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The AM community physique critique thread

jakecake said:
Hey guys should I put weird **** on my face when posting pics for a reason ??
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some do just to not share ID... especially if you're gonna talk illegal substances and such. just not smart to advertise ha
 
booneman77 said:
some do just to not share ID... especially if you're gonna talk illegal substances and such. just not smart to advertise ha
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So I should take down my craigslist ad with my picture looking to buy cocaine ? Will it harm future job prospects?
 
Critique?
 

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Here's a pic from my show. I'm on the left..
I fractured my foot 12 weeks out n was 7 lbs off for stage.
I decided to do the show anyways just for a practice round, lol..
I got top call out .
The experience was great!
I can't wait to compete again!
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Magdalena said:
Here's a pic from my show. I'm on the left..
I fractured my foot 12 weeks out n was 7 lbs off for stage.
I decided to do the show anyways just for a practice round, lol..
I got top call out .
The experience was great!
I can't wait to compete again!
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Chick on the far right looks like an Amazon in comparison to everyone else's height. Crazy tall.
 
We were kind of in a half circle..
That's how they positioned us for the group photo, lol..
We r all figure medium ..
She was a bit closer that's all...
 
I'm on the far left, I just didn't stand as close as she did, lol..
She's about an inch taller than me..
She's 5.5 lol...
 
Magdalena said:
I'm on the far left, I just didn't stand as close as she did, lol..
She's about an inch taller than me..
She's 5.5 lol...
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She's 5.5, you're pretty much a 10 in my book

How's that for a cheesy line?
 
Magdalena said:
We were kind of in a half circle..
That's how they positioned us for the group photo, lol..
We r all figure medium ..
She was a bit closer that's all...
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Okay, good to know lol.

Because it wasn't just height; she just seemed bigger in general. Had me thinking about Futurama lol
 
This is made so much better of a thread by the fact it is contained on AM.

Does anyone follow the drama over athletes posting photo's to social media sometimes?

**** gets real, dirty, distasteful and just low-ball fast. We all probably know this.

I just saw a post getting torn apart, this thread refreshed my hope in humanity lol.
 
We do have a great community here..
There's always gonna b haters out there..
I'm very kind to the unkind ppl that I cross paths with..
Happiness is a state of mind I enjoy too much..
None of that negative stuff can bring me down...
Not for long anyways, lol..
 
We are lucky to have the community we have here for sure. Great wealth of knowledge as well as general kindness. Hard to find that.
 
MidwestBeast said:
We are lucky to have the community we have here for sure. Great wealth of knowledge as well as general kindness. Hard to find that.
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And honesty. Not something you can find often on the Internet ha.

Lots of good people on AM.
 
MidwestBeast said:
We are lucky to have the community we have here for sure. Great wealth of knowledge as well as general kindness. Hard to find that.
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I don't know if I would use the word "kindness". I have found the AM community to be brutally honest. Not a negative, though! It's good to get the truth straight up, without trying to be PC. I certainly am very grateful for it.
 
booneman77 said:
Hmm with my shoulder having had lots of issues over the years I don't know if I'd be able to do these. I can do them narrower but as soon as my shoulders get strained I end up injured.
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You want to build your pecs train them differently. Do some type of fly to preexhaust your pecs before pressing, or burn your triceps and front delts out before benching. Create a fatigued link in the chain that will force the chest to work harder and grow. If you have dominant shouders and triceps you have to take a different approach to make big changes.
ELROCK said:
Actually, decline bench is easier on your joints then dips. Wide dips would be perfect for the "lower" portion of the chest. Since there is no true lower muscle of the chest many feel there is no need for decline bench. I do agree that it's not something absolutely needed in chest development (flat and incline are) , but with that said I definitely adds definition to the lower chest. That definition in the lower chest will make the chest pop or look a little bigger IMO. In the end flat bench would be the best in chest development, but since I know he does that and that is why I recommended adding in some decline work just to hit the chest at another angle.
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Really the pec minor is the part that pushed your pec out and makes it look like a gorilla on the bottom. You get that from the last bit of elevation in the very top of the dip. To isolate that part more, you can do pec minor dips which is a straight arm dip where you allow your body to lower a bit by allowing your shoulders to raise a bit then push them down raising your body about 2 inches. That or just make sure to really extend at the top of all of your dips.
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Yeah I misspoke when I mentioned easier on the joints, but dips are a much more natural kinetic motion for the muscles you're using. I personally don't do decline bench unless it's a hammer strength machine. I don't feel a whole lot of anything in my chest when I do DB or BB decline press.
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EMG has shown the decline press to be very effective for the pec major but again with all exercises they effect each individual differently based on structure and leverage points. Some people have "sleepy pecs" all the time and others just don't activate well in some angles.


hairygrandpa said:
The truth is, nobody needs this threat, we all know what parts are lagging (all is lagging, always).
It's serves only the masochists...
Well, I am one of them. LOL
Gonna punish my traps, chest and shoulders for a year (and loose 15 pounds, damn), then I'll post a selfie.

Subbed!

beware, it's HG-humor
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booneman77 said:
if you think this is just about having someone tell you that you're lagging in a area, you're missing the point... its for advice, objective critique, and just general feedback.

Sometimes it takes another set of eyes to see a difference too, not just to tell you something is bad.
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Both of you have a point, you have to be a little bit of a masochist to want a public critique of your physique. That or be an egomaniac that thinks they are awesome and no one will have anything but compliments for them. Either way it is a humbling thing to do for most.

However most of the time when I post up things I know everything wrong with the picture already. It is the compliments on parts I see as inferior that are helpful to me. We are our own worst critics so sometimes it is nice to hear others.

Just keep that in mind when giving out critiques. If someone has a bad ass body part we should pump them up about it just as much as telling them a weakness.

Speaking of, I will post up my last weeks progress pics. Not prepping for anything other than a PL meet in October. Working on leaning up a little more while increasing strength then will hit a nice Blast the last 12 weeks going into the meet.

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MrKleen73 said:
You want to build your pecs train them differently. Do some type of fly to preexhaust your pecs before pressing, or burn your triceps and front delts out before benching. Create a fatigued link in the chain that will force the chest to work harder and grow. If you have dominant shouders and triceps you have to take a different approach to make big changes.

Really the pec minor is the part that pushed your pec out and makes it look like a gorilla on the bottom. You get that from the last bit of elevation in the very top of the dip. To isolate that part more, you can do pec minor dips which is a straight arm dip where you allow your body to lower a bit by allowing your shoulders to raise a bit then push them down raising your body about 2 inches. That or just make sure to really extend at the top of all of your dips.

EMG has shown the decline press to be very effective for the pec major but again with all exercises they effect each individual differently based on structure and leverage points. Some people have "sleepy pecs" all the time and others just don't activate well in some angles.






Both of you have a point, you have to be a little bit of a masochist to want a public critique of your physique. That or be an egomaniac that thinks they are awesome and no one will have anything but compliments for them. Either way it is a humbling thing to do for most.

However most of the time when I post up things I know everything wrong with the picture already. It is the compliments on parts I see as inferior that are helpful to me. We are our own worst critics so sometimes it is nice to hear others.

Just keep that in mind when giving out critiques. If someone has a bad ass body part we should pump them up about it just as much as telling them a weakness.

Speaking of, I will post up my last weeks progress pics. Not prepping for anything other than a PL meet in October. Working on leaning up a little more while increasing strength then will hit a nice Blast the last 12 weeks going into the meet.

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Awesome physique man. One thing I'd recommend trying is lowering your upper arms closer to parallel with the ground when you hit the front double biceps pose; I find it helps make the biceps look bigger.
 
muscleupcrohn said:
Awesome physique man. One thing I'd recommend trying is lowering your upper arms closer to parallel with the ground when you hit the front double biceps pose; I find it helps make the biceps look bigger.
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Thanks! I typically am a little lower but just above parallel. This one was higher for certain and she was taking it from a little below so it looks even worse. However having them just above parallel actually creates an illusion of bigger biceps because it puts the peak of the biceps higher than the crest of the front delt. However too far up and you get what you see here.

Thanks and great suggestion!

By the way on your physique, you have a massive chest! It sticks out round and proud. However it beckons to be balanced out with some back thickness. For someone with your physique I would hit Dead lifts heavily, add in some heavy bent over rowing, and some weighted pull ups. I would also start working legs twice a week to bring up the size. Either way you look great and have that physique the women love!!
 
MrKleen73 said:
Thanks! I typically am a little lower but just above parallel. This one was higher for certain and she was taking it from a little below so it looks even worse. However having them just above parallel actually creates an illusion of bigger biceps because it puts the peak of the biceps higher than the crest of the front delt. However too far up and you get what you see here.

Thanks and great suggestion!

By the way on your physique, you have a massive chest! It sticks out round and proud. However it beckons to be balanced out with some back thickness. For someone with your physique I would hit Dead lifts heavily, add in some heavy bent over rowing, and some weighted pull ups. I would also start working legs twice a week to bring up the size. Either way you look great and have that physique the women love!!
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Thanks man. I'm definitely focusing on adding back/trap thickness. I'm a big fan of weighted pull ups, and I've recently been incorporating a lot more rowing movements into my back workouts, along with more direct trap work. I have a nagging lower back from an old wrestling injury, but rack pulls are fine for my lower back (it's the very bottom of the deadlift that aggravates it), and allow me to use decent weights; I do feel it in my back/traps.

I've learned that lighter weight high-bar squats seem to work better for me than heavier low-bar squats. Perhaps it's just that it keeps my back feeling healthy, which allows me to have good sets and consistent workouts, and perhaps it's allowing me to really focus on hitting the quads and keeping tension on them. High-bar squats for more reps with 2 plates seems to work better for me than low-bar squats with 3 plates for medium reps. Less ego lifting for me, haha.

You have some great chest separation man..
 
muscleupcrohn said:
Thanks man. I'm definitely focusing on adding back/trap thickness. I'm a big fan of weighted pull ups, and I've recently been incorporating a lot more rowing movements into my back workouts, along with more direct trap work. I have a nagging lower back from an old wrestling injury, but rack pulls are fine for my lower back (it's the very bottom of the deadlift that aggravates it), and allow me to use decent weights; I do feel it in my back/traps.

I've learned that lighter weight high-bar squats seem to work better for me than heavier low-bar squats. Perhaps it's just that it keeps my back feeling healthy, which allows me to have good sets and consistent workouts, and perhaps it's allowing me to really focus on hitting the quads and keeping tension on them. High-bar squats for more reps with 2 plates seems to work better for me than low-bar squats with 3 plates for medium reps. Less ego lifting for me, haha.

You have some great chest separation man..
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High bar will always help a bit more if you have a back issue, or to focus on quads more. Just make sure you are lifting heavy with your legs on some movement. If training heavy is dangerous for your lower back in certain areas then just make up for it by using the leg press in all 3 positions, close, neutral and wide stance in lower rep ranges for strength. You will see gains from the reps but you still want to really push the strength to increase fiber thickness instead of just increasing muscle volume. That way you get the 1-2 punch combo that gives the knockout results.
 
MrKleen73 said:
High bar will always help a bit more if you have a back issue, or to focus on quads more. Just make sure you are lifting heavy with your legs on some movement. If training heavy is dangerous for your lower back in certain areas then just make up for it by using the leg press in all 3 positions, close, neutral and wide stance in lower rep ranges for strength. You will see gains from the reps but you still want to really push the strength to increase fiber thickness instead of just increasing muscle volume. That way you get the 1-2 punch combo that gives the knockout results.
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Thanks for the advice man. Sounds like a plan. Today is leg day, so I'll get on that.
 
Been working on back thickness and traps. I was focusing on flexing them here, so back width may not quite be maximized in this pose:Invalid Link Removed

Also, in certain poses I'm noticing that one of my arms looks bigger than the other, and it is a little bit. It seems more obvious at times, and more exaggerated in some pictures than in a mirror for example (perhaps when I can see both my arms I am better able to pose properly and/or sort of even the two out), but I think that I'm going to do just about all of my direct arm work with dumbbells to help even things out.

I also like this little angling of the waist in the fdb pose. I think it helps it look better for people who don't have a ton of mass.
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muscleupcrohn said:
Been working on back thickness and traps. I was focusing on flexing them here, so back width may not quite be maximized in this pose:Invalid Link Removed

Also, in certain poses I'm noticing that one of my arms looks bigger than the other, and it is a little bit. It seems more obvious at times, and more exaggerated in some pictures than in a mirror for example (perhaps when I can see both my arms I am better able to pose properly and/or sort of even the two out), but I think that I'm going to do just about all of my direct arm work with dumbbells to help even things out.

I also like this little angling of the waist in the fdb pose. I think it helps it look better for people who don't have a ton of mass.
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You've got good detail, but you definitely could use some mass down the middle and certainly lower back area... Its def not a "weak" back, but its not gonna have that "cobra" until you add some serious mass and thickness. A solid work in prgress tho for sure!
 
The arms are lighting, angles and shape related. Ligting makes a big difference how each arm looks if the light is coming from one side or the other. If you have even a slight angle between you and your camera it will display the difference in depth as one of the arms being smaller than the other or raised higher, yada yada yada. On top of the the biceps and brachialis are used more, and differently on the dominant side, the different activities and types of use will shape them a little differently. One tends to get supinated for more often and the other gets used quite a bit in the neutral position. So the brachialis tends to be more developed on one side changing the shape of the biceps.
 
MrKleen73 said:
The arms are lighting, angles and shape related. Ligting makes a big difference how each arm looks if the light is coming from one side or the other. If you have even a slight angle between you and your camera it will display the difference in depth as one of the arms being smaller than the other or raised higher, yada yada yada. On top of the the biceps and brachialis are used more, and differently on the dominant side, the different activities and types of use will shape them a little differently. One tends to get supinated for more often and the other gets used quite a bit in the neutral position. So the brachialis tends to be more developed on one side changing the shape of the biceps.
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Thanks. Great info. Even Arnold didn't have completely symmetrical/even biceps I suppose.
 
muscleupcrohn I agree with booneman. You have a good lean quality, now you just need to thicken up a bit. A wider back (lat flare) would help round out your physique as well. I find getting thickness especially of the spinal erectors to be difficult for me as well. Add some pop to your abs and you'd be good to go for upper body. The bicep discrepancy is noticeable, but more from behind than in front.

booneman77 said:
You've got good detail, but you definitely could use some mass down the middle and certainly lower back area... Its def not a "weak" back, but its not gonna have that "cobra" until you add some serious mass and thickness. A solid work in prgress tho for sure!
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Distilled Water said:
1st novice light weight
Novice overall
1st place Middleweight open

These were 5am morning of on an empty stomach. Dried out and filled out a touch more. Shoukd have some stage shots soon
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Great work! Congrats!
 
Distilled Water said:
1st novice light weight
Novice overall
1st place Middleweight open

These were 5am morning of on an empty stomach. Dried out and filled out a touch more. Shoukd have some stage shots soon
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Awesome stuff! breezy11 dialing it in like a boss!

All your work really made it happen too
 
Huge congrats on that brother!

Hard earned and well deserved
 
You looked great Distilled!
 
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Cutting progress so far...down to 194 (as of roughly 5 days ago) from 206. Don't have any more recent update pics. Should be able to snap some back/legs tomorrow or the day after.
 
sparks2012 said:
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Cutting progress so far...down to 194 (as of roughly 5 days ago) from 206. Don't have any more recent update pics. Should be able to snap some back/legs tomorrow or the day after.
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Really looking good. Your taper is amazing
 
booneman77 said:
Really looking good. Your taper is amazing
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Thanks man. I've been running on 2600-2900 cals per day. On "cheat" days I'll barely go over 3k. Training has been rough this past week, I'm definitely feeling weaker and can't sustain heavier weights for as long as I used to, but that's the trade-off I guess. I'm just trying to get these damn veins to show!
 
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