Confession time: How many of you are former upper body heros?

[whateverdude]

Forgive me fathers of body building, for I have sinned. I've been working out for a little over a year now, and the first 3-4 months I was all about only doing upper body movements . Actually, for the first 1-2 months I did only bicep curls and bench pressing and I gradually added more upper body lifts. Eventually I started visiting boards on the internet like this and realized how silly I would look if I had a huge upper body but skinny chicken legs, so I added leg extensions, leg presses, and hamstring curls. At this point now, I have learned basically all the ropes and I do squats and deads now and I must say my body is growing quicker than it ever has before did anyone else start body building from scratch like I did, not knowing how to do any types of lifts, or did you guys have someone to teach you how to do the big lifts right away? Man I wish someone was there to teach me right away, I could've made much better gains in this year than I have, but oh well.

 

[Snooker991]

Guilty as charged...

For the first few (actually six months) I was lifting I was defintely one of those people suffering from ARMITIS and PECITIS, but the realization that I actually have muscles called quads and hamstrings that strangely enough could also be built in a similar way and lo and behold could become bigger pretty much sank in when I decided I wanted to play football in college...

Yeah...if only I knew then what I know now...


Later
Snooker

 

[madbomber31]

i'm the opposite... did legs more than anything else... they still hold a lot of size despite not hitting them hard lately. my calves on teh other hand are shrinking... its frustrating.

 

[WODIN]

Madbomber... Steps with weights, full extension each step. That'll keep your calves up there.

Whatever - you are forgiven..now go bust some legs..

 

[mike peters]

This is good one cause many have started w/ the upper body. My first year had nothing to do w/ legs. I'm still playing catch up.

 

[Pimp C]

I'm guilty too. For the first several months I did nothing but shoulders arms traps and chest. Never did back or legs. Didnt really know how cause I used to lift in my room and I learned to lift by reading magazines. Thanks to this board and others I now hit everybody part on a weekly basis.

 

[Warik]

I was never an upper-body superhero. As a matter of fact, for the first year or so of my training, I would always work out my legs....... in a full-body workout...... for about an hour and a half..... everyday.....

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I think being an upper-body superhero would have been more productive.

-Warik

 

[MP5]

Not me, my problem is my right knee is shot, so it is impossible to go real heavy, thus my legs are hard to mass up, so I look like I am an upper body guy a little bit.

 

[Weapon X]

I am an upper-body hero today.
My knees are shot and hurt when I walk up stairs even without without working them.

 

[MrMuscle]

if im anything im a lowerbody hero..i want my legs to pick up the phase and join my upper body...and its coming along...veeeeeeeerrryyy sloooooooowlllyyyy