new with a few questions

[Newbie701n]

im new to this board so please bare with me
i am a senior in highschool, and am trying to shape up, but i have a couple of questions

1) my biceps have always taken a ball shape, even before i ever started lifting they where very peaky, and now that i have started lifting more it looks like a havea a baseball under my skin, is this normal, or am i doing someting wrong.

2) how do i go about getting that V shaped upper body. i seem to have a rectangular midsection, where my shoulders are maybe just a little wider than the top of my hip joints(just below the obliques)how to i go about widening my shoulders, or do i just have a bad body shape.

3) all of the muscle mass in my chest seems to be at teh bottom, i have just recently gotten back into lifting, but before i stopped last time i was benching max at about 160-165 and since i only wayed 145 at the time that was pretty good, but now that im back in it how do i work out the top part of my pecs?? is the incline bench good enough, or are there other excercizes that would be good.

thank you for any responces

 

[supersizeme]

1. genetics. not much you can do about that. if anything, focus on things like incline DB curls where you are getting a good stretch of that muscle.

2. again, genetics. the V is acquired by having some thick lats and a small waistline(low bodyfat). i have genetically small lats so a good V is basically out of the question for me. to improve what you DO have, hit the pullups hard, work your delts, and reduce your bodyfat to minimize the rectangle look you have going right now.

3. my chest was the same way...full on the bottom but you could feel my collar bone at the top. no upper chest whatsoever. i have significantly improved it by always starting chest day with incline movements. focus on incline DB and barbell presses and flyes. do your flat benching at the end of your chest workout. it can be hard swallowing your ego and not using the bigger weight that are used to with flat bench because you are hitting inclines but the results are worth it. starting out with inclines will allow you to use heavier weight and do more damage to that upper area, thus allowing for more growth.

 

[endpoint]

I think its weird that you answered

1 genetics
2 genetics
3 non genetics


my answer.

1 genetics
2 low body fat is obtained from a good diet, thick lats are obtained from working them. genetics has no part.
3 genetics. i have never done any incline work in my LIFE. yet i have even pec development(no larger upper or lower). i only do flat bench no flyes or anything. i still dont belive the upper lower isolation stuff.