It's Morphing Time!

Emm said:
Took some pics today, I'm not much to look at.
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Stop saying things like this. You're very pretty and i know many, many girls that wish they could look as good as you. The only problem i see is that you were born without a head. Must be rough. :p

As for the posture (without being a perv and hoping not to offend you) i think you look better with your but sticking out.
Emm said:
the only fat in my body is in my butt/legs.
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I see very little fat on your legs and but or anywhere else for that matter. IMO you look great and you should be able to add some muscle here and there and look even better.

Good luck and keep up the hard work. ;)
 
Thanks for the comments wesman, you're right, is is pretty hard to live without a head but I get by.

And I definitely do not like my butt sticking out so that is going to change, sorry to disappoint you haha :p
 
The ATP isn't that convincing, though I don't have a lot of experience in assessing this from pics, so I don't know how big it is suppose to be.

And like Wes said, you don't have a lot of fat on your body at all. If I were you, I'd start trying to get in a calorie surplus.

I assume the two first pics are taken in a natural position for you? You can see your shoulder blades sticking out and they are protracted. A lot of upper back work could fix that. Also, working the serratus anterior muscle will help rotate the shoulder blades back to where they should be. The pointy end you can see sticking out, that's the bottom point of the shoulder blade, working the serratus anterior can help pull that back in. Also, working the traps, specially the middle and lower fibers, will help.

Serratus exercises: anything that protracts (pull forward) the shoulder blades. If you do pushups, you should do push up-pluss. It's just a push up where you protract the shoulder blades at the end of the movement. Or you could do only the "plusses", if you don't want to do pushups.

To work the middle traps you can start of lying face down on a bench with your arms hanging down 90 degrees out from your body and then bring them backwards. You can probably try this without weights at first, try to feel the muscles in your back working. For the lower traps, do the same only not 90 degrees but more in front of you, but a little to the side. I'm off to school now, but I'll see if I can't find any articles explaining these better when I get back. Shoot me a PM if I seem to have forgotten.

Now keep in mind, I'm not a healthcare professional, the best thing to do would be to see a physio, but not everyone wants to/has the time and money to do that. IT seems your willing to take advice about these sorts of things off the forum, so I thought I'd give :)
 
Emm said:
So what if I'm a girl, what's wrong with bulking? Currently my main idea is to get proper posture back through stretching and strengthening certain muscles. I'm also on a deficit to lose a bit of lower body fat. Once done, I want to bulk to gain muscles and proportion my body to my liking. I want to be lean and muscular. I want the max powa too, I'm small enough as it is.. I need some muscle to scare people away. :yelrotflmao:
Oh yea, and I can't swim :( wish I could though, maybe this summer would be a good time to learn!
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Yeah I digress. That comment was probably a bit stupid. Umm..

Swimming is fun! I used to hate it.

Anyway, when you described yourself, I pictured something entirely different. Like someone above said many girls would kill for your body. If you want to bulk up, do it!!! I think you are going the right way about it. Either way you look great and I bet you would look lovely in a nice evening dress.

I agree with Karky you could be in a surplus, you have very little body fat.
 
You have a great foundation and since you have so little bodyfat you will see results more easily. How exciting! You are a good candidate for being cut and lean and given you are an ectomorph you would do well to build in stretching and pilates/ yoga type exercises to accentuate your long muscle makeup. Good luck!
 
I don't know if I'd do piltes with an anterior pelvic tilt. Pilates has a lot of static hip flexor moves. Yoga only if they don't promote hyperextension at the lumbar spine (a lot of yoga folks teach bridges with the mobility coming from the lower back rather than the hip joint)
 
I didn't know about that but I see your point. Maintaining a neutral pelvic postition, keeping the navel drawn in, glutes tight and keeping awareness of posture are good ways to strengthen and reduce the tilt on a everyday basis. I do that and make sure I get up and move around my office so I don't keep weakening my hip flexors with the constant sitting on my butt. :D
 
Karky said:
The ATP isn't that convincing, though I don't have a lot of experience in assessing this from pics, so I don't know how big it is suppose to be.
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I agree with this. Your but doesnt really stick out. Its normal imo and i think you're overthinking this. The second pic (the one you want it to look like) doesnt look natural imo.

If you work the muscle of your upper back it will improve your posture quite a bit.
 
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I need to make sure I maintain good posture all day. I don't, often I'll lean in really close. But I have a little note that says "posture"
 
Yeah the ATP might not seem like much, honestly I don't know whats up with my back. It's just uncomfortable sometimes when I'm in certain positions, such as lying on my back, there's naturally an arch there, but mine seems way too much. I also ceased doing situps on an incline because they were difficult and a bit painful for me. I often wondered if I should be trying to thicken my torso to compensate a bit. Anyway, I'm def going to see the doc about it, I just have to wait till next month.

Yes the 1st two are of natural positions, my shoulders kinda slump and are rolled forward. I'm sure I do need to work my back and upper body, I'm pretty bony up there. If I measured correctly my waist is approx 27.5 inches and hips 35.5 inches, I would like to widen my shoulders and thicken up the waist. Do you have any videos of a push up-pluss? I've never heard of it before. And any articles you have would be awesome too!


Haha @ Backspace. No prob, maybe you guys are right. I may have to begin a surpluss instead. I'm just worried about the fat gain that comes with it. I really dont want my lower body any bigger, just my upper body, but I want to see some leg definition too. Should I continue cutting til I see some leg muscle, then bulk? In the end I wouldn't mind being around 120lb with the majority being lean muscle mass.

Anyways you guys have gotten me all excited to change my body. I truly appreciate all the comments and advice!

Here are my other measurements I took a few weeks ago if you're interested. I did it by measuring tape.

wrist - 5.5
neck - 12
shoulder - 17 across
chest - 32
bicep - 9.5 relaxed 10 flexed
waist - 27.5
hip - 35.5
thigh - 21
calf - 13
 
Thanks for the links! Maybe it's in my mind but I think the stretching and exercises I've been doing are helping a little. I'm def going to add in more back work to my routine and work the traps and lats.

I think I'm going to up my WT days to 4x a week, contemplating a split but for the moment I'm going to stick with my FBW. I've also upped my calories to 1500, it's still a cut but it will be slow fat loss, I'll also keep 30-50 min cardio 3x a week, steady state. Basically trying to build a bit of muscle while slowly losing fat. I will probably be doing a bulk during the fall.
 
I upped all my weights by 5 lbs today! I just had to do a few less reps on some exercises. I've also added a few extra upper body workouts to my routine.

Food:
kashi waffle, 2tbs pb, 1/2 banana
water + scoop of whey
Tuna burger I made and tasted like nothing, sweet potato, carrots + celery
1/2 cliff bar pre workout
1 cup skim milk, 1 scoop whey post workout
Turkey, brocolli, and butternut squash
1/2 cp cc, 1/2 scoop whey, and 4 almonds place me quite close to my macros, currently I'm on a 40p/35c/25f. Just read up on carb cycling, on non training days I'll be doing something closer to a 50/25/25 and lower calories to about 1300. Also going to add in pre workout shake of oats and whey, and keep milk and whey for post.
 
Add carbs to your post workout meal. Something like a banana or gatorade.

Also if you're sticking with full body workouts dont do them 4 times per week. 3 days per week plus a few days of conditioning is perfect.
 
wesrman said:
Add carbs to your post workout meal. Something like a banana or gatorade.

Also if you're sticking with full body workouts dont do them 4 times per week. 3 days per week plus a few days of conditioning is perfect.
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What do you mean by conditioning?
 
When i said conditioning i basically meant cardio. Training for the heart and lungs.

I just hate the word cardio because people think it has to be boring like riding an exercise bike for 30-45 minutes at a medium pace every time.
 
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wesrman said:
When i said conditioning i basically meant cardio. Training for the heart and lungs.

I just hate the word cardio because people think it has to be boring like riding an exercise bike for 30-45 minutes at a medium pace every time.
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I figured that's what you meant. Yeah, someone told me to focus on the WT and not so much cardio cause it helps with fat burn, but will also maintain and give slow muscle gains if the cal deficit isn't too high. I think you're right though 4 days of FBW does seem a bit much, especially if I would be doing two FBW back to back on two days. I think doing a upper body/lower body split might be good, I'd be able to do my workouts in less time and give my muscles longer rests.

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As for this weekend I didn't do any training like I wanted, instead I walked around a lot, mostly in the grocery stores. I ate decently, and made some meatloaf for dinner, it was awesome, finally made something and didn't fail. I'll be going to the gym tomorrow though yay!
 
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