Are you trying to gain weight to help with the size gain for your arms?
[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
Are you trying to gain weight to help with the size gain for your arms?[/quote]
Nope.
I have a plan, I’m going to lose an inch from my quads cos well they never look impressive, right?
and that’ll cover the new gun muscles weightage
Good plan! If that is you in your avatar, you look already lean enough to do just that.
[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
Good plan! If that is you in your avatar, you look already lean enough to do just that.[/quote]
Wow.
5’10 with the wingspan of your average 6’6 footer. Right arm was just over 17" cold yesterday, left was 17" on the dot. I measured them pumped for fun and they were just over 18". I think once I get to 18" cold I’ll be content with my arm size.
[quote]kingbeef323 wrote:
5’10 with the wingspan of your average 6’6 footer. Right arm was just over 17" cold yesterday, left was 17" on the dot. I measured them pumped for fun and they were just over 18". I think once I get to 18" cold I’ll be content with my arm size. [/quote]
I doubt it. That’s what we all say. If you can actually get to 18" cold, you will like;ly want to see what you are truly capable of.
With that said, good work so far.
6’ 203lbs trying to bulk up to 260 by next July.
I don’t know, they just grow really well. I train bi’s and tri’s on separate days and one day I decide to measure and I was quite surprised. I knew they were around 17" the last time I measured, months later I measure again and they just exploded.
I have stretch marks under both my arms and under my armpit I have big red marks from the stretched skin. It’s all good, I just want to be as big as I can. Kind of curious to see what I’ll look like somebody when I’m a hell of a lot bigger. 
Still 19 years old baby!
[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
6’ 203lbs trying to bulk up to 260 by next July.
I don’t know, they just grow really well. I train bi’s and tri’s on separate days and one day I decide to measure and I was quite surprised. I knew they were around 17" the last time I measured, months later I measure again and they just exploded.
I have stretch marks under both my arms and under my armpit I have big red marks from the stretched skin. It’s all good, I just want to be as big as I can. Kind of curious to see what I’ll look like somebody when I’m a hell of a lot bigger.
Still 19 years old baby![/quote]
If you get up to 260, you won’t look anything like you do now. I have a pic of me from when I was about 210 taken up close and I look like my own little brother.
[quote]hawaiilifterMike wrote:
Good plan! If that is you in your avatar, you look already lean enough to do just that.[/quote]
Lol, yes that is me in my avatar.
& a sexy arm picture showing off the swole guns.
M-16s [get it? 16" !!!] POW POW
[quote]kingbeef323 wrote:
5’10 with the wingspan of your average 6’6 footer. Right arm was just over 17" cold yesterday, left was 17" on the dot. I measured them pumped for fun and they were just over 18". I think once I get to 18" cold I’ll be content with my arm size. [/quote]
17" on a tall guy is pretty impressive (of course 5’10 is not the same at being over 6’). My training partner is 6’3, and at 17", up close his arms are damn impressive. Sadly, because of his height, from a distance, you don’t realize just how much meat the guy’s got hanging off of his shoulders.
There are an awful lot of half muscle/half fat 17" arms being touted about on here. I know accomplishments are always to be lauded, but I always cringe a bit when some pudgy guy struts about in a sleeveless shirt, oblivious to the fact that if he were to actually get lean, he’d be about half the size he thinks he is (This isn’t a dig at all of the guys with years of experience and who are in a state of adding mass, just the disillusioned ones -lol).
Mike Mentzer was a beastly BBer, and his armes only measured about 18.5 (He actually corrected a spectator at a seminar who told him they looked over 20"). Frank Zane’s arms only measured 17" at contest time(I know someone else said 18, but they may have been thinking off season). Reaching 17" is great if you started at 14", but try to keep in mind that a lean 16" is not only still a huge step up from 14", but it’s going to look a hell of a lot better than a fat 17".
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[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
6’ 203lbs trying to bulk up to 260 by next July.
I don’t know, they just grow really well. I train bi’s and tri’s on separate days and one day I decide to measure and I was quite surprised. I knew they were around 17" the last time I measured, months later I measure again and they just exploded.
I have stretch marks under both my arms and under my armpit I have big red marks from the stretched skin. It’s all good, I just want to be as big as I can. Kind of curious to see what I’ll look like somebody when I’m a hell of a lot bigger.
Still 19 years old baby![/quote]
Damn. Lookin’ good, man.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
kingbeef323 wrote:
5’10 with the wingspan of your average 6’6 footer. Right arm was just over 17" cold yesterday, left was 17" on the dot. I measured them pumped for fun and they were just over 18". I think once I get to 18" cold I’ll be content with my arm size.
17" on a tall guy is pretty impressive (of course 5’10 is not the same at being over 6’). My training partner is 6’3, and at 17", up close his arms are damn impressive. Sadly, because of his height, from a distance, you don’t realize just how much meat the guy’s got hanging off of his shoulders.
There are an awful lot of half muscle/half fat 17" arms being touted about on here. I know accomplishments are always to be lauded, but I always cringe a bit when some pudgy guy struts about in a sleeveless shirt, oblivious to the fact that if he were to actually get lean, he’d be about half the size he thinks he is (This isn’t a dig at all of the guys with years of experience and who are in a state of adding mass, just the disillusioned ones -lol).
Mike Mentzer was a beastly BBer, and his armes only measured about 18.5 (He actually corrected a spectator at a seminar who told him they looked over 20"). Frank Zane’s arms only measured 17" at contest time(I know someone else said 18, but they may have been thinking off season). Reaching 17" is great if you started at 14", but try to keep in mind that a lean 16" is not only still a huge step up from 14", but it’s going to look a hell of a lot better than a fat 17".
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While I agree with this general statement, I wish to hell you and the others talking like this would just name names instead of beating around the bush. I haven’t looked over the thread again but I can’t think of anyone that posted their measurements that weren’t a legit 17 inches.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
6’ 203lbs trying to bulk up to 260 by next July.
I don’t know, they just grow really well. I train bi’s and tri’s on separate days and one day I decide to measure and I was quite surprised. I knew they were around 17" the last time I measured, months later I measure again and they just exploded.
I have stretch marks under both my arms and under my armpit I have big red marks from the stretched skin. It’s all good, I just want to be as big as I can. Kind of curious to see what I’ll look like somebody when I’m a hell of a lot bigger.
Still 19 years old baby!
If you get up to 260, you won’t look anything like you do now. I have a pic of me from when I was about 210 taken up close and I look like my own little brother.
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Yeah but don’t you think it would be possible to perhaps eventually get up to 260 naturally? I mean maybe I shouldn’t try packing on 60lbs in under a year but I’d like to eventually little by little, get up there somewhere. I don’t want to be the above average guy, I want to be a big ass guy.
-I agree, less fat makes your muscles look larger in general.
Like my current Avatar, that’s at 203 with a pump and I don’t think my arm looks that bad at all. Even a little vascularity. All that dark chocolate and hammer curls.
[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Yeah but don’t you think it would be possible to perhaps eventually get up to 260 naturally? I mean maybe I shouldn’t try packing on 60lbs in under a year but I’d like to eventually little by little, get up there somewhere. I don’t want to be the above average guy, I want to be a big ass guy.
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I did it. Whether you can has yet to be seen…and yes, adding 60lbs in one year is bit much. It may take you 3 years or more to add that size the RIGHT way.
I wasn’t lean when I first hit 260lbs though.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I did it. Whether you can has yet to be seen…and yes, adding 60lbs in one year is bit much. It may take you 3 years or more to add that size the RIGHT way. [/quote]
Just wonderings,
How long did it take you to get from 210 to 260?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Yeah but don’t you think it would be possible to perhaps eventually get up to 260 naturally? I mean maybe I shouldn’t try packing on 60lbs in under a year but I’d like to eventually little by little, get up there somewhere. I don’t want to be the above average guy, I want to be a big ass guy.
I did it. Whether you can has yet to be seen…and yes, adding 60lbs in one year is bit much. It may take you 3 years or more to add that size the RIGHT way.
I wasn’t lean when I first hit 260lbs though.[/quote]
I have a buddy who moved away two years ago, we still keep in touch and what not. He is 20 years old and went from 180lbs to 253lbs in 14 months. Yes alot was fat but now he is starting to lean out and he is 250.
I’d like to try gaining more weight in the next few years and at least get my bodyweight up higher and then later focus on cutting. Right now I just want to get bigger and stronger, later I’ll worry about tearing off the fat. Maybe I’ll just try 20lbs a year or something so it won’t shock my body or get me more stretch marks then I already have.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
There are an awful lot of half muscle/half fat 17" arms being touted about on here. I know accomplishments are always to be lauded, but I always cringe a bit when some pudgy guy struts about in a sleeveless shirt, oblivious to the fact that if he were to actually get lean, he’d be about half the size he thinks he is (This isn’t a dig at all of the guys with years of experience and who are in a state of adding mass, just the disillusioned ones -lol).
Mike Mentzer was a beastly BBer, and his armes only measured about 18.5 (He actually corrected a spectator at a seminar who told him they looked over 20"). Frank Zane’s arms only measured 17" at contest time(I know someone else said 18, but they may have been thinking off season). Reaching 17" is great if you started at 14", but try to keep in mind that a lean 16" is not only still a huge step up from 14", but it’s going to look a hell of a lot better than a fat 17".
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One of the delusional people is me, unfortunately. So far I only lost 50lbs and my OBESE arm shrank by about 1.5". Thus this disqualifies me for the thread and I apologize for posting my pic in it.
[quote]taleb wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I did it. Whether you can has yet to be seen…and yes, adding 60lbs in one year is bit much. It may take you 3 years or more to add that size the RIGHT way.
Just wonderings,
How long did it take you to get from 210 to 260?
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Shit, about 2 years going up and down. That pic of me at 210 was taken after dropping down to that weight from about 230. Since I was on a rebound, it didn’t take me long to get back over 240.
That was pretty much my approach. I would hit a heavier weight with extra body fat…diet back down a little and then try to hit that same weight leaner and stronger and then pass it up.
It is very difficult to get a body that was originally 150lbs to accept a MUCH higher weight set point without adding any extra body fat at all UNLESS you have the genetics to remain very lean no matter how much you eat.
If I did it over again, I might attempt to stay a little leaner, but I can’t complain too much. Every time I fucked up helped me learn more.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
The Mighty Stu wrote:
While I agree with this general statement, I wish to hell you and the others talking like this would just name names instead of beating around the bush. I haven’t looked over the thread again but I can’t think of anyone that posted their measurements that weren’t a legit 17 inches. [/quote]
Look at my previous post. Again I am sorry.
I will post my arm pic when I get to 17" lean arms with a clear delineation between biceps and triceps, hopefully within this year. I am one of the retards who did very little direct arm training, so with luck I can get to 17" by actually working my arms out directly.
[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
I have a buddy who moved away two years ago, we still keep in touch and what not. He is 20 years old and went from 180lbs to 253lbs in 14 months. Yes alot was fat but now he is starting to lean out and he is 250.
I’d like to try gaining more weight in the next few years and at least get my bodyweight up higher and then later focus on cutting. Right now I just want to get bigger and stronger, later I’ll worry about tearing off the fat. Maybe I’ll just try 20lbs a year or something so it won’t shock my body or get me more stretch marks then I already have.
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Don’t mean to butt in here but just wanted to say it seems like you got what it takes mentally to get huge and only time will tell if you have it physically. But honestly, I almost cringed when you said you wanted to gain 60 lbs in a year. Yea as you know this isn’t a race and it takes time, but I hope you realize how much of an impact 20 lbs can make if you do that consistently year after year.
Good to focus on bodyweight but bad to think you need to gain more than what is comfortable at the time. My trick I used (and still use) to gauge how much you need to eat without counting calories or being ridiculous is to gauge how each meal feels when finishing. Then, when a meal starts to feel less filling day after day, then I up the meal size. Sounds intuitive but feel this gives confidence also in terms of not feeling like you are going overboard with it and the calories are going to help and not hinder.