OCUK Body Builders: Post your Pics!

Ultra_Extreme · 7 Apr 2008 at 00:27

Chong Warrior said:
You cannot target specific areas of the chest like that. You can target upper and lower because they're seperate muscles but you can't target inner and outer.

Wouldnt say that m8, you can target fibres nearer the sternum in just the same way as you can target different parts of the bicep by doing exercises that act either above or below it (about the shoulder - ie chins, about the elbow - ie preacher curls).

I agree they are not seperate muscles to target but the exercise can be designed to activate diff fibres.

Chong Warrior · 7 Apr 2008 at 00:36

Ultra_Extreme said:
Wouldnt say that m8, you can target fibres nearer the sternum in just the same way as you can target different parts of the bicep by doing exercises that act either above or below it (about the shoulder - ie chins, about the elbow - ie preacher curls).

I agree they are not seperate muscles to target but the exercise can be designed to activate diff fibres.

Witchcraft tbh...

Ultra_Extreme · 7 Apr 2008 at 00:42

Chong Warrior said:
Witchcraft tbh...

lol maybe, wish some witches would come and sort my inner pecs out, ive got like 3 foot thick outer walls and sweet fa in the middle, which prolly means your right lol although i dont do much CGB

benjo plz. · 7 Apr 2008 at 01:31

Ultra_Extreme said:
Wouldnt say that m8, you can target fibres nearer the sternum in just the same way as you can target different parts of the bicep by doing exercises that act either above or below it (about the shoulder - ie chins, about the elbow - ie preacher curls).

I agree they are not seperate muscles to target but the exercise can be designed to activate diff fibres.

que? they're different heads. In the bicep you have the two heads and the brachialis (which is a seperate muscle). In the M pectorals you have the sternal and clavicle heads, that's as far as you can target them.

VTR · 7 Apr 2008 at 23:08

Another old pic I found, few years old now.

Aiming to get back to this size or bigger than cut down for the summer

Recent pics be posted when I get back into it.

Think i was around 12st8 <14%bf in this pic.

MrSix · 8 Apr 2008 at 11:15

You look very top heavy in that pic VTR - if your lats were bigger then you'd have a great V shape. Maybe work some more on the abs too?

VTR · 8 Apr 2008 at 12:38

Yeah abs have always been poor, never really trained them much. When I was a bit lighter you could see them a bit but never been brilliant -

Anyway, enough of the old pics from me. I'll aim to get some new ones up within a couple of months. Hopefully an in between of the last 2 pics!

aftershxck · 8 Apr 2008 at 13:54

VTR, your body is kinda similar to mine - what size are your arms out of interest?

VTR · 8 Apr 2008 at 18:49

aftershxck said:
VTR, your body is kinda similar to mine - what size are your arms out of interest?

Between 15-16" in those pics mate, around 14.5" at the moment!

Scrutinize · 9 Apr 2008 at 13:51

Pigeon_Killer said:
Couple of back pictures.

I'm currently 17 stone and carrying quite a lot of fat but will be starting a cut to get down to 15 1/2 stone or less on Monday.

I was a similar size / build to you with a little less body fat @ 16.5 stone 2 1/2 years ago. I started loosing weight but due to my up and down training routine, lifestyle with work and my diet, I am now a shadow of my former self at 12 stone 10 lbs.

I figured after years of poor diet and not training right the only thing to do was start again. Last time I looked really decent was 4 years ago when I was 13 ½ stone so I am aiming to get back to that.

Still, I will get some pics up once I am at a stage when I can stomach it. Been good motivation so far this thread

Got my diet sorted, training well and doing a fair bit of CV and kickboxing again. I want to lean down a bit more and get the fitness look before I start bulking up as I can gain weight and bulk a lot faster than loosing it.

Outcast · 9 Apr 2008 at 16:29

This is a scary thread !!

lol

shifty_uk · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:25

Outcast said:
This is a scary thread !!

lol

Why? because it reeks of homosexuality?

Seriously though....It is very beneficial getting comments and feedback on progress.

FeFiDoh · 9 Apr 2008 at 19:17

I feel like given up training now after a nightmare of a day.

Finally been given another process at work but already I have injured the area at the back of my shoulder. I tried to goto gym today and was doing the Benchpress and had to stop luckily it was on smith machine as I had an incling it wouldnt go so well. Its painful to touch and meant I couldnt train at all today, this will take a while to heal as well I expect otherwise im just going to do perm damage. My job is really messing things up was fine before I started here. The work is easy but when doing the same thing every 90seconds using muscles in weird positions your body can only take so much.

All in all a bad day!

sarutobi · 9 Apr 2008 at 23:55

well heres me, been trainin on and off for a while now, ive not really had the time to do some proper heavy training. Though im hoping to change that soon.

Im a lot bigger than i used to be, but still not big enough (lookin at these pics they make me look fatter than i am, im really skinny)

Anyway, my abs used to be a lot more defined, but i started concentratin on other areas and lost it. Right now im mainly concerned with my back and shoulders.

my forearms are not for growin

shifty_uk · 10 Apr 2008 at 00:13

You certainly don't look fat, that's for sure! As I'm sure everyone else will say: Lift heavy and eat loads of good clean foods.

Mr.Stu · 10 Apr 2008 at 01:46

ishiamaru - eat! eat!

sarutobi · 10 Apr 2008 at 02:37

yeh i just went n bought a whole lotta food today

i managed to put on a 1 stone in a month, was 10st now im 11st (thos pics are now). Gonna aim for about 14st i think

RoboCod · 10 Apr 2008 at 10:01

ishiamaru said:
yeh i just went n bought a whole lotta food today

i managed to put on a 1 stone in a month, was 10st now im 11st (thos pics are now). Gonna aim for about 14st i think

How tall are you? I'm just over 6'3" and 14st 3lb. Looking at my physique I'm probably looking at achieving 15.5 st. You appear to be of similar build as I was - long and stringy

Forget about your abs and forearms, get smashing those chest presses, squats and deadlifts + FOOD!! Everything else will follow

sarutobi · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:48

im just under 6'2

toxic · 11 Apr 2008 at 04:28

im just under 6'2

jeez...im 5ft5 and just a scrape off 13 stone!