could i ask for some advice. im 19 years old and very interested in bodybuilding. been training for about two years now! i love everything about it. im interested in what you have to say about basic movements. im not what people would recognise as strong in the squat or bench. i put this down to my height and lever lenght. while i do include them, i dont focus on them too much! do you think i should emphasise these more and get rid of the sculpting excersises?
thanks for your advice
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Hey B, would you consider competing again? You’d clean up in masters’ division.[/quote]
This…for sure.
Fantastic physique.
looking great man, especially your arms looks AWSOME. Hope I can build myself a body half as decent as you have.
[quote]titleist55 wrote:
could i ask for some advice. im 19 years old and very interested in bodybuilding. been training for about two years now! i love everything about it. im interested in what you have to say about basic movements. im not what people would recognise as strong in the squat or bench. i put this down to my height and lever lenght. while i do include them, i dont focus on them too much! do you think i should emphasise these more and get rid of the sculpting excersises?
thanks for your advice[/quote]
When I was a teen, I was naturally muscular and people would ask if I worked out,well I did’nt start until I was 17.That seems like a blessing, but I think it was a curse. I skipped the getting strong on the basics and dove into isolation moves with supersets, pre-exhaust, and every other training method that I read in muscle mags,I also ate like a BB getting ready for a show all the time. Somehow I did manage to gain some muscle, but I never weighed over 180-185 lbs and competed as a middleweight at a 169lbs at my heaviest contest weight at 5’7". If I could do it over, I would have been patient with inclined bench, MP, bent rows, squats, and deadlifts. I wouldn’t worry if I didn’t match the weights lifted by other guys in the gym because the weights are just the tools to get bigger, don’t get me wrong, trying to lft heavier is important, it is just not the only goal, gaining muscle is your goal.
I agree that some people do not have the same structure as others and a basic movement might not hit your target muscle, so it is up to you to find one that does. An example is bench press, some people will not get much chest stimulation, but almost everyone will feel it their chest if they use DBs. If you are just 19 and have not been training for a while, then you need to put in a good effort with time, eating more, and using a weight progression plan that makes since. Since you are reading this forum, you have all the information right here on this website. Just be patient, inform yourself, be consistent with your training and eating to build enough muscle on your frame to decide what is a weakness. The isolation moves will build some muscle, but in my opinion, very little and slowly compared to the basic compound moves.
Great photos, you don’t look like an old man to me.
Inspirational stuff!
BWW,
you wrote
"I agree that some people do not have the same structure as others and a basic movement might not hit your target muscle, so it is up to you to find one that does. An example is bench press, some people will not get much chest stimulation, but almost everyone will feel it their chest if they use DBs. "
yesterday,after many months of inclined-declined bench , i did my 7x3 on flat bench,I used more load than inclined but unfortunally I didn’t feel my chest working like on inclined/declined ,more a front delt/tris involvement than chest (my blades were well close back arched,bb touches my lower sternum,chest was “high” during all rom etc etc).
the fact is; I’m guessing if I could use the flat bench like a “power boost” to gain strenght faster and use the additional strenght on the inclined to gain muscle faster? (if this makes sense…)
sorry for my english
Mike
bump
Classical physique training? right here.
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Classical physique training? right here.
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Nice bump, Maiden!
BW is s standout around here.
That’s what I wanna look like when I grow up.
lol I love his “I’m just a noob” attitude
Thanks for bumping, what a gentleman and role model.
I’m also very impressed. Thanks for bumping. I somehow just only now made it here.
BWW, thanks for the pointer to Gironda in my other thread. I spent the last couple days reading and reading through Alan Palmieri’s book on him. Gironda seemed very averse to the big 3, but this site and forum focuses a lot on them (and you yourself said something to the same effect a few pages ago). You’ve developed an amazingly tapered physique; something I aspire to. If you were to do it all over again, how would you do it? Also, are there any particular exercises you’d have avoided because of injuries?
Thanks in advance.
I would have avoided any pressing with my elbows out to the side and would have used a neutral grip for all presses. You cannot do enough strict pulling: verticle & horizontal. Train with a controlled tempo, building muscle is more complicated than lift heavy at all cost.
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
… building muscle is more complicated than lift heavy at all cost.[/quote]
Sadly, many of us have learned that fact while older… and after many injuries.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
… building muscle is more complicated than lift heavy at all cost.[/quote]
Sadly, many of us have learned that fact while older… and after many injuries.
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^X2. Of course if you’re intelligent, and analytical about your training and results, you will learn a hell of a lot by working around injuries and issues.
And for the record, I wanna be BWhitwell when I grow up 
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[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
… building muscle is more complicated than lift heavy at all cost.[/quote]
Sadly, many of us have learned that fact while older… and after many injuries.
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^X2. Of course if you’re intelligent, and analytical about your training and results, you will learn a hell of a lot by working around injuries and issues.
And for the record, I wanna be BWhitwell when I grow up
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Heh heh! Me too!
What you said is so true, Stu. In dealing with my 3rd bout of tendinitis in as many years, I’ve learned more about myself and what my needs are by working around injuries.
Being creative in the gym is a plus.
To say that I am extremely impressed would be an understatement. I have incredible respect for you and what you have accomplished. Thank you very much for sharing with us.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
… building muscle is more complicated than lift heavy at all cost.[/quote]
Sadly, many of us have learned that fact while older… and after many injuries.
[/quote]
^X2. Of course if you’re intelligent, and analytical about your training and results, you will learn a hell of a lot by working around injuries and issues.
And for the record, I wanna be BWhitwell when I grow up
S[/quote]
Heh heh! Me too!
What you said is so true, Stu. In dealing with my 3rd bout of tendinitis in as many years, I’ve learned more about myself and what my needs are by working around injuries.
Being creative in the gym is a plus.
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The swiss bar has been a lifesaver!
very informative 3ead,about neutral grip for pressin’,will try it out,thanx
Dude’s worried about losing his delts! They’re huge and shredded as well! Man you are in your fifties and look great, don’t sweat it!