[quote]Kataklysm wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Kataklysm wrote:
Well as far as genetics, I don’t know how you guys can ignore that alot of lifters have it easier than others. When I first walked into the gym 24 months ago, I couldn’t bench 65 pounds and was fat at 130 pounds and 5"8.
Last week I saw this young, 6"6 buddy, pretty chubby himself, run into the gym for the first time. He repped 185 on the bench press, which is still pretty far from his body weight.
Let’s just say we didn’t exactly start at the same place. But I’ve overcome that and I still outlift that kid weighing 80 pounds less.
What matters is the progress you’ve made and your efforts, I’m much more impressed by a 150 guy lifting 250 than a 250 guy lifting 300.
Wow.
I was a 150lbs skinny kid when I started. Why do some of you make so many damned excuses?
Who cares if some other guy started out stronger than you. How the hell does that make it “easier” for them to get even bigger and even stronger?
I didn’t say that. Let’s say that if I had started working out on the same day that HE did and challenged him to the first who presses 225, I wouldn’t have stood a chance no matter how hard I tried. All I was trying to address was that not everyone starts with the same potential and that you can’t have the same expectations from one person to another.
I’m not making excuses, I’m proud of the progress I’ve made and the strenght I’ve gained (I’ll take the cookie, thanks), and I’m pushing to be ever stronger and bigger. [/quote]
In a contest of pure strength potential, then yes, that man has you beat. But if we’re talking size, it’s a different story. Strength GAIN = growth. So some kid, like yourself, who starts out barely benching 95 pounds or whatever works his way up to a 300lb bench is gonna look stacked as fuck compared to someone that can already throw up heavy weights untrained.