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Upper Body Bulking - 9/24/2006 8:22:28 PM

TheFroFactor

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I started “messing around” with weights about 4 years ago with my high school football team but I have been lifting seriously for only about a year. I’ve always had a big chest and shoulders even before I started working out and I’ve never had trouble developing my chest, traps, shoulders, or back but I have a lot of trouble with my arms. I’m not interested in working out my legs because I’ve never seen the need to, I run and like the idea of a v shaped body with a bulky upper body and slim lower body. I got used to doing a full body workout three days a week with the football team and that’s worked well for me in the sense that my weights have always gone up but I want a workout now that’s not so much strength training and more geared towards bulking just my upper body. I want to save the workouts of my legs for the track so I like to avoid squats and dead lifts. So if any one has any ideas about the type of routine I should set up I would appreciate it.

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RE: Upper Body Bulking - 9/25/2006 2:43:35 PM

MuscleMachine14

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If you want to have a huge upper body and then skinny legs you are going to look plain stupid and any serious bodybuilder or even somebody who knows what they are doing will notcie and laugh at you.
Squats are probably THE BEST exercise you can do since it is the number one muscle builder, it involves the most secondary groups of muscles out of any compound lift, and it significantly increases the level of natural growth hormone being produced in the body, so by cutting them out you are just limiting your potential.
Running really has no effect on the leg muscles as far as growth or strength at all, only endurance. I do a 20 minute sprint workout for track and then go in and do a grueling leg workout in the weight room afterwards, and my times just keep dropping. The running does nothing but build muscular and cardiovascular endurance.
If you want mass, do about 15-20 sets for larger body parts i.e. back and 9-12 for smaller groups i.e. arms, with a rep range of 8-12. You can check www.bodybuilding.com, its got a huge archive of workouts.

Didn't mean to get on you or anything, but leaving legs out is a huge mistake and running isn't a sufficient substitute for it. It takes professional bodybuilders years to develop the legs that they have, so you don't have to worry about you legs become unnaturally huge and/or annoying. Good luck with everything.

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Age: 18
Height: 5'7"
Body Weight: 180-185
BF %: 8 %
Incline Barbell: 195 x 8
Squat: 295 x 8, ass to ground
Shoulder Press: 175 x 8
Barbell Row: 195 x 8
Skullcrushers: 105 x 10
(All lifts are on 3rd set)

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RE: Upper Body Bulking - 9/25/2006 6:20:35 PM

TheFroFactor

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The problem is I have problems with my lower back and sacrum so I cant squat or dead lift I know those are two of the most important things in bulking but I simply cant do them without hurting myself. I do a yoga workout and do the squat and dead lift motions I just cant use any weight at all for now I want to make the best of what I can by continuing to work my upper body hard, I do workout my legs with very light weight curls (to avoid aggravating my back) and calf raises but there’s not much I can do for lower body without putting a lot of stress on my back. I’m just curious what exercises I can do without putting stress on my back and how I should split it seeing how there’s not much I can do on a lower body day.

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