Flex Australia – June-July 2017

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PER BERNAL

THE

X

FACTOR

HOW TO CONSTRUCT AN

X-FR AME PHYSIQUE

BY GREG MERRITT

■ X is bodybuilding’s ideal shape. Broad shoulders and lats above quads with dramatic outer sweeps and

with a wispy waist in the middle form an hourglass. It’s a look that’s both classical and modern, and it conveys

both aesthetic advantages and heavy-metal toil. Genetics might give you the ideal framework, but you’ve still

got to build the body. Not everyone can possess a dramatic X-frame, but everyone can enhance their top,

middle and bottom to maximise their X.