Need Advice.

[Jon]

So I started working out when I was 15. From age 15 to 16 I worked out 3 times a week and did these full body exercise and didn't really isolate a muscle. Was a lot of just body weight exercises to get myself a foundation for working out. 16-17 I started to isolate muscles and was probably my best year routine wise. I worked out 5 days a week and ran on Saturdays. Then this is when the problem was. When I turned 17 and was going into my senior year at high school, I decided that I was going to focus on the "Show muscles" which to me was Biceps/triceps , Chest, and Abs. So during the first three quarters of the year I would work them 2-3 times a week, doing shoulders one day, and legs one day. Every 2 weeks I would do back. So besides the obvious stupidity involved there, I now find that my back starts to hurt a lot more. I am 6'1 and don't bend over that much at school and at home (Inb4gayanaljoke) so could it be that I do not have a balanced upper body and that is what I'm suffering for? So now I need to figure out how to solve this problem? Do I try to work out my back twice a week or do I slightly neglect other upper body muscle groups?

No flame please.

[Steroids]

tbh i'd just start from here and not neglect a single muscle group.

if your back / shoulders are well behind the rest of your body, they will eventually catch up as strength/muscle gains do gradually get slower the more you progress. however, if for whatever reason you have to miss a certain day of your routine during the week, make sure its not back/shoulders.

[Jef|Ohh]

it could be a list of things, when you work out your back, what are the exercises you do if i may ask? do you deadlift/squat/row with proper form?

[Jon]

I used to deadlift, Row, Pull down's, and other two would always be different. I used to have a problem when I squated I put too much weight on my toes and my heel would come up. I did eventually correct it but besides that better form than Reevesy.

[Reevesy]

I used to deadlift, Row, Pull down's, and other two would always be different. I used to have a problem when I squated I put too much weight on my toes and my heel would come up. I did eventually correct it but besides that better form than Reevesy.

i dont lift my heels

[Jon]

I know you don't and neither do I any more. Was just saying my form is good now.

[Mortuls]

tbh i'd just start from here and not neglect a single muscle group.

if your back / shoulders are well behind the rest of your body, they will eventually catch up as strength/muscle gains do gradually get slower the more you progress. however, if for whatever reason you have to miss a certain day of your routine during the week, make sure its not back/shoulders.

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