Plexus

[adz82]

I got more size all over from deadlifts.

[Scottie85]

I got more size all over from deadlifts.

I agree...
I wouldn't be the size or have the strength I do without deadlifts...
Don't get me wrong, I love squats too, but deadlifts are king for me...

[Shrek]

Deadlifts are a great mass builder too. Some people do get more out of deads than squats and vice versa.

[M1CH43L]

Yea i'm not disputing squats build core they build heaps of shit, but i ment alot of people say you can't build a upper phsique with out training legs, but plex is saying his making gains (bigger, arms, chest, delts, back, i'm guessing).

[adz82]

Yea i'm not disputing squats build core they build heaps of shit, but i ment alot of people say you can't build a upper phsique with out training legs, but plex is saying his making gains (bigger, arms, chest, delts, back, i'm guessing).

If that were the case there wouldn't be anything known as KFC syndrome.

How many guys at my gym have great upper bodies yet calves, hamstrings, quads that are non-existent are testament to this.

Deadlifts are a great mass builder too. Some people do get more out of deads than squats and vice versa.

Squats grew my quads, deads grew my whole posterior. I guess there is way too many factors that come into play to even consider what has been the main attribute though.

[M1CH43L]

I thought it was called disco lifting

[plexus]

I don't doubt the benefits of doing legs. I did legs for a long time and my thighs were looking really good. My calves are genetically great and my butt grew too big and I became self concious about it.

While the muscle in my legs has now been reduced, I still have a nice shape with little fat. I'm not unhappy with it.

I have great flexibility and core strength. I can place palms flat on the floor when cold, do a complete back bend from standing and come back up, and I can place my head on the ground, tops of my toes touching the ground and bring my legs stiff-legged up into a headstand and transition into a hand stand. Needless to say my core = great.

I have been off cycle for 8 weeks and even though I had 4 weeks off gym i've now come back stronger than ever before. I smashed my PB on bench last night - 6 reps x 80kg + bar (100kg). All my shirts are tighter, I have a bigger chest, bigger back, bigger arms, massive delts compared to where I was 6 months ago. I am on top of the world.

I really think with my low test, my body is able to hold more muscle in my upper body because it doesn't have to maintain the muscle in my lower body. At some stage you're only going to have enough testosterone to maintain x% of muscle in your body. I am essentially trying to redistribute the muscle to my upper body and I think it's working.

This is a bit "out there" in terms of theories but since stopping legs, and finishing cycle, i've gained more muscle in upper body, and got stronger than ever before.

Having said that, I will try to start lower body again in about 6 months. I'm onto a good thing here and i don't want to mess it up.

[plexus]

I posted this before/after photo last year. The after pic was taken Jan 2010. Approx 2.5yrs-3yrs difference.


The pics below were taken last night, approx 12 months after the above photo was taken. Priority is still on biceps/chest.
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[RF1964]

Looking good mate. you said the after photos are a yr old?? Have you seen further improvement since then?

[plexus]

Updated. Make sense now? The pics I uploaded today at the bottom were taken last night, and 12 months after the "after" pic above that.

[RF1964]

Sorry mate, I probably didn't read your post correctly. Good work in one yr given the health issues that you have.

[O.N.]

Looking good mate great progress.

[adz82]

Great transformation.

[ZAC1983]

Yeah overall you progressing well. Incredible that was a pic of you earlier but you may have gotten a bit bigger naturally anyway hey. Nothing like what youve done though. What you weighing now and height?
ZAC

[plexus]

I was 23 at that stage, and completely stopped growing. 172.5cm and weigh 75.5kg. I've put on nothing kg wise in the last year apart from fluctuating... but im learning that size isnt related to weight necessarily.

[MoneyMike]

awesome progress bro - pic 3 made me lol... pose much ;-)

[plexus]

oh mate they are complete poser shots... fo sho.. i like to see how im goin. im not shy. plus your mrs loves them. hahaha ;-)

[MoneyMike]

lol i don't have a mrs but 'my man' aka unsoldier certainly loves them.. so i'm hektikly jealous at the moment ;-)

[MoneyMike]

are you back to training Plexus?

[plexus]

I started training tuesday. The specialst said i didn't need to get these hemmies banded... going back in 3-4 weeks if they havent gone away... They went down a bit, no bleeding but still there.

Doc said i could do gym, chest, arms, delts, back any excercise as long as im not straining my abdomen/ass too much... like deadlifts, no squatting or leg presses...

I'm doing chest, back (pull ups, chin ups, lat pull down, row etc)... arms (all standing/sitting) etc...

Looking shit... put on fat, lost muscle... keen to get back into it. in 4 weeks will get a dexa. my goal atm is to lose fat, gain muscle at the same time which wont be so hard considering i have muscle memory.