Thank you dfp and rpm for your considered posts. From that Phelps article I would say his body is akin to my aspirations, he's 6'3" and roughly 90kg, any heavier i struggle to imagine. I'm wary of the deadlift as I have a re-occurring lower back strain from poor technique with this exercise, maybe when my lower back is stronger I will attempt. I have a good friend who has donated his freestanding dip machine to my expanding gym (set of selectech dumbells, adjustable incline bench, rowing machine and maize punch bag) and he swears this changed his body shape within a year.
I've just realised this thread is probably not the right one for my workout ramblings, apologies for the hijack.
Thank you dfp and rpm for your considered posts. From that Phelps article I would say his body is akin to my aspirations, he's 6'3" and roughly 90kg, any heavier i struggle to imagine. I'm wary of the deadlift as I have a re-occurring lower back strain from poor technique with this exercise, maybe when my lower back is stronger I will attempt. I have a good friend who has donated his freestanding dip machine to my expanding gym (set of selectech dumbells, adjustable incline bench, rowing machine and maize punch bag) and he swears this changed his body shape within a year.
I've just realised this thread is probably not the right one for my workout ramblings, apologies for the hijack.