Louis Schuler
Forum Replies Created
-
Extra photo
-
Another picture
-
Focus on your lats especially. Bringing your elbow to your hip for machine rows and cable rows. I focus on this also for dumbbell rows. Instead of thinking: initiate with the scapula, think pull with elbows to the hips
-
For me personally when I do 3 rotations I feel like I don’t practice the movements enough (for rack pulls or incline bench, large technical movements). I prefer hitting them a little more often. But if you have lots of experience and have arrived to the point where your progress is slower maybe it’s best to have 3 rotations.
-
Have this as well, however it does lessen when I’m leaner.. my chest looks completely different when I’m hot and when I’m cold, it’s a real hassle
-
Hi,
Think of bringing your elbows together. I would take a pair of light dumbbells and focus on bringing your arm across the body, as opposed to pushing straight up, if that makes any sense.
-
I personally am a short guy yet still rack pull from the knee. I feel it best in my upper back from the knee. If I pull from below the knee, I feel it in the hamstrings and lower back. It’s all personal preference. Is it slightly easier from the knee vs below the knee? Yes but I feel it best in upper back when at the knee
-
Thanks for the info, good article!
-
Yes Paul, definitely more lower back friendly in my opinion. Because the weight isn’t strictly in front of you, and the path of the movement is defined. Don’t get me wrong you still have to keep a tight core and lower back while you do them, just not as much as a BB row in my opinion.
-
Thanks guys, will give these a try
-
Hi Paul,
I would add an extra chest compound as your second exercise in your push session. Also work on recruiting your chest optimally. I think before volume or frequency is changed, it’s important to look at execution. I personally have made improvements by only rectifying my form and getting a better feel for the muscle that is being worked. For the back, I would say that you are missing out a little bit on the big movements but you can achieve a thick back without them. That’s the beauty of bodybuilding, so many different ways to get to your goal as far as training styles are concerned. Have you tried T bar rows? The support is better on these than a barbell row. Otherwise use row machines/supported dumbbell rows with strict form. As you said 2 rotations towards back thickness and 1 towards width is good. I wouldn’t worry about losing your width, that just doesn’t happen. When you work “thickness” you also work “width”. Look at the back as lats and upper back. During row movement you work your lats, when your lats grow, you become wider. So don’t worry.
-
Barbell presses cause a lot of pain to my shoulders. Instead of using the barbell I use dumbbells on a high incline, not at 90° because my shoulders aren’t flexible enough. I put it one notch down from 90° and dumbbell press. The Arnold press is okay in my opinion, it just doesn’t allow to load as much as the regular dumbbell press. Hope this helps.
-
?
-
Hello,
Anyone is free to take steroids whenever they please. However I don’t think that 4 years of serious training is anywhere near enough to reach your full potential. As other people have said, granted you are trying to lose some fat at the moment, I think there is lots of room to push up (food wise). It would be interesting to know your age? + being stuck at a weight for 4 months isn’t long. Maybe try adjusting your training?
The idea of trimming the body fat is a good idea, and then slowly take your calories back up, progressively. Once you get stuck at a weight, add in a meal etc etc. -
No I haven’t. To be perfectly honest I had to google those terms. Folate is vitamin b9 correct? Could a deficiency in this be a cause? Would love to hear more about your reasoning.
Thanks for the answer