Crazy forearms and kick ass shoulders. I think its a bad angle for the camera making your neck look long because it makes your shoulders look 3 times as wide as your waist too. If you were to get those traps caught up with the rest of your body, it would be a HUGE improvement.
+1
Oh can i tell you about injuries....i go full hard and been up and down so many times it would make you crazy.....5 injuries.......im stilltrying to.get back where i wanna be.....stay positive work hard and smart......your looking fabo.....+1
Man U look on point! Look like you coul use a little work on lower lats where it inserts but might be just muscle control when posing, it's hard as shit, start practicing asap, at least the necessary ones...once you start shredding you might see an area that is slightly out I proportion but nothing I can see now, good shit man! +1
If you got a good cable system my favorite for lower lats is to go one knee down with pulley set at top and use the arm that is the same as knee on ground. Use the one handed attachment and go from all the way extended pull grip down into your oblique.
Say left knee on ground, right foot on ground in front, right hand straight out griping stabilizer handle, left hand on cable grip way up high and slightly in front of body position, pull down with left hand until hand is between lat and oblique and squeeze.
Use the narrow handle(the one normally used for seated rows) on the lat pull down and lean back and pull it down to your waiste line. And axe twists on an angle upwards. I think that's what they are called...your development is so good tho it could be just not gettin flexed when u pose tho
Glad to hear you're healing up well! Injuries suck, they force you to slow down when you wanna go full speed. Your back looks great, well developed. I'd like to see more thickness in the upper back same as with myself but it takes time. As you start cutting for the show you'll see a lot more detail. I think you could start really working on how to show it. Posing and flexing everything at the same time is not easy and you'll need to make it look effortless. The rear double bi, if you turn your hands in you'll get a better peak. A lot of your back shots you have your head pulled down and your shoulders rolled forward, I think that steals some of the width and fullness. Check out Flex Wheeler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXqunTZ4aY
There are lots more on bodybuilding.com
Good Luck Bro!
Posing is an art. That's for sure! I'll check the video out and see if I can learn something today. Thanks for the response Gfit! Always awesome to hear from you.:-)
Even with a back injury you've push through and are still making progress. Very proud of you and your dedication to stay focused. You are an example to me! I couldn't ask for a better man!! +1
I think you are lookin real good dude. Awesome genetics. Good shape. Arms are DENSE....man. I think your back looks much wider from the real lat spread shot than it does the front. I think it's just the way you are posing, not lack of width. Posing is tricky but very important for making you look your best. Killer traps, round delts, sick arms. I think you are ready to go.
Back looks real thick and you have a nice taper. Once you lean up a bit more everything should really pop. Imho i would hit your traps a bit more. Your lats look great but kinda overpower the rest of your back. You look great...keep it up brother+1.
Traps are something that I'm starting to focus on more. Dumbbell shrugs and behind the back shrugs are something that I'm doing a lot more. When I do behind the back I do it with a close grip to hit the lower part of the traps so they flow in nicely with my back. Thank you for the feedback homie!:-)
Have you ever tried what I call triples? Either in a rack or on a smith machine, start with 10 wide grip, no rest 10 close grip, no rest 10 wide gripe behind the back. 30secs rest then hit all 3 again, 3 multi sets, 9 sets all together. It'll give you a nice full pump.
Lower back is suffering a bit to my injury. I had a herniated disc and it put me out for a little bit. No dead lifts squats or anything like that. But now I'm able to hit those again as well as the hyper extension. Thanks, Dave! Go Dawgs!
You're just tryin to show off those sexy CK drawers, this has nothing to do with your back. Looking good brother. Wonderful taper. Good luck in the comp, you're already great at dieting so you should do very well. Watch that lower back, if you baby it too much it'll show. Just figure out what works for you. Yeain't gotta go too heavy to get the look you want. Nah mean. +1
Bro, you are looking great. Listen to your body and keep up the good work. Lots of people will find this counter intuitive but try doing some good isolation exercises first. Face down incline flys, lots of cable work, get good and pumped and then hit your compounds. Hopefully you will be lubed up and tired enough to drop the weight on your compounds a little to keep injury free but still be able to do enough damage for growth.
Try it once and see if it feels good, maybe I'm an idiot but I do stuff like this because I'm 41 and would rather break muscles not my back.
I've actually done this method for a few weeks on stubborn parts. It maybe something that I need to start doing again until I get back at 100%. Thanks for the info bro. Going to incorporate that for sure. Btw you don't look 41.:-)
Hahaha, thx, your right I look more like 61! Luckily you can't see my face or how I feel!
Keep it up man I think you are going to surprise yourself with how good you do. Sometimes injuries are good since they make us really concentrate on form and teach us ways to work around issues that sooner or later we all face.
Something else to keep in mind is that if there are any lifts that seem to strain your injured area try going 50-60% with perfect form just to see if slowly strengthening around the injury makes it worse or better. If it makes it worse I say don't do that lift. There is plenty of lifts for every body part and if you have to leave a few out of your rotation to keep from re-injuring so be it.
As far as feedback, you have some good lat width going on. Haven't seen a side shot, but you could use a little more thickness to your back for the stage.
Not sure your history or extent of your injury, but judging that you haven't trained back much recently, I would say your in a good position with what you retained. Just keep with the bread and butter, pull-ups, barbell rows and deads. To me those 3 motions give the best bang for your buck, everything else is ancillary to that.
Keep up the good work and good luck with a full recovery
I haven't even thought of doing side shots. I'm glad you brought that up. Barbell rows pull-ups and deads are a staple in my back routine. I'm having to do over hand rows due to the fact I have metal plates in my left wrist so anything underhand applies serious pressure and pain to it so I. Any do anything underhanded.:-/
The injury I'm getting over is a herniated disc above my L5. Been going to the. Chiropractor for a few weeks now.
That's a shitty injury, disc issues are no fun from what I hear, thankfully I haven't experienced it.
From the looks of it you have all the right tools in place to compete. You should throw up some shots of all the mandatory poses and let people give you feedback. Seems like there are a fairly decent amount of competitors on this site to get feedback from so you're in a good spot. If you want some pointers, I'd be happy to help
Looking great kid! That back is looking more dense too! Glad to hear your gonna compete bro, Your gonna do well! Heavy basic compound movements brother I know your back messes with you so you may be limited...but you got this! Considering youd be competing in prob middle weight, youll be fine brother your on track..
You got it brother, let me ask you was cordizone an option when you went to the Doc's?
Once you do your precontest and change up the proticol, everything will dial in, your back will be a road map.. just do your off season thing and make as much improvment as you can without getting hurt of course! ;-)
MrfixitLookin Great! Traps, Teres and Rhomboids could improve a little... upright cable pulls and face pulls,,,
Just tryin to be constructive my friend... you look awesome though! +1
http://www.eroids.com/pics/back-shot-28
Baby.. I like that neck.. It's not long... and if it is.. it's my fault.. I have some strong legs!! MWAH My muchacho
Only because i make you do hack squats! I love those legs wrapped around my neck!
AnonCrazy forearms and kick ass shoulders. I think its a bad angle for the camera making your neck look long because it makes your shoulders look 3 times as wide as your waist too. If you were to get those traps caught up with the rest of your body, it would be a HUGE improvement.
+1
Much thanks, Bro! I will work on the traps for sure. I plan on competing next year so I want all the criticism I can get.
Shit.... All I see is a shape like this Y... Plus one bro.
Thanks, Bigfoot!
AnonI cant advise you shit on lagging parts because all i see is a rock wall namely your BACK
And damn you got a long neck lol
You have no idea how self conscious you just made me of my neck now!:-(
AnonOh can i tell you about injuries....i go full hard and been up and down so many times it would make you crazy.....5 injuries.......im stilltrying to.get back where i wanna be.....stay positive work hard and smart......your looking fabo.....+1
Man U look on point! Look like you coul use a little work on lower lats where it inserts but might be just muscle control when posing, it's hard as shit, start practicing asap, at least the necessary ones...once you start shredding you might see an area that is slightly out I proportion but nothing I can see now, good shit man! +1
Word! The lat spread is awkward cause its not a natural movement. What do you suggest for that lower lat?
If you got a good cable system my favorite for lower lats is to go one knee down with pulley set at top and use the arm that is the same as knee on ground. Use the one handed attachment and go from all the way extended pull grip down into your oblique.
Say left knee on ground, right foot on ground in front, right hand straight out griping stabilizer handle, left hand on cable grip way up high and slightly in front of body position, pull down with left hand until hand is between lat and oblique and squeeze.
Use the narrow handle(the one normally used for seated rows) on the lat pull down and lean back and pull it down to your waiste line. And axe twists on an angle upwards. I think that's what they are called...your development is so good tho it could be just not gettin flexed when u pose tho
Glad to hear you're healing up well! Injuries suck, they force you to slow down when you wanna go full speed. Your back looks great, well developed. I'd like to see more thickness in the upper back same as with myself but it takes time. As you start cutting for the show you'll see a lot more detail. I think you could start really working on how to show it. Posing and flexing everything at the same time is not easy and you'll need to make it look effortless. The rear double bi, if you turn your hands in you'll get a better peak. A lot of your back shots you have your head pulled down and your shoulders rolled forward, I think that steals some of the width and fullness. Check out Flex Wheeler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHXqunTZ4aY
There are lots more on bodybuilding.com
Good Luck Bro!
Posing is an art. That's for sure! I'll check the video out and see if I can learn something today. Thanks for the response Gfit! Always awesome to hear from you.:-)
it seems back is your strongest part.
Then what would you say is my weakest?
Even with a back injury you've push through and are still making progress. Very proud of you and your dedication to stay focused. You are an example to me! I couldn't ask for a better man!! +1
You sound as if you know him!
I don't know him... He's just some guy I meet up with and have sex in his work van.
Do you want me to tell them that we used to do that in the gym parking lot?
To the man who just purchased socks that tell you which foot to put the on: I think you just told them, rere! LoL
QV1170Oh fuck... GET A ROOM ALREADY LOL!!!!
we have a room, after all you are over there in the corner as we speak...
nice borther +1
Thank you, Tech!
Glad you're better, but take it easy, it won't be hard to reinjure. +1
That's what I'm afraid of. But I can't nurse it all the time. Thank you NutMan.:-)
BostonI think you are lookin real good dude. Awesome genetics. Good shape. Arms are DENSE....man. I think your back looks much wider from the real lat spread shot than it does the front. I think it's just the way you are posing, not lack of width. Posing is tricky but very important for making you look your best. Killer traps, round delts, sick arms. I think you are ready to go.
Wow! Thank you, Boston! That right there just made me want to go murder the gym right now!
Back looks real thick and you have a nice taper. Once you lean up a bit more everything should really pop. Imho i would hit your traps a bit more. Your lats look great but kinda overpower the rest of your back. You look great...keep it up brother+1.
Traps are something that I'm starting to focus on more. Dumbbell shrugs and behind the back shrugs are something that I'm doing a lot more. When I do behind the back I do it with a close grip to hit the lower part of the traps so they flow in nicely with my back. Thank you for the feedback homie!:-)
Have you ever tried what I call triples? Either in a rack or on a smith machine, start with 10 wide grip, no rest 10 close grip, no rest 10 wide gripe behind the back. 30secs rest then hit all 3 again, 3 multi sets, 9 sets all together. It'll give you a nice full pump.
Sounds pretty intense! I'll do that tomorrow since I have shoulders and traps.
I agree 100%....lats look great but I would try and focus on traps/lower back a bit more to bring it all together. you look great man!
Lower back is suffering a bit to my injury. I had a herniated disc and it put me out for a little bit. No dead lifts squats or anything like that. But now I'm able to hit those again as well as the hyper extension. Thanks, Dave! Go Dawgs!
Ace VenturaYou're just tryin to show off those sexy CK drawers, this has nothing to do with your back. Looking good brother. Wonderful taper. Good luck in the comp, you're already great at dieting so you should do very well. Watch that lower back, if you baby it too much it'll show. Just figure out what works for you. Yeain't gotta go too heavy to get the look you want. Nah mean. +1
I'll PM you some pics of them! They are bright pink and have your name wrote on the ass of them.:-)
QV1170Back lookin great brother keep killin it +1.. I'm stoked your going to compete my man
Thanks,nicca! Me too!;-)
Bro, you are looking great. Listen to your body and keep up the good work. Lots of people will find this counter intuitive but try doing some good isolation exercises first. Face down incline flys, lots of cable work, get good and pumped and then hit your compounds. Hopefully you will be lubed up and tired enough to drop the weight on your compounds a little to keep injury free but still be able to do enough damage for growth.
Try it once and see if it feels good, maybe I'm an idiot but I do stuff like this because I'm 41 and would rather break muscles not my back.
I've actually done this method for a few weeks on stubborn parts. It maybe something that I need to start doing again until I get back at 100%. Thanks for the info bro. Going to incorporate that for sure. Btw you don't look 41.:-)
Hahaha, thx, your right I look more like 61! Luckily you can't see my face or how I feel!
Keep it up man I think you are going to surprise yourself with how good you do. Sometimes injuries are good since they make us really concentrate on form and teach us ways to work around issues that sooner or later we all face.
Something else to keep in mind is that if there are any lifts that seem to strain your injured area try going 50-60% with perfect form just to see if slowly strengthening around the injury makes it worse or better. If it makes it worse I say don't do that lift. There is plenty of lifts for every body part and if you have to leave a few out of your rotation to keep from re-injuring so be it.
Looking good man!
As far as feedback, you have some good lat width going on. Haven't seen a side shot, but you could use a little more thickness to your back for the stage.
Not sure your history or extent of your injury, but judging that you haven't trained back much recently, I would say your in a good position with what you retained. Just keep with the bread and butter, pull-ups, barbell rows and deads. To me those 3 motions give the best bang for your buck, everything else is ancillary to that.
Keep up the good work and good luck with a full recovery
I haven't even thought of doing side shots. I'm glad you brought that up. Barbell rows pull-ups and deads are a staple in my back routine. I'm having to do over hand rows due to the fact I have metal plates in my left wrist so anything underhand applies serious pressure and pain to it so I. Any do anything underhanded.:-/
The injury I'm getting over is a herniated disc above my L5. Been going to the. Chiropractor for a few weeks now.
That's a shitty injury, disc issues are no fun from what I hear, thankfully I haven't experienced it.
From the looks of it you have all the right tools in place to compete. You should throw up some shots of all the mandatory poses and let people give you feedback. Seems like there are a fairly decent amount of competitors on this site to get feedback from so you're in a good spot. If you want some pointers, I'd be happy to help
Looking great kid! That back is looking more dense too! Glad to hear your gonna compete bro, Your gonna do well! Heavy basic compound movements brother I know your back messes with you so you may be limited...but you got this! Considering youd be competing in prob middle weight, youll be fine brother
your on track..
Thank you big bro! I'm pretty pumped about it!
You got it brother, let me ask you was cordizone an option when you went to the Doc's?
Once you do your precontest and change up the proticol, everything will dial in, your back will be a road map.. just do your off season thing and make as much improvment as you can without getting hurt of course! ;-)