Kejohanan Bina Badan Kuala Lumpur 2012

Mr. Kuala Lumpur 2012

Tarikh: Jun 17, 2012 (Ahad)

Tempat: Arena Sukan Tertutup MOM, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur

Pendaftaran / Timbang Berat: 9.00 pagi

Pertandingan bermula: 1.00 tengahari

Yuran Pendaftaran Peserta: RM30.00

Shoulder Training

As bodybuilders we are all pursuing the ‘perfect’ body which means fulfilling our full potential. The concept of a perfect body can mean different things to different people. For example some bodybuilders, both male and female prefer the ‘bigger is better’ trend and therefore model their physiques on the ‘mass monsters’ of their generation. Whereas others prefer the streamline aesthetic look pioneered by 3 time Mr Olympia Frank Zane which is again becoming more popular. These outlooks can differ greatly, in terms of training and eating habits. However, one aspect of bodybuilding has never attracted considerable debate, this is of course shoulder training or deltoid training. It is almost universally agreed that the building of broad, thick well balanced deltoids is paramount in constructing the perfect physique whatever your goals.

As bodybuilders we are all pursuing the ‘perfect’ body which means fulfilling our full potential. The concept of a perfect body can mean different things to different people. For example some bodybuilders, both male and female prefer the ‘bigger is better’ trend and therefore model their physiques on the ‘mass monsters’ of their generation. Whereas others prefer the streamline aesthetic look pioneered by 3 time Mr Olympia Frank Zane which is again becoming more popular. These outlooks can differ greatly, in terms of training and eating habits. However, one aspect of bodybuilding has never attracted considerable debate, this is of course shoulder training or deltoid training. It is almost universally agreed that the building of broad, thick well balanced deltoids is paramount in constructing the perfect physique whatever your goals.

Shoulders maketh the man, or women for that matter. It is true that the shoulders/deltoids have the ability to improve a physique markedly; for example from the front/back they add width to the physique which in turn creates a more dramatic ‘V-taper’ which gives the illusion of a thinner, tighter waist-line. From the side good deltoid development adds a tremendous amount of thickness to the upper body, whereas from the back, well developed rear deltoids can make a massive difference to a rear double bicep pose or rear lat spread. The shoulders are probably the most masculine of all muscle groups which is why I am writing this article so you can get straight down to the hard work in the gym.

The training of the deltoids varies considerable from individual to individual, as some things work better for some than others. Some people split the muscles in the shoulders up into two separate workouts, pairing them with other muscles (usually the chest or back). Some people prefer to train the whole shoulder area, again with back or chest work usually featuring. It is even been known for some of the genetically gifted to eliminate direct shoulder work entirely from their workouts as they play a secondary role in the contractions of many other muscles. Although I would argue that if your shoulders are a lagging body part then the best way to train these muscles is alone and all in one session. This allows you to focus your full energy and concentration on developing your shoulders. It is for these reasons that I choose to go into greater detail into this type of session.

Before we start, it makes perfect sense to identify the major muscles of the shoulder girdle that we choose to isolate and breakdown. In this case we are concerned with the posterior deltoid (front part of shoulder), medial head of the deltoid (side of shoulder) and finally the anterior deltoid (the rear of the shoulder). Note that I haven’t included the trapezius (traps) muscles in this workout. This is because effective back training including up-right rows and shrugs tends to bring the best out of these muscles. Nevertheless the nature of ‘pressing’ movements will ensure adequate stress is placed on the trapezius muscles. Your session should be kept relatively short, simple and straightforward, ideally lasting no more than 45mins with the use of no more than 12 working sets. Strict attention to intensity (see article on intensity) and proper technique should always take precedent over silly poundage’s that can only be managed in a dangerous and sloppy manner.

You also have to consider the order in which you want to train these muscles. It is important to keep this constantly rotating as not to allow the muscles to become too familiar with the stimuli. However, it has to be said that the backbone of any good mass building shoulder workout would be the involvement of ‘heavy’ compound pressing movements. These are usually performed first in the workout when your levels of energy and concentration are at there highest. Although it would be wise to include pre- exhaust (see chest article) principle every 4-5th session. In this case you would begin the workout training a smaller muscle group (usually the most lagging one) such as the rear/anterior deltoid to help balance out the proportions and to give the shoulders as a whole a more pleasing appearance.

We will now take the previous example of training the bigger more powerful front/posterior deltoid first, as this is going to be the most frequent agenda. It is universally agreed that the best exercises for this part of the shoulder are the pressing movements. These exercises lend themselves to a variety of versions. Personally it is my preference to choose a seated position with a 90-degree back support, choosing to press the free weights (barbells/dumbbells). The free weights allow for a greater, more natural range of movement, but this is only my opinion. But these pressing actions also call upon ancillary (muscles that act as stabilisers to the movement). Which in turn help to pack on more mass in and around the shoulder area. Although this does not mean that I do not alternate between machines (Smith machine) as well as a standing position. This again helps shock the muscle by ‘tricking’ the front deltoids into new growth. Try 4-5 working sets progressing in weight, whilst reducing the amount of reps from 12 to 6. It is important for you to be reaching positive failure (where you can no longer lift the weight with perfect technique) on the last rep or two on each working set. This principle applies to all of these shoulder movements.

If done correctly you will find this quite energy taxing, as they are compound, multi-muscle movements requiring effort from the front deltoid, traps and triceps. On completion you then need to turn your attention to the medial head of the deltoid, or the side of the shoulder. Free weights in this instance are again in my opinion the best option, as the side laterals are the only exercise to directly stress this muscle. Again contemplate doing 4-5 working sets to positive failure. Attention to strict form is crucial in this exercise, as the success of the movement is almost entirely dependent on strict form. This means bringing the weights up from the hips with elbows slightly bent. This should be the focus of the exercise with no other movement from the rest of the body. To squeeze a little extra blood into the side deltoids it is a good idea to raise the weights whilst slightly rotating the hand so that the little finger is higher than the thumb. As this is best done with free weights with dumbbells it lends itself to the variety of intensity techniques that are available to you (see article on intensity). This can help shock the muscles into new areas of growth and development.

The final muscles to be stressed are the rear deltoids if this strategy of shoulder training is to be adopted. The most natural and effective exercise in this case is the bent over rear lateral flyes. This is a simple movement in the same mould of the side laterals, although done in a bent over fashion. Although an excellent alternative is the reverse cable crossovers. This is slightly more difficult so make sure an instructor is at hand to monitor your form. However when mastered is a real asset to your knowledge. As with the other parts of the shoulder a good 4 working sets should suffice.

Pay close attention to every set and rep and try to make them of the highest quality possible. This routine will saturate the entire shoulder girdle with a great deal of blood. The ‘pump’ that this will create if completed correctly will truly open your eyes and give you an invaluable reference for further deltoid training. On a final note I cannot stress the importance of eating and sleeping correctly if your potential is to be realised.

Anthony Millar

Triceps Extension & Plank

Mass Building Workout

DAY 1: Upper-Body Main Movements
EXERCISE	SETS	REPS
Close-Grip Bench Press	3*	8
	1**	Failure
Dumbbell Overhead Press	5	5
Pull-Up	5	AMAP
* Weight used should be as heavy as possible. ** Use 80% of the weight you used for your first three sets.
DAY 2: Upper-Body Accessory Movements
EXERCISE	SETS	REPS
Rolling Dumbbell Triceps Extension	3	Shockwave*
Banded Triceps Push-Down	3	AMAP
T-Bar Row	3	Shockwave
Rear Delt Flye	5	Timed**
Hammer Curl	3	AMAP
* See above article for explanation. ** One minute of work followed by two minutes' rest.
DAY 3: Energy Systems Work (60-90 Minutes)
DAY 4: Lower-Body Main Movements
EXERCISE	SETS	REPS
Box Squat	3*	8
	1**	AMAP
Barbell Lunge	3*	8
Stiff-Leg Deadlift	5	5
* Weight used should be as heavy as possible. ** As many sets as possible (to failure)
DAY 5: Lower-Body Accessory Movements And Abdominals
EXERCISE	SETS	REPS
Bulgarian Split Squat	3	Shockwave
Banded Hamstring Curl	5	Shockwave
Weighted Plank	5 min*
Toe-To-Bar Hanging Leg Raise	3	AMAP
* As many sets as it takes to complete five minutes of work.
DAY 6: Energy Systems Work (60-90 Minutes)
DAY 7: Rest, Sleep, and Grow
AMAP = As many as possible (to failure)

What is the Ideal Body Fat for Men & Women?

WOMEN:
Competition Shape ("ripped"): 8-12%
Very Lean (excellent): < 15%
Lean (good): 16-20%
Satisfactory (fair): 21-25%
Improvement needed (poor): 26-30%
Major improvement needed (Very poor): 31-40%+

MEN:
Competition Shape ("ripped"): 3-6%
Very Lean (excellent): < 9%
Lean (good): 10-14%
Satisfactory (fair): 15-19%
Improvement needed (poor): 20-25%
Major improvement needed (Very poor): 26-30%+

taken from Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat

Anti-doping: Widening the net against a common enemy

This article can also be found here

Sport is huge business and the influence of the underworld is getting greater by the year. The threat is so acute that it needs to be addressed head on, argues David Howman, Director General of WADA, in the fifth contribution to Play the Game’s comment series on corruption in sport.

By David Howman

23 September 2011

David Howman stresses the need for co-operation between the sport system and law enforcement in the fight against corruption in sport.

Comment: One only has to look at a handful of successful law enforcement investigations into doping to appreciate the impact they can have on sport.

The BALCO case, Operation Puerto, the Italian police investigation at the Turin Olympics, Operation Raw Deal – all were carried out by authorities with a jurisdiction that goes far beyond that of sport, and all of them produced results that had a major influence on sport.

These have been the result of a successful equal partnership between sport and government in the governance and operations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Sport has needed the support of governments to continue the fight against doping, and it now needs similar help in the fight against corruption.

The two are closely interlinked and it is for this reason that WADA has been promoting the need for an independent world body to focus on corruption, which many now consider the biggest single threat to modern sport.

Science, and urine/blood analysis, has, and will always have, a significant role to play in anti-doping, but we are at a stage now in the genesis of doping techniques that the war on drugs in sport needs to be fought on several fronts.

Testing, research, education, awareness, these will always be a critical part of WADA’s and the anti-doping community’s mandate. But as an organization WADA has also been promoting the need for more intelligence gathering and intelligence sharing.

We need to develop a more coherent approach to anti-doping that embraces relationships with law enforcement and other authorities, one that is mutually beneficial and one that makes the most of the resources available.

To this end WADA already has in place memoranda of agreement with Interpol and the World Customs Organization, and earlier this year released guidelines for national anti-doping organizations on how to develop relationships with law enforcement agencies.

This is not a new concept; indeed, it is one that WADA has been talking about for a couple of years now. But more and more it is becoming clear that the athletes who wish to cheat by using performance enhancing substances are receiving those substances from underworld sources.

The key word here is the underworld, and it is the same underworld figures involved in the corruption of sport – whether through illegal gambling, bribery, money-laundering – who are also involved in the trafficking and supplying of doping products.

Let us first think about the health implications of this. Not only are athletes being exposed to regulated or licensed products which can do them harm if taken for the wrong reasons, they are also being exposed to non-regulated or unlicensed versions of the same products that are made illegally.

Chemists and their required paraphernalia are readily available to villains who wish to copy prescription medicines for illegal use. These substances are produced in back-street labs – known as “kitchen labs” - in unsanitary conditions and are totally unregulated.

The recipients of these substances are, therefore, running a double risk. It’s bad enough when they know what they are putting into their bodies, worse when they cannot be totally sure.

Steroid pushers now aim at the high school student who wants to “look good”. When young people become involved no longer can steroids remain a problem just for sport.

And no longer is it a problem just for sport when increasing numbers of our security forces are found to be taking steroids on a regular basis.

Clearly this also is a problem for society, and one that has to be addressed by a widening circle of authorities and agencies.

The facts and figures relating to the illegal production of performance enhancing substances clearly illustrate the attraction this trade has for the criminals in our society.

I am reliably informed that nowadays more money is made in the illegal trafficking of steroids than from that of heroin, while the mark up $100 of raw materials for steroids might be turned into as much as a $10,000 profit.
It is easy to see why the underworld is drawn to this illegal market.

WADA, and leading figures from the sports world, have highlighted the need for more support against these elements, because it is the same people who are also developing more and more sophisticated means of corrupting sport.

Millions is gambled every day, very often on just one match, through illegal betting operations and the shady figures who lead these operations have undue influence on athletes and officials around the world in order to manipulate sport.

The intricacies of modern betting, and the types of wagers now available, allow athletes to influence games and events without the match result ever being at stake.

Conceding a throw-in in the first minutes of a football match is not considered the same as throwing a match, so a player may be tempted to accept a significant sum of money for what to them appears an insignificant act. But clearly it is a slippery slope.

The influence of the criminals is insidious. Once they have an athlete on their books their demands can become greater, until events spiral completely out of the athlete’s control.

Sport is huge business and the influence of the underworld is getting greater by the year, whether through illegal gambling or through the supply of illegal doping substances.

The threat needs to be addressed head on, and for this reason I have promoted the concept of a government-sport partnership leading to a global anti-corruption body which can benefit from the WADA experience.

WADA and the anti-doping community across the world face many challenges, clearly; and as those challenges become more sophisticated, so we need to adopt a more sophisticated approach.

Already we have increased our intelligence networks with organizations that have the jurisdiction to tackle the problem on a different level.

A world anti-corruption agency would be able to target the same underworld figures we are confronting by sharing information and using applicable laws.

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David Howman is Director General at WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency. His comment is leading up to the Play the Game 2011 conference in Cologne early October.  

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