silver_shadow
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i find it really hard to believe that someone who's over 5ft9 will struggle beyond 160 with a proper diet and training. when i hear someone say that they ate like a horse and trained balls to the wall and the scale didn't move beyond 160 or whatever, then i will have to tell that person that they really have to learn what eating like a horse really means and what good training is about. too often the guy saying this barely has maintenance cals for the day. the key here is that many of these guys will eat in response to HUNGER. this will not translate into a big caloric intake. that is where the problem lies. instead the guy has to learn that he has to eat alot more than just enough to satiate himself. this would hold true for the majority... the exceptions would have to be guys with thyroid issues... basically some abnormality. i'm not going to hazard a guess as to what the other guys true genetic potential would be... that would be dependent on too many factors varying from each individual to the other. however i can confidently say (yes this is an opinion) it would be somewhere at least over 180 for someone who's over 5ft9. and even if i a guy truly has a lower genetic potential, the point is i'm not convinced he truly ate enough. that's the bottom line IMO.