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Deadlifts and Squats = Larger Waist? [HELP NEEDED]
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sharkmaster
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I wouldnt worry about it. Like stated both will help build a lot of muscle which will help metabolize a lot of fat which sounds like the problem you aim to get rid of... Sure it will make the muscles larger around the waist hips n abbs... but its muscle to show off if your low bodyfat. Ive never really seen guys look real funny from being big in that department if they are moderate to low bodyfat. What if you had a lot of fat everywhere? Would you lay off everything? no you'd want to work on everything.... not knocking you just sayin... People are often afraid of getting too bulky from lifting when its almost never a natural thing to happen. Heavy chicks with arm fat should still do tricep work without trouble of arms looking fatter, guys with gutts should still do abb work without fear of his gutt getting huge. I think you should do squats and deads... They will help you gain in all your other lifts, build muscle and burn fat is what you want. I doubt you would have a problem at 10%.... If so mabe your upper body needs to be brought up! train your whole body and have a good diet and the rest will fall in place.
TheManiacHolder
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Thanks ozzie
Can I do front squats at all or should I leave em out aswell?
Also, can I do DB Lunges and BB Row?
Can I do front squats at all or should I leave em out aswell?
Also, can I do DB Lunges and BB Row?
TheManiacHolder
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CitizenKane
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So you weren't actually looking for advice with your post were you, you were just waiting for somebody to tell you what you want to hear? Lol good luck.
TheManiacHolder
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No, he has experience and judging by his avi it worked well for him. You're not in my situation bro, I hate having these wide ass womanly hips :/
CitizenKane
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That's precisely the point, he is a lot more experienced than you and this means that he knows what does and does not work for him, and he has been training for a lot longer than you and already gotten to a level of muscular development and poundage on his lifts where it might (note I say MIGHT) make a difference to his gut whether he deadlifts or squats anymore or not. Even the most avid anti-deadlifting BBer I can think of, the great Kevin Levrone, says that everybody should deadlift to a certain point and that it is an essential lift to adding a base level of muscle mass, he only stopped deadlifting when he got to a point where he was getting diminishing returns from the lift and the possibility of the so-called powerlifter's gut actually became a realistic worry (this took him YEARS and YEARS of lifting and drug use, and even competing as a powerlifter).
Note that everybody else who has given you advice here is experienced too, not just Ozzie. And I am in a similar situation to you despite what you think (well I was), I have naturally wide hips and it looked awful before I started training. I have been deadlifting and squatting for years now and now my waist looks a lot narrower, not wider, because a) I have lost body fat, b) I have added muscle mass overall my whole body and my upper body and legs have both gotten much wider, and c) my abs have become much much more prominent. All 3 of these are due in no small part to squatting and deadlifting.
Bro in all honesty U need to get on a full body routine3-4 days a week with cardio cardio cardio & DIET DIET DIET,,,,, DID U READ THAT! THAT IS UR ANSWER....
Just doing wide bench shoulders & back will even out ur symetry when u start to put on muscle & get into shape.... It's Powerlifters gut (as stated before) u are talking about & it aint gonna happen to u
Just doing wide bench shoulders & back will even out ur symetry when u start to put on muscle & get into shape.... It's Powerlifters gut (as stated before) u are talking about & it aint gonna happen to u
