Short1 - Bodybuilding Competition Log

[superqt4u2nv]

Shorty you got the front bacl double bi down great as well as the side chest. The lats look better but IMO you need to be placing your hands down a little lower in the front pose it will make the X more pronounced. Lat pose is getting better for sure but I know you got more back then you showing in the pics keep working on it. You look great for sure see you leaning out more through your hams.

 

[the-short-one]

Shorty you got the front bacl double bi down great as well as the side chest. The lats look better but IMO you need to be placing your hands down a little lower in the front pose it will make the X more pronounced. Lat pose is getting better for sure but I know you got more back then you showing in the pics keep working on it. You look great for sure see you leaning out more through your hams.

when I put my hands lower, my last disappear. I can't seem to make them stretch out as well...

 

[Gymgurl]

Morning Shorty!!

 

[The Shadow]

Shorty...try this when you read this:

As you are sitting there...place your right hand over you flet and place them both....fingers down with your palms are about bellybutton level.....again - fingers down.

Flex your abs.....


now PUSH with your hands REALLY HARD...you will feel the lats tense....


NOW - sit up totally straight



Do you feel how the lats respond when doing that??

 

[T-Cake]

Just wanted to say...

 

[Sassy69]

Relaxed poses - I can almost guarantee they will tell you heels together.... And mostly just shoulders up, chest out - make your shoulders / delts the wide point and let your arms hang from there. To get more flex out of your legs w/o actually flexing them while standing "relaxed", grab the floor w/ your toes --- makes the flexing happen w/o the pose.

Lat spread- agree w/ QT -- check that pic I attached of Elena for an excellent rear lat spread and work to emulate that - it really shows everything.

 

[the-short-one]

Shorty...try this when you read this:

As you are sitting there...place your right hand over you flet and place them both....fingers down with your palms are about bellybutton level.....again - fingers down.

Flex your abs.....


now PUSH with your hands REALLY HARD...you will feel the lats tense....


NOW - sit up totally straight



Do you feel how the lats respond when doing that??

yes.

 

[the-short-one]

Relaxed poses - I can almost guarantee they will tell you heels together.... And mostly just shoulders up, chest out - make your shoulders / delts the wide point and let your arms hang from there. To get more flex out of your legs w/o actually flexing them while standing "relaxed", grab the floor w/ your toes --- makes the flexing happen w/o the pose.

Lat spread- agree w/ QT -- check that pic I attached of Elena for an excellent rear lat spread and work to emulate that - it really shows everything.

ok. I'm working on it again today, and will take more pics.

 

[the-short-one]

also - I'm kind of on my own with this. The guy at the gym who was supposed to help me is away with a family problem, and no one else here knows what they're doing. I'm finding it difficult to accomplish some of these poses without some hands on help. It's frustrating. - I know how it's supposed to look, butgetting my body to do the same is proving difficult.


Do I have any of the poses correct? lolol

 

[The Shadow]

yes.

Ok.....tough part is over.



That hand positioning is REALLY lose to the contracted position for lats....


Work on hitting that hand postion several time today and holding for 15-20 seconds each time....each time reducing the amount of pressing with the hands...this will teach lat control......

As you use less and less pressure....slide the hands outward.

ex - they are initially on top of each other

next time....side by side

next time - 2 inches between them.



...this is a very easy way to get the lats to respond and develop that mind-muscle link


Try it several times and then go hit a lat spread in a mirror and you will see a HUGE difference bythe end of the day