muscles that will make me look bigger?

[R1cksta]

I am a 150lb 6'1 16 year old that look very skinny(I guess I am). I am very lean, but stronger than most of the people in my grade. I just look weak. what part of my body should I work on to look bigger?

I've been lifting some weights, but I don't know much of the technical terms.

 

[gjohnson5]

The illusion of size will be to have waist , forearms. calves and neck small. Upper arrm , chest , traps and shoulders and upper leg big and you'll be the man

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

I am a 150lb 6'1 16 year old that look very skinny(I guess I am). I am very lean, but stronger than most of the people in my grade. I just look weak. what part of my body should I work on to look bigger?

"biceps, because it's one of the best show-me-the-money muscles. Rightly or wrongly, the measure of a lifter's success is largely a result of his guns, one reason why you often see lines of gym members at the curling stations."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

[psilo]

fuck bicep.....


chest, lats, and shoulders are what really make you look huuge.

 

[musketeer]

If just one muscle group, then I'd say shoulders.

 

[H_T_]

squat and deadlift. you see a huge difference between those who do them and those who don't.

 

[gjohnson5]

fuck bicep.....


chest, lats, and shoulders are what really make you look huuge.

Forgot about lats. small waist and big lats will give a "v taper"

 

[Sub-Zero]

i say back, shoulders, traps, are what make u look huge in clothes...


but u shouldnt just train shoulders back and traps. you need a complete program- look around the stickies and find a program that works for u

 

[Illuminati]

traps and shoulders

 

[Madcow2]

It depends on who's looking at you. If it's someone who doesn't know anything they might look at your arms and quads. Someone who knows what to look for will look at back, traps, shoulders, hamstrings.

To give you an example, there was a guy who used to train at the same gym that really had a nice look to him V-taper, developed quads, good arms and chest. Unfortunately, his back development was hugely lacking, traps were unimpressive, waist looked unstable. This random guy who is working around me comments between sets that the other guy has a "strong build." Right then, I knew that the two of us were looking and seeing things completely differently. Where he saw strength, I saw all-show-no-go. To illustrate, the same person could not row at any more than a 30 degree angle with 135 without it bothing his back. He couldn't break over 205 from the floor in the deadlift without a mighty struggle. He couldn't squat over 135 all the way down. Incidentally, I know all of this because I either witnessed it beforehand or later corrected it in his training. Basically his core and posterior chain were dangerously weak and this is the foundation of all power because it ties the body together.

Take from that what you will but if you want to look and be strong then you'd be best served by squatting and pulling from the floor.

 

[R1cksta]

so squats and dead lift are the best 2 methods? what are some other compounds to complete the meal?

 

[muscelove]

Seated rows and benchpress.

 

[BennyGunnz]

Barbell curls

 

[Madcow2]

so squats and dead lift are the best 2 methods? what are some other compounds to complete the meal?

Why don't I just give you a whole basic program. You need to learn how to do the exercises first (i.e. before you start lifting hard).
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4497774&postcount=15

There are a lot of good links to videos and explanations of exercise technique in this table of contents Go look under the exercise descriptions heading:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375215

Also, go to the powerlifitng forum and read the stickies on the Bench, Squat, and Deadlift. They are long and detailed - just what you need because it's important you do them right.

 

[sweed]

I am a 150lb 6'1 16 year old that look very skinny(I guess I am). I am very lean, but stronger than most of the people in my grade. I just look weak. what part of my body should I work on to look bigger?

I've been lifting some weights, but I don't know much of the technical terms.

ah the perfect time to start hittin it hard, eating big and getting a lot of rest. I was exactly your size my freshman year in high school.. 6 years later and im about 250. Remember to traing EVERYTHING.. you dont want to look disproportionate. every average guy wants big arms and big chest but will never get them unless then know how to eat and train. Bench Press, Deadlifts, Squat, Row. I'd imagine u know your bench, but it alway can help to see if your cheating in some way anmd correct it now. If u dont know how to deadlift, read up on it, and start light and get the form down and slowly increase wweight. squats are prety popular for the average high school sports player... but they stop after that.. you need to get on some squats to develope some serious quads. Rows are great for the back, Im sure u know this one.

 

[gjohnson5]

Barbell curls

I would stick with preacher curls or cable curls. Barbell curls will be harsh on your forearms. People get tendonitis from doing heavy curls with a straight bar so I'd go with the 2 I mentioned or a hammer strength machine.

 

[KIAN]

If you want to look bigger then you will have to eat as well as workout. To pick up on what madcow2 has said, being big is also about being proportionally big. You can work your body well but if it is not an all-over body workout then there will be an area of your physique which will let you down.

so squats and dead lift are the best 2 methods? what are some other compounds to complete the meal?

abs - crunches, leg raises, incline / decline sit ups, side crunches
biceps - bar / dumbbell / preacher / concentration curls
forearms - wrist curls, reverse wrist / forearm curls
triceps -dips, french press, close grip bench press, cable press / pull downs
shoulders - military press, side lateral raises, upright rows, front raises
traps - dumbbell shrugs, narrow grip upright rows
lats - pull ups (chin ups), lat pull down, bent over barbell rows
back - bent over barbell rows, seated cable rows
lower back - deadlifts, good mornings, hyper (back) extensions
chest - flat / decline / incline / close grip bench press, bumbbell fly, pull overs, dips
glutes - deep squats, lunges, leg curls, leg extensions
hamstrings - deadlifts, deep squats, leg press, lunges, leg curls
quads - deep squats, leg press, leg extension, front barbell squat, lunges
calves - seated / standing / donkey calve raises

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[Tweakle]

arms

''big'' arms (16" is big to most people) and absolutely nothing else will make those monsterous pythons look even bigger.. and 90% of people will judge you purely by your arm size

if you want to be ''big'' for those young hotties in your class (and you do, right?) then get as lean as possible.. a 150lb guy with an Usher pysique will be huuuuuge to them.

 

[bw1]

Bench Press, Deadlifts, Squat, Row.

Bingo

 

[ruggermu]

I would stick with preacher curls or cable curls. Barbell curls will be harsh on your forearms. People get tendonitis from doing heavy curls with a straight bar so I'd go with the 2 I mentioned or a hammer strength machine.

This is true I have to cycle barbell curls in and out of my arms day because it will kill my fore arms after a while.

 

[Ozz2001]

Shoulders,chest and traps will just tee off the over all look with out a doubt...
Chest and arms just dont look right with out shoulders and trap! Most people dont have them,people that do turn peoples heads....But make sure you do legs or they will never catch up with top. I know i am still trying like hell with mine and it really suxs!

 

[rbtrout]

I agree about the guns, but a skinny guy with guns looks weird, right?
I'm all for the full body thing. Monster quads and hammies (don't forget calves); wide lat spread with bulbous delts (I'm working on my adjectives); an 8 pack washboard; big biceps, but better yet, giant triceps; thick chest and, of course, the no-neck looking traps.
I think you need to learn to do the exercises correctly first. Then, figure out a routine that you want to do and start lifting heavier. You need to make sure you start eating alot more, as well.

 

[Extra_Strong]

I think number one is upper back lats and traps. if you have these you look strong.
if you have a big ches and arm and no back you still look small ... if you have no chest or arms and big back you will still look strong..