BergMuscle’s BodyBlog

As I pumped some iron in front of the mirrors in the cruise ship gym during last week’s vacation (Holland America ship to Alaska!) I took a hard look at myself, especially in a room full of other people in "work out clothes". At home, I train alone in my basement, so I was more "body conscious" than usual. Now, I’ve been real aware that my legs have little definition and are carrying too much fat (my opinion) and that my biceps have neither the peaks that I want to see nor the "baseball bulge" that I see guys flexing on youtube.  My triceps have improved big time, but not enough to push my arms to that 16" mark. 

With that said I noticed as I did lateral raises in my tank-top shirt that my delts are solid, well-defined, even - dare I say it? - cut. My traps, while not as huge as some other guys, show nice muscle definition. I’m even getting vascular in my delts and forearms. Plus I’ve always been aware that I’ve got big lats and pecs.  In short, while I’ve been focusing on the bodyparts that aren’t up to my expectations yet, I’ve developed some seriously good-looking muscle mass in other places.

 So my point is that, while I’ll continue to work on improving my "lagging" body parts, I’m going to start celebrating my most muscular areas. Instead trying to always post a more impressive front-double-biceps shot, I’ll try some poses that show off the delts/traps or the chest/lats. I’ve build some good muscle on this body of mine; I really ought to spend some of my energy feeling good about my best areas, and take a break from my "challenge spots."

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