Progress pictures

kungfuninja · Post by **kungfuninja** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:46 pm

After three months of training, I think I've added a bit of 'bulk' to torso.
At first it's not that noticeable but if you look at the start picture and compare it with the after three months one, you can see that shoulders and chest have got bigger.

What do you think?

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/34 ... ogress.jpg

thanks

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:32 pm

it's not working for me

tanner2007 · Post by **tanner2007** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:38 pm

damn u skinny as hell but i see a lil bit of inprovment but there should be more i think lol idk man

brad_69 · Post by **brad_69** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:07 pm

Dont see the pic either but damn tanner either quit being a prick or at least learn to spell. If your going to judge him show how superior you are to him, hes working at it improving his strength so good on him. This is just a forum to get help and give some advice no need to trash him for letting Swanso know how hes doing.

tanner2007 · Post by **tanner2007** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:32 am

im just saying but i couldnt see the puics ether jsut rightclick and hit view image or somthign like that it may work

kungfuninja · Post by **kungfuninja** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:43 pm

thanks for your replies. i'd be grateful for swanso's and anyone else's opinion. it should be working now. if not, just hit the link. or click views image.

thanks,

kungfuninja

brad_69 · Post by **brad_69** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:41 pm

Still doesnt work for me Kung.

And if your just gonna say, just say something worth reading Tanner.

kungfuninja · Post by **kungfuninja** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:07 pm

not even with right click view image?

it should work

brad_69 · Post by **brad_69** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:43 pm

K now it works just saved the target to comp. Ya good work on the shoulders, neck, tri's and chest especially. I see improvement in all those areas.
Funny almost look stronger after 1 month than 2. Must be lighting.
I hsould have done this I have no real basis for comparison. Although isnce its been over a year I do know for sure theres been difference, hard to guage though month by month.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:54 pm

It might just be me, but on the 3 month picture, I saw what looked like 2 banana type shapes on the Chest.

I needed to refer to a chart I've got of muscles, to be certain of the name of said area, as the Pecs have three sections, and the Pectoralis Major, in each Pec is like that banana type shape, and about where yours are.

So I wondered when you do Chest work, are you doing Decline work, or anything else, as it looked to me like you have built up the lower section of each Pec, and then slightly underworked the other two Pec areas, so the stronger lower areas, are slightly chunkier and standing out more, and also heavier mass wise, than the adjoining Sternal portions, and just pulling on the rest of the Pectoral areas, reshaping their original look.

If you do, do that, it won't look like much right now, but in the future, overbulking just that lower section, could cause a distorted look, and possibly mild pain, if you have too much Pec Major mass, pulling on the weaker Sternal, and Clavicular portions.

Obviously this is supposition, as I can't predict exactly what could happen several months from now, if you are doing what I think you're doing for Chest, but I'm making rational assumptions, based on what I think has happened now.

Then again, I could be completely off course, and I was just the lighting.

kungfuninja · Post by **kungfuninja** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:45 pm

thanks a lot for your positive feedback.
chest routine at the moment is as follows.

bench press - 3 sets of 8
incline dumbbell fly - 3 sets of 8
wide spread push ups - 3 sets of 6

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:10 am

i noticed that as well boss man nice pick up and the flies and wide push ups will do that...for upper chest i prefer flat bb bench press to the neck line with a moderate (at most) grip to give you the lines across the top...as for the inner area if you have cables do some sort of x over type movement or there's a standing / leaning variation you can do that is hard to describe so i'll try and find a link to it...the best exercise for this is push ups from suspended rings (gymnast rings i use)...shoulders have come along...not sure if it's the lighting but it looks as though your arms have internally rotated a little (rounded in towards the body's midline) which means your not doing any where near enough rowing movements...form every rep of chest you do, you need do 2 for some type of rowing movement so you don't get muscle imbalances

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:21 am

Inclined Flies would work the Pectoralis Major?

I assumed that Decline work would do that, as I would have thought Inclined Flyes, would be more likely to work the Clavicular portion of the Pecs.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:04 pm

any chest variation where your arms are postioned wide will give that curve on the outside of the pec muscle either down near the nipple or up at the armpit...different muscle maybe but really the same spot

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:44 pm

Interesting, although obviously you would expect a slightly different muscle hit, depending on whether you Decline, Incline or Flat work your Chest.