Seeing a guy or girl with broad wide shoulders that comes down in the classic 'V' shape to his waist creates an instant impression of fitness and is sexy.
From bodybuilders to your average Joe and everyone in between creating the V-taper is a dream or goal of theirs.
Many people think the V refers to the obliques but it is more than that.
The V shape takes the whole body above the waist into account.
It takes much more than a cut mid section to create the v-taper.
The V-taper does not come automatically it takes much specific training and focus to achieve.
It can also vary from person to person the difficulty to attain it.
Let's take a look at what you need to get the upper body V shape.
Wide Shoulders This means a nice rounded deltoid with some observable definition.
The V starts wide and comes down and so the shoulders appear as the two wide points drawing into the waist.
Your shoulders will need to look large as well as wide so emphasise work on the middle deltoid by performing more lateral raise exercises and heavy shoulder pressing.
This is important from achieving the V-taper look from the back and front.
A Wide Back Having the V-taper from the front is one thing but to have it visible on all sides is impressive.
The lats need to be wide as they insert at the shoulder and begin slightly above the waist.
There are numerous back exercises to help you achieve the wide back you need but some key exercises are: pull-ups, chin-ups and wide grip pulldowns.
These three will build you a wide back and you might notice they are all vertical exercises.
Other lat exercises that are horizontal in motion grow the thickness of the lats and these include the seated row, t-bar row, barbell row etc.
A Small Waist This is a two part process involving clean dieting and ab training.
The most important thing to do in creating a small waist is reducing body fat through diet.
I won't lie to you and swear low bodyfat will yearn you a V-taper, some people just have a wider waist that prevents them achieving the full V-taper.
Fat loss is always a good thing anyway so try not to focus on what is genetic and think about what you can do to transform yourself.
Once the diet is sorted and low enough body fat to have visible abs and obliques to create the Adonis belt, it is essential to build the core.
Use weighted ab training to build the core and strengthen it with planks and compound lifts like the squat and deadlift.
Build the obliques but not overly so that a blocky waist is created distracting from the V-taper.
The Legs Legs? You said the upper body.
Well thats true the V-taper applies solely to the upper body but consider then look of the body without building legs.
The wide top half of the body will look strange with no thick legs to balance out your physique.
To add mass to the legs perform heavy leg movements especially squatting as well as leg pressing, leg extensions and lunges.
Think about the body as an X with the top half being a mini V and the bottom and upside down V.
Creating the V-taper is only really half the body so create a balanced body.
Conclusion On The V-Taper It is a process that will take time but imagine that incredible V next time you are at the beach.
Creating the V-taper is a difficult goal but achievable with these tips and your hard work.