Thatwaslight comparisons

[rovr4on]

more bitches are DTF these days? \:D/

[Shutupandsquat]

Also my front double bi is rubbish and I look like crap, what areas do I need to work on to make that angle look better?

Try vacuuming your stomach in and push your chest up more (without leaning back). Also, try experimenting with putting your elbows up higher. I will make them look longer and possibly bigger. Lee Priest does it, but he's really short so he needs to make them look longer. Just something to try.

[Shutupandsquat]

Oh also, try moving your forearms back more. I find that makes my bicep peak stand out more as well as my tricep looking thicker and delts too!

[Rookie]

Also my front double bi is rubbish and I look like crap, what areas do I need to work on to make that angle look better?

Try vacuuming your stomach in and push your chest up more (without leaning back). Also, try experimenting with putting your elbows up higher. I will make them look longer and possibly bigger. Lee Priest does it, but he's really short so he needs to make them look longer. Just something to try.

Oh also, try moving your forearms back more. I find that makes my bicep peak stand out more as well as my tricep looking thicker and delts too!

Sorry bro but this is sooooo funny to read

[Loochi]

Great progress bro..!! I think it's time for you to compete - Incase you haven't! It will motivate you like crazy... You'll get the freak status in due time bro go hard :clap:

[Shutupandsquat]

Also my front double bi is rubbish and I look like crap, what areas do I need to work on to make that angle look better?

Try vacuuming your stomach in and push your chest up more (without leaning back). Also, try experimenting with putting your elbows up higher. I will make them look longer and possibly bigger. Lee Priest does it, but he's really short so he needs to make them look longer. Just something to try.

Oh also, try moving your forearms back more. I find that makes my bicep peak stand out more as well as my tricep looking thicker and delts too!

Sorry bro but this is sooooo funny to read

Why's that?

[Rookie]

Well, because someone who has never done a show or competed is trying to give a guy with 5+yrs training experience advice on how to pose :-s

Personally find that a bit odd that's all

[Shutupandsquat]

Well, because someone who has never done a show or competed is trying to give a guy with 5+yrs training experience advice on how to pose :-s

Personally find that a bit odd that's all

Remember when I corrected the positioning of Soundsgoods leg on his rear poses and you basically told me to shut the f*ck up? But I was right. Clearly people with 5+ years training are still asking for advice and although I have no experience at all; every little bit helps to show you what does work and what doesn't work.

[Rookie]

I didnt tell you to STFU, dude you're taking things out of proportion....

How can you learn everything about posing from youtube videos and or internet clips?

Pretty sure TWL was asking what areas/bodyparts he need to work on... not about advice with posing.....

[Shutupandsquat]

I didnt tell you to STFU, dude you're taking things out of proportion....

How can you learn everything about posing from youtube videos and or internet clips?

Pretty sure TWL was asking what areas/bodyparts he need to work on... not about advice with posing.....

I said basically. I didn't say anything about youtube nor internet clips. This is something I've actually done myself and that's what works for me. It makes certain parts look bigger, and that can help make the angle look better. He needs to vacuum anyway; that's just the pose.

[thatwaslight]

It's all good fellas, sas knows his posing ect but your right rook I meant what muscles to improve on I don't know shit about posing lol

[PeterDolan]

Rook, it's a bit rich coming from you saying someone has blown something out of proportion. But this isn't relevent to this discussion.

TWL from what I've heard off anecdotal evidence, any pullover movwments improve the look of the lats from the front

[thatwaslight]

So mainly lats then? To me that pose makes me look real small so want to know how to get the right proportions going

[Rookie]

Back on topic.....

TWL: What do you usually do for chest? It looked like your delts over shadowed your chest a bit in the most muscular

[thatwaslight]

2 things. 1 I have what's called pectus excivatium which means my chest is sunken in so this doesn't do me and favors, 2. yeah your right for any exercise I do that invloves delts I always get shoulders firing over anything else never really feel it in my chest. I think this is made worse by 1 as my chest is seated so low it's hard to activate when pressing

[Rookie]

True, have you tried things like pre exhaust etc? Hammer strength machines etc? I've got a mate with the same sort of issue and he used to do flyes and or crossovers before pressing to really feel it in his chest. Could be something worth giving a go?

[HarryB]

True, have you tried things like pre exhaust etc? Hammer strength machines etc? I've got a mate with the same sort of issue and he used to do flyes and or crossovers before pressing to really feel it in his chest. Could be something worth giving a go?

I do that myself... well not the hammer strength machines so much, but pre exhaust is one of my favourites for chest! And yeah for your front double bicep to look better it is just a matter of turning your elbows around a bit more to flare your lats and developing them more. Pullovers will help this, although looking at your back dble bicep your lats dont seem to really lack width.

[Android]

2 things. 1 I have what's called pectus excivatium which means my chest is sunken in so this doesn't do me and favors, 2. yeah your right for any exercise I do that invloves delts I always get shoulders firing over anything else never really feel it in my chest. I think this is made worse by 1 as my chest is seated so low it's hard to activate when pressing

Nah not true at all, doesn't hold anyone back

[Android]

Check out the size I have, same thing it's as common as muck with loads of people including bodybuilders, probably inbreeding or sumthing LOL, scuse the fun pic but it's the best I have to show the depth of it.

Doesn't hold chest muscle work back one bit and although I dont do bench press for chest size it's not because of this.

2003

my 2c worth on pectus excivatium experience

The only thing I do differently to everyone else is I more often than not go below parallel for my chest presses, and really over extend the stretching back for flyes and it just grows like a mother f*cker. And for ages until I was pushing >50kg dumbbells I would bring pressees together at the top and squeeze. Can remember when I was doing 20kg presses at the start and at the top crossing-over to get the squeeze but with >25kg that gets unsafe.

My chest can overpower the rest of me symmetry-wise from the front if I don't keep it in check with other muscle sizes so I do the stricter "just down to parallel" dumbbell presses to avoid growth and just maintain. It's that easy to grow with a freaky hole dude

[Pseudonym]

Went back to have a look at this sunken chest of yours, TWL, but Photobucket's down. You should upload the photo here.

[TonganTerror]

all the pics are gone bro ????sort it please i want to see how my competition is doing haha!!

[tomsammce]

2 things. 1 I have what's called pectus excivatium which means my chest is sunken in so this doesn't do me and favors, 2. yeah your right for any exercise I do that invloves delts I always get shoulders firing over anything else never really feel it in my chest. I think this is made worse by 1 as my chest is seated so low it's hard to activate when pressing

Nah not true at all, doesn't hold anyone back

proof? or is that what mummy told u?

[Shutupandsquat]

He's speaking from experience and then posted a picture as proof. Although the photo is a bit weird looking.

Sorry, TWL. Misinterpreted what you meant.

[thatwaslight]

On iPhone, don't know how to fix the link?

[WANABJAKD]

twl, i couldnt even notice that chest problem your talking about(seriously). you should try arching more. this is the only critique i would give. you look cramped in the arms but this will fix itself when you open out your chest.

let me explain. when you arch your lowerback(lumbar) your upperback(thoracic) will retract your blades(scapula) allowing you to show how big your lats really are. im almost positive this will also give you a more natural comfortable pose.

i personally need alot of work on my posing! but the front double bi is one pose i do in the mirror a-LOT(LOL)

hope this helps.

edit: want to comment on sas's advice. vaccuming is always a must and also with regard to raising the eblows, it will make the arms look bigger, however, it will also give you a narrower v-taper. i guess you just have to find a happy median between this and that. with the regards to pulling his "forearms back"(internal shoulder rotation), it will merely depress his blades(scapula) making his lats look smaller. ideally you want a neutral shoulder position, you are correct though, by doing this, the bicep peaks will look more square, full and also give more contrasting definition to the tricep(under good lighting).

all in all that was good posing advice.