Me at 16 vs. me now.

[Axion]

In the first pic I had been lifting for a little while and, was probably benching around 180 or so (up untill I started college and had access to a gym i never did much besides bench, curls, and lat pulls ) That's me in hawaii with my mom's cousine (who lives in hawaii)



These next two are me now at 19.



I'm adding a shot of my abs flexed cause I just figured out how

[Jakanden]

Although I cannot see the before pic - the now pics look great mate. Awsome work =)

[Kitara]

Originally Posted by Jakanden

Although I cannot see the before pic...

I fixed the before picture link. It should be OK now.

[MostMuscle]

You look great man!! Lean and mean. Try to develop your back further to give you some more thickness and a nice V-taper.

P.S. Hawaii looks beautiful!! Thought I was lucky to live in Miami!!

[BigPete]

Yeah lookin great man

[Axion]

Hey Mos, i'm naturally a very smal person (even now I only weigh 150 lbs), so the back is coming along, but slowly. So what would you recomend as good back exersizes?

Right now I'm doing wide grip lat pulls, seated rows, bent over rows, and some other lat exersize that is kinda hard to explain.

[TheBigness]

Wow very nice progress, i agree that you back could be thicker, but honestly if you look awesome as is.

[DaRkAnGel]

Hey man, it's nice to put a face to the name finally. Good work, tons of improvement in all areas.

[cavman]

Do pullups(better than pulldowns) for width, deadlifts for thickness.

[MostMuscle]

Originally Posted by Axion

Hey Mos, i'm naturally a very smal person (even now I only weigh 150 lbs), so the back is coming along, but slowly. So what would you recomend as good back exersizes?

Right now I'm doing wide grip lat pulls, seated rows, bent over rows, and some other lat exersize that is kinda hard to explain.

Add some heavy deadlifts and you should be on your way!!

Heavy rows are underrated......hit the rows hard!

[DaRkAnGel]

This guy knows what he's talking about... he's got some pretty thick lats if i say so myself haha.

[Axion]

Originally Posted by MostMuscle

Add some heavy deadlifts and you should be on your way!!

Heavy rows are underrated......hit the rows hard!

I do everything heavy :
But I have some more questions? Do you mean DB rows, bent over barbell rows, seated rows? Also With rows there is always that point where with perfect form you can do one weight, but if you cheat a little you can do more. What is your take on that? My instinct is to go for perfect form, but i always see bigger guys cheating just a little, so maybe that is good for braking barriers.

Also what rep ranges do you personally use?

[MostMuscle]

Originally Posted by Axion

I do everything heavy :
But I have some more questions? Do you mean DB rows, bent over barbell rows, seated rows? Also With rows there is always that point where with perfect form you can do one weight, but if you cheat a little you can do more. What is your take on that? My instinct is to go for perfect form, but i always see bigger guys cheating just a little, so maybe that is good for braking barriers.

Also what rep ranges do you personally use?

They are all good but I would show preference for dumbell rows as they allow for balance on each side.

There is a place for controlled cheating as it can help break through barriers like you said. But don't use this techniques too often, good form is more important especially in a long-term sense (injury risk). The risk/benefit ratio of massive cheating is generally not in your favor.

Rep range varies on the periodization of my program. Anywhere from 6-12 reps.

[Axion]

Thanks man. I'll have to try DB rows. I never used to like them cause I felt like my biceps did most of the work, but I'll give them another shot.

[USFman]

You look great man! good job. If I had to recommend anything id say to work more on your traps. They will make you look bigger and stronger :