How to eliminate ILS?

[mjf]

This is stupid af, I know. I'm a small guy. 5'8", 195lbs. I work out, but im not nearly as big as most of you here. I have decent lats, but not even close to enough to make my arms flare like they do. I'm a rounded shoulder, tight chested guy who's trying to improve his posture with certain exercises and reminders to stand up straight(keep your sternum straight like you're holding a glass of water against it & don't want it to spill).

What can I do to eliminate ILS? I try to hold my arms flat at my side. I just can't.

Honestly, I'd say my back, as a whole, is weak and I'm working harder on it now than before. Still not huge arm bowing out lat type back though. Any easy fixes? Hell, any fixes at all, even really hard?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Deadlifts and chin ups have been good for my lats.

 

[mjf]

Deadlifts and chin ups have been good for my lats.

I don't want to grow my lats. I want to be able to walk around like a normal human without my arms sticking out 4 ft from my body. Haha

Wait, maybe you're on to something. If my lats actually stick out 4ft from my body, it's not ILS anymore.

 

[Bullet train]

I don't want to grow my lats. I want to be able to walk around like a normal human without my arms sticking out 4 ft from my body. Haha

Wait, maybe you're on to something. If my lats actually stick out 4ft from my body, it's not ILS anymore.

I've never heard of your condition, I even tried googling it. How did this happen to you?

 

[mjf]

I've never heard of your condition, I even tried googling it. How did this happen to you?

My assumption is "little man syndrome" my whole life, then i got serious about working out. Sometimes i feel like a super hero as well, but I only tell my shrink about those feelings.


Completely joking for those who don't catch the sarcasm. WELL, maybe not completely, but at least I don't have little man syndrome bad enough that I drive a lifted truck that I need a step stool to get into.

 

[mjf]

I had a couple drinks in me when I started this post and I always think I'm hilarious when I drink. Obviously the funny didn't happen. Instead, I'll post a pic and ask what you think of my lats. I honestly dislike the way my arms bow out because I'm a little guy, the type that when I wear street clothes, you can't even tell I work out, so it's embarrassing walking around looking like I think I'm Billy Badass.

Lighting sucks. It was a preworkout selfie from today. I rushed taking it before anyone walked in.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

You have three options:

1. Quit lifting until your lats shrink down to nothing.

2. Get really fat until your sides are wide enough for your arms to rest on them.

3. Get even bigger lats and/or take some boxing or MMA classes and become Billy Badass for real.

Or just stop worrying about it. I wouldn't call it ILS anyway because you've got visible lats. I mean honestly if someone can put their arms flat to their sides do they even lift?

 

[Eman]

4. Surgically remove arms.

 

[mjf]

Option 1: not an option

Option 2: been there, not going back.

Option 3: seriously been considering it. BJJ would have to be my main focus considering I'm probably legally blind(severe tunnel vision) and couldn't see a punch coming.

I appreciate the response. Sometimes I get bored and just need attention. Haha

 

[penche]

4. Surgically remove arms.

Lmfao!!!!

 

[ALPHAM1]

A ten gauge needle ought to deflate them things.

Or

Accept your physical disability, pick up skydiving, and forgo the use of a wing suit.

 

[Kinetic]

I had a couple drinks in me when I started this post and I always think I'm hilarious when I drink. Obviously the funny didn't happen.

4. Surgically remove arms.

@Eman made the funny happen for you!

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

I had a couple drinks in me when I started this post and I always think I'm hilarious when I drink. Obviously the funny didn't happen. Instead, I'll post a pic and ask what you think of my lats. I honestly dislike the way my arms bow out because I'm a little guy, the type that when I wear street clothes, you can't even tell I work out, so it's embarrassing walking around looking like I think I'm Billy Badass.

Lighting sucks. It was a preworkout selfie from today. I rushed taking it before anyone walked in.

I got a guy in my gym that does that. He looks good but is in no way as big as he depicts himself. Whenever im around he acts 10x worse. My gym buddy even notices it. So i flared my arms out and walked around like he did to make a point at how ridiculous he looked.

 

[mjf]

I got a guy in my gym that does that. He looks good but is in no way as big as he depicts himself. Whenever im around he acts 10x worse. My gym buddy even notices it. So i flared my arms out and walked around like he did to make a point at how ridiculous he looked.

That seems totally backwards to me. If I were the strut around like I'm huge type person, I wouldn't try to exaggerate it when a behemoth walked in. I expect I'd deflate real quick. LOL