New back pictures

[Brick]

Please excuse my inability to pose. I am starting to practice for my starting and ending pics for the classic.

Mainly posting these to ask what visible deficiencies I have in my back ie where am I lagging? I can tell with most of the rest of my body but hard with back as its all mirrors and pictures. Thanks in advance!

[gbrice75]

Looking pretty good bro. I'd work on overall mass in general, but specifically give some attention to traps and rear delts which, when developed, will make your back appear wider at the top. Keeping a thin waist helps with the v-taper illusion, so don't get fat!!!

Good job though. What are your stats? How long have you been training?

[Brick]

Looking pretty good bro. I'd work on overall mass in general, but specifically give some attention to traps and rear delts which, when developed, will make your back appear wider at the top. Keeping a thin waist helps with the v-taper illusion, so don't get fat!!!

Good job though. What are your stats? How long have you been training?

Hey gbrice. Mass it is, I'll start doing traps and rear delts at start of workout to hit harder.

As for stats
Age: 26
H: 6'2.5
W: 213
Bf: 14?
Training: off and on for 10 years. Been seriously training for 2 years.
One cycle done last year

B: 260
S: 405
D: 440

[gbrice75]

Hey gbrice. Mass it is, I'll start doing traps and rear delts at start of workout to hit harder.

As for stats
Age: 26
H: 6'2.5
W: 213
Bf: 14?
Training: off and on for 10 years. Been seriously training for 2 years.
One cycle done last year

B: 260
S: 405
D: 440

^^ are these 1RM numbers?

[Brick]

^^ are these 1RM numbers?

Correct

[gbrice75]

^^ are these 1RM numbers?

Interesting. Your squat and dead are nice but bench seems to be lacking - not that 260 is anything to sneeze at, but for a 1RM it's not on par with your other 2 lifts IMO.

I don't know my 1RM because I never go for that, but for instance, lately i've been:

squatting 375lbs x 10
deadlifting 395lbs x 8
benching 295lbs x 7

That would put my 1RM's at roughly:

squat: 500lbs
dead: 490lbs
bench: 355lbs

Meh, I guess it's not that off after all, but I'm willing to bet you can put up more!

[OnTheSauce]

Don't feel bad, I deadlift over double my bench. Shit happens. Id say work on overall mass as well. One part doesn't really overpower the others, just need more size period. What's your back routine look like?

[bdos]

Please excuse my inability to pose. I am starting to practice for my starting and ending pics for the classic.

I hate tryin to take back pics i did last night cameras sh!t and its only a half mirror too

[Brick]

Interesting. Your squat and dead are nice but bench seems to be lacking - not that 260 is anything to sneeze at, but for a 1RM it's not on par with your other 2 lifts IMO.

No worries GB! My squat is from about 3 months ago, dead from 6 weeks or so, and bench from last August (was actually 275).

My squat is the same or higher.
My dead is most def higher.
My bench is 260ish.

I actually haven't done flat bench in 2months + now. It puts to much strain on my RC. And believe it or not I did not start benching with good form until a little over a year ago. My max at the time was in the 200 range so you can see I jumped up a lot of weight from correcting my form as well as my chest development moved along quite well. Before I had what my friend described as 'retard, baby chest' (excuse the vulgarity) whereas now I am getting into a fuller chest and A LOT stronger.

I will max my bench out shortly before the classic just to see a benchmark.

Don't feel bad, I deadlift over double my bench. Shit happens. Id say work on overall mass as well. One part doesn't really overpower the others, just need more size period. What's your back routine look like?

Thanks Patrick. As for my routine, I recently dropped deadlifts in favour of O lifts. I pulled my left and tore my right hamstring in Sept and I lost out on daily/family activities such as running, swimming, or any sort of quick movement as it would aggregate my hamstrings. All slow movements (deadlift) were quite strong but anything fast was a struggle, strain and would set me back. So until I feel it is 90%+ I will continue O lifts and not dead (another month or so I figure)

Snatches Yx2 where Y is however many sets it takes me to reach my max (6-7 doing 1.25-5kg increasements)
BB row 12,8,6 + forced reps + negatives + drop set
Repeat 6 reps + forced reps + negatives + drop set (etc etc)
T-bar row 8,6 + etc etc
Repeat as in BB row
Pull downs 12,8,6 + etc etc
Close grip pull down 6+ etc etc

I hate tryin to take back pics i did last night cameras sh!t and its only a half mirror too

Such a pain eh! I have to make sure my gf frames me in the picture right too lol

[gbrice75]

No worries GB! My squat is from about 3 months ago, dead from 6 weeks or so, and bench from last August (was actually 275).

My squat is the same or higher.
My dead is most def higher.
My bench is 260ish.

I actually haven't done flat bench in 2months + now. It puts to much strain on my RC. And believe it or not I did not start benching with good form until a little over a year ago. My max at the time was in the 200 range so you can see I jumped up a lot of weight from correcting my form as well as my chest development moved along quite well. Before I had what my friend described as 'retard, baby chest' (excuse the vulgarity) whereas now I am getting into a fuller chest and A LOT stronger.

I will max my bench out shortly before the classic just to see a benchmark.

Ah ok, progress is progress brother, that's really what it's all about, and you seem to be nailing it. Honestly, 1RM doesn't mean shit anyway, other than benchmarks as you said. Tis' why I never bother with em, although I must admit you now have me curious lol!

[Brick]

Ah ok, progress is progress brother, that's really what it's all about, and you seem to be nailing it. Honestly, 1RM doesn't mean shit anyway, other than benchmarks as you said. Tis' why I never bother with em, although I must admit you now have me curious lol!

I pulled my back a few weeks ago. It got better after a week and I didn't miss any lifting but I did the same thing today. Going to have a nap and then roll on a golf ball. Not too worried.

As for maxes I will do bench 6x2 twice a week for 3 weeks and max at the end of it. I won't max squat without a belt and I still haven't ordered one yet, so I will get ahold of my friend and do all 3 over one week!

As for max's I've been working super hard on cleans and snatches and I think the power aspect of that will really transfer into my max dead and squat.

I am at:
Snatch 57.5kg
Clean 85kg

[OnTheSauce]

Ah ok, progress is progress brother, that's really what it's all about, and you seem to be nailing it. Honestly, 1RM doesn't mean shit anyway, other than benchmarks as you said. Tis' why I never bother with em, although I must admit you now have me curious lol!

Unless you are a powerlifter. In that case, they mean everything