Last week I was hanging out with Elliott Hulse from http://www.LeanHybridMuscle.net
Elliott is a professional strongman competitor and one hell of a strength and conditioning coach. He works with a lot of amateur and professional athletes who are looking for that extra edge, as well as average guys who just want to get in their best shape physical shape.
Now as a strength and conditioning coach Elliott focuses more on strength and athletic performance, not so much on muscle specialization workouts. Most of his training is based around working the body as a whole unit with lots of full body workouts.
Total body training is very effective. But when you have a stubborn lagging muscle group you need to do more than just “total body workouts” to target that specific muscle group and bring it up to par with the rest of your body.
Elliott asked me to help out one of his coaching students with some specialization tips for building wide muscular lats and that’s exactly what I cover in the video below…
Now I have a question for YOU…
What are some of your stubborn body parts that you would like help with developing?
You see to help Elliott out with his new Lean Hybrid Muscle Training System I’m going to put together a special “Muscle Specialization Guide” that will show you how to target your stubborn muscle groups and perform specific exercises to help bring them up to par with your stronger muscle groups.
So in the comments section below please let me know exactly what are your most stubborn muscle groups that you would like to get specialized workout programs for?
I’m sure everyone reading this has at least 1 body part that they’d like to improve, so I’m hoping for at least 100 comments to this blog post.
Than based on the feedback I get here I’m going to pick the most popular ones and create a complete “Muscle Specialization Training Guide” for those specific body parts.
So take a minute right now and post your comments below…
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Greg
Chest 100% seems to develop the slowest of all my muscles!
steve
I would say my biceps
Nick
Definitely my chest, done everything from blast my bench to random excersizes to stimulate different fibers and altho my chest shaped up a bit from when I started I am at a 305 lb press and I am afraid to try and bulk up my other muscle groups in fear that I will disproportion.
Saleh
Hi,
forearm and shoulders are the hardest muscles.
Justin
def chest but it runs in the males in my family..just took a pic by the pool with my dad and 5 brothers and the chest is the same shape right thru..i work my chest the most but the development is def slower than the other muscle groups..no probs with the legs as i’m a football (soccer) player
Doug
Biceps are the most stubborn and pecs are second.
Thanks Lee.
Jeades
My arms I’ve always been tall and lanky, I used myback occupationally for years so thats not that bad but I;ve always been super limited on my arms and shoulders, and working shoulders without injury is a big deal for me,
Hope this helps,
Jason
Mark
Triceps. I can’t really feel them as i exercise them.
joe
Calves for sure.
Scott
I’d have to say chest and arms. Get a pretty good pump, but they always seem to go flat after I hit them.
John Farrar
My triceps and side delt are my most stubborn muscles.
Sarah
I am a lightweight gal (105 #) and find that although everything is hard to develop, my quads are a little more responsive than my hams, but my hardest is definitely my arms and shoulders! They look like these little toothpicks sticking out of my torso and the second I gain any ounce of muscle in them, it seems to disappear overnight (despite a serious serving of casein before bed!). Grr! 😉
Gary E
I’m 62 yrs and I find my chest is my most stubborn body part, probably due to the fact that I have injured my rotator cuff several times and was adviced by the Dr not to due Bench Pressing. I would really Love to be able to bring up my chest to match the rest of my muscles and be symetrical with a weight of 215-220lbs and a height of 5’10 1/2″.
Tim
shoulders & biceps .. biceps are strong , but cannot get definition .. have arthritis in shoulders ..
Connor
i Think my abs are really hard to get deffinition and to get huge biceps
mike
Tim,
Same here!no matter what i do..definition is the hardest part..
Drew
My modt stubborn muscles are my abs and biceps.. My biceps have decent strength but i want them to be bigger. Stand taller when i flex.
garrie
I have a high metab and are always pretty much ripped even if i dont train for six months, but my stubborn bit is my abs, a bain in my life like women.
garrie
Tracy
Traps & Biceps! My triceps grow with little work! Biceps just won’t budge!!
scott
My legs for sure cannot break through with any workout
Tavi
Hi Lee, my most lagging muscle is chest. I have done blast your bench and other programs to shape my chest, but it hasn’t worked out. My chest definitely got stronger, but it still has a ton of fat on it and isn’t shaped at all.
By the way, thanks for making this specialization program for everyone to benefit from.
Dan
I’m having trouble toning my lower back and obliques. Everything else is looking good but lower back is pretty soft.
David W
Chest: Ac joint was done playing rugby and ever since, its been frustrating.
Bicep: Very slow gains.
caelan
hey lee,
i think my hamstrings, chest and the width of my biceps are the most stubborn.
adrian
Particularly my shoulders are followed by arms feel they are letting me down in trying to push harder.
Carl
My calves are the most stubborn. My forearms and triceps lag behind as well.
Praharsh
Chest.
Chest strength has been on a plateau for almost 6 months now
Tony lewis
Hi Lee
My two places are I would think are the most common my abs and my arms
Look forward to the results
GD
Lee my chest due to a rugby injury and legs due to weak knees
Steve D
Definitely Legs. Inner thighs and calves.
Troy Johnson
I feel as though my bicepts are the worse part they are small. The abs or lack of as well.
Gustavo
Certainly Chest and biceps… Trapezius and triceps are so disproportionately larger compared to my chest and biceps its getting annoying, Even though I do cross cables, bench, etc…
Warren
Can’t seem to build up my upper chest like I want
dave
Abs are definately my problem area. Traps also dont seem to be very visible. also calves and quads have good definition but i find it hard to get them to increase in size (especially calves).
Roger F
I would like to build a more defined chest/pecs.
Jozsi
I would say that my triceps are the hardest
Chris
I would say quads/upper chest.
MY
I wish to build up my calf as it’s not proportionate to my thigh.
Fred
calves calves calves calves calves.
Joby
Chests and calves are hard to build for me
doctacarta
calfs and legs…im a white guy
P
Arms & ABS are my concerns.
Bobby
I seem to lack in the shoulder and trap area, but I also have pain in the shoulders at times. With a good warm up Im great but with certain movements ie: inlcine bench I still get some soreness.
Simon
Biceps and chest.
Tom
For me, my upperchest/shoulders are very hard to develop, and my arms and calves are hard to put size on, and not just definition.
James
Biceps – weak, quick to fail, and a nuisance in the gym.
Nick
definitely biceps
Bill
Forearms are the hardest to increase for me.
Gianni Del Franco
Mr. Hayward, I can’t seem to get good separation and size between my shoulders and my biceps and triceps.
brenda
rear delts, upper back
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