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YOU WANT THAT WIDE SHOULDERS TIGHT WAIST SHAPE, BUT WHERE TO WHERE TO ACTUALLY START. LET'S FIX THAT. THREE EXERCISES. that's all CARVE MINE. AND YOU CAN DO EVERY SINGLE ONE AT HOME WITHOUT EQUIPMENT. STICK AROUND, BECAUSE THE THIRD ONE IS THE ONE ALMOST NOBODY TRAINS. AND IT'S THE REASON MOST GUYS WHO WORK OUT STILL DON'T HAVE A REAL V TAPER. FIRST, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING. A V TAPER ISN'T IT'S A RATIO. WIDE TIGHT AT THE WAIST. THAT MEANS YOU NEED THREE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER. A CHEST AND SHOULDER LINE THAT CAPS OUT BACK WIDTH THAT PULLS YOUR AND A WAIST TIGHT ENOUGH THAT THE CONTRAST ACTUALLY READS. SKIP ONE OF THESE AND THE V DISAPPEARS, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRAIN THE OTHER TWO. SO LET'S BUILD ALL THREE. EXERCISE 1 MOST GUYS DEFAULT TO REGULAR PUSH UPS AND WONDER WHY THEIR UPPER BODY STILL LOOKS FLAT AND ROUND. HERE'S THE PROBLEM. A FLAT PUSH UP MOSTLY HITS YOUR MID CHEST. IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE TOP OF YOUR FRAME, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE PART THAT NEEDS TO CAP OUT A V TAPER TO READ FROM A DISTANCE. THE DECLINE PUSH UP FIXES THIS. PUT YOUR FEET UP ON A COUCH, OR ANYTHING ELEVATED, HANDS ON THE FLOOR, SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN SHOULDER WIDTH. LOWER YOURSELF WITH CONTROL UNTIL YOUR CHEST IS NEAR THE GROUND, THEN PRESS BACK. UP. THE ELEVATION SHIFTS THE ANGLE SO YOUR UPPER CHEST AND FRONT DELTS TAKE ON ALMOST ALL THE TENSION. THIS IS WHAT BUILDS THAT SQUARED, CAPPED OFF. LOOK AT THE TOP OF YOUR FRAME, THE ACTUAL STARTING POINT OF THE V. IT UP. THEY LET THEIR HIPS SAG, TURNING THIS INTO HALF A PLANK, HALF A PUSH. UP. A STRAIGHT LINE BY BRACING AND SQUEEZING YOUR GLUTES THE ENTIRE REP. THREE SETS, EIGHT TO 15 REPS. ONCE 15 FEELS EASY, RAISE THE ELEVATION HIGHER. THAT'S YOUR PROGRESSION. EXERCISE 2 THIS IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUAL WIDTH. YOUR LATS, THE MUSCLES UNDER YOUR ARMPITS THAT PULL YOUR FRAME OUTWARD AND MAKE THE WIDE INSTEAD OF NARROW. NOW, QUICK NOTE BEFORE WE GET INTO IT. PULL UPS ARE ONE OF THE BEST BACK EXERCISES AND IF YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO A BAR, USE IT. NOTHING REPLACES IT LONG TERM. BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ONE LYING AROUND. AND THAT'S NOT A REASON TO LEAVE YOUR BACK UNTRAINED FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THE INVERTED ROW BUILDS THE SAME WIDTH, JUST FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. FIND A STURDY TABLE, GET GRAB THE EDGE WITH BOTH HANDS, BODY STRAIGHT LIKE A PLANK. PULL YOUR CHEST UP TOWARD THE TABLE EDGE. SQUEEZE AT THE TOP. LOWER, SLOWLY. THAT'S ONE REP. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STURDY