chrisw77's Journal, 28 Jun 21

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** STOP FOCUS TRAINING - BE BALANCED **

So, you've got a flat butt. You've started working out recently and especially want to grow a peach in your back yard.

Make sure to do shoulder exercises too. Work your back. Don't forget your calves.

"But why? I was gonna get my arse pumped up and then I'll do the rest later."

*clears throat*

Well, I can tell you, that plump booty will look ridiculous sitting on a skinny pair of stick legs with your rib cage showing when you aren't even inhaling.

You need to build the foundation to support the whole house. No one builds a house one room at a time.

That's how I started - focusing on specific body parts... let me tell you: it just leads to imbalances.

I set out to build my chest first. Then, my back was too weak. Legs needed some more work. Now my shoulders are playing catchup... *sigh*

Do your compound exercises FIRST - every single time you lift. Put all your energy into those and, if you still need more, THEN isolate specific muscles.

Work on your body as a whole machine instead of neglecting or highlighting specific areas.

Trust me on this.

View Diet Calendar, 28 June 2021:

4993 kcal

Fat: 193.83g | Prot: 223.73g | Carbs: 605.58g. Breakfast: Smucker's Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves, General Mills Lucky Charms Treats, Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt - Vanilla (150g), Maple Grove Farms Sugar Free Maple Syrup, Kodiak Cakes Buttermilk & Maple Flapjack on The Go. Second Breakfast: Starbucks Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso (Grande), Gatorade Zero Lemon-Lime, BSN Amino X, Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder. Elevenses: Klondike Original Ice Cream Bar, Smucker's Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves, Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli Sauce, Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt - Vanilla (150g), John Soules Foods Chicken Nuggets, Basmati Rice, Cooked Peas and Carrots (from Canned), Butter (Salted), Better'n Eggs Better'n Eggs. Dinner: Little Caesars Hot-N-Ready Extramostbestest Pepperoni. Supper: Vitafusion Energy B12 Gummy Vitamins, Vitafusion MultiVites Gummy Vitamins. more...

3662 kcal

Exercise: Grocery Shopping - 15 minutes, Resting - 4 hours and 15 minutes, Housework - 30 minutes, Cooking - 15 minutes, Sitting - 6 hours, Weight Training (Bodybuilding) - 2 hours, Driving - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours, Yard Work (gardening) - 1 hour, Showering - 30 minutes, Painting - 1 hour. more...

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Comments

The body functions as a unit in everything we do. Isolating and targeting specific muscle group workouts is a very new phenomenon in our evolutionary history - in addition to looking silly, it screws up the kinetics of the whole machine. No muscle of ours exists without communicating with the muscles and bones around it - and our fascial system (the organ most intimately associated with our muscles) traverses our whole body. It's important to take care of the whole. =)

28 Jun 21 by member: she_loves

Indubitably, dear friend 😊👌

28 Jun 21 by member: chrisw77

I've been wanting to angrily gripe, so I'm doing it here! BTW great message and I agree happily with you! BUT!!! Why the hell must body part shapes be in "style?" how I hate what it does to people... AND IT IS JUST EXPLOITED FOR MARKETING. Big lips, bum, chest... Or in past years being so slender models had to be size 5 and 6ft tall. I'm old and comfortable enough with the parts I've got and how they were out together, but youger people... My kids!! They are constantly fed the message that perfection is that rounded or flattened bit that isn't rounded or flattened enough on them. Chris, I warned you! I'm cranky! ❤️ Anyway, yes! Just work muscles to be strong and balanced and in that each person has their own individual beauty. Yes, beautiful Chris! 😊 I'm done... Maybe...