Posts Tagged ‘bodybuilding’

Here are my Physique Pictures

Its not perfect as you can see. In fact there are two major things wrong with my bod.

1. My arms are too small for the rest of my body. All the rest has the proper bodybuilding proportions.

2. I’m a bit fat. I am smooth, my abs dont show and I have a bit of a pot gut from stuffing my face.

Positives –

I lose fat fast when I do aerobics (but I get overtrained).

I’m pretty strong and reckon I can gain strength from where I’m at now pretty fast.

I am in good general health.

My legs are lean and well developed proportionately.

I can do 1000 crunches easy. I bench more than my body weight easily.

Goals -

At present I am usually between 220 and 230 lbs at 5 ft 11 in. Steroid free for life.

I’d like to gain a couple of stone, get rid of the fat and enlarge my arms proportionately.
I’d like to increase over all size, strength and lean mass up to about 260 lbs.

At present I train 3-4 times per week. Splitting upper and lower body.
My workouts are 45 minutes and heavy. I do about 12 -16 sets per workout and some warmup.

My aerobics efforts are sporadic at best. I only run when its sunny and do about 45 minutes to
an hour on the rowing machine each week in total.

Yes there are two outstanding books on flexibility.

1: Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz

Learn…

How to stretch safely and quickly to achieve and maintain your maximum flexibility
How to make your muscles grow stronger and longer so you stay flexible all the time
How to do splits even if you are over 40 or 50
How to kick high and do splits with no warm-up
How to develop each of the three kinds of flexibility—dynamic, static active and static passive—to suit every athlete’s needs
What exercises are “no-no’s” if you want to stretch your muscles
All the factors limiting flexibility
Brilliantly simple tests of hip joint mobility and muscle length that dispel common misconceptions of what limits flexibility the most

http://www.stadion.com/stretch.html

2: Relax into Stretch by Pavel Tsatsouline

How the secret of mastering your emotions can add immediate inches to your stretch
How to wait out your tension the surprising key to greater mobility and a better stretch
How to fool your reflexes into giving you all the stretch you want
Why contract-relax stretching is 267% more effective than conventional relaxed stretching
How to breathe your way to greater flexibility
Using the Russian technique of Forced Relaxation as your ultimate stretching weapon
How to stretch when injured faster, safer ways to heal
Young, old, male, female learn what stretches are best for you and what stretches to avoid
Why excessive flexibility can be detrimental to athletic performance and how to determine your real flexibility needs
Plateau-busting strategies for the chronically inflexible.

http://www.dragondoor.com/b14.html

Pro Bodybuilding legend and three time Mr Olympia poses, wins the contest, accepts his trophy and shakes the hand of Arnold Schwarzenegger – celebrating a job well…

Classic bodybuilding muscle man – Mr. America, Danny “The Giant Killer” Padilla goes through some poses in the gym in 1990 (four weeks before taking third place at…

Golden Age bodybuiding star poses for an exhibition at the age of 51. The muscular physique that made this massive muscle man the cover model for Pumping Iron is…

Nancy practices her compulsory bodybuilding posing routine on 4/14, 4/21/ and 4/28/2006 in preparation for her 4/29 show.

Bodybuilding Polish Contest Kulturystyka Trening – Warsaw 2006 – Part 11