is on the same day you squat include light deadlifts (about 40% weight) doing 10 singles concentrating on speed and form. On deadlift day include light squats (again 40% weight) and do 10 sets of 3 also concentrating on speed and form out of the bottom of the lift, it should almost be a plyometric squat jump.

there should only be 30-40 seconds rest between sets on the light plyo exercises, the other thing the light short sets is to improve the ATP energy system which is important as this is the energy system used in a max lift.


On bench press hand position is important and doing light plyo style bench press on a non heavy bench day (similar to the light deads and squats) will help develop the explosiveness needed to shift the bar from the chest.
 
That is a great idea True. I will definitely start doing that. I've seen good results in the past just from a lighter routine and I can really see the benefits of incorporating it into a heavier lifting style.

I think I will apply that approach to the smaller muscle groups as well. IE: For biceps do chin-ups/weighted chin-ups on heavier days, and lighter free weights on other days; and for shoulders maybe do elevated push-ups (my goal someday is to be able to do handstand pushups (i can do 3 now, with wall assistance). It will make for interesting scheduling, but I think it will help me with my problem:

It feels as though I gain more muscle than I do strength compared to other people. Whereas muscle isn't exactly my goal.

Thanks a lot :)
 
I injured my shoulder last year. It really cut down my progress on my weight lifting, and I've been feeling discomfort in it up until January of this year (work required a bit of overhead work). Since my triumphant return to the gym I'm happy to report:

-No more pain
-Based on military press numbers, my max weight has nearly doubled. I think that's because I've built more synergy in surrounding muscle groups, but I was really, really impressed to see me comfortably military press 100 pounds. I used to get really fatigued doing 60 pounds at the same amount of reps.

It's odd, because it's one of my few muscle groups that hasn't grown too much, but has had significant strength gains. If only I could apply that to all my muscles :(
 
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So I've pretty much been working straight since I last posted this. As I said, I generally eat for maintenance while I'm working and it shows. The thing is, work has stepped up, and now I mostly cut trees all day, while ATVing into the job site, pushing the quads out when they get stuck...slogging around with about 30-40 pounds worth of gear (including the saw)....and I haven't lost any weight.

I think I might have even gained a few pounds, as I'm back up to 179. The thing is though, my pants aren't really fitting me properly anymore. So I know I'm probably losing most of my weight from good places. Based on my current measurements though, I'm slightly concerned about my calves. Without resistance training they are getting smaller. My current measurements:

Chest: 38"
Arms: 15"
waist: 33"
buttocks: 41"
thighs: 24"
calves: 14.5 L, 15 R


So overall it seems like my legs like to grow for whatever reason. I may try and start doing gym sessions at the town I'm in while working. I think it may be a bit extreme considering the exercise I get at work, but it may be necessary to not metabolize muscle.

Edit: I guess they aren't actually getting smaller. That's why I'm glad I keep this log :)
 
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