I’d go with my back. Oddly enough it’s also the body part I don’t put on it’s own day.
I’ll hit it for 1 exercise at the end of every workout rotating between shrugs, rows, and pull downs. (excluding all my deadlifting)
My favorite exercise for it is plate stack rows. You put a 5 or 10 pound plate on the floor, then stack 45s on top of it. Bend over and grab the bottom 45 on either side, lift and row. It was an exercise I read about in a Mark Philippi article, and I love it. You can move a ton of weight this way.
[quote]SSC wrote:
Calves… 17" with 15" biceps for comparison, haha. Mine are mostly genetic, but I grind out extremely heavy weight with them once a week, for whatever it’s worth.
And traps. Don’t know where these came from - but I’ve always had good traps. Other than deads/rack pulls, I don’t work them out much anymore because their height is kind of ridiculous sometimes, proportion-wise.[/quote]
My back development comes from a love for the novelty of deadlifting what seemed like big weights.
My chest just responds to whatever I give it, I rarely do anything other than BB Bench Press and incline BB or DB bench. I also rarely go over 5 working sets once a week
My shoulders and triceps have been playing catch up for about two years (getting there…)
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
SSC wrote:
Calves… 17" with 15" biceps for comparison, haha. Mine are mostly genetic, but I grind out extremely heavy weight with them once a week, for whatever it’s worth.
And traps. Don’t know where these came from - but I’ve always had good traps. Other than deads/rack pulls, I don’t work them out much anymore because their height is kind of ridiculous sometimes, proportion-wise.
Hah, I have 18 inch arms with 16 inch calves.[/quote]
Tell ya what… I’ll take two of your bicep inches, and keep my calves, and I’ll turn you on to some DC calf-training…
My chest. I’m not hyooge by any stretch, but my chest is massive, especially compared to the rest of my body. People compliment me/comment on it/ tease me for “sticking my chest out” (I’m not) constantly.
I actually think it kinda sucks because it makes my shoulders look so tiny and my bench isn’t very big either. So big chest + tiny bench = not a good trade off in my eyes. The only reason I actually do any chest work is to get my bench up, other than that I would leave it alone.
[quote]absolute3 wrote:
Calves. I never train them and they are enormous and powerful.
I suppose its because I am an Aquarius. =)[/quote]
Haha, january 25th here. I used to get complimented on my calves a lot because of their size and shape (rocked some decent cuts too). Never gave 'em any direct work either. But then I decide to go from 270-215 over time and there goes the calves…
i think my back thickness (including traps) is my best.
but my forearms are also rediculous for no reason. plus theyre wicked vascular and i dont do any direct work on them. my shoulders are also good and i dont do anything for them either.
Haha, I wish I were. And that’s to scale, they’re actually bigger than a car (size 15) haha. Fuckin’ clown feet. But shit, thats some freaky shit. I know what I’m not wearing tomorow!
[quote]BJammin wrote:
Haha, I wish I were. And that’s to scale, they’re actually bigger than a car (size 15) haha. Fuckin’ clown feet. But shit, thats some freaky shit. I know what I’m not wearing tomorow![/quote]
Lmao, good for you I wouldnt be weraing those tmrw either!
Quads, hamstrings and glutes. I can attribute most of my leg size to playing ice hockey since I was 6, as well competing in road racing ( cycling) to this day. Still manage to do HIT - big gear hill sprints on my road bicycle twice a week. ( The lactic acid and burn in my quads from these sprints is insane! )
As for specific training exercises, front squats, Romanian deadlifts and different variations of lunges seem to work for me.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
i think my back thickness (including traps) is my best.
but my forearms are also rediculous for no reason. plus theyre wicked vascular and i dont do any direct work on them. my shoulders are also good and i dont do anything for them either.[/quote]
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
BJammin wrote:
Off the topic, but I was looking at your pics, Live, and I must say, you have a fine taste in shoes.
the best part about them are definately the shoelaces. that and ive never met anyone in real life who had them on. unlike when i wear my chucks.[/quote]
Yeah, those are pretty wild laces. Where you get them?
