Powerlifting Aesthetics: An Unexpected Journey

looking good man excited to see how it goes.

Very impressive! You have tons of potential. Best of luck. Diet should be no problem with hour conditioning.

Awesome stuff! You seem to be combining the “best of both worlds” in terms of powerlifting and bodybuilding – very envious! Keep us posted.

Sup mayyyyne

Thanks guys for all the kind words, this is gonna be really fun. Focussing aesthetics is taking my love for lifting to a whole other level. Hopefully I can market myself as like the strongest physique athlete or something like that

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Sup mayyyyne[/quote]

Sup my big black panther

Good luck man. You’re looking super lean already. My only tip, which zraw also advocates, is to get maximal stretch and contraction on each rep when training for hypertrophy/aesthetics.

[quote]Ripsaw3689 wrote:
Good luck man. You’re looking super lean already. My only tip, which zraw also advocates, is to get maximal stretch and contraction on each rep when training for hypertrophy/aesthetics. [/quote]

I dont like him, he makes fun of me

Rediculously strong for your age and weight. like others have said, looking pretty damn lean already. good job man will be following.

[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Rediculously strong for your age and weight. like others have said, looking pretty damn lean already. good job man will be following. [/quote]

Thanks man

About to hit the iron den in a few mins


Today was chest and lats, but somehow my triceps got a sick pump. This pic is literally just me standing there looking up, not flexed just pumped - cool side profile pic. Weighed in at 154 today

Worked up to 330 on bench for 3 sets of singles

3 different variations of flyes - Incline, flat, cable crossovers all w/ 2 sec squeezes

Pullups - 3 sets of failure with squeezes at top

Rear delt raises - 2 x 25 w/ squeezes at top

2 x 15 partial machine curls - these burned, had my forearms twitching

Today was deadlift day and my god did I love it

Worked up to 4 sets of 1 on 500 but the nagging knee issue is still lingering

Bought some of this stuff to help alleviate some pain

It’s my first time using it so I’ll edit this post with some updates on how it’s feeling

Feeling a bit horse are you? BOOM!

You need to bring up your back asap! May be put the deadlifts on the back burner for a while and add more volume for the lats. Pull ups aren’t enough IMO.

[quote]ESX wrote:
Feeling a bit horse are you? BOOM!

You need to bring up your back asap! May be put the deadlifts on the back burner for a while and add more volume for the lats. Pull ups aren’t enough IMO. [/quote]

What do you suggest? I think my lower back is the weak spot, not my upper just my thoughts tho

Its all smoke and mirrors here…

Good work in here man, when your back up in Illinois let me know and we can work on your posing if you want. Or get a workout in.

I have a Template -coupled with Hepburn 3’s that is awesome for size and shape!

You still get up to Hometown anymore?

Rick

[quote]FISCHER613 wrote:
Its all smoke and mirrors here…

Good work in here man, when your back up in Illinois let me know and we can work on your posing if you want. Or get a workout in.

I have a Template -coupled with Hepburn 3’s that is awesome for size and shape!

You still get up to Hometown anymore?

Rick[/quote]

Thanks man!! I havent been to hometown since our last session, so what like 3 years?? lol, next time I’m back I’ll for sure hit you up there


Practiced my posing today, this was the best shot which Im not happy with at all. the angles are all off, I plan on practicing on the daily

omg fml this pic rotation shit

[quote]Efeguwewe wrote:
omg fml this pic rotation shit
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lol

[quote]Efeguwewe wrote:

[quote]ESX wrote:
Feeling a bit horse are you? BOOM!

You need to bring up your back asap! May be put the deadlifts on the back burner for a while and add more volume for the lats. Pull ups aren’t enough IMO. [/quote]

What do you suggest? I think my lower back is the weak spot, not my upper just my thoughts tho[/quote]

I like DB rows, reverse pull downs, Yates rows and wide grip pull downs personally. Back extenstions to finish. Dead lift after the lat work if you want.


Grabbed a pic this morning before work. Currently 10 weeks out