spencers94 said:
I’ll check out the oversized shirts. I’ve never heard of those before.
For the upper body mass, I’ve been doing shrugs a few times a week, as well as curls. Are there any other exercises you suggest I do to help with my upper body?
I looked through my photos again and can’t understand how my summer clothes will suffer due to my hips. Haha can you
explain that so I can understand better?
Mate I have the same problem, it sucks, but you can overcome it with training. Women have wider hips (for child bearing) and smaller shoulders. Men tend to have narrow hips (we don't need to push out babies) and wider, stronger shoulders. Men like yourself and me were born with wide hips and narrow shoulders, so we have a more feminine figure. The only way to overcome this is to add as much muscle as possible to your upper body.
My advice would be to pay for a trainer or a strength and conditioning coach. It appears to me from your photos and how you speak about lifting weights that you don't *really* know what you're doing. That's okay! But if you've gone this far without picking it up, I really really suggest you spend some money on a coach. Diet is every bit, if not more, important than lifting. It's like 70% diet and 30% what you do. Doing shrugs is a fine exercise, but it's worthless in isolation. You need to be doing bench press, shoulder press, deadlift, and yes, squats.
You would look as good as the guy in the photo you are trying to emulate if you had the same muscle mass as him, but because you're so skinny the outfit doesn't really look great. All of this can be fixed in the kitchen and in the gym. Best of luck to you, friend!!
EDIT: It's also important that you get a coach because weight lifting is a LOT more complex than it appears on the surface. So many people go in there and think they're doing the right movements, but they're really not. It is VERY EASY to fuck yourself up. I ruined my back by squatting too much with improper form/hip issues. If I had been paying for a coach I'm sure they would've recognized this before I fractured my spine and compressed my discs. Learn from me!!