But I could have weighed more and still not looked pudgy. I could have been 200 lbs without a belly yet. That’s not what I was talking about.
I want to weigh more, and have my face not look as pudgy as it did. Nothing to do with the muscles, I was talking about the fat distribution I have been blessed with. And nothing that I can do about that.
I went from a 385 lb bench to 185 lbs overnight it seemed. I don’t think I lost my man card. Just a weird nerve issue I think. Took a long time to work back and surpass my previous PR, but I don’t think I was not a man during that period of over 6 months benching less than 2 plates.
According to science, there are three ways you can dramatically change the way your body is structured, including your face.
Which one sounds best to you?
I want that for you too, and I’m trying REALLY hard to give that to you, but you don’t seem to want that right now.
So you were talking about gaining weight as muscle mass, not fat. I understand now.
But muscles have never grown easily for me, and certainly not without gaining a healthy amount of fat.
Pretty sure I don’t need to bench two plates (although I did) in order to beat the crap out of you and bang your mother.
Just saying.
Maybe time to try a different approach then. What’s you current approach?
I will go with diet and excercise. And of those two, as far as I am aware, only the former works on the face.
Yeah I forgot about those, messing with the old endocrine system definitely seems to involve face changes.
Seriously though dude. Stop whining and lift.
5/3/1 has worked wonders. Still doing it now. It’s just slow at this bodyweight. Very slow. Too slow.
I suppose I will begin to bulk gently, trying not to go over 15% bodyfat. And then cutting back down to 10% by losing a milligram of fat per week and eating a million pounds of protein per day. Because that seems to be the only way I hold on to any muscle mass.
As a natty, bulking and cutting at such low fat percentages constantly is a massive pain in the buttocks.
I votes yes because funnies.
BUT
If you cant protect your woman from an average man, how much of a man can you really be…?
Probably a pointless question. Most dudes struggling to bench 225 dont have a woman to protect 
I keep wanting to help you with this.
I appreciate that, but I am really struggling to understand what you are trying to say.
Help, how?
Provide you with information that will allow you to reach your goals.
Does that methode include gaining fat?
It may. That will depend on you.
Hmm… i’ve learned to fight, can run (away from the attacker ofc, leaving my woman behind. Jk) and lift considerably more weight than the average joe off the street…
But I couldn’t protect her from you, that is for sure. I’m glad she is not on T-nation, reading the absolute shit I write in here. If she saw your profile, that picture of yours… she’d get wetter than the passengers aboard Titanic.
Have you been consistent for YEARS, and just tried increasing your protein intake? Instead of “bulking and cutting”. I have never done a dedicated “bulk” and or "cut phase, been working out consistently for years now and I am more than happy with my physique. The less time you focus on “whether i am a man or not because i can lift 225 on bench” and more you focus on actually LIFTING, the faster you will get to 225.
If you cant bench 225, i can lay on top of you and you’re unable to push me off.
To be fair, if a 315lb man lays on top of me, i may as well be his girlfriend because i can’t push him off me either.
Benching 225 did not automatically grant me a girlfriend, which was rather upsetting at the time.
Being strong, fit, and able to protect your woman, are all requirements of “being a man”. A 225lb bench is just an arbitrary measurement, and a bad one at that.
I’d suggest learning some jiu jitsu for both of you. 