Big or Strong?

[Shades McCool]

This may be an interesting question but I just want to see what you guys are actually going for.

Would you rather be........
A) BIG
B) Stronger but not as BIG

I dont know what the deal is with me. I am not that big but I am strong. For example, I see pictures of some of yalls legs but mine are not as big as yours....yet I do as much weight or more weight. I dont have a problem with not having huge parts. I am just happy with getting stronger.

What about yall? Is it the weight or the measurements that does it for you?

 

[Tarheel]

Mosly explosive power, so of the 2 choices I'll choose strong.

 

[coolcolj]

Well I'm after functional mass gains, so for every lb of msucle I put on my legs, my squat and thus my speed and vertical jump has to go up

 

[DBCooper]

I'll go with being strong.

 

[Fatty4You]

I dont compete in any sports [except hiking, which isnt really a sport] and i sit at a desk job all day... so for me its all about SIZE!!!!

Strength would be wicked cool though! And i wont resist it But, i am trying to become a personal trainer and i think that it is important to "look" like you know what you are doing.

-Fatty

 

[Shades McCool]

Well I'm after functional mass gains, so for every lb of msucle I put on my legs, my squat and thus my speed and vertical jump has to go up

I am speaking of people who basically train for hypertrophy. In my core lifts with BFS the most reps I ever do is 10 and that is on 10-8-6 week. I am not even coming close to hypertrophy. I am in the just plain strength area.

 

[louden_swain]

For me, strength correlates with size. . . . so I can achieve both at the same time.

 

[b fold the truth]

To get better...I'll have to get stronger...which will, in turn, end up with me being bigger.

I may not be as big as many people think that I should be...but still. At 6'2" and 290 pounds...you can only cram so much muscle on my frame. I'm still a fairly large person.

B True

 

[coolcolj]

I am speaking of people who basically train for hypertrophy. In my core lifts with BFS the most reps I ever do is 10 and that is on 10-8-6 week. I am not even coming close to hypertrophy. I am in the just plain strength area.

Who says I'm not training for hypertrophy? It's just that I get mine as a by-product - a welcome one at that

 

[strider364]

For me, strength correlates with size. . . . so I can achieve both at the same time.

I agree, I like both.

 

[michaelcoutts]

i go for pure mass but i still like to maintain a good strength basis.

 

[Lee]

i wanna be somewhat large, but as strength is my main goal.

 

[endpoint]

I will go with C (i am surprised its not an option)

big and strong

 

[skaman607]

strong

 

[jeremys]

the never-ending debate that the voices in my head constantly have

who the hell knows

 

[zackdarnell]

Strong

 

[2Shy]

I don't wanna be big and bulky! I just wanna tone!

Seriously, strong it is for me. The only drawback is that my DH has realized I'm better at lugging boxes into the basement than he is.

 

[spatts]

Speed---->Strength---->Size

All of the above, please.

 

[Citruscide]

I will not choose... That is for mortals...

C-ditty

 

[spatts]

Speak, brutha, speak.

 

[saint808]

To get better...I'll have to get stronger...which will, in turn, end up with me being bigger.

I may not be as big as many people think that I should be...but still. At 6'2" and 290 pounds...you can only cram so much muscle on my frame. I'm still a fairly large person.

B True

yeah you runt of the litter!

 

[danish424]

Big. I only care about hypertrophy, not strength pound per pound or function. Obviously I try to progressively up the weights I use but that's just a means to an end. Strength doesn't always equal size. The most I have ever done of front squats is about 315 for 7 reps which is not a lot for a leanish 230 but it doesn't matter. I've seen some powerlifters who could do way more than I and still their quads looked like shit in comparison. To each their own.

 

[tzan]

It may just be a complex or something, but when I look into the mirror I don't see a "huge" guy, like people tell me (6ft 220lbs 12%bf), but when I lift I can see by the weights that I throw around that I'm pretty damn strong. I have friends that look bigger then I am, but when we hit the gym it's the other way around. So in the end I'll run with what it seems like I've been dealt: STRENGTH!!

 

[louden_swain]

To me it is simple. . . .

The stronger you get, the bigger you get.

 

[Thaibox]

I will not choose... That is for mortals...

C-ditty

Damn well said

 

[Sebass67]

Strength and explosiveness.

My reasoning is in the way that u may look big as fuck but if you can;t move any weight that don;t mean jack.

 

[louden_swain]

Strength and explosiveness.

My reasoning is in the way that u may look big as fuck but if you can;t move any weight that don;t mean jack.

What if you are a bodybuilder? That is a whole different type of training.