Help with improving my routine

[Emevas]

SHW olympic lifters are very much buff, they just also have a lot of fat on them.

Here is an example from the powerlifting world.

http://velocity.t-nation.com/free_on...rs_are_fatties

[TxSanshou]

SHW olympic lifters are very much buff, they just also have a lot of fat on them.

Here is an example from the powerlifting world.

http://velocity.t-nation.com/free_on...rs_are_fatties

Yeah their pretty ripped I'm going to look into getting hydro-statically weighed just to make sure my body fat is in the right range and then look into some more max effort routines thanks dude. :biggrin:

[KiwiPhil889]

SHW olympic lifters are very much buff, they just also have a lot of fat on them.

Here is an example from the powerlifting world.

http://velocity.t-nation.com/free_on...rs_are_fatties

Which is kinda my point, alot of muscle first, btw sons definition of "buff" was showing off muscles lol.

[Emevas]

Which is kinda my point, alot of muscle first, btw sons definition of "buff" was showing off muscles lol.

Well, you wrote "what YOU would call buff", so I assumed we were using a different definition.

TX: Do you mean you're looking into Westside barbell, or what? What are you defining as a max effort routine?

[PizDoff]

What Emevas said.

Less reps, higher weight. Looks like an endurance routine right now, instead of a hypertrophy inducing routine. You could stand to gain more weight; I'm an inch taller than you, and 30 lbs more. This is due to higher calorie intake (about 200-300 calories more than daily maintenance so I don't lose sight of my abs) and lifting heavy with fewer reps.
TxSanshou you're more at 12-14% BF, which is around what I maintain.

[TxSanshou]

What Emevas said.

Less reps, higher weight. Looks like an endurance routine right now, instead of a hypertrophy inducing routine. You could stand to gain more weight; I'm an inch taller than you, and 30 lbs more. This is due to higher calorie intake (about 200-300 calories more than daily maintenance so I don't lose sight of my abs) and lifting heavy with fewer reps.
TxSanshou you're more at 12-14% BF, which is around what I maintain.

Yeah I'm beginning to wonder about my body fat the weird thing is I've had it measured by several trainers and it always comes out to about 5 or 6 percent.

[Emevas]

It could be accurate. Bodyfat% can look different with low levels of muscle mass. I read an article about this a while ago, but can't find any picture examples.