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Heavy deads+heavy squats= thick midsection?
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Imnotdutch
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How much are you squatting/deadlifting? Since I started powerlifting 20 months or so ago I've put about 4 inches on my waistline and it isnt fat!
needsize said:
You know, I don't have proof or a witty reply in store, all i know is that is what happens to me.
concerning the abs.
when i squat it just makes my abs blocky, I think its becuase I tend to expand my abdominalls on this lift,
on deads I have a predisposition in contracteing my abs, almost as if I am doing a vacume pose, so my abs may not physically get smaller, been it seems enough like it for me to notice
also I a m fairly tall so the motion of deadlifting lends itself to this effect.....at least for me.
concerning the abs.
when i squat it just makes my abs blocky, I think its becuase I tend to expand my abdominalls on this lift,
on deads I have a predisposition in contracteing my abs, almost as if I am doing a vacume pose, so my abs may not physically get smaller, been it seems enough like it for me to notice
also I a m fairly tall so the motion of deadlifting lends itself to this effect.....at least for me.
Freak Show
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honestly, my diet is the best its been ever. Like i said, i've seemed to have leaned out everywhere except my midsection. No loss of any abs just seems thicker. Ab routine...well....let's just say i'm inconsistent at best. Always have been.McLurch said:
bumping this thread its my biggest fear to develop a thick muscled midsection, however mislead my fears are. There doesn't seem to be anything hard you should avoid or do. This is obviously not just about steroid/gh use. Its obviously largely genetics but traing method does seem to influence it.
Strongmen even when they compete pretty cut are still hugely thicked waisted now there obviously not natural but I definitly feel there training has influenced their thick torso.
And as far as the deadlift/squat topic.
If anything would seem to make my waist thicker it woud be SLD lifts for me near the top of the movement I can feel my lower stomach straining hard. Squats depsite the need for balance I prolly have a little to much forward lean because when I lose balance its always forward(which is good because I'd be fucked it I went back easy to drop the bar but harder to catch youself) and its my back that gets tired.
Anyway wanna keep this topic alive because hell its a damn interesting thread regardless of the fact there seems to be no real evidence to support anything said.
Strongmen even when they compete pretty cut are still hugely thicked waisted now there obviously not natural but I definitly feel there training has influenced their thick torso.
And as far as the deadlift/squat topic.
If anything would seem to make my waist thicker it woud be SLD lifts for me near the top of the movement I can feel my lower stomach straining hard. Squats depsite the need for balance I prolly have a little to much forward lean because when I lose balance its always forward(which is good because I'd be fucked it I went back easy to drop the bar but harder to catch youself) and its my back that gets tired.
Anyway wanna keep this topic alive because hell its a damn interesting thread regardless of the fact there seems to be no real evidence to support anything said.
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