I’m curious if I could even afford to eat enough to weigh 300+ pounds or if I have the time to eat it all each day. It would be crazy awesome, though.
Westclock, every time I read one of your posts, I envision you screaming it with your fists in the air like your avatar
[quote]Professor X wrote:
stringer wrote:
Professor X wrote:
This is the bodybuilding forum. You will not look “huge” at 6’8" at only 275lbs.
in your opinion, what weight does he need to get to in order to look huge at 6’8 approx 15% BF?
300lbs, at least. Mind you, I know people at least 6’5" (hell, I just posted a pic of one guy at 350lbs and 6’5" who DOES qualify as “huge” yesterday) who weigh over 300lbs. I used to train with one. Unless this guy has muscle bellies like Flex Wheeler, he is going to have to pack that mass on.[/quote]
yeah, the guy yesterday was a big motherfucker anyway you slice it.
just out of interest, whats the most you’ve ever weighed?
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
I’m curious if I could even afford to eat enough to weigh 300+ pounds or if I have the time to eat it all each day. It would be crazy awesome, though.
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It isn’t that hard. You just probably won’t be doing it with chicken breasts unless your job is to eat all day long.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
Rattler wrote:
TDub301 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
mday wrote:
The one real advantage we have as tall guys is that when we are “bigger” we are that much more imposing. I may not ever have the biggest PL total in the gym, but when I reach my goal of 6’8", 275lb with 15% bodyfat, I will “look” huge.
Doubtful. I weigh more than that at 5’10.5" currently. I seriously doubt someone nearly AN ENTIRE FOOT taller than me will look HUGE while weighing that much LESS than I do, especially at 15% body fat. If that were contest shape that might be different.
See the problem with your statement, Mr. X, sir, is that size is relative and subjective. 6’8" 275 WILL look huge. Maybe not to you, because you’re bigger, but to the vast majority of people, it will look bigger than huge. When I read your post it translates like: “well, that’s not as big as I am, so it’s not huge. You’ll only look huge [to me] if you at least weigh more than I do”.
That being said, if I were as big as you, I’d be gloating about it constantly.
That’s not what he’s saying. Yes, the stature makes somebody look big, but in weightlifting community a 275lb 6’8’’ guy is NOT big in terms of muscularity. For example, me being 250lbs is nothing when you factor in my height. I would have to be at least some 275lbs before I really have that ‘look’ to me.
Exactly. We’re talking weight lifting, bodybuilding terms here. Of course in the eyes of sedentary people we are all probably considered huge already.
Why did that need to be said? If we were simply trying to impress sedentary people, we could have stopped lifting the moment we could make out where our biceps were…back around 15".
This is the bodybuilding forum. You will not look “huge” at 6’8" at only 275lbs.[/quote]
I should have probably used a better term then “huge”. As you point out, this is a bodybuilding forum and at 6’8", 275lb, 15% BF, I will not be “huge” in bodybuilding terms. I agree that I would need to be 300-350lb at that height and BF.
Sorry to hijack the thread. Good advice so far for what has worked for taller lifters.
[quote]stringer wrote:
Professor X wrote:
stringer wrote:
Professor X wrote:
This is the bodybuilding forum. You will not look “huge” at 6’8" at only 275lbs.
in your opinion, what weight does he need to get to in order to look huge at 6’8 approx 15% BF?
300lbs, at least. Mind you, I know people at least 6’5" (hell, I just posted a pic of one guy at 350lbs and 6’5" who DOES qualify as “huge” yesterday) who weigh over 300lbs. I used to train with one. Unless this guy has muscle bellies like Flex Wheeler, he is going to have to pack that mass on.
yeah, the guy yesterday was a big motherfucker anyway you slice it.
just out of interest, whats the most you’ve ever weighed?
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Enough to check the integrity of the chair I am about to sit in.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
OTS1 wrote:
So let me start by saying I’m 6’ on the button.
I don’t care how tall you are or how bad your levers are, in order to grow, you need to be under heavy load. There are few exercises that allow you to do this like squat/bench/dead. If you haven’t squatted 2x bw, benched 1.5x bw, and DLed 2xBW, then you probably aren’t advanced enough in your training to decide that they don’t work for you.
I do believe that someone can not be built for a lift, but the above numbers are achievable. If you can do those, and you still feel that they don’t work to get you bigger, I MIGHT believe you, but chances are you’re eating wrong. I have never heard of a bodybuilder outside of a weider publication attributing their massive physique to sissy squats and concentration curls.
Now that being said, unless you’re a powerlifter, I see no reason to do only those three lifts. But don’t give up on them because they’re extra hard to do because you’re so damn tall 
The recipe for success for tall dudes isn’t radically different than it is for anyone else: lift heavy, eat big, sleep big, repeat.
If I do a lift for 6 months with no noticeable results, I can safely say it’s not working. I don’t need to dedicate the time and effort it takes to acheive a 500+ deadlift to stop doing it. [/quote]
If you’re doing “the big three” intensely and consistently, and not seeing results, thats pretty mindblowing unless you’re already ronnie coleman… or… insert tall bber here.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Enough to check the integrity of the chair I am about to sit in.[/quote]
lol
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
I also know I have to pay special attention to my extremities, so upper/lower arm, upper legs ands calves. Those are usually the things all tall guys struggle with so I make sure I focus a lot of my attention there.
Don’t you have more trouble with chest than arms? I thought I read that somewhere.[/quote]
Yes, but they both need to be larger.
[quote]BigBartDawg66 wrote:
hardcoreraymond wrote:
Mechanical drop sets really helped bring biceps out for me, three dif variations.
HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY weighted dips for triceps and lower reps like 5x5. Deadlift skull crushers also.
I jack up the bar a bit for deads on the power rack, still below knee.
For abs dude… Power clen to push press is king for me.
Did you use the mechanical drop set that CT mentioned in one of his articles?
I’m looking for some help here too, 6’7".
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CT’s way is good.
I learned 3 variations of the exercise as follows:
squeeze traps together to isolate the bicep.
6-8 reps, pronated grip, 10 secs rest
As many reps as you can, supinated grip
As many reps as you can, neutral grip
so you do that with the ez bar, then rest 90 seconds.
then do the same with dumbbells, 90 secs rest
then do the same again with dumbells, this time angled/seated
if your biceps aren’t burning on fire at the end of each mech set, you didn’t do it right.
Its not a very fun way to train biceps, but if your a sicko like me, youll love it.
fun is for pussies.
[quote]stringer wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Enough to check the integrity of the chair I am about to sit in.
lol
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I broke my first chair about a month ago lol. I plopped down in a metal chair and the legs just did the splits and I busted my ass haha, it was a memorable moment.
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
hardcoreraymond wrote:
BTW my avatar is a lifelike portrait of myself
huh, looks like a character from a Final Fight game to me. Were you in Final Fight? How’s Haggar doing?[/quote]
Streets of Rage II and axl and blaze are doing fine… thx
we should have our own T-Cell
[quote]Professor X wrote:
TDub301 wrote:
I’m curious if I could even afford to eat enough to weigh 300+ pounds or if I have the time to eat it all each day. It would be crazy awesome, though.
It isn’t that hard. You just probably won’t be doing it with chicken breasts unless your job is to eat all day long.[/quote]
Yes, but I have a hurdle that most people here probably don’t have to jump over. Catches everyone off guard when I tell them. I’m allergic to chicken, actually all poultry. Really really sucks.
[quote]hardcoreraymond wrote:
TDub301 wrote:
hardcoreraymond wrote:
BTW my avatar is a lifelike portrait of myself
huh, looks like a character from a Final Fight game to me. Were you in Final Fight? How’s Haggar doing?
Streets of Rage II and axl and blaze are doing fine… thx[/quote]
Ah, my second guess. Good to know.
Come to think of it, I would think that creating an effect of width would be really important for a really tall dude. So military presses would be good, no?
behind the neck presses
as for kcals to maintain weight…
a 25 year old, 300 lb male who work out 5 times a week would need a lil above 3800 cals to maintain weight…
most people get 1k cals from a whopper n fries alone, so doing so cleanly wouldn’t be a problem.
6’5" 220lbs here and my advice is this: EAT AND SQUAT/DEAD/BENCH/CHIN/DIP/ROW HEAVY. It’s pretty much the only thing that’s worked for me. Oh did I mention eating? And don’t forget to eat. Eat some more.
Crap, there’s another 6’8’’ guy on T-Nation besides me. I thought I was the only one with claim to the title.
Just an FYI: I weigh a bit under 300 lbs, and I still look small. Granted my fat percentage is higher than I’d like, but you still need a ton of mass to look big at our height.
The best advice I can give is to work on injury prevention. Specific core training is extremely important for tall lifters. Sadly, I’ve neglected this fact in the past and have paid for it with a recurring back injury.
The big thing for me was food. I have to eat ALL THE TIME or I just drop weight like crazy. I found myself legitimately overtrained a few times, depression and all, just because I wasn’t getting enough food in the workout window. I’m almost to the point where I need to take food with me to the gym.
I do believe in the big lifts, but I also throw in a lot of machine and DB work to take some load off the joints. I grew like 9" in one summer, and I think my joints are still playing catch-up. I’m also beginning to think that tall guys need direct ab work.
6’2" 230 lbs
Maintenance 3200 off days, 4000 workout days
-Sab
You have to get past that excuse, and push your body to its limits. You have to keep pushing no matter what.