posted Mon, 01/02/2017 - 10:11
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Cutting deadlifts for a small waist
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my current aim is to shrink my waist while increasing width up top (shoulders,chest,lats). Just wondering if there's any bodybuilders out there with any experience? I've been debating cutting deadlifts out of my back workout in order to keep the obliques down but I do like deadlifts lol
not looking for advice on low body fat purely the training side like vacuuming and anything that worked for you either getting the smaller waist or widening out
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Lats always make the waist look smaller
Your stuck with the waist you were born with. Make your back wider and your waist will look smaller. A posing coach will also show you techniques to make your waist look smaller on stage.
Love that answer. Big ass back and legs = a smaller looking waist.
So you don't think cutting out deadlifts would help at all?
I agree with you everyone's got their minimum waist size and you're never Guna it below that, just thought trying to keep obliques down would help?
The growth you get on your other body parts, legs/back etc. are going to far outshadow any oblique growth so I wouldn't use oblique growth as an excuse to not do deadlifts.
Yeah think I'm going to just focusing on widening last,shoulders and thickening the legs out
Thanks lads
i would mostly agree with this as well.
Now this is just my opinion and I can be totally wrong... but how I see it is, Anything involving your stabilizers will affect your obliques: Standing presses, Deadlifts, Squats, etc... The thing is, the heavier you go, the wider they're going to get. You can continue with your deadlifts, they're a great exercise but maybe just keep the weight light? Aim for high reps, upwards of 30, instead of going heavy and hitting between 6-10.
As far as Vacuums, I think its more of an illusion... It enables you to have more control of your midsection at any given time as opposed to someone who doesn't vacuum, i.e: you can be walking controlling your midsection with no problem giving the appearance of a smaller waist, as opposed to someone who doesn't vacuum trying to walk controlling their midsection, it just wont happen. it'll hurt them as they're not accustomed to it.
Also you probably hear this phrase quite frequently "genetics, genetics, genetics" They do play a role. You can be deadlifting 600lbs and still have a smaller waist than someone who only deadlifts 135
Just my opinion (:
You're definitely right about genetics, I wasn't blessed with a bodybuilders waist but I'm not on the other end of the scale either so guess I should be happy.
I'm only hitting 390lbs deadlift so not massively heavy but I've never been one for light weight lots of reps, just don't feel like I get as much out of it.
I've been trying to train the deep muscles with the vaccum, I'm no where near a point with my physique where it's worth it but figured I'd try it out anyway, can't hurt to learn it now ay?