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This may sound a bit vain, but I was wondering if any of you guys that are into building have any tips or suggestions for improving your side profile. In other words, what are the muscle groups that body builders focus on when attacking this angle?

I would assume obliques, tris, traps? I know its a whole body thing, but since I'm putting in the time and effort, even if its just a hobby, I'd like to be going in the right direction.

As always, thanks for the info.
 
What makes a side profile look BAD is a gut.

As a general rule, lowering your body fat makes you look better from all angles. But, I'd say this is especially true from the side.
 
Work your shoulders (front flys, side flys, bent over rows), obviously do your arms, your chest, dips will work all of the above, they're like the squats of the upper body. working out way down the body we have our lats and obliques, the lats attach down half the spine,and across the top edge of the back of the pelvis, because of this, you do not need your arms behind your back to get your lats in. this is especislly usefulin rowing. When rowing, seated, pull the bar towards the middle of your thigh and really try to get that bit of the lat that is attached to the pelvis, that'll tone and add mass to your side. Concentrate on you the whole of your sholderblades as well as your lats while doing palms forward pulls ups to get depth in the upper chest. Oh yeah once you get real good lats it's quite easy to get them into dips.
 
LawnChairSkank said:
Using lats to push? Can someone explain this to me?
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Think about a modification of cable cross over movement. Hold your arms straight out to the sides, like you are Jesus on a cross. Now, push your arms down to the sides. Sort of like a "reverse" side lateral raise.

That movement targets the lats directly, and as you can see, a similar movement is used in dips. Indeed, dips are quite similar to cable cross overs.

I forget the technical term, but I think it's something like arm adduction, or abduction, or what the fuck ever :) Point is, it hits the lats.
 
Binge Artist said:
Think about a modification of cable cross over movement. Hold your arms straight out to the sides, like you are Jesus on a cross. Now, push your arms down to the sides. Sort of like a "reverse" side lateral raise.

That movement targets the lats directly, and as you can see, a similar movement is used in dips. Indeed, dips are quite similar to cable cross overs.

I forget the technical term, but I think it's something like arm adduction, or abduction, or what the fuck ever :) Point is, it hits the lats.
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I see what your sayin now, sounds like it would be a lot more effective doin dips on rings instead of a set bar. Pullups ftw
 
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