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[Aurora]

http://www.enhancedmuscle.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=405&

Currently 120lbs @ a (guesstimate) 20%BF, goal is to be 107 @ 10% By the end of December. Any suggestions are welcome.

[Emoore]

The site won't show the pics. . . it's asking for a password.

[playmaker]

at the end of december you are gonna look amazing !! Keep it up

[playmaker]

emoore you have to register first

[Emma-Leigh]

Originally posted by Aurora
http://www.enhancedmuscle.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=405&

Currently 120lbs @ a (guesstimate) 20%BF, goal is to be 107 @ 10% By the end of December. Any suggestions are welcome.

Looking good.

Your upper body is definately more developed than your lower body - so I would put a bit more work into your leg/glutes and calf work to balance yourself out a bit more...

Are you dieting down for any reason or are you just wanting to see how cut you can get?

[Aurora]

My legs are unpoportionatley longer then the rest of me so they dont grow very fast AT ALL. They totally suck, I hate them. My upper body I work each group less then once a week, my lower body I work twice a week. They still suck. Go figure. I entered a couple online transformation contests which is my reasoning. I want to see what I look like when I get stick skinny, and if I can do it at all. If it goes well, and I dont look like too much of an ass, Im considering doing a real contest next year. This is sort of like a dress rehersal :) If anyone has suggestions on bringing up legs or shoulders, please.

[MEL GIBSON]

Originally posted by Aurora
My legs are unpoportionatley longer then the rest of me so they dont grow very fast AT ALL. They totally suck, I hate them. My upper body I work each group less then once a week, my lower body I work twice a week. They still suck. Go figure. I entered a couple online transformation contests which is my reasoning. I want to see what I look like when I get stick skinny, and if I can do it at all. If it goes well, and I dont look like too much of an ass, Im considering doing a real contest next year. This is sort of like a dress rehersal :) If anyone has suggestions on bringing up legs or shoulders, please. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------women usually like leg work , but if your long limbed which is ok on a woman. try short stroke movements with a little more weight like on calves but stick to deep squats short squats could make your rear wider deep squats will give a bubble but and lunges are good for women.

[egoatdoor]

Originally posted by Aurora
My legs are unpoportionatley longer then the rest of me so they dont grow very fast AT ALL. They totally suck, I hate them. My upper body I work each group less then once a week, my lower body I work twice a week. They still suck. Go figure. I entered a couple online transformation contests which is my reasoning. I want to see what I look like when I get stick skinny, and if I can do it at all. If it goes well, and I dont look like too much of an ass, Im considering doing a real contest next year. This is sort of like a dress rehersal :) If anyone has suggestions on bringing up legs or shoulders, please.

Your hip and waist structure is proportionately wide, so you need to develop the legs and the upper back/shoulders so the hips and waist look smaller in comparison. Also, from the back double biceps pose, your arms overpower your shoulders.

My suggestions are to emphasize a seriously intense leg program with squats, leg presses and possibly some lunges as someone else suggested, but only train legs once a week. You may be overtraining them, especially if you also doing cardio, which is why they are not growing.

Really, really , really work on shoulder and upper back with presses, side laterals( to widen those shoulders), upright rows, bent rows with barbells or dumbbells, chins if possible, pulldowns and cable rows. This is a delicate balancing act, but I would recommend you try working shoulders twice a week, once heavy and once lighter to really try to build them fast ( but be aware that you do not overtrain them).

[Aurora]

hmm..I did the once a week leg thing for years and I think maybe all this time I was not training them enough and thats maybe why they are lagging. This twice a week thing is only since August, they are stubborn bastards.

Twice a week for delts? interesting. I do all the excercises you mentioned except for barbell rows I dont like, I think the seated cables and T-bar get a better ROM. I do singles though. I also really like pullovers. I do ALOT of pullups. Its a new thing for me but a month ago I started not counting how many pullups I did, just keep going for 15 minutes. The most brutal thing ever, its the best, wish I did that from the start. For convenience I changed my split to
Mon chest
Tue back
wed legs
thur shoulders
fri arms
weekend legs

So If I was going to add another shoulder day I guess it would have to be grouped with chest. Or maybe I could split it front delts on chest day, side and rear on back day... I would have to try both and see what feels better. That would have to be the light day. Thanks for the input.

[egoatdoor]

Originally posted by Aurora

Twice a week for delts? interesting. I do all the excercises you mentioned except for barbell rows I dont like, I think the seated cables and T-bar get a better ROM. I do singles though. I also really like pullovers. I do ALOT of pullups. Its a new thing for me but a month ago I started not counting how many pullups I did, just keep going for 15 minutes. The most brutal thing ever, its the best, wish I did that from the start. For convenience I changed my split to
Mon chest
Tue back
wed legs
thur shoulders
fri arms
weekend legs

So If I was going to add another shoulder day I guess it would have to be grouped with chest. Or maybe I could split it front delts on chest day, side and rear on back day... I would have to try both and see what feels better. That would have to be the light day. Thanks for the input.

This six or seven day a week split looks like serious overtraining. More is not better in this game.

I looked at your pictures again. The pull ups and T Bars probably explain the above average ( that's a big compliment) density and thickness in your center back. You have a "Christmas Tree" effect many guys, let alone girls, would kill for (another compliment). Now that you have that strong point, I feel you need to get more width so you have a complete back to present in your competition. This means more emphasis on seated cable rows and pull downs using a medium or wide underhand grip to hit those lower outside lats. And by the way, bodybuilders should not do singles. That is great for strength, but will do nothing to build a proper physique.

As I said in my prior post, width in the back and shoulders are important for you because of the genetics of your waist and hip structure.

[Aurora]

hmmm, reverse grip is something I dont use very often. I will certainly give it a go. As for overtraining, Im not doing HIT or even going to failure (in the truest sense of the word) so I dont see a problem. My strength in the gym increases every week which tells me my CNS is a ok.

[MsFit]

Looking good!

[Aurora]

Thanks. :)