Can you win comps even with this?

[shredz98]

I may end up doing that new classic physique division once I get big but I was wondering my back is curved a little bit which shifted my sternum which makes it look like there's a piece of muscle cut out of my left pec and when I hit a back double bicep it looks awkward I'll post pics of it but I'm not perfectly symmetrical cause of it and was curious as to what y'all think.

[shredz98]

[shredz98]

[shredz98]

Also the abs are uneven as well idk if I could win even with the mass I'd get for the comp

[Althenery]

Use dumbbells only!
So u can work on each muscle separately and soon enough the smaller chest will catch u to the bigger one

[fxrjuiceman]

Looks to me like your muscles are still forming that happens to my chest before and the more bench the more it evened out until it's symmetric

[shredz98]

It's not my muscle haha that's where my sternum is guys my back shifted i think it will always look look like that

[shredz98]

See if my sternum wasn't shifted it would be normal this happened a little over a year ago my ribs are uneven too so when I try to do vacuum it's all uneven my lats are uneven cause my back its just all one big mess man maybe the mass will even it all out idk

[fxrjuiceman]

It will

[shredz98]

I sure hope I get all in my feels sometimes when I look at this shit hahahahah

[Bonaparte]

That looks like a pretty significant case of scoliosis.

I'll be blunt: you haven't yet invested anything into this endeavor (competing in BBing), so it would be wise to invest your time, money, and energy into something at which you aren't horribly disadvantaged to begin with.

Couple more things to consider:
Will adding muscle just exaggerate the appearance of your condition?
Even if you could compete successfully, will getting bigger and lifting real heavy have a detrimental effect on your already compromised spine?

[shredz98]

My back is only curved 15 degrees it just curved in the area where it would shift it also chiro already told me about things I can and can't do like regular deadlifts with hands in front of you squats with bar on my back I can't add any weight and I'm almost done growing so I don't think it would get worse and I'm thinking the more muscle the better it would look it looked a lot worse before the muscle

[shredz98]

Also you can only see the actual curve when I do that back pose if I'm standing up straight you can't see it on my back I look normal just the chest thing is always a problem

[shredz98]

I really wanna see a real judge and show him with poses and see what he says kind of a dream to compete but if I can't so be it

[shredz98]

Just took this 5 mins ago my back doesn't look as bad it may be my muscle because that other back pic was awhile ago

[papathesmurf]

It definitely will put you at a disadvantage. From the Picture above my post it appears that your back is not symmetrical and symmetry is a major part of bodybuilding/physique. I don't want to discourage you from doing something you want to do however it may be more difficult for you than the average joe to build a competition ready physique.

[shredz98]

Yeah I know but I think if I got the mass I'd be better it's evening out as it gets bigger it seems but my back is curved 15 degrees but the lats are what it is I gotta even them out and I think it will be much better I'm only at 140-143 lbs so I mean give me till I'm like 180-200 I should look much better

[krugerr]

Hey mate, there's several things to consider.

I'll recap on what Bonepart said, you'll be best advised not to invest too much time and energy into competing, due to the nature of judging you're unlikely to get marked well.
That said, I think we'd all encourage you to continue training, and progressing with your passion.
As long as it isn't detrimental to your health. Scoliosis was mentioned, and your spine, I won't even pretend to know how this will effect you long term.

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[shredz98]

So much for doing anything in the fitness industry I guess :/ I'll see how I look as I get bigger and I'll get looked at my a judge or something to determine if I can

[tempest818]

Just because u wont compete doesnt mean you cant pursue an interest in the fitness industry...its not like youll make millions winning competitions...the top level of the olympia makes like 300 grand 1st place...do you know how much they spend to maintain their size? No one gets rich from competing. Whats wrong with just competing with the man in the mirror. And give it time...you dont know if your muscles will even out or not.

[jackfrost88]

Focus on gaining symmetry and do it for yourself. If your before and after pictures look good and make you feel good who cares. Honestly you probably are at a disadvantage but don't fall into that mindset of "if I cant be #1 I wont even try" it just makes losers

[shredz98]

The reason being is I wanna make my own supplement brand and apparel and I need a name to back it up that's why competing if I won would get my name out there and the business would be more likely to succeed but I won't give up its just sucks sometimes seeing it all the unevenness then looking at people like Jeremy beundia and I'm like damn I wanna look like that but can't hahaha

[Metalject]

You can compete and do just fine. You won't be competing against specimens that are abnormally perfect. I've seen all kinds of guys with all kinds of injuries or genetic defects compete and do well...you'll be fine, the main thing is just be in shape. As far as your own brand, the days of bodybuilders being the key to a brand are long, long gone. Think about it, supplement sales do not live and die by some bodybuilder that's on the bottle or in the ads...magazines are dead and most people, 99.9999% of those who buy the supplement have absolutely no idea who the guy is even if they are buying the supplement. If name recognition was that important Arnold and Ronnie Coleman's lines that came out a few years ago would be dominating and they're anything but dominating. Or a current bodybuilder, Phil Heath, Muscletech has not lived and died by Phil Heath. They were already a big supplement company and when the day comes that they dump Phil Heath, and that day will comes, comes for all of them, it will affect Muscletech zero.

[shredz98]

Yeah true I just wanna make something that is actually what it says like some companies lie about what's in it I wanna make something that is true to what's on the label

[krugerr]

Yeah true I just wanna make something that is actually what it says like some companies lie about what's in it I wanna make something that is true to what's on the label

I notice your username is Shredz... Like Joey Swolls brand?

Anyone can put a brand together. It's the marketing that's key.

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[Metalject]

Yeah true I just wanna make something that is actually what it says like some companies lie about what's in it I wanna make something that is true to what's on the label

None of the supplement companies lie about what's in their product. You do that and you get fined out the ass and or go to jail. No supplement company makes anything that isn't what the ingredients label says. Sure, that wasn't the case man, many years ago, but the big lie was when companies put illegal ingredients in their product so that they'd work better, as in putting steroids in their supplement.

The issue, in my opinion, that guys complain about when it comes to supplements is one that's the same with every product on earth, supplement or not. When you advertise your product, be it soap, cereal, a car or whatever else, any advertiser promotes it as it being the single greatest thing of all time. Supplements are no different. It's the consumers fault for expecting a supplement to be some magical formula...you don't expect your soap to make you emperor, you don't expect your cereal to give you super powers but for some reason people have a hard time looking at supplement advertising realistically.

[shredz98]

Screw shredz I'm used that name for awhile there company is joke but musclepharm got in trouble for not having as much protein and stuff in it as the label said but yeah that's true

[papathesmurf]

Musclepharm (along with almost every other sup company) had in their product exactly what they said it had and

even advertised the "amino profile" of the protein.

The whey (get it) protein is measured on labels from FDA guidance is by measuring the total nitrogen content of

the product. In reality Musclepharm and every other company that got called out for scamming people where not

doing anything legally wrong.

I think this is going to go away even with most of the lawsuits getting crushed because people are now trying to

get the FDA to change the definition of protein to " “a chain of amino acids connected by peptide bonds" this

should really help put a end to amino spiking.