Just started lifting at the beginning of this year, as a new years resolution. Not anything amazing, but I think it's a good start.
Before. Admittedly taken last summer, but it's the most recent shirtless picture I have. I tend to wear clothes during the winter months.
New pics- taken at the 6 week mark. backne...ew.
So, comments, constructive (or destructive) criticism, BF% estimates, whatever is appreciated.
You appear to be about 10% to me. I wouldn't worry about the numbers though. If you look and feel good and your clothes fit well, that's all that matters. The thing I would stress more than anything is analyzing your program to make sure you're not an injury time-bomb. Trust me, I know all about those!
You appear to be about 10% to me. I wouldn't worry about the numbers though. If you look and feel good and your clothes fit well, that's all that matters. The thing I would stress more than anything is analyzing your program to make sure you're not an injury time-bomb. Trust me, I know all about those!
I'm basically doing:
Monday-Chest Tri's Abs
Tues- Back Bi's Forearms
Wednesday - Legs Abs
Thurs- Chest Tri's Abs
Fri- Shoulders
Great progress so far, man, and welcome to the board. Good advice from Josh!
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First off great job. I would guess close to 8% since your abs are pretty visible. Definately under 14% since I believe you have to be around 13% to have a visible vein running through the biceps.
I'm basically doing:
Monday-Chest Tri's Abs
Tues- Back Bi's Forearms
Wednesday - Legs Abs
Thurs- Chest Tri's Abs
Fri- Shoulders
Doing chest twice a week and shoulders also may be a recipe for shoulder problems.. I would guess your pressing volume is far more then your pulling ...
how bout the fact that he works his upper body 4 times a week but his legs only once.
As of now, my legs are WAY ahead of the rest of my body from time a spent doing crew, plus, I hit my legs regularly as part of crew, so I don't spend much of my personal gym time hitting them. No need.
Uh... I do this as well-- the "hitting legs regularly because of 'crew'" and I still lift legs at least twice per week. You'll increase your power for starts and decrease your risk of hamstring / quad imbalances.
Endurance - type lifting will prove real handy in the last 500m of a race.
(and, for the record, 'crew' refers to the people in the boat... the sport is 'rowing')
I assume you row in college, given your dorm room-esque photos. A club sport, I assume, so you'll have no access to the university's trainers. Your coach may or may not have any experience wrt weight lifting, as most club coaches do not, in my experience. Either way, if you're still rowing-- hitting your legs-- you're about to be in the middle of your spring season, presumably with your first race right around the corner.
I would think that your coach should know about your lifting. Have you told him? As a coach, I insist on knowing the "extracurricular activities" of my athletes (not necessarily to make them stop, but to revise their individual training programs). Furthermore, the split that you posted above is not very rowing-friendly. You might want to check out Rowersworld.com and even Concept II's website for some lifting advice (not all of which is good, but imo, is better than what you're currently doing).
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As of now, my legs are WAY ahead of the rest of my body from time a spent doing crew, plus, I hit my legs regularly as part of crew, so I don't spend much of my personal gym time hitting them. No need.
if your legs are that big, why don't we have pictures of them?
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Uh... I do this as well-- the "hitting legs regularly because of 'crew'" and I still lift legs at least twice per week. You'll increase your power for starts and decrease your risk of hamstring / quad imbalances.
Endurance - type lifting will prove real handy in the last 500m of a race.
(and, for the record, 'crew' refers to the people in the boat... the sport is 'rowing')
I assume you row in college, given your dorm room-esque photos. A club sport, I assume, so you'll have no access to the university's trainers. Your coach may or may not have any experience wrt weight lifting, as most club coaches do not, in my experience. Either way, if you're still rowing-- hitting your legs-- you're about to be in the middle of your spring season, presumably with your first race right around the corner.
I would think that your coach should know about your lifting. Have you told him? As a coach, I insist on knowing the "extracurricular activities" of my athletes (not necessarily to make them stop, but to revise their individual training programs). Furthermore, the split that you posted above is not very rowing-friendly. You might want to check out Rowersworld.com and even Concept II's website for some lifting advice (not all of which is good, but imo, is better than what you're currently doing).
Good luck.
I row D1. My training with the team is really sufficient for the goals I have for myself.
I row D1. My training with the team is really sufficient for the goals I have for myself.
So your coach knows about your lifting? What about the strength and conditioning staff?
Clearly you're working hard and getting good results; I don't mean to diminish that. But your responsibility is to your team first, in my opinion (having rowed and coached DI for years).
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How old are you? You look young. I hope your smart enough not to use steriods right off the bat. After 6 weeks of lifting your not going to make that much progress naturally.
Bandit, secondhand said that the first pic was from last summer so there is more like 8 months between pics. I think that sort of improvement is doable over that time frame, especially for a new lifter/young guy. However, I echo your concern about steroids.
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Bandit, secondhand said that the first pic was from last summer so there is more like 8 months between pics. I think that sort of improvement is doable over that time frame, especially for a new lifter/young guy. However, I echo your concern about steroids.
I still don't understand this, and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but if he's rowing for a DI program, there's no way in hell that his coach would allow him to lift on his own program, outside of practice. And, he's got to be rowing 6 days a week, for at least 2 hours a day (again-- DI program? He would for sure be doing 2-a-days at least 3x/week). Most male rowers lose weight in the spring season because the workouts are so frequent / intense.
I don't get it, and "third" the steroids question.
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I still don't understand this, and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but if he's rowing for a DI program, there's no way in hell that his coach would allow him to lift on his own program, outside of practice. And, he's got to be rowing 6 days a week, for at least 2 hours a day (again-- DI program? He would for sure be doing 2-a-days at least 3x/week). Most male rowers lose weight in the spring season because the workouts are so frequent / intense.
I don't get it, and "third" the steroids question.
NCAA limits practice time. My coach encourages us lifting outside, as long as we still perform to the max at practice.
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Mens rowing isn't an NCAA sport. And DI teams can practice 20 hours a week, in season. You aren't rowing 20 hours a week.
Seriously? I mean, dude, I'm trying to be nice amongst all your attempts to call BS on my progress, but, Rowing Home - NCAA.com
It's freakin' NCAA. And technically, the season just started, 15 hour per week practice limit out-of-season.
Six weeks into lifting/estimate my BF%
backne...ew.
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