of course i wanna get HUUUUGE…that’s why am here. (hope still there’s chance to get HUGE for someone who’s 31)
[quote]HotCarl28 wrote:
Scott M wrote:
200 lbs at your height? I don’t think “freak” would be on anyones mind that trains seriously. To me the barrier of very large comes at about 3.5 lbs per inch and in shape which at your height would be approximately 240 and lean. 200 lbs at 5’9 on a bodybuilding stage(3% bodyfat, totally dehydrated) would be an impressive physique, but that guy probably normally walks around at about the 235-250 range…
my post was actually a joke… i believe im either not funny or bad at conveying sarcasm over the internet[/quote]
I think it’s mainly because you are from S.C. No one from SC is funny. It’s not your fault.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
HotCarl28 wrote:
Scott M wrote:
200 lbs at your height? I don’t think “freak” would be on anyones mind that trains seriously. To me the barrier of very large comes at about 3.5 lbs per inch and in shape which at your height would be approximately 240 and lean. 200 lbs at 5’9 on a bodybuilding stage(3% bodyfat, totally dehydrated) would be an impressive physique, but that guy probably normally walks around at about the 235-250 range…
my post was actually a joke… i believe im either not funny or bad at conveying sarcasm over the internet
I think it’s mainly because you are from S.C. No one from SC is funny. It’s not your fault. [/quote]
Its a problem we all have. Jacked Diesel would say its because of the black people, but I dont think its true to begin with.
Stephen Colbert is from SC.
[quote]Scott M wrote:
<<< And for Tiribulus, >>> [/quote]
Oh sure, all I’m saying is that anybody who expects results anything close to what he gets, even with gear, is in for some disillusionment. He actually does work very hard, but would probably get some results from carrying in the groceries. He’s just one of those guys put together that way.
since I started I’ve always had a 6 month goal based on the way I look with a good pump. Always wanted to look like that but relaxed in a 6 month time frame. You can see the goal regularly and it is always forward looking, don’t really get a pat onthe back unless you take pics and compare. The pat on the back comes when everyone calls you ‘big buy’ by default. And I’m not even that big.
I would think the emo goal to be waifish would be demoralizing as you spend time in the gym only to have people assume you don’t work out and are just a skinny shit.
I work with a lot of runners and not one of them look like anything but a skinny dude even with weight training and being insanely ‘ripped’. Just not for me.
I think it comes from my wrestling background, when I started wrestling the guys 4-5 years older then me that were big were intimidating, so I decided I would be more intimidating…started 18 years ago. Trained my ass off for 15 of those years without breaking 200lbs @ 5’11" but not ever losing sight of a 6 pack. I think more to do with playing sports several days a week. Got into lower volume heavy lifting and put on a good 50lbs in 18 months…this is much better.
[quote]pushpulljunkie wrote:
since I started I’ve always had a 6 month goal based on the way I look with a good pump. Always wanted to look like that but relaxed in a 6 month time frame. You can see the goal regularly and it is always forward looking, don’t really get a pat onthe back unless you take pics and compare. The pat on the back comes when everyone calls you ‘big buy’ by default. And I’m not even that big.
I would think the emo goal to be waifish would be demoralizing as you spend time in the gym only to have people assume you don’t work out and are just a skinny shit.
I work with a lot of runners and not one of them look like anything but a skinny dude even with weight training and being insanely ‘ripped’. Just not for me.
I think it comes from my wrestling background, when I started wrestling the guys 4-5 years older then me that were big were intimidating, so I decided I would be more intimidating…started 18 years ago. Trained my ass off for 15 of those years without breaking 200lbs @ 5’11" but not ever losing sight of a 6 pack. I think more to do with playing sports several days a week. Got into lower volume heavy lifting and put on a good 50lbs in 18 months…this is much better.
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Good work. I was reading a quote from Ben White in one of the latest Muscular Developments stating that he was weighing about 290lbs when he was benchpressing at powerlifting meets. He said his body fat percentage then was close to 20% and that he credits that initial raw mass he put on for getting to the size he is now.
I am not sure when it went out of favor, but historically, the ones making the most progress from year to year on stage were not the ones who stayed the closest to their competition weight all year long. Even funnier, many of the people who claim no one should bulk up today bulked up themselves to gain their own initial base of muscle mass.
Obviously this is not a recommendation to get to 20% body fat but considering the types of responses lately, that probably needs to be stated in bold letters and red crayon.
Trey Brewer is another recent example of a guy who didn’t care what people thought of his physique, got huge (275-300 and soft) at around 18 years old and was winning powerlifting competitions. Dieted down and absolutely dwarfed all his peers at his first show. They were “bodybuilders” he was a powerlifter on a diet, but he knew a thing or two they didn’t about putting on muscle rapidly.
thanks x,
unfortunately around 240 I start having all kinds of sleep, back and knee issues so I’ve had to stop the gains to keep a sustainable level. I plan to keep around 215 @ 10% or so, seems to be an enjoyable weight for me although not HYOOGE but at 5’11" bigger then 98% of people out there and people think I’m 240 which is odd. Guess there is a benefit to all the skinny punks running around, skews the perspective of big so now we look bigger.
Ultimate strength goal is a 2x body weight BP, came close yesterday 405 @ 212, think I need to get to 200 to do it but that is the easy way out.
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
rainjack wrote:
HotCarl28 wrote:
Scott M wrote:
200 lbs at your height? I don’t think “freak” would be on anyones mind that trains seriously. To me the barrier of very large comes at about 3.5 lbs per inch and in shape which at your height would be approximately 240 and lean. 200 lbs at 5’9 on a bodybuilding stage(3% bodyfat, totally dehydrated) would be an impressive physique, but that guy probably normally walks around at about the 235-250 range…
my post was actually a joke… i believe im either not funny or bad at conveying sarcasm over the internet
I think it’s mainly because you are from S.C. No one from SC is funny. It’s not your fault.
Its a problem we all have. Jacked Diesel would say its because of the black people, but I dont think its true to begin with.
Stephen Colbert is from SC.[/quote]
So is Chris Rock
[quote]pushpulljunkie wrote:
since I started I’ve always had a 6 month goal based on the way I look with a good pump. Always wanted to look like that but relaxed in a 6 month time frame. You can see the goal regularly and it is always forward looking, don’t really get a pat onthe back unless you take pics and compare. The pat on the back comes when everyone calls you ‘big buy’ by default. And I’m not even that big.
I would think the emo goal to be waifish would be demoralizing as you spend time in the gym only to have people assume you don’t work out and are just a skinny shit.
I work with a lot of runners and not one of them look like anything but a skinny dude even with weight training and being insanely ‘ripped’. Just not for me.
I think it comes from my wrestling background, when I started wrestling the guys 4-5 years older then me that were big were intimidating, so I decided I would be more intimidating…started 18 years ago. Trained my ass off for 15 of those years without breaking 200lbs @ 5’11" but not ever losing sight of a 6 pack. I think more to do with playing sports several days a week. Got into lower volume heavy lifting and put on a good 50lbs in 18 months…this is much better.
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You mean huge and ripped like Mr. Elite Abs here
Something has gone very wrong in the universe when Runner’s World now has articles titled “Elite Abs”. Call me crazy, but I thought runner’s world was published to help people better their running times and distances. Look, I have abs and do work on them. One day I will be lean enough to show them off. Most people want that, but this wholesale deification of the rectus abdominus has gone way outta hand. How long before entire publications and websites are dedicated to the abdominal muscles?
Abs World
Absweek
Abs Illustrated
How bout just plain ABZ
Somebody should do an episode of the Twilight Zone where some ab worshipper wakes up and those are the only muscles he has.
Geeez, there are other muscles in the human body.
[quote]Razorslim wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
Stephen Colbert is from SC.
So is Chris Rock
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But they both had to leave SC in order to be funny. I rest my case.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Something has gone very wrong in the universe when Runner’s World now has articles titled “Elite Abs”. Call me crazy, but I thought runner’s world was published to help people better their running times and distances. Look, I have abs and do work on them. One day I will be lean enough to show them off. Most people want that, but this wholesale deification of the rectus abdominus has gone way outta hand. How long before entire publications and websites are dedicated to the abdominal muscles?
Abs World
Absweek
Abs Illustrated
How bout just plain ABZ
Somebody should do an episode of the Twilight Zone where some ab worshipper wakes up and those are the only muscles he has.
Geeez, there are other muscles in the human body.[/quote]
hahaha, Im currently trying to create my own website, and the lady that I was getting advice from over the net made this webiste…exactly what you feared.
The theme of this thread has been I want to get huge and I think everyone needs to take that goal to heart. Even if people have different ideas of what that “huge” may be for them you need to have that mindset of wanting to get huge everytime you step in the gym. Its the people who lift pink dumbells who say “I don’t want to get too big” - don’t worry keep lifting like that and you won’t get anywhere.
It’s that idea that has penetrated your subconsious that I don’t want to get too big that will prevent you from doing one more rep, adding one more plate or really pushing yourself.
My point is that even if your goal is not to get huge (though I agree if you’re here it damn well should be) your mantra still needs to be “I want to get huge” because that will keep you pushing yourself workoing hard and as someone said before stop you from accepting mediocrity.
[quote]OneMoreRep wrote:
The theme of this thread has been I want to get huge and I think everyone needs to take that goal to heart. Even if people have different ideas of what that “huge” may be for them you need to have that mindset of wanting to get huge everytime you step in the gym. Its the people who lift pink dumbells who say “I don’t want to get too big” - don’t worry keep lifting like that and you won’t get anywhere.
It’s that idea that has penetrated your subconsious that I don’t want to get too big that will prevent you from doing one more rep, adding one more plate or really pushing yourself.
My point is that even if your goal is not to get huge (though I agree if you’re here it damn well should be) your mantra still needs to be “I want to get huge” because that will keep you pushing yourself workoing hard and as someone said before stop you from accepting mediocrity. [/quote]
Good post. I hope it’s actually understood. No one approaching this with limitations already set in their head is going to work as hard as someone attempting to push as far as they can. It simply won’t happen. That alone makes them a pussy. It’s a safe bet pussies are in the majority at the moment.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
It’s sad when a thread about not wanting to get big gets 8 times the posts that this thread does…on a fucking bodybuilding website!!!
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T-Nation is about far more than just bodybuilding…
[quote]Whey Man wrote:
rainjack wrote:
It’s sad when a thread about not wanting to get big gets 8 times the posts that this thread does…on a fucking bodybuilding website!!!
T-Nation is about far more than just bodybuilding…
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Fair enough and I wasn’t hammering the guy who started the other thread personally, but why not say what you’re into then?
What people seem to be into nowadays is “NOT getting huge”, like it’s an actual goal or sport. Of course there are multiple physical disciplines, but is it not a bit quirky that avoiding mass is stated as a if it were the primary concern.
It IS coming to this:
“Hi, my name’s Percy and I don’t wanna be huge”
Prosecutor says:
Isn’t it true Mr. Dinzfritter that you’ve had size as your goal all along!!!
Mr. Dinzfritter responds:
No NOOOOOO!!! I SWEAR!! I DON"T WANNA BE HYOOOJ!!!
News Alert!!!
An administrative memo leaked by an unnamed insider today reveals that Senator Slim Stickman (I), longtime proponent of federal legislation banning the use of exercise equipment for the purpose of getting bigger, has secretly been lifting weights in the basement of his DC offices in an effort to add mass to his 117lb frame. An immediate denial was issued in which the Senator stated unequivocally: “My record and physique speak for themselves”
[quote]Whey Man wrote:
T-Nation is about far more than just bodybuilding…
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Right, but we’re talking about posts in the Bodybuilding Forum, on the website that bills itself as Bodybuilding’s Think Tank, or used to, at least.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
Whey Man wrote:
T-Nation is about far more than just bodybuilding…
Right, but we’re talking about posts in the Bodybuilding Forum, on the website that bills itself as Bodybuilding’s Think Tank, or used to, at least. [/quote]
But no, let’s ignore all of that and keep yelling out how this site isn’t just about bodybuilding. That way, when they don’t gain two ounces of muscle in two years, they can all claim that was the goal all along!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Uncle Gabby wrote:
Whey Man wrote:
T-Nation is about far more than just bodybuilding…
Right, but we’re talking about posts in the Bodybuilding Forum, on the website that bills itself as Bodybuilding’s Think Tank, or used to, at least.
But no, let’s ignore all of that and keep yelling out how this site isn’t just about bodybuilding. That way, when they don’t gain two ounces of muscle in two years, they can all claim that was the goal all along![/quote]
LOL…hey guys, I have no problem with the thread. I just saw that guy’s one post and simply pointed out this site is more than just bodybuilding, which is 101% without a doubt true.
But go ahead and attack me anyway for no reason. 