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You should always go with custom sizing if it's available, especially since you have such a large upper body for your smaller frame. Thing is, though, nobody is going to 'pop out' and really show off their muscles in a spandex suit without contour shading. The nature of the fabric is that it rides from high-point to high-point and blurs and compresses your musculature to a degree. Even really jacked people don't look that defined in lycra:
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Cool, thanks again. Best of luck to you in your endeavors.

I see, I was under the impression I would. So I would need it shaded In on the spandex as a muscle suit shade pattern? Not sure of what would be the correct the name.
 
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I see, I was under the impression I would. So I would need it shaded In on the spandex as a muscle suit shade pattern? Not sure of what would be the correct the name.
Right. If you want to look defined and like your muscles are 'popping through the suit' you either need countour shading around the muscle groups (as used in the films Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man) or you need to have a slightly transparent fabric with a reflective muscle layer underneath (As seen in Man of Steel).

However, you'll still look great in a suit without contour shading, you just wouldn't look like the muscle groups are defined and popping. The suit for 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2" has very little contour shading at all, and it still looks pretty badass, because of the shape of the actor (and slight muscle suit layer) underneath, and the way the lines are laid out on the suit.
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**What I'm trying to get across is that your goal of looking like your muscles are 'popping' and defined is not so much a fitness goal as it is a costume design goal, especially considering your current level of physical fitness.
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Cheers.
 
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Right. If you want to look defined and like your muscles are 'popping through the suit' you either need countour shading around the muscle groups (as used in the films Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and The Amazing Spider-Man) or you need to have a slightly transparent fabric with a reflective muscle layer underneath (As seen in Man of Steel).

However, you'll still look great in a suit without contour shading, you just wouldn't look like the muscle groups are defined and popping. The suit for 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2" has very little contour shading at all, and it still looks pretty badass, because of the shape of the actor (and slight muscle suit layer) underneath, and the way the lines are laid out on the suit.
http://i.imgur.com/6KCwl6o.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pg3Xjvk.jpg


**What I'm trying to get across is that your goal of looking like your muscles are 'popping' and defined is not so much a fitness goal as it is a costume design goal, especially considering your current level of physical fitness.
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Cheers.

You see not knowing anything about that I assumed I would go through the suit, getting that spiderman comic look how in some you can see every detail but that is a comic. I'll keep all that shading in mind. So I would need shading around the muscles or a muscle pattern just trying to clear it up.
I suppose as long as my work in the gym is shown in the suit I'm satisfied I dont want to put it on and them it seems as I havent hit the gym. :p
Honestly I love the amazing spiderman 2 suit but I don't know if I like the suit or CGI suit more tbh.
 
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I see a good progress since i vary the weights im using. Eg. Biceps i do 3 sets with 30lbs and then directly 3 sets with 20lbs. And during the sets only 20secs breaks so the muscles dont cool down. Also for the definition it helps :)


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Just wanted to say congrats to all here! I'm not going for a Spidey physique, but love seeing people amped up about working out; keeps me focused (working toward Man of Steel myself). Great advice, and as others said, there isn't a "one workout fits all".

I know it was a page back, but saw lots of posts to OneTrickPony. Wow! Yup, pretty thin. We're both 5'10", but I dropped 6 in from my waist last year (yah, I was BIG) and along with gains from weight lifting, weigh in at 216. 34in waist, 48-49" chest. My MoS suit has plenty of room in the midsection, but TIGHT across the chest/back.

Anyway, everyone keep it up! Don't focus on the weight, it's just a number. Strive to feel and look good, and you'll hit goal!
 
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Well its true not to focus on tr weight. 5"11 and about 175lbs and i am still pretty thin. And with numbers its easy to set goals i think. So i did set my goal to gain to 200 lbs :) ill see if i can reach it


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I just made myself a workout plan, starting tomorrow. I only have a pull up bar, and a set of adjustable dumbbells.

Day 1: Push and squeeze. This means chest, triceps and calves. Unfortunately, I don't have access to bench press.

Chest
Slow motion push ups with heavy-ass backpack: Until failure x 4
Dumbbell flies on floor: Need to do them with so heavy dumbbells you can only do 4-8 in order to bulk up. If you want definition, 9-15, x4

Triceps
Slow motion close grip push ups: Until failure x 4
Any dumbbell tricep exercise: 4-8 (9-15) x 4
Any dumbbell tricel exercise: 4-8 (9-15) x 4
Dips until failure x 4

Calves:
Any calf exercise, really. Might just go with raises, until failure x 4, or "dumbbell seated one-legg calf raises", 8-15 x 4

Day two: Pulling. This means back, bicep and abs.
Back
Pull ups until failure: x 4
Chin ups until failure: x 4
Vertical push ups, either wall or someone holding: Until failure x 4
Bent over dumbbell rows: 8

Biceps
Bicep curls: Sitting (allows you to isolate more because you hopefully "rock" less), 4-8 (9-12)
Slow motion bicep releases until failure x 4
(Might add another exercise, advice welcome)

Abs:
Extreme Six Pack Abs Workout - YouTube Yeah.

Day 3: REST!
But, don't forget, cardio. At LEAST 15-30 minutes, skipping rope or running outside. I think I'll try and do 30-60.

Day 4: Shoulders, traps and calves.

Shoulders
Bent-over lateral raises: 10 x 4, don't go too heavy though, and don't bend too low, it puts a lot of stress on your lower back. It will cause injury if done wrong.
The driver OneResult.com - Bus Drivers - YouTube : 10 (10 each way) x 4
Wide push ups with hands angled 45 degrees, pointing outwards: Until failure x 4

Traps
Dumbbell shrugs: 12 x 4, as heavy weights as can get sticky, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man hands on.

Day 5: Legs and abs

Legs
Dumbbell squats: Until failure with as heavy weights you can handle without doing the exercise wrong x 4
Dumbbell lunges: ^

Abs:
Extreme Six Pack Abs Workout - YouTube

Day 6 and 7: Rest days, obligational cardio though. Same as day 3.

Pick one of the other days and do cardio as well though, either one of the days you don't do legs, or just one of the days you have the time, doesn't matter, really. Ideally, I want to do cardio 4 days a week. Advice/adjustments/ideas are very welcome, just thought I'd share my plans for the next couple of weeks. Drinking a protein shake after workout, but not bothering on rest days. For me, I'm going to try and eat everything I can get my hands on, because I have never really been able to put on weight, currently 165 lbs, 6'4" tall. Somewhat muscular, but not big in any way, rather lanky, really. If you want to try this, feel free, I'll post updates. You can see my current physique here: http://www.therpf.com/f78/almostspidermans-tasm-build-help-appreciated-205132/


And don't forget to flex for minimum 5 seconds after you've done each exercise, to make sure you blood flows in every part of the muscle, haha. You're not using your entire muscle when doing the exercise, so the flexing should do the trick. to get a more evenly built muscle. Not entirely sure who told me about this, might have been some old Schwarzenegger advice, if I remember correctly.
 
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AlmostSpiderMan: a common misconception among gym goers is that bulking requires low amounts of reps while definition requires high amounts of reps. Simply put, that isn't the case at all.

hypertrophy is the act of gaining size. Size is part training volume, part high caloric intake. To gain bulk (true bulk) one would inevitably gain some fat along with it. Hypertrophy's typical rep range I the 10-12 reps for 4 sets with ~60seconds rest. Cardio is detrimental to bulking as you need the calories to gain mass (takes matter to make matter).

definition, or cutting is the act of shedding body fat. This is accomplished by eating clean, healthy foods, doing cardio (HIIT is the best way of shrinking fat cells.) the rep ranges can basically be kept the same (strength gains are optimized at lower rep ranges) while the rest times can be shortened to about 30-45seconds.
 
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Put it the simple way
bulking = caloric surplus
cutting = caloric deficiet
 
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This might be the truth to someone and I can accept that it might work for most people, but I'm going to try this anyways, I've never been able to gain much size, not even fat, and I still eat more than anyone I know, and everyone seem surprised I eat so much. Typically, dinner means eating until the table is empty, and I'm constantly hungry. Yet, I've been exercising every other day the last year, following this very strictly, doing about 10 repetitions, and eating a lot as much as I always did. Didn't really get any results. I'm only 17 years old though, so I have plenty of time to try and fail and see what helps me. Don't think I'll be capable of saying no to less food though haha. I met someone who used to be skinnier than me, and was that skinny until he was 20, then I begun seeing great results on him, and he always was a healthy guy, eating more than enough and wanted to gain muscle so he exercised and went to the gym for years. He told me that what did it for him was the few repetitions, heavy as hell way. I'll just see if this gets me somewhere.

Thanks anyways, I'll update you if my results are better than earlier!
 
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This might be the truth to someone and I can accept that it might work for most people, but I'm going to try this anyways, I've never been able to gain much size, not even fat, and I still eat more than anyone I know, and everyone seem surprised I eat so much. Typically, dinner means eating until the table is empty, and I'm constantly hungry. Yet, I've been exercising every other day the last year, following this very strictly, doing about 10 repetitions, and eating a lot as much as I always did. Didn't really get any results. I'm only 17 years old though, so I have plenty of time to try and fail and see what helps me. Don't think I'll be capable of saying no to less food though haha. I met someone who used to be skinnier than me, and was that skinny until he was 20, then I begun seeing great results on him, and he always was a healthy guy, eating more than enough and wanted to gain muscle so he exercised and went to the gym for years. He told me that what did it for him was the few repetitions, heavy as hell way. I'll just see if this gets me somewhere.

Thanks anyways, I'll update you if my results are better than earlier!

If you're not gaining its simply because your calories are not where they need to be, you seem to have the issue I had when I first started. I was 110 lbs my maintence calories was 2200, the only way I could gain weight was taking in between 4000-5000 calories daily then I started gaining weight, and it was about a 1lb a week. Trust me you aren't gaining because you're hitting the caloric surplus you need.
Calculate here
IIFYM Calculator
Try increasing the maintenance calories it tells you by 500, if you don't gain from that kick it up to a 1000 over your maintence. If you gain over a 1lb a week, you'll be gaining more fat then you'd probably like.
And hit your macros
carbs/protein/fats etc..
The calculator will calculate it all for you which is lucky for you because when I first started I had no clue of that and did it all by using the proper formulas and doing it by hand.
 
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Some words of wisdom from Mark Rippetoe:

"You guys that worry about eating clean are actually merely bodybuilders looking for justification for your obsession with abs. You cannot get big and strong on 3000 kcal/day. And you cannot eat 7000/day and eat perfectly "clean".:

"The bulk/cut approach holds that you can either add muscle or lose bodyfat, and that all training should be concerned with one or the other."
 
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i has gain 1kg in a week
 
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To the hard gainers out there, I had trouble gaining for a long time, until I bought myself a blender. 1500 cal shakes really make things easier.
 
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I am just passed day 30 and im seeing great results with p90x, though the 15th day i switched to p90x3 and man that is so awesome I'm loving these new workouts and am excited to see day 90 i started january 6th and the days are just speeding by. im only 15 and lost basically all my weight a while ago so this is just toning up and getting nice muscle on the chest and arms. Now my waist is 32 inches and my height is 5'7 when i put the tape measure on my waist and squeezed it tight then my waist measured 31 inches so there is only 1 inch ish between my skin and abs in which i need to lose so im planning on getting my costume in the next 2 weeks should I? i mean there is not alot of body fat on my stomach, and i cant wait any longer. Also what is the term cutting ? like is it temporary or what is it in general? also how do i cut? thanks
 
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I am just passed day 30 and im seeing great results with p90x, though the 15th day i switched to p90x3 and man that is so awesome I'm loving these new workouts and am excited to see day 90 i started january 6th and the days are just speeding by. im only 15 and lost basically all my weight a while ago so this is just toning up and getting nice muscle on the chest and arms. Now my waist is 32 inches and my height is 5'7 when i put the tape measure on my waist and squeezed it tight then my waist measured 31 inches so there is only 1 inch ish between my skin and abs in which i need to lose so im planning on getting my costume in the next 2 weeks should I? i mean there is not alot of body fat on my stomach, and i cant wait any longer. Also what is the term cutting ? like is it temporary or what is it in general? also how do i cut? thanks

first off congrats on starting p90x, its a lot of fun. as far as cutting goes, it is simply reducing your overall caloric intake for a period of time until you reach a desired bodyfat percentage. could take 3 weeks or 3 months depending on how much you have to lose. and seeing as you are 15 i wouldn't really bother. you are still growing, you need all the calories you can get especially if you are working out also and looking to get some muscle. cutting now would probably stop any progress in getting muscle just eat healthy, stay fit and dont worry about the rest. abs are made in the kitchen, if you eat healthy eventually those abs will start to show.
 
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I'm also on the P90X bandwagon, although I'm doing P90X2. I'm just over thirty days in, and am already seeing results - seeing more muscle definition, improved strength, and lost some crud off of my waist. I'm 6'3" and started the program around 185 lbs so I wasn't in terrible shape. I dropped about five pounds in the first few weeks but am starting to put on weight, which I presume is due to building on muscle.

For me, I'm not so concerned about my weight but am more focused on getting stronger and improving my physique so I can pull off Spider-Man and Superman.

Sean
 
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Its amazing to see that Spiderman gives so many ppl the will to get in shape or to live more healthy :)


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P90x3 is going great!
I'm now 60 days in and I feel awesome!
I've decided to start doing double days (pro circuit + original) beginning Monday now that I'm back in the right shape for that kind of conditioning.
 
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I workout 4-5 days a week. Every day a diff part. So every part 1 time a week.
I do 3 sets and then again 3 sets with less weight. Helps alot to gain and define my shape.


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