I laughed at the barber story. A bad haircut just hits hard.
I like the converging machines I think. Just tried our converging bench when my shoulder was just starting to show soreness. Didn’t get any soreness in that machine, but my pecs got a great pump.
Right!? Worst feeling ever lol my normal lady has been out for two weeks due to I’m guessing Covid and this guys cut my hair twice and I’m not a fan each time.
Dude the converging machines are awesome imo. I have no facts to back that up, only feels lol. It demolishes my chest unlike anything else. The only thing that sucks is it seems no matter what upper chest focused lift I do, I never feel it there. It’s like my lower tiddy just keeps getting bigger and stronger. I have a solid 2” thick pec when flexed, but it looks like a fucking baseball so stupid. #genes
Your chest looks pretty good Imo. I don’t have good upper chest.
I’m a fan of finding good substitutes in lifts when something isn’t feeling good. I’ve had one big injury (the shoulder one that was likely nerve related). Other than that though, only small things here and there. Just gotta be reasonable about it with another exercise that requires about the same effort with the same muscles.
I think I’ll do that converging chest machine instead of the narrow press on Friday. I’m kinda stalled out on those and the heavier benching on my main sets are beating up my shoulders and elbows.
have you tried reverse grip bench to target upper chest? I’ve even done reverse grip incline bench to get where I needed to go before - worked out alright for me
I’ve broken both arms in half at the wrist, have plates and screws and arthritis and carpel tunnel, both collar bones and my left shoulder. We ain’t doing no reverse grip with more than 135
I think a lot of the chest issue is it’s just severely underdeveloped, where as everything else is just regular underdeveloped. I’ve always carried a lot of my fat in my tiddies so when I started working out I never did chest (total bro right?). In my head I didn’t want them to get bigger, but as we all know fat over muscle always looks better than just fat, so it was a mistake. Trying to right my wrongs now but I’ve got a ways to go.
It also seems the part of my chest that’s closest to the armpit responds really well to everything just that damn pesky upper chest
People kinda develop differently even if they do the same routine. Some guys that are equal at pressing to me have big juicy triceps, I don’t, but I get all sorts of delt gains, that they are envious of, while I am thinking, I wished I had their triceps. Many tend to want to develop the way another guy does, but that guy might be thinking the same about you.
I think we see our faults more than our positives. If I didn’t have delts, I’d probably obsess over being too narrow instead of arms lol. I guess some guys get it all though, and we can just hate them. I will say that I would not trade bodies with the guy with the best bodybuilding genetics at my gym (cause he is 5’2", but build like a natty Lee Priest). Most of us probably have something we don’t like.
Yea all of that is most definitely true. I used to always look at the big guys in the gym and covet thy body now I’ve made it a point to also notice the guys who I AM bigger than, it’s been a little nice break from totally hating myself
Short back and no bi day. Going to a chicks house tonight so I took off early just to get the meat and potatoes in lol
Next time I’m bitching about my noodle arms someone remind me I always skip this shit
On the bright side, fucking crushed a back day. Damn it was solid. Fueled by rage
Chest supported rows
305 x 11
305 x 10
260 x 10
Chest supported cable lat rows single hand)
235 x 10 (each side)
235 x 11 (each side)
235 x 11 (each side)
Iso lat pull down machine
220 x 12
220 x 12
Rear delt DB rows
35’s x 16
35’s x 14
35’s x 16
15’s x 20
Went out with a chick last night and didn’t leave her place till almost 1 . Gotta wake up in the morning at 3:30am to take my daughter to the airport so no training tonight
Tomorrow I WILL attempt to kill myself via leg day. It will be epicccccccly thiccccccccccccc fucccccccc
I was a little embarrassed going back and reading it today lol. My ambien and anxiety meds are fun as fuck if you can get past the initial “I wanna sleep” part.
Idk how it read but she made all the advances and I was just along for the ride. She did text me this morning and tell me she hasn’t been able to stop thinking about me . Gonna try to go out with her again tomorrow night. Got a date lined up for tonight and Sunday night. I’m bound to run across my future wife at this rate.
Typed this up during a rest set of legggzzzzzz brb with propper gainzz
Decent leg day. I regret not going harder on hack squat. In the moment I thought I was, but my lack of sudden collapses while walking tells me I was being a sissy.
Also, horrible place for RDL’s. Way under any weight or reps that would elicit growth but damn if I wasn’t jello
Seated leg curls
155 x 12
155 x 12
155 x 11
Hack squat
375 x 10 no pause reps
465 x 10
465 x 7
395 x 10
Lying leg curl
170 x 10
170 x 11
Leg extensions
160 x 17
160 x 15
RDL’s
225 x 10
225 x 10
Seated and standing calf raise superset
2 times to failure each