thickness

silversky · 10-31-2005, 12:01 PM

what is good for thickness like from your chest to your back?

fallen · 10-31-2005, 12:23 PM

i always heard that deadlifts and great for adding thickness to your back

vdawg · 10-31-2005, 12:28 PM

t-bar rows

digink · 10-31-2005, 01:23 PM

t-bar rows, deadlifts, widegrip chins, bent over rows.. more stuff also but those are you main movements.

Q80_MuscleHed · 10-31-2005, 01:40 PM

deadlifts and row movemnets .. and anypressing movemnts for chest

silversky · 10-31-2005, 01:54 PM

can someone post a vid showing me the correct way to do dead lifts?
and any kind of rows I dont feel like im working my back

Diesel · 10-31-2005, 02:05 PM

I agree with everyone on here, do deadlifts and rows. but, once your technique is good, go heavy in deadlifts and that will really get you thick. same with chest, to get thick you have to go heavy, you cant be doin reps of 10 and expect to get like jonnie jackson. id post a pic of doing deadlifts correctly, but i dont have any. and to be honest, i think the best way to get good technique is to watch someone in person that knows what they are doing and have them teach you. deadlift is the most natural lift, but it can be the most complicated to do correctly.

EDIT: the reason you do rows and dont feel it in your back is because you dont have a mind/muscle connection. really focus on squeezing your back, b/c if you dont then you will lift the weight with your arms. also, when doing rows a rule of thumb for me is to let the weight down as quickly/slowly as i pull it up. also, when doing rows make sure that the BB or DB is going to the lower part of your stomach. i see a lot of people do rows and bring the BB do their chest and that is when you are lifting with arms, not back! good luck

silversky · 10-31-2005, 02:16 PM

thanks you guy give good advise

Uriel · 10-31-2005, 05:43 PM

Diesel is right, but sets of higher reps are also important though. Heavier weights will build more net muscle, but high reps will build more muscle in a shorter period (the first will add a good trade of fiber and mass, the second mostly mass, which grows much faster), so make sure you have both in your routine. The westside barbell template uses sets of up to 15 in all the "extra" work (shoulders, back, arms, chest, etc), they only realy do very low reps for the ME and DE lifts.

As far a mind-muscle goes, it'll come with time (your muscles become better innerved and you'll gradualy gain this ability, the average joe can't bounce his pecs, but one quickly gains this ability when starting weightlifting

), don't worry much with it for now.

Rocky · 11-01-2005, 05:47 AM

Another exercise that they used to promote for thickness and even expanding your rib-cage (slightly!) is a lying d/bell pullover. Works the chest and back and you can really feel it stretching your ribcage open. Lie your shoulders widthways across a flat bench and then arms outstretched (not locked out though) above your face, slowly lower the weigh in an arch behind your head, breathing in as much as you can as you do this, then breathe out as you bring the weight back up. Worth a crack!

Ironslave · 11-01-2005, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silversky

can someone post a vid showing me the correct way to do dead lifts?
and any kind of rows I dont feel like im working my back

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BDeadlift.html

philosopher · 11-02-2005, 12:54 PM

row movements make you thick... and never forget to do youre deadlifts, excersise number 1 when for thickness