Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique.

If I listened to my instincts, I'd be down at the pub chasing women, not under a 400 pound bar squatting

Each workout is like a brick in a building, and every time you go in there and do a half-ass workout, you're not laying a brick down. Somebody else is.

I started training bodybuilding in 1983.

The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment

I also think you have less separation if you are fuller. If you go to the gym and pump your arms up they are bigger because of the blood volume, the fullness. But the separation is not so defined.

For me winning isn`t surprising at all