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Building a Monster Upper Back

A huge and thick upper back is the hallmark of the alpha strength athlete. Only those with the fortitude and will to train with the requisite intensity will achieve the kind of upper back that literally intimidates and inspires awe in all who see it.

If you truly want the biggest and strongest back possible, it is necessary to combine the best of both the powerlifting and bodybuilding worlds!

Author: Christopher Mason Added: November 11th, 2009
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Old 06-11-2009, 07:49 PM   #1
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Body Weight PRs

Gentlemen, I feel that this must be accounted for. Post your body weight PRs.

My latest is 338.
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Old 06-11-2009, 08:21 PM   #2
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My favorite part about it was having people over that would be on the verge of calling me a liar and I'd go get my bathroom scale and be 280'ish...(with clothes, wallet, cellie etc...)
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Old 06-11-2009, 09:42 PM   #4
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Ugh, I'm feeling small and skinny as hell at 228.

All time PR was 240, I'm up 8lbs from last month. 308's are looking like my home!
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Old 06-12-2009, 12:36 AM   #6
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Ugh, I'm feeling small and skinny as hell at 228.
I'd love to be a solid 228. My best is maybe around 210ish, but I just started a bulk and hope to inflate to around 220 or so. Time to break the record!
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Old 06-12-2009, 06:25 AM   #7
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Old 06-12-2009, 06:25 AM   #8
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Gentlemen, I feel that this must be accounted for. Post your body weight PRs.

My latest is 338.
You are becoming quite the large land mammal.
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My heaviest ever was 200.

My lightest in my adult life is now @ 178.

I feel like a little girl compared to you guys.
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I feel like a little girl compared to you guys.
I know the feeling.

I've been up to 220, but hovering around 200 right now.
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Old 06-12-2009, 07:27 AM   #12
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I feel like a little girl compared to you guys.
Ha, I agree with that. There's a lot of huge guys on this site.

When I got back from a month in Japan, I weighed around 175 last year and looked terrible. No working out for the month and eating traditional Japanese food. That was the lightest I ever weighed in my adult life, and I hope to never get anywhere near that low again.
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Heaviest ive been is 250.
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LOL... it's like a cartoon where it goes past the meter mark and instead says "YOU'RE TOO FAT".
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LOL... it's like a cartoon where it goes past the meter mark and instead says "YOU'RE TOO FAT".
Pretty much. It was a digital scale and sometimes it'd tell me 308, but most of the time I just expected the display to say "PUT THE FORK DOWN"
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Gentlemen, I feel that this must be accounted for. Post your body weight PRs.

My latest is 338.
Wow man, do you have current pics?

My heaviest was 280 but that was a skinny fat unhealthy 280. Currently down to 260 but working on cutting more (or hopefully more of a slow recomp).
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Bodyweight pr 291 for me. It's the lightest I've been in about 7 years or so.
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