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poet145x
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Join date: Oct 2009
Location: Connecticut, USA
Posts: 9

After inspecting my self in the mirror, i have realized that my midsection is quite wide even though i'm considered to have broad shoulders. Is there anyway to slim down on the waist.

btw i'm at 10% body fat
17 yrs old 172 lbs

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countingbeans
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Join date: Oct 2008
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Grow Lats, and make your delts bigger?

Stop doing side bends?

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JN7844
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Join date: Feb 2008
Location: Arizona, USA
Posts: 400

Chest and waist measurements? Height?

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angus_beef
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Join date: Jul 2009
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Since we're on the topic i figure i should hi jack this thread.... how do i make my waist/mid section bigger?

I feel like i'm thicker than I am wide. I'm not talking about lat or shoulder width either.

My shoulders are pretty broad in comparison to my waist.

Does is just come down to working my obliques ?

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Chris Colucci
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Join date: Jan 2005
Location: New York, USA
Posts: 2631

poet145x wrote:
btw i'm at 10% body fat

How'd you get this number?

17 yrs old 172 lbs

Like JN said, some more numbers would help to put this in perspective. How tall are you? What's your waist size (what pants do you wear without a belt)?

And like Beansy said, the only way to really improve your V-taper, getting that broad upper body-tapering down to a small waist, is to build your shoulders, upper back, and lats, while minimizing fat around the waist.

A current picture (front or back) would help.

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Chris Colucci
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Join date: Jan 2005
Location: New York, USA
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angus_beef wrote:
Since we're on the topic i figure i should hi jack this thread.... how do i make my waist/mid section bigger?

I feel like i'm thicker than I am wide. I'm not talking about lat or shoulder width either.

My shoulders are pretty broad in comparison to my waist.

Does is just come down to working my obliques ?

Not sure of the sarcasm-level or spoofiness of this post, but if you're training for bodybuilding, I'm pretty sure wider waists are never the goal. I can't think of a bodybuilder who was asymmetrical because their abs/waist weren't wide enough.

If you're training for a strength sport, though, then it would come down to heavy ab work of all sorts (crunch variations and twist/rotation variations).

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poet145x
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Join date: Oct 2009
Location: Connecticut, USA
Posts: 9

sorry about the lack of information, i don't really have any pictures to post but

i'm 17 years old,
5 ft. 11 inch.
waist- 30.5 in
shoulders-43 in

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SidTheSloth
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Join date: Nov 2009
Location: Finland
Posts: 56

poet145x wrote:
sorry about the lack of information, i don't really have any pictures to post but

i'm 17 years old,
5 ft. 11 inch.
waist- 30.5 in
shoulders-43 in

You don't have broad shoulders, sorry.

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toolshed
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Join date: Jul 2009
Location: Norway
Posts: 116

poet145x wrote:
sorry about the lack of information, i don't really have any pictures to post but

i'm 17 years old,
5 ft. 11 inch.
waist- 30.5 in
shoulders-43 in

43" around the shoulders is actually pretty damn narrow.

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lcsilva
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Join date: Oct 2009
Location: Portugal
Posts: 54

Yeah, mine are only 45'', but then again, my waist is 27.5inches.

Perhaps your bodyfat reading is wrong? Anyway, work on putting some meat on your shoulders, and your midsection will look slimmer!

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angus_beef
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Chris Colucci wrote:

Actually that was a serious question. I want to make my mid section bigger.

I'm training solely for aesthetics.

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