Thread: Most Undeveloped Muscle of People who begin bodybuilding?

stabilizer muscles. ever seen a n00b try to bench press? they can't balance the weight at all...

I've actually never seen a real Noob bench press, I remember myself when i was 16 finding it a bit wierd, I bet people were quietly pissing themselves laughing at me I got the han g of it pretty quickly though.

I suppose what I am asking, is what muscle is underdeveloped but then with adequate training and diet builds up mass and becomes impressive and apparent.

Traps + Quads

stabilization muscles.

I choose quads. Although I see a lot of people struggling with their chests.

n00bs always go way heavier than they can lift on bench, and the rep looks goofy as hell, even with the spotter lifting up 80% of the weight.

this is tough. most people neglect their legs. calves are predominantly genetic so ya can't fault someone for that. abs have more to do with diet than training. beginning BBers struggle with chest from what i've seen but have issues with other muscle groups as well simply due to lack of training knowledge. i can't choose.

I would say traps...

Not legs cause I used to run, and my legs were not big, but strong

And not back or chest, cause I was in the Army and did tons of pushups, and chins

Hams - Many people use the leg press and extentions but fail to work their hams enough

I am going to narrow mine down to the Erector Spinae group for the simple fact that they are the most often injured/complained about area in the general population.

Originally Posted by yellowmoomba

Hams - Many people use the leg press and extentions but fail to work their hams enough

The same jokers who wear the baggie pants & spaghetti tanks,
bench press four out of seven days a week, and legs one out of seven?
Then take the weekend off.

If the mind were a muscle it would be #1

I'm with YM and Dale on this one. I feel the entire posterior chain is highly neglected.

Usually people focus more on muscles visible from the front of the body and neglect the muscles on the back of the body, which I feel are even more important in terms of athletics and functionality.

I'm going to go with spinal erectors.

rear delts for me wait how about my shoulders cuz they blow

Im going to agree with one of the other posts and say stabilizer muscles.
I remember when I had just gotten into BBing, I had a heck of a time moving weight appropriately because my stabilizers werent helping control the weight/motion. I am actually expecting to go thru this again when I restart my routine tomorrow after an 11week hiatus.

rear delts here, hard to work them

I'm not sure what normally is, but for me it's probably my legs. Just all around. I always neglected squats and any type of leg work until recently.

hands down...its gotta be quads.

next would be traps IMO

Its not the calfs if you do any sort of walking/running/bicycling regulary.

I would suggest the lower pectorals, i mean what do you use them for in every day life?

Originally Posted by ps2cho

I would suggest the lower pectorals, i mean what do you use them for in every day life?

Whenever you push anything away from your body.

Lats/back in general get my vote

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Whenever you push anything away from your body.

Lats/back in general get my vote

Yep on most people u cant even see their lats!

I would have to say back and legs

I was one of those people just doing chest and arms untill about 6 months ago. Now I really like my back day, cause i'm finally starting to see my strength increase. Legs I still don't particulary like due to the fact that they are really weak and I feel like a pussy in the gym.

I'd have to say legs at least for me personally. I just started working legs about 7 months ago and at first women were lifting more than me. Apparently my legs are my strong point as now I lift more than most at the gym. Legs went from skinny to being slightly bigger than upper body.

Previously I just felt legs were pointless. I didn't want to waiste time on them. I was only concerned with my upper body. Then I started looking in the mirror and I had these thin legs with a big upper body. Made me look like I had chicken legs.

I agree with those that say stabalizers.

rear delts....lol @ stabilzers

The brain

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

The brain