Yea, well neither one of the above posts help me with my problem.
[quote]jbodzin wrote:
I really really really have the urge to say this.
SHUT THE FUCK UP
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.[/quote]
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss
[quote]julia87 wrote:
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss[/quote]
Im pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Implying that the OP would consider madonna “to bulky” because he is so afraid of having muscles.
[quote]Taran wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss
Im pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Implying that the OP would consider madonna “to bulky” because he is so afraid of having muscles.[/quote]
aaah, clarified.
[quote]KGeorge wrote:
OK. I said last post, but I should thank Kuz for the Eric Cressey suggestion. As for losing muscle who ever talked of that?
The valid point/question (that one could come up with from the "huge 165lber) is one of balance. Has no one experienced that one body part tends to respond “too well” and grow while another part lags behind?
What do you do, cut reps maybe in your leg exercises and then what with arms for example?
That has always been me by the way, thighs and ass get huge (remember Tom Platz?, not quite but in that direction) while to keep any decent size arms I had to insist and insist. So, what is a sensible way to attack something like that? meaning remaining strong and with a certain muscular look in the legs, but balance looks with function on a sport (like cycling).
[. . .]
Currently, I am experimenting with power cleans and snatches and snatches and deadlifts as core exercises and no other leg work at all.
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I don’t see what’s so complicated about your problem. If you have body parts that are responding faster than others, that’s normal.
If you’re happy enough with the development of those quicker developing body parts, then you just answered your own question.
Lift only enough to maintain your better bodyparts. Keep focusing on your lagging bodyparts until you’re happy with them as well. Just be patient.
You’re also not going to be able to make much of a difference in your lagging body parts without putting on muscle all over your body either. If you want your weak points to be a LOT bigger, you’re going to have to suck it up and put on muscle everywhere.
Remember that your body won’t let your muscles get too far out of balance. If you’re ‘happy enough’ with your legs yet want your upper body bigger BUT your body has decided your legs are NOT developed enough, your body will stonewall any gains you’re trying to make. Your body won’t let you easily develop a top-heavy, out of balance physique.
[quote]julia87 wrote:
Taran wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss
Im pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Implying that the OP would consider madonna “to bulky” because he is so afraid of having muscles.
aaah, clarified.[/quote]
Actually, I think they were sayiing that madonna is strong but not bulky, so saying how to be like that, like madonna is.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
You seem like a decent guy so I’m going to be decent too. Registering at “Bodybuilding’s Dangerously Hardcore Thinktank” and asking how to get smaller is like registering at one of my wife’s gardening sites and asking how to kill your plants.
LOL.
Maybe the title is too subtle.[/quote]
I have to chuckle sometimes. It’s not that every one of these guys are idiots or don’t have legit goals that are just different than mine, but I AM starting to wonder what attracts people to T-Nation.
We now have guys who not only “don’t wanna be huge”, but want to shrink. What’s next? “I’ve been lurking here for several months and finally joined up. After reading all the great info on weight training, muscle growth and nutrition I was wondering what haircut you guys think I should get”?
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
“I’ve been lurking here for several months and finally joined up. After reading all the great info on weight training, muscle growth and nutrition I was wondering what haircut you guys think I should get”?[/quote]
So, can I go ahead and make this post? Might as well beat them to it.
I’m too tall.
How can I become shorter?
If I were one of the site honchos for T-Nation I think I’d be in a bit of a conundrum. On one hand from a strictly business perspective traffic is nearly always good. On the other hand advertising revenues aren’t an issue so it doesn’t matter as much.
Back to the first hand they do sell supplements and their partners, however loose, also have an interest so traffic is still key. On the second hand again though I’d assume some semblance of a certain type of presence is important to maintaining image and stature.
It’d be fun to be a proverbial “fly on the wall” and hear what the suits talk about in their director’s meetings.
I’m not saying this is good or bad and I have no way of knowing for sure, but I suspect that the “more eyes is more important overall” view prevails. Not that they ever would, should or even could do anything to change it anyway.
[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
Remember that your body won’t let your muscles get too far out of balance. If you’re ‘happy enough’ with your legs yet want your upper body bigger BUT your body has decided your legs are NOT developed enough, your body will stonewall any gains you’re trying to make. Your body won’t let you easily develop a top-heavy, out of balance physique.[/quote]
Heh. Could’ve fooled me. I agree that your body will only allow you to get so disproprotionate before your upper body stops growing if you neglect your legs. But I see plenty of guys with reasonably solid upper bodies teetering around on toothpicks all the time
[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Taran wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss
Im pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Implying that the OP would consider madonna “to bulky” because he is so afraid of having muscles.
aaah, clarified.
Actually, I think they were sayiing that madonna is strong but not bulky, so saying how to be like that, like madonna is.[/quote]
Yeah, I think so. Madonna’s hawt. Did anyone see her in that purple leotard thing at some awards show? Lean, tight, sculpted, with some muscular development, but still feminine. Her body’s better than 90% of women half her age.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
What’s next? “I’ve been lurking here for several months and finally joined up. After reading all the great info on weight training, muscle growth and nutrition I was wondering what haircut you guys think I should get”?[/quote]
Actually, that has been asked already.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Actually, that has been asked already. [/quote]
You cannot possibly be serious LOL!
No one accidentally grows 20" arms unless they’re really fat.
so 5’8" was a typo, right ?
At 165, you must be 3’8" … which would make you hyyuuuugggeee.
good luck de-bulking.
[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Taran wrote:
julia87 wrote:
Go read Shape Magazine they will teach how to be strong and not bulky like madona.
madonna is bulky?
…what…
maybe from the perspective of your body i guesss
Im pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Implying that the OP would consider madonna “to bulky” because he is so afraid of having muscles.
aaah, clarified.
Actually, I think they were sayiing that madonna is strong but not bulky, so saying how to be like that, like madonna is.[/quote]
i am just totally confused about everything now. Thanks a lot. Gawd.
[quote]deapee wrote:
No one accidentally grows 20" arms unless they’re really fat.[/quote]
Nu uh.
you can if your a human hybrid born from a gorilla mother. Or hippotaminus.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Actually, that has been asked already.
You cannot possibly be serious LOL![/quote]
The pudding…
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1320434&pageNo=0#1321674
Diddy…
Daddy?
Diddy…
Doddy?
Diddy…
HAHAHA. Ok… I’m done. 