We’re going to need a physical object in the shot as a reference point. Try a shoe, on your head will do if you got nowhere to put it in the shot.
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Yeah, the first one. Next time I’ll remember the shoe! lol!
This is like when people say “no offense, but [insert extremely offensive comment here]”. You don’t get to not be that guy by putting a disclaimer before asking “that” question. You have a long, slow road of muscle gain before you can reasonably ask that question, and honestly, it’s pretty much never a reasonable question, because the answer is always a guess and the mirror will tell you when you look decent.
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Dude, you’re at a perfect body fat to eat, eat, eat and gain, gain, gain. Lift hard, eat properly, and you will be a new person in a year.
Lean bulk. Don’t ego lift, and you should be adding weight to the bar for months.
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I just say after reading all of this that not everyone can squat or should squat. After spending over 5 years in physio getting my hip mobility back I still can’t squat in a manner safe to load up.
Hack squats, lunges and other things are safe and work but not barbell squats. I’m sure Mark Rippetoe would disagree but hip and back mobility can stop someone squatting safely.
I still loved 531 though, just change squats for hack squats or lunges.
Thats how I feel about deadlifting. If I didnt’ compete I wouldn’t deadlift. But now that Im quarantined, it’s pretty much most of what I can do with an axle, plates, and no rack
Indeed. There are respectable physiques that have been built without squatting. The squat does tend to matter more in the context of a powerlifting total.
Ironically I’ve had massive legs but I’m assuming that’s from playing rugby when your are moving a 100kg person round a pitch.
I have found that I actually prefer hack squats and RDL. I can hit perfect form on hack squats and I keeps my back from rounding while getting a massive leg pump. RDL feel so good at getting the hams and flutes directly.
Strength levels don’t seem to carry over though, as I worked out with a mate just before we went into lock down and tried a few deadlifts just to see what was what. I move 140kg for an easy 5 but couldn’t move 180kg more than a few inches off the floor (and didn’t want to push it really), really disappointing compared to where I was before my back just gave up on life.