What muscles to look fit

[edfurlong]

There really isn't any reason not to work your whole body if you are already in the gym three or four days a week.

[gamblore99]

ed,
so far I have just focused on core muscles and have seen a lot of improvement, but I want to gear my workout more to looking awesome.

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Usually I do
squats
bench press
lat pull downs
abs
and have added bicep and triceps recently.

[SmileyEH]

Pullups. Lats (v looking frame), biceps, forearms (big arms). Do them kipping and you'll get a core workout too.

[Scary_Tiger]

Sorry, what's "kipping"?

[SmileyEH]

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learning to kip video

Basically the idea is to use your lower body and momentum to make it easier to get up and over the bar. You can do more pullups faster so you have a higher power output, this helps with conditioning as well as using more of your muscles so its a better full body exercise.

[TxRedMan]

military barbell press- heavy, thorough warmup with the bar, then 15 reps nowhere near failure, then 10 reps near failure (if you could do 12 stop at 10) then six reps to falure (have a spotter) then four reps to failure (have a spotter) then a set of ten to failure. wait at least 90 seconds inbetween sets, or until you have recovered.

upright rows- 4x12, 1x20- make em burn


shoulder shrugs- 5x25 (no need to go heavy on shrugs imho)

dumbell reverse flys 1x15 (you should be crying) 1x10, 1x8, 1x25 (u should be ready to burst)


subtract one exercise and add the following every other shoulder workout:

grab a plate, probably a 45 pounder or 35 pounder, put your back against the wall, and raise the plate up to your face, arms fully extended. do this 10 times to absolute failure, then superset that with seated arnold presses, sets of 4.

this will make your shoulders grow.

[Iconoclastic]

Penis muscle.

[Warik]

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Basically the idea is to use your lower body and momentum to cheat on the exercise and get a less effective workout

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You can do more pullups faster so you have a higher power output, this helps with conditioning as well as using more of your muscles so its a better full body exercise.

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Pullups are not supposed to be a full body exercise.

Barbell curls, on th other hand, definitely are. I find that I can do more barbell curls faster and with greater weight when I bend my knees and lean forward, then straighten my legs quickly and lift the bar using the momentum of swinging my upper body backwards at the same time. It makes me look a lot cooler lifting more weight more times than the really big guys who are lifting lighter weight properly. Besides, since I'm using my legs and my lower back to lift the weight, I'm using more muscles and getting an awesome full body workout.

[SmileyEH]

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Basically the idea is to use your lower body and momentum to cheat on the exercise and get a less effective workout

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You can do more pullups faster so you have a higher power output, this helps with conditioning as well as using more of your muscles so its a better full body exercise.

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Pullups are not supposed to be a full body exercise.

Barbell curls, on th other hand, definitely are. I find that I can do more barbell curls faster and with greater weight when I bend my knees and lean forward, then straighten my legs quickly and lift the bar using the momentum of swinging my upper body backwards at the same time. It makes me look a lot cooler lifting more weight more times than the really big guys who are lifting lighter weight properly. Besides, since I'm using my legs and my lower back to lift the weight, I'm using more muscles and getting an awesome full body workout.

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lol

[holyfield5]

I think he was right on the money for forearms. if a person has jacked forearms they get more respect in my eyes than the run of the mill biceps or whatever. also with things like chest its almost pure genetics.

So my answer would be forearms, and than muscle b/t your neck and shoulders.