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This page can include any suggested work routines you think have given good results. This facility is also available at several linked sites which have members pages and on a linked Yahoo! group. Use the e.mail link left to submit questions, answers, photos etc. You can also set up a link from here to like minded bodybuilders. I plan a guest book and possibly a message board, though there are boards on other websites, notably at Bodybuilding.com. |
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A selection of site banners. No guarantee on content and you will have to paste, rather than click some links. Some sites may include a gay content. Gay guys tend to be keen on keeping in shape, since that is often part of their image. A good build can help you get noticed as a model. |
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For exercise animations, click to this site (tba). Slow load, so wait. |
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From a group at Yahoo! I've been meaning to scan & send this pic for ages, apologies for long delay. It shows John Hamill at the age of 15, believe it or not, training for the Mr Junior Great Britain title in 1963. Taken at St George's gym in Putney, SW London. Not sure who the photographer was. More if anyone wants to see them. John was clearly, in 1963 training without any of the supplements we hear about, showing how the right genetics can deliver the goods! Note the absence of machines in the pic too! He competed and also was a physique model. |
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Bodyparts. (upper and lower) |
Including home exercises, with or without apparatus. |
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For a very full exercise list, with animations click on the link. It's a long download but worth it! Exercises are grouped as Basic and extra ones and it is very easy to follow. I have added some animations here. |
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Legs (Quads, Hamstrings, Calves)
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Calf (11)raises use the block again, this time toes, not heel are on it. Watch your balance here, its easy to shoot forwards if you are using weight too! There are also calf raise machines too, both standing and seated using the leverage principle. |
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(You sit on this) (Gluteus Maximus) Toning this gives rise to the "bubble butt" |
Deep Squats (*), where a spotter is essential (see the pic above) This gives full stretch, but you should avoid "bouncing" to get back up. This cancels out some of the effort. |
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Back (Lats(1L), Obliques(6), Trapezius(5T), Deltoids(4F,TD).
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The back is a complex muscular structure, made up centrally by the Trapezius
group and at the side by the Latissimus Dorsi. The animation
shows the pull up exercise (overhand grip). Vary the spacing
of the hands to reach different strands.Underhand grip is entirely
different in effect. The Lats reach to the base of the spine
at the pelvis, the Traps roughly midway. The colour pic
clearly shows very big Trapezius group development (the centre
of the back) with the Latissimus to the sides and the lower edge of
the shot. The "fans" of the Deltoid group over each
shoulder are very impressive! |
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Body sides. (Oblique group) |
Sidebends with a dumbell. Stand erect with the dumbell at arms length by your side. Bend slowly to that side to stretch the muscle, then reverse to the upright position, sliding the free arm down the side. Using a dumbell in each hand acts as a counterbalance and cancels too much effort.Then swap sides. This group tends to thicken with fat cover as you age. |
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Obliques cont. |
When doing situps or crunches twist the body so that each elbow touches the opposite knee as you rise, and squeeze the muscle contraction for a short while. This means you do double the number of reps to work each side! |
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Page Created May 17th 2001 Edited May 12th. 2006. |