Hi folks,

Here is a set of pics of me which were taken over last couple of days, hope you can see them ok - let me know if not. Sorry they are a bit poor quality snaps, when i eventually achieve my physique goals i will get some professional ones taken (something to show the grandkids) You should have seen the bloke in the changing rooms watching this little photoshoot out of the corner of his eye, I could tell he was thinking 'you FUCKING poser"

Legs pics coming next time, i need to take the camera right into the torture chamber for that i think, so i can take them right in them middle of my leg workout!

Off on hols today so will hopefully be able to get online after a few days.....

looking good mate - what are your longer tmer goals?

Great looking physique fella!

Nice build there mate... evidence of quite a few hours in the gym there!

Looking good, nice arms and chest and delts, though wheres the leg pics? Your lats need work, other than that excellent.

I'd agree on the Lat width, but other than that you're looking in very good shape.

Good size and condition on you mate.

You should really read the rules though mate. you should be infracted or banned for not posting an ass shot!

An ass shot with voyeurs should get at least double points

Sorry James - official warning - no bum shots, no credit!

Looking very good!

Looking in great condintion James, very impressive.

Good work. Defo lots of good training in that there physique. Looks fairly balanced, with good size & leanness.

What's your weight & height?

Cheers guys, never posted pics up to an audience of health fanatics before! Very daunting...

To answer:

1/ My main goals are really just to harden up a bit more, get my BF down another 3-4% and keep it there, whilst keeping or possibly improving on muscle mass. Obviously i'm striving for the aesthetic Muscle & Fitness cover type physique - though may have to settle for Mens Health style due to lack of jabs!

2/ Yeah i agree on the lats, they seem to tie in pretty high sadly, just like my caves and Bis. Gonna add in wide grip lat pulldowns to my workout (already includes wide chins, but can only do 3 sets of 8!)

3/ I am 6ft tall and 90kg (14.2st)

Thanks for the comments, i'll post legs in a week or so, and my nicely tanned bod as i'm in Texas for 12 days as of tomorrow! (the speedos are packed already)

Well that's defo some good work at 6ft tall.

You also seems to have a long body which hampers aesthetics somewhat, but you seem to have done well with that.

I've only read a few of your posts, but getting to 3-4% BF isn't going to happen when you eat cheat meals consisting of sweets & angel delight etc. There's always a better bad choice

Do you know what your BF % is? Also, what method it was taken with?
It's always very difficult to tell from pics but I'd say somewhere between 7& & 10%.

james ellis wrote:2/ Yeah i agree on the lats, they seem to tie in pretty high sadly, just like my caves and Bis. Gonna add in wide grip lat pulldowns to my workout (already includes wide chins, but can only do 3 sets of 8!)

Pretty sure I know why your lats seem to lack a bit of width.
If I were you I'd start hitting the pullups HARD - not just the widegrip ones, chins, hammers, everything. Variation is key - if you've been training for hypertrophy (high reps) for some time, it might be a good idea to switch to heavy low rep work for a bit.

Other than that, very impressive physique. You measurements are similar to mine (6"1, 89-90kg), though you're quite a bit leaner.

Cheers, sound advice on the low rep training. Been pretty much on the 8-12 range for a while now.

Regarding the sweeties: the sweets and angel delight are sugar and fat free, so i figured they are a guilt-free way to indulge a little. Unless there could be something in the E numbers or sweeteners that arent doing me any good. That'd be just my luck, "New research proves that aspartame makes people hold onto bodyfat" (Doh!)

Anyway, there is always room to be stricter and i think thats gonna be the necessary plan to improve things.

Not had a caliper or BMI/Electrostat done for a while, just had my BF estimated by a PT at the gym (!)
I'll get these measurements taken when i get back from hols and post em up.

Right i'm off now, gotta go iron my thongs..... Thanks again.

James - looking good all round mate, nice conditioning

As said lat width is your only real issue - lots of pullup variations (a la Rilla) will no doubt help, and heavy BORs with a good stretch and strict form are another good one in my opinion. Even deadlifts and RDLs seem to be help with width.

Now why can't i get that lean!?

Looking great.

Karlos wrote:Now why can't i get that lean!?

Looking great.

eating too many LCFA's

cleaver wrote:

Karlos wrote:Now why can't i get that lean!?

Looking great.

eating too many LCFA's

I've cut down now matey, i thought 'if i'm eating all these LC's, why would my body want to use its own?'

Basically its just cheese i've cut down on.

Good abs shots !!

Your about the same height as me - makes me reasise what id look like if my best friends on a Friday werent Doner and Stella

Gym-pig wrote:Good abs shots !!

Your about the same height as me - makes me reasise what id look like if my best friends on a Friday werent Doner and Stella

hehe....I know that feeling

Good conditioning and abs... back definately your weakness.

That's all I've got to say, if you can't be bothered to post up a full set of pics with compulsory ass shot then that's all I can be bothered writing!

Bison wrote:Good conditioning and abs... back definately your weakness.

That's all I've got to say, if you can't be bothered to post up a full set of pics with compulsory ass shot then that's all I can be bothered writing!

Give him credit for putting a "yet" in the end.

He just said that to keep us hanging Rilla

I suspect James is a filthy cock tease

Rab wrote:He just said that to keep us hanging Rilla

I suspect James is a filthy cock tease

He's probably doing 10,000 sphincter squeezes a day to get it tighter than a chickens

Then we will see it. Like Zoolanders magnum pose.