LIMBS OF WORSHIP

hey son. lets sit down and talk about life....im proud of you.

 

a TRUE weight lifter is a father and his muscles are his children. hes been with them since they were born and has enjoyed watching them grow from soft little beta nuggets to ripened, veiny men. hes put in the hard work that most people don't see. he sacrificed his free time and social life raising them, teaching them, coaching them. the father does his best to not favor any one child making sure they all know they are special and loved equally. the father knows he doesn't get the credit which he deserves but is content knowing that he did his best and now the muscles he once knew are men of their own.

I like to think of any man into fitness culture and health in this light but the fact is most of the men are like step-fathers. They have their own children (biceps) whom they love and adore. they have spent hard time and effort into creating a strong, intelligent child. then the father meets someone special and marries a partner that have children of their own (legs/back). he does his best to raise the other children who are not his but naturally he shows favoritism and biais to his own blood. He takes extra interest in his children because they were there from the beginning.

GOD DAMMIT LEGS! Im not your real father!

This is not necessarily a bad thing. Each child has special needs that are unique and need to be met. But it can easily spiral out of control and before you know it you are left with one honor roll college graduate football star and one "free spirit" that is on their 6 year of art school majoring in architectural interior design studies of the 18th century. another child who is a high school dropout working part time at a record store/coffee shop/poetry center and living on a co-op 14 other people who are "in a band".

Every lifter had their strong suit. they have their one body part that they get hard for. its natural. you wanna play to your strengths. for me its my back. I love back day and all exercises attached to it. lat pull downs, bent over rows, reverse flys, weighted pull ups. I WANT IT ALL. i walk into the gym knowing that im doing 150lbs. single arm dumbbell rows and feeling like the devil himself the whole time. "look at my smile baby ear to fucking ear." its great for my motivation and drive and I know that even if I have a crappy workout the next two days I at least got my pride and joy under my belt. But men we must work all parts equal! we are building a fortress not a work of art. let us not neglect the weaker muscles or they will be feed to the wolves and eaten. muscle food chain. cycle of life shit.

now this is a happy family.

consider this post just a reminder to spread your gains evenly throughout. don't get too caught up trying to have the biggest arms or chest in the gym. we all know those are the ones everybody sees and those are the measuring sticks for DYEL. one of the hardest parts of getting into powerlifting and general strength and size gains is you have to pay a lot of attention to your lower back and legs. ya gotta stay proportioned. 

It is in my opinion and experience that absolute best way to get serious size and mass is make the squat and the deadlift your primary focus. make these the cornerstones of your routine and pepper the other lifts to enhance definition. I know it sounds weird. i'm doing lower body to get a bigger upper body? ...da fuq outta here. but im telling you it works! since I shifted focus into my squat game i am visibly bigger and stronger. You know how when you look in the mirror and you see a shriveled little foreskin of a man because you are your harshest critic? even if your peers are complementing you and telling you how impressive your size gains are you just don't see it. Well since squatting and deadlifting have become my primary concerns all other muscle groups have grown. its pretty fun. give it a try. just 3 weeks is all I ask.

stay grim and hit the gym.

even Bill Dauterive does legs.