ryan411 said:
Tinuva, what about IS's chest? Is it lagging compared to his arms?? Not to pick on him but looking for constructive advice for myself as well
I mean I looked, but I can;t really tell, like past me, his chest is small. Mind you, I still think mine is small, but its a bit more defined than his.
His arms is not really all that big compared to his chest, they look about right to me.
Ok lets be object.
First take this pic:
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad110/Shankadelic/IMG-20130402-WA0010_zps87c28164.jpg
Then take this pic:
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad110/Shankadelic/IMG-20130402-WA0012_zps4a88630c.jpg
I specifically took the photos when he doesn't flex too much.
His back, compared to his chest, is much better, and bigger. So IMHO, he for aesthetic purposes, he is doing great with his back, but lacking on his chest.
Then for his arms, they look pretty neutral to me, they are not small, but they are not big either. Take the 2nd pic I linked, look at his left arm (right side in the pic). Look at the body of the upper arm, then at the elbow joint. Size is about equal, arm looks like it is going straight down. It is where I am as well, and a physio said the arms are well developed, eg. muscular, but they are not big as what a body builder would look for.
His shoulders are also coming along well.
Now for the chest, there is some definition, but the muscles are still very small, and as you say, it does look like they are lacking when you looking at the rest of his physique. So I'd say he is progressing on them, but not as good as the rest, when looking at it purely for aesthetics.
I can take it further, like me, the chest can be divided into 3 groups, upper/middle/lower. His upper chest is where most of the growth has happened, much like me. To get the bottom definition, you need to do decline work (something I hate). It is hard to tell whether someone should work on the upper chest (incline work) but I'd say for now that is fine. Most bodybuilders have the bottom and middle part fine, and only need some work on the upper part, however us skinny guys with small chest actually need to put in some decline work on the chest. I personally prefer the high cross-over fly cable work, where handles is attached at the top, and you have to fly down.
Most importantly however, IS is still only 7 months into his gym career, you can't expect too much too fast and this early. IMHO he is doing great and should most continuous with what he is doing now, maybe with a tad more focus on chest, but not so much that he put everything else on to break.
Its now been out for over a month... and all I can still do is bench, and not even that properly because arching hurts a tad. HIGHLY frustrating.