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Hey guys, lurker to the site figured I would post some pics after about 7 months of training with bodyweight only. Flame away if you must, just looking for some solid feedback and appreciate any and all constructive comments.

I am a competitive Submission grappler and climber. 20 years old 5’6 140lbs. Looking to get to about 160 ish. I am about performance but I would be lying if I said I didnt care about aesthetics.

Thanks very much for your time. O and routine revolves around gymnast style training. Explosive maximal and endurance training. Follow a lot of Ross’s principles over at www.RossTraining.com Again all bodyweight routines.

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another picture

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and another

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another

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http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/d/1/d1e89-DSCN0209.jpg

another view

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http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/d/1/d1248-DSCN0211.jpg

different pic

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another

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whoa dude you’re huge, what kind of steroids are you on?

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Wow,exactly the kind of response I was looking for thanks man thanks a lot, hit it right on the hammer…

Just figured I am all about performance and starting to get more into aesthetics figured this would be the place to post.

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haha…well lemme just say tan up a lil bit big boy. If your into grappling your forearm/grip strength look a little on the undeveloped side. Ever look into strongman movement and/or kettlebells? if your into a lot of BW workouts kettlebells would be a great thing to constitute into it.

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There’s nothing wrong with being lean and having performance goals in my opinion. I’d recommend deleting the 2nd pic though!

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LMAO, appreciate the actual constructive responses guys. Yeah I need a tan, my arms neck and face are great but I work and go to school full time so taking off my shirt while working in IT is out. Agreed on the tan for sure. Also if I would want to delete that pic how would I? I hit edit and all it lets me do is put some more text in their? Kettlebells have always sounded good but they for me anyways are ridiculously priced for a broke college student.

Also Im working on the forearm grip strength, never had a problem with it, but hey i wouldnt mind popeye forearms lol. I have the full set of heavy grippers from
Heavy Grips Hand Grippers

Also any of you guys know if I can actually develop my lacking chest with bodyweight style training my back is coming along quite nicely. Just wish I could get the chest area as well.

Again guys thanks for the comments.

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your chest and back are like night and day… i actually questioned whether or not it was the same person … or two different ppl with the same tattoos…

i thought for grappling though the chest wasn’t all that important?

anyway weighted pushups obviously

and also weighted/unweighted chest dips… which just means ur doing dips with a wider grip… those work well for chest depth since this is what ur severely lacking… prolly my favorite exercise

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Man I need to invest in a Tatoo place…

by a high school…

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Are those Transformers logo tatoo’s on your biceps?

You look lean, and as the above mentioned about dips and weighted push-ups to build up your chest.

What other goals do you have, and what do you intend to do to get there?

~V

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i think you have done quiet well with only bodyweight. in better shape than i was at ur age .why not incorporate weights into ur training as well coupled with lots of stretching it can only help u with your chosen sport good luck

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what do you want more to be good climber/grappler or better asthetics? Your going to have to gain some weight-which would hurt you in climbing, and force you to move up a weight hurting you in grappling- in order to get better aesthetics. Your not going to get much bigger fuller muscles without eating/heavylifting and putting on size everywhere.