I want to like lifting, but the results depress me.

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  • paj315
    paj315 Posts: 335 Member
    Jorocka and usmcmp I'm very jealous of your back! I NEED a back like that! Mine just never seems to develop much!!

    OP; Screw the haters! Ignore them period. Broader shoulders make your waist look tinier! That hourglass figure!!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    margannmks wrote: »
    Ok you are both really making me envious. Im trying to build my back. What specifically are yall doing. I cant seem to isolate the proper muscles. Shoulders are pumped arms arms are jacked but baby lacks back ,help.

    Deadlifts, lots of different types of rows (machine, low cable, one arm dumbbell, barbell with pronated and supinated grip, Kroc, t-bar, Pendlay), lat pull downs (every type of attachment including straight bar and D-ring), pull ups and shrugs.

    That just about covers most of my back stuff. I think the most helpful thing for back is to try to take the cheat out. The more chest supported things you can do or the more strict you can be the more you engage the muscles. That means you may have to drop some weight to keep the body English out of the movement (I video tape to make sure I use strict form).
  • margannmks
    margannmks Posts: 424 Member
    I bow hunt so i do most of what your saying. I do just have a smaller upper body dna,im damn near boney and i hate that plus im old so it looks worse. I want to do a bulk but ive still got thigh fat so im hesitant. Do you do lat pulls wide grip or narrow? My goal is one unassisted pullup by my bday which is the 20 th. Im at 40 lbs on the assisted machine so im not gonna make it. But i can do the pistol grip pullup unassisted,so whoohoo. Just an ole lady wishing she wasnt.lo
  • margannmks
    margannmks Posts: 424 Member
    And im sorry forgot to ask what do you mean by chest supported.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    edited October 2014
    margannmks wrote: »
    I bow hunt so i do most of what your saying. I do just have a smaller upper body dna,im damn near boney and i hate that plus im old so it looks worse. I want to do a bulk but ive still got thigh fat so im hesitant. Do you do lat pulls wide grip or narrow? My goal is one unassisted pullup by my bday which is the 20 th. Im at 40 lbs on the assisted machine so im not gonna make it. But i can do the pistol grip pullup unassisted,so whoohoo. Just an ole lady wishing she wasnt.lo

    Switch your assisted pull ups to negatives and weighted negatives for a while (You start at the top and just slowly lower down).
    https://player.vimeo.com/video/57522157

    I do lat pull downs with wide grip on the straight bar and when I do narrow grip it's with the D-ring handle.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT-ZAMFzDl8

    Chest supported just means you are laying down on a bench. The machine or plate loaded rows are basically the same thing.
    chest-supported-row.jpg
  • margannmks
    margannmks Posts: 424 Member
    Got it, i usually do the 3 pt dumbell row so the incline bench one is better. I changed gyms last spring and im still getting the hang of the equipment. Thanks
  • adamjgb
    adamjgb Posts: 4
    I wouldn't worry about your shoulders. I can't think of a single time I thought to myself, "she'd be super hot if it weren't for her broad shoulders". The majority of men just aren't going to have a problem with it. :p
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Mostly these three:
    Pull Ups
    Barbell Rows
    Dead lifts

    Then when I am doing more split type work- these
    Lat press downs
    Lat Pull Downs
    Over head pulls (where you're on the bench)
    cable rows
    over head press

    I do love me some back work!!!
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    paj315 wrote: »
    Jorocka and usmcmp I'm very jealous of your back! I NEED a back like that! Mine just never seems to develop much!!

    OP; Screw the haters! Ignore them period. Broader shoulders make your waist look tinier! That hourglass figure!!

    *kitten*, I'm jealous of their backs.

    I know I'd be at least 74% more badass with a back like Jo's or usmcmp.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    blazepurr wrote: »
    My question is, why have 2 people reported this thread for abuse?

    seriously? how? perhaps my excessive use of kicking people in the face- I dunno. lol

    I know I'd be at least 74% more badass with a back like Jo's or usmcmp.

    pish posh- I"m sure you're totally badass now. But we all know we have room to grow (LOL like- I always think how fab my back looks- then I go check USMCMP's and yeah- I'm like- back to work!!! room to push harder!!! )
  • willia123
    willia123 Posts: 60 Member
    Try not to worry about what others think, though it's easier to say that than to do it. Personally, I don't care for that look myself, so i do other things. If you like that look and you like lifting and you like the way it makes you feel, do it!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    You guys look great. I lift heavy too but am also nervous about getting big shoulders. After being such a chunkster for so long and now being a nice little 4 on top, I want to keep it that way...but I also love the crap out of lifting heavy. We will see what happens!

  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    I am super jealous.... I love, love, love training back. Maybe one day mine will look like yours :)

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