18 y/o natural teen

[hotrod1]

sup guys well im new here and wanted to know what you guys thought bout me and what i have to work on???

critique all you want!

[birsling]

Look good bro. What are your stats, goals, etc?

[hotrod1]

thanx birsling........well im 18 right now and im 5'5 at about 177 right now, ive gained some size since those pics ( 2 months ago)......my goals are to compete again and come in bigger at around 160 cuz my last show i came in at 141!!!!!!!

anymore critiques?????

[sepjuice]

you have an awesome base bro. looks like good genetics as well. u seem pretty symmetrical, no complaints here.

[birsling]

Get some current pics bro. 5'5" @ 177 is f'ing huge. I am 5" taller than you, and only 16 more lbs. Keep up the good work

[GQSuperman]

but it looks like your chest could use some work. i may be wrong though. (maybe it looks bigger when you drop down to your competition weight, but in those pics, it looks small in comparison to your shoulders and arms....which look great)

[SwoleCat]

sup guys well im new here and wanted to know what you guys thought bout me and what i have to work on???

critique all you want!

I only see 1/2 of your pictures. Unless you are in a wheelchair, what happened to your legs?

~SC~

[bjayg]

looks great for 18 bro.....

[Carlos_E]

I only see 1/2 of your pictures. Unless you are in a wheelchair, what happened to your legs?

~SC~

You have such a way with words. You should write greeting cards.

[abstrack]

You have such a way with words. You should write greeting cards.

LMAO

I can see it now.. Swole sending Hallmark greeting card ideas

[MMC78]

sup guys well im new here and wanted to know what you guys thought bout me and what i have to work on???

critique all you want!

You are very proportional--no glaring weak spots. Just add size all over. You probably have another 20-30lbs to add naturally.

[hotrod1]

well thanx gusy for all the complimenst im glad i heard all those things!!!!

thanx

[hotrod1]

my chest does suck i cant get it to grow at all for some reason any ideas on how i can ?????????????? lol well no juice for now till im about 21 or 22 at least and would i be able to site inject in the chest

[hotrod1]

well thses are from a show i did in 2002 ( john sherman classic in houston)

[hotrod1]

as you can tell my legs over power my upper body. got 4th in that show and the guy in the green trunks next to me got 1st. i think i should have placed a litlle higher

[birsling]

Pecs are definitely a weak spot, and arms were a little on the small side (though from the more current pics, you have been working on it). Wheels definitely are your strong side. Are they still like that? Current pics bro, inquiring minds want to know.

[hotrod1]

well my arms have grown alot and my chest a little .....my back has also grown alot........LEGS are still big and growing alot more vascularity (what i wanted).

as soon as i take some current pics i will post them.

[Hooligan]

not bad bro just give it time

[Carlos_E]

You look very good for 18. Especially your back. Stay natural. You have a lot more room to grow.

[hotrod1]

thanx carlos and hooligan........im currnetly bulking up right now to gain some size for a show i wanna do in november...going good so far!

thanx again guys

[abstrack]

You look very good for 18. Especially your back. Stay natural. You have a lot more room to grow.

yep ditto! If you look this good at 18 bro just think about what you going to look like in the next 3-4 years if you keep up with what you are doing

[hotrod1]

well i plan to keep at it for many years to come.....its my life! I hope to open my own gym one of these days that would be awesome! all of the replie4s ive gotten form you guys have been nuttin but good and helpful!

thanx to all of you

[SwoleCat]

He looks great, I was just curious as to the legs. You know how 1/2 the world never works them.

They look good!

~SC~

LMAO

I can see it now.. Swole sending Hallmark greeting card ideas

[hotrod1]

thanx swole!

[SwoleCat]

thanx swole!

De nada man, keep it up!

You are already ahead of the game in that your legs are actually a bit "ahead" of your upper body. That is good for two reasons.....

1) Most on stage have smaller legs than upper bodies, when it comes to imbalances.
2) The fact you work your legs and they are big, will encourage your upper body to grow that much bigger.

Good to be you!

~SC~

[hotrod1]

thanx ....is that really true that working your legs will really make you bigger every where else???? i hope that is true!

any tips on my chest cuz i have problems with it???

peace

[hotrod1]

after how many posts do you change from being a newbie member???

[50%Natural]

50 posts.....i'll also say that you look **** good for 18

[SwoleCat]

thanx ....is that really true that working your legs will really make you bigger every where else???? i hope that is true!

any tips on my chest cuz i have problems with it???

peace

Chances are since you are having issues w/chest development, you are probably trying to do more and more to get it to grow, hence it stalling even more. You need to use different "shock" principles to send the message to grow. What do you currently do for chest, and how many times per week?
What do you eat after you train?

~SC~

[hotrod1]

thanx 50!!

[hotrod1]

SWOLE,

i try alot of different stuff.....my chest workout is never the same and i usually use heavy weight and about 4 to 10 reps.......i do alot of dumbell presses and sometimes incline barbell presses but never flat barbell presses......i always do flyes and some cables......i thought maybe some drop sets and super sets would work but havent tried yet. My post workout meal is usually a shake wit 40 to 50 grams of protien and some blueberries, bananas, or strawberries.

what would you reccomend i do??????
peace

[abstrack]

SWOLE,

i try alot of different stuff.....my chest workout is never the same and i usually use heavy weight and about 4 to 10 reps.......i do alot of dumbell presses and sometimes incline barbell presses but never flat barbell presses......i always do flyes and some cables......i thought maybe some drop sets and super sets would work but havent tried yet. My post workout meal is usually a shake wit 40 to 50 grams of protien and some blueberries, bananas, or strawberries.

what would you reccomend i do??????
peace

sorry I am not swole but I give you my .02

chest work out- go heavy in the 4-6 rep range and do incline barbell, also do flat bench barbell. You can alternate each week with dumbell for one of those excercise if you want or just do them both with barbell. Incline fly with the cable are great too!

for your pwo1

protein looks pretty good. I would stick with 50 grams and get some dextrose. Add in a 100 grams of carbs, some R-ALA(500mg)/(1200mcg)biotin and then have the same macro break down for pwo2 which would be your solid meal. Also include the R-ALA and Biotin with this meal.

just my .02

[hotrod1]

thanx for the info bro.......alright i gont kinda confused with the pwo1 i should keep the protien but what kind of carb (specific if possible) should i take like oatmeal or do they sell dextrose by it self.....if i just knew what carb is perfect for my pwo1 that would be coo....and whats macro break down

peace

[abstrack]

thanx for the info bro.......alright i gont kinda confused with the pwo1 i should keep the protien but what kind of carb (specific if possible) should i take like oatmeal or do they sell dextrose by it self.....if i just knew what carb is perfect for my pwo1 that would be coo....and whats macro break down

peace

you need a carb that is going to turn right back into glucose real quick so oatmeal is out of the question for pwo1

here is a link for some dextrose

http://webtrolley.org/mivastore/merc...gory_Code=1072

macro break down= protein/carb/fat

your pwo1 and 2 should have little no not fat at all
pwo1 should have basically about a grams of fat considering you use a whey source with no fat in it.

hope this helps?

[SwoleCat]

Thanks bro, very good advice.

~SC~

sorry I am not swole but I give you my .02

chest work out- go heavy in the 4-6 rep range and do incline barbell, also do flat bench barbell. You can alternate each week with dumbell for one of those excercise if you want or just do them both with barbell. Incline fly with the cable are great too!

for your pwo1

protein looks pretty good. I would stick with 50 grams and get some dextrose. Add in a 100 grams of carbs, some R-ALA(500mg)/(1200mcg)biotin and then have the same macro break down for pwo2 which would be your solid meal. Also include the R-ALA and Biotin with this meal.

just my .02

[biosis]

Look awesome bro, keep up the good work!

[hotrod1]

thanx man thas exactly what i was looking for!!!!! Now maybe ill see some differnce wit the right carbs.

thanx alot

peace

[*Narkissos*]

Hey Guy
You've got a decent base.We're about the same height and it seems you've started with a similar deficiency(chest) and advantage(legs) as i have.I'm 21 right now.... been competing 5+years now.Right now i think you're doing too much.Just my opinion.I find with the 'weaker' (slower growing) bodyparts, the trick is to reduce the volume. If that fails, stick with the reduced volume but increase the frequency of workouts (instead of once a week.. try 3 times... while training everything else once a week).AND if you make any change to your routine.. try it for 6 weeks at minimum..That way you can assess whether it really worked or not.Get somebody else to look at you.Generally we're not good judges of ourselves.

My $0.02

~Nark~

[hotrod1]

ill give that a try but my chest has been growing gradually with the routine that i just started with about 6 weeks ago........ill give yours a try once i feel that the routine is slowing down.

thanx for the info

[builtthekid]

I encourage u to do more work with the dumbells than a bar
for the fact that u will develop more control with the weight.
I know my chest started to grow more when i changed up
my work with the dumbells and also a lot of pushups.