[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
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They change all the time but usually its pretty basic. Ill have an incline movement, a flat press movement a fly type movement and usually a hammerstrength machine also. Dips sometimes as well.
Thinking i might need to get a little more intricate with my chest workouts, but not sure how.
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
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They change all the time but usually its pretty basic. Ill have an incline movement, a flat press movement a fly type movement and usually a hammerstrength machine also. Dips sometimes as well.
Thinking i might need to get a little more intricate with my chest workouts, but not sure how.
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i do neutral grip flat bench dumbbell presses as my main movement. dont know why but i feel them in my pecs much more than pronated grip db presses. i am curious to see if it will make a difference until next summer.
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
[/quote]
They change all the time but usually its pretty basic. Ill have an incline movement, a flat press movement a fly type movement and usually a hammerstrength machine also. Dips sometimes as well.
Thinking i might need to get a little more intricate with my chest workouts, but not sure how.
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i do neutral grip flat bench dumbbell presses as my main movement. dont know why but i feel them in my pecs much more than pronated grip db presses. i am curious to see if it will make a difference until next summer.[/quote]
Hmm i could give those a shot. I do know when i do hex presses i feel a lot in my front delts though
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
[/quote]
They change all the time but usually its pretty basic. Ill have an incline movement, a flat press movement a fly type movement and usually a hammerstrength machine also. Dips sometimes as well.
Thinking i might need to get a little more intricate with my chest workouts, but not sure how.
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i do neutral grip flat bench dumbbell presses as my main movement. dont know why but i feel them in my pecs much more than pronated grip db presses. i am curious to see if it will make a difference until next summer.[/quote]
Hmm i could give those a shot. I do know when i do hex presses i feel a lot in my front delts though[/quote]
they are a staple for me. i superset them with landmine chest presses. it burns like hell.
[quote]Ross_AlanUSN10 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Gorillakiv83 wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
Heres a few shots. Forgot the mm of all poses lol.[/quote]
It looks like we have similar chest genetics.
Can you kindly tell me which exercises you do on chest day?
[/quote]
They change all the time but usually its pretty basic. Ill have an incline movement, a flat press movement a fly type movement and usually a hammerstrength machine also. Dips sometimes as well.
Thinking i might need to get a little more intricate with my chest workouts, but not sure how.
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Intricate could be using cables. I know I know sounds like bitch moves. But I train a heavy movement day and a detail day for all body parts. So say you smash out the typical chest day, come back another day during the week and spend a little time hitting high volume Cable and machine work. I love hitting cables at all angles. High to low, low to high, middle range, one high one low, really gets a good stretch and a lot of blood flow into the muscle. It will help develop striations and knuckles. [/quote]
Yep i love cable work and most of the time thats where the best pumps come from for me anyway.
But for striations, you just need to be lean.
have you tried pre-exhausting the shit out of your chest before your presses? I’m a big fan
[quote]Ross_AlanUSN10 wrote:
Pre exhaust is good!! I usually do that with legs on the extension before squats… What do you use for chest yogi? The pec dec? Or cables?
Here’s a fun little exercise…
Grab a lifting buddy or a random hot chick. Find yourself an adjustable incline bench (the more degrees of adjustment the better)
Grab yourself some lightweight ex. 40s or 50s DB
Start all the way at the top and bang out 10-15 reps
Lean forward and have your partner drop the seat a notch down.
No rest bang out another 10-15
Repeat all the way down to flat or decline if the bench permits
So in total I usually hit close to 80-100 reps with as minimal rest as possible
By the time you get to flat or decline you should pretty much be at exhaustion.
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aye, pec deck or cables, just never dumbbells. Dumbbell flyes are the worst exercise ever in my opinion.
I’ve done that chest thing before and it’s brutal!
Although exercise selection and intensity techniques absolutely help, the only thing I’ve ever really seen make a big difference to lagging bodyparts is just to train them twice as much as anything else. I’m doing that for shoulders and arms just now.
[quote]Yogi wrote:
[quote]Ross_AlanUSN10 wrote:
Pre exhaust is good!! I usually do that with legs on the extension before squats… What do you use for chest yogi? The pec dec? Or cables?
Here’s a fun little exercise…
Grab a lifting buddy or a random hot chick. Find yourself an adjustable incline bench (the more degrees of adjustment the better)
Grab yourself some lightweight ex. 40s or 50s DB
Start all the way at the top and bang out 10-15 reps
Lean forward and have your partner drop the seat a notch down.
No rest bang out another 10-15
Repeat all the way down to flat or decline if the bench permits
So in total I usually hit close to 80-100 reps with as minimal rest as possible
By the time you get to flat or decline you should pretty much be at exhaustion.
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aye, pec deck or cables, just never dumbbells. Dumbbell flyes are the worst exercise ever in my opinion.
I’ve done that chest thing before and it’s brutal!
Although exercise selection and intensity techniques absolutely help, the only thing I’ve ever really seen make a big difference to lagging bodyparts is just to train them twice as much as anything else. I’m doing that for shoulders and arms just now.[/quote]
just curious why you don’t like dumbell flies
about to start prep. sitting at 225 right now. much leaner than last time starting prep but this one will be a bit longer. The plan is to hopefully grow into the show but we’ll see how that goes. Still cruising right now. Won’t get into any good stuff until about another 5 weeks, then the fun should really start.
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
[quote]Yogi wrote:
[quote]Ross_AlanUSN10 wrote:
Pre exhaust is good!! I usually do that with legs on the extension before squats… What do you use for chest yogi? The pec dec? Or cables?
Here’s a fun little exercise…
Grab a lifting buddy or a random hot chick. Find yourself an adjustable incline bench (the more degrees of adjustment the better)
Grab yourself some lightweight ex. 40s or 50s DB
Start all the way at the top and bang out 10-15 reps
Lean forward and have your partner drop the seat a notch down.
No rest bang out another 10-15
Repeat all the way down to flat or decline if the bench permits
So in total I usually hit close to 80-100 reps with as minimal rest as possible
By the time you get to flat or decline you should pretty much be at exhaustion.
[/quote]
aye, pec deck or cables, just never dumbbells. Dumbbell flyes are the worst exercise ever in my opinion.
I’ve done that chest thing before and it’s brutal!
Although exercise selection and intensity techniques absolutely help, the only thing I’ve ever really seen make a big difference to lagging bodyparts is just to train them twice as much as anything else. I’m doing that for shoulders and arms just now.[/quote]
just curious why you don’t like dumbell flies
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I just think they suck. Put your shoulder in a pretty horrible position and the range of motion that works the pecs isn’t all that great.
Loads of bigger and better developed dudes than me do them with great results so I can’t really say that it’s a bad exercise, but for me there are way safer options that hit the chest way better.
One thing I will concede is that it’s easier to get into position with dumbbells than with cables as you get heavier, so I can understand some really big dudes probably need to use dumbbells, but a good pec dec makes that a moot point anyway
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
about to start prep. sitting at 225 right now. much leaner than last time starting prep but this one will be a bit longer. The plan is to hopefully grow into the show but we’ll see how that goes. Still cruising right now. Won’t get into any good stuff until about another 5 weeks, then the fun should really start. [/quote]
looking awesome man! But tidy up that kitchen a bit! haha
[quote]Yogi wrote:
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
about to start prep. sitting at 225 right now. much leaner than last time starting prep but this one will be a bit longer. The plan is to hopefully grow into the show but we’ll see how that goes. Still cruising right now. Won’t get into any good stuff until about another 5 weeks, then the fun should really start. [/quote]
looking awesome man! But tidy up that kitchen a bit! haha[/quote]
Haha thanks and i swear its messy 20 min after cleaning. Same with dishes.
Little update if anyone still follows this.
Ok so, im not satisfied with how this offseason went, money is a bit tight right now also so i decided to call off the prep and do things on my own and see how much i can grow.
I will probably feel satisfied and ready to prep when im a solid 250. Decently lean. No matter how long it takes.
Don’t let cancelling the show get to you. Keep crushing the weights and pick a new competition down the line. What are you thinking about changing?
sorry to hear you had to cancel but if you need to prioritise other shit then do so. Don’t want you ending up one of those sad bastard bodybuilders living out of their car!
So is the plan to compete again next year?
[quote]Fishdog70 wrote:
Don’t let cancelling the show get to you. Keep crushing the weights and pick a new competition down the line. What are you thinking about changing?[/quote]
Dietwise i was on pretty low fats and i just felt like poop. So im trying a high fat moderate carb diet. I think its around 200g fats, 400g carbs and 300 something protein. Ive always been kinda afraid to experiment in fear of doing the wrong thing but its time to try some new things out.
With lifting im going to keep it simple. Hit everything twice a week and work up to a top set to failure for 1 or 2 sets. What i WAS doing was every set of everything to failure and i just feel so drained. It definitely caught up to me and i think its been hindering things. We’ll see though.
[quote]Yogi wrote:
sorry to hear you had to cancel but if you need to prioritise other shit then do so. Don’t want you ending up one of those sad bastard bodybuilders living out of their car!
So is the plan to compete again next year?[/quote]
Hey whatever it takes! Nah lol that wont be me. We want to move too and thats the main priority but me not reaching my goals in the offseason has a lot to do with it too. I wont compete till i can shred down to 210 or so. So 250 offseason. About 20lbs muscle. Idk it just all depends. Even 10 lbs id be happy with