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15-03-2008, 12:21 AM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Dumbell rows are my current favourite.
I've found the trick is to maintain more of a right angle between forearm and upper arm, thus keeping the weight more toward the waist than the shoulder. You can really feel the lat doing the work this way.
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21-04-2008, 10:20 AM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan Ok, I currently do a push/pull/leg day. The bits on my back under my arms (my wings, cant remember proper name!) Do not seem to be growing. I thought they were but I cant even feel muscle there! Im doing deadlifts, straight legged dead lifts, Lat pull downs - although my gym we have some proper gay machine that I put on max weight and its not even hard :/ and I do bent over rows, 5x5 at around 70k but still no growth! Have slowed down the sets and reps but still nothing, any thing I can chuck in the mix? | Do the pull-up (chin-ups). You will be amazed how extensively that can recruit your Teres major, Teres minor, Infraspinatus, Latissimus dorsi, Latissimus dorsi aponeurosis, Rhomboides, and the Trapezius inferior part---all of which make up your "wings". I don't know what type of pull-up bar your gym has, but the more variations of this motion the better. I built an outdoor Total Body Weight Gym in my garden that has two types of bars that allow several variations of the pull-up. But then I had mine custom-made. I live in the the Sun now... in the tropics. I'm done with good ole blighty!
Hope that helps
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21-04-2008, 10:25 AM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by tojona Do the pull-up (chin-ups). You will be amazed how extensively that can recruit your Teres major, Teres minor, Infraspinatus, Latissimus dorsi, Latissimus dorsi aponeurosis, Rhomboides, and the Trapezius inferior part---all of which make up your "wings". I don't know what type of pull-up bar your gym has, but the more variations of this motion the better. I built a gym in my garden that has two types of bars that allow several variations of the pull-up. But then I had mine custom-made. I live in the the Sun now... in the tropics. I'm done with good ole blighty!
Hope that helps | Thanks matey  I can not do pull ups though! Once I can I will be hitting these! 
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21-04-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan Thanks matey  I can not do pull ups though! Once I can I will be hitting these!  | Oh yes you can! Get a stool. Put one leg on it, and let the other leg dangle. Once you get used to that, use that as a warm-up set and then let go of the leg for as many reps as you can, even if it's just one or two reps. Only way to go mate! Pull-ups are HARD WORK, and there's no getting used to them. Just get on with it. It gets easier. |
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21-04-2008, 03:52 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan Thanks matey  I can not do pull ups though! Once I can I will be hitting these!  | Yeti - do lat pulldowns dude.
Pullups will get easier as your fat loss increases
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21-04-2008, 03:58 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by TH&S Yeti - do lat pulldowns dude.
Pullups will get easier as your fat loss increases | Hi Buddy, I have been doing them, although the machine is not ideal for lat pull downs (we dont have a proper lat pull down machine its more like a shoulder(sp) working thing, But I lean back and pull down so its like lat pull down lol. Only problem with that is I put it on max weight and I do the 3x10 no problem at all. Not even really hurting -.-
Thanks for the advice tojona, im 22 and half stone at the moment dude I litteraly cant pull my self up lol.
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21-04-2008, 10:53 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan Hi Buddy, I have been doing them, although the machine is not ideal for lat pull downs (we dont have a proper lat pull down machine its more like a shoulder(sp) working thing, But I lean back and pull down so its like lat pull down lol. Only problem with that is I put it on max weight and I do the 3x10 no problem at all. Not even really hurting -.-
Thanks for the advice tojona, im 22 and half stone at the moment dude I litteraly cant pull my self up lol. |
Not the safest recommendation I will ever make but in our gym when we get past what the max stack weight is we add on a DB's, seen additional 80 lbs added by stacking 2X 40 lbs DB stacked on each other...Not completely fool proof....But we have been doing it like that for yrs....
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21-04-2008, 10:54 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( You could also try Stiff Arm Pull Downs...Maybe...Might help...Cheers
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21-04-2008, 10:57 PM
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| Re: I have no wings :( I dont think the gap is big enough to add extra weight :( Thanks though for the other suggestion I will look in to that 
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