I've been doing a strength routine which consists of compound barbell exercises like squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press and barbell rows in a gym for the past one a half month. Before this, I've never been to a gym and only did pushups at home so this is my first proper routine. My aim is to have broad shoulders and a v-taper, like a swimmers body. I attached some pictures of my current body which I took a few days ago. I'm 21 years old this year, weighing 160 pounds/71 kg and my height is 5'7/171cm.

Other than the above barbell exercises I mentioned, I also do some 15 pounds dumbbell lateral raises 3 setsx8 reps and face pulls 4 setsx20 reps. Shoulder width is genetics I think so I want to know whether my shoulder width is broad or narrow. I also have a big belly but it's not obvious in the picture because I'm standing very straight and breathing in while tucking my tummy in. And also, what do u think my body fat percentage is?

This post has been edited by Strength: Sep 1 2016, 03:28 PM


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I'm not really asking for body transformation evaluation, yea 1 and a half month is not enough. I just want to know if my shoulder width is broad or narrow, because shoulder width is genetics isn't it?

I was trying to stand very straight with good posture. I think my tummy wasn't tucked in, it's just like that when I stand straight. My belly is only very obvious if I slouch.

Check out this female celebrity shoulders. Her name is Son Dam Bi, she's a Korean singer and actress, I don't follow K-pop but just a search on Google of females with broad shoulders and her name would appear.

That's quite broad isn't it? According to Google, her height is 5'7 and only 106 pounds/48kg.

Created this thread last year.

Now I can wear L size shirts. But I still feel small.

Btw some of my L-size shirts have different fit on my body depending on the shirt brand. Uniqlo's L size shirt fits tighter on my body compared to other brands for e.g Camel's Active L-size T-shirts are larger than Uniqlo's.

Show me an example

I think I look like the left one when I wear L size shirt, but I do not look as buff, and my L-size shirt sleeves doesn't fit around my arm, I dunno how to describe but there's a bit of extra sleeves hanging.

But if I wear M-size shirt, for sure I would look exactly like the left one, as buff as that.

This post has been edited by Strength: Mar 30 2017, 01:47 AM