How to become bigger and stronger!!!

[b fold the truth]

Bfold - You and I have disagreed about this always. However, I understand why you eat so much given your sport, but for a bodybuilder, especially a natural one, it makes no sense to gain that much bodyfat.

As a bodybuilder, I don't care to delude myself with big numbers on the scale. I could be 250lbs and 25% body fat, or I could just be 200lbs at 6-7% and have the exact same strength and lean mass.

For you, you'll obviously gain more muscle by eating more, and consequently you would lose of that some by dieting the fat off, so I would never expect you to want to risk that by leaning out. But, can you understand how for the rest of us eating that much is fairly useless?

Gain that much bodyfat? Are you saying that I am fat? I eat like that and are you saying that I am fat and that I am fat because I eat like that? Hmmmm...at a bodyweight of 285 or so...you can see visible signs of abs. Ohh...I'm not on anything either.

I am not deluding myself with numbers on the scale either. I don't care to be weak and small at 6-7% bodyfat. When you are that lean...you will NOT get bigger...not seriously bigger. You will NOT be stronger or just as strong either.

Muscle is muscle...no matter if it is moving a 70k pound fire truck via harness or flexing a side chest on stage...muscle is muscle and it is gained by one way. I also say that when you become huge...freakishly huge...to the point where when you go places people look at you like you are a freak and abnormally huge...you can say that my diet is useless.

This was taken last week...

Diet must be working for me...

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[b fold the truth]

Oh, nice job on the 725! Insane.

Appreciate it...since then I did 880 without straps...and only a loose belt.

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[b fold the truth]

while I'm not strong in absolute terms, I've definitely gotten bigger and stronger without adding any fat. adding 5 lbs or 1 extra rep every workout is a good sign of that

Things will change for you when you reach more of a genetic potential. Once you stop getting your "initial gains" you will have to strive to gain...and that struggle will not come easy.

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[coolcolj]

that will be a while yet - possibly another 5 years

220 at 7% BF is about the largest I'd want to get anyway. At this weight I'd be a bit on the "freakish" side as is for my height (5'9") and small bone structure! Can't say I see too may Asians at this weight/height ratio ..

 

[b fold the truth]

that will be a while yet - possibly another 5 years

220 at 7% BF is about the largest I'd want to get anyway. At this weight I'd be a bit on the "freakish" side as is for my height and small bone structure! Can't say I see too may Asians at this weight/height ratio

Just keep working in the right direction...keep progressing!!!

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[louden_swain]

B Fold The Truth,

You are a solid guy!! Due to your size, you need a hell of a lot more calories than the average person. You eating 5000 to 6000 calories a day does not seem ridiculous to me. If you followed a diet where you ate 2500 to 3000 calories a day, you would probably lose your power. Believe it or not, I eat very similar to you except I try and consume 4000 calories per day. My philosophy is, if you want to get stronger than you need to fuel the body with a large quantity of food. I am no stranger to the grocery store. When it comes winter time, I am not affraid to admit that I pig out. My bodyfat never jumps any higher than 9 percent. I need a bodyfat range around 9 percent so I can shift around the heavy weights. I freak out when I lose my power.

 

[p03t1c]

bfold, don't let it go to your head man. you know you're an animal. alot of us know you're an animal. these other people just don't understand. "how can a guy be heavy and not fat". MAYBE BECAUSE HE FUCKING TRAINS HIS ASS OFF.

 

[b fold the truth]

B Fold The Truth,

You are a solid guy!! Due to your size, you need a hell of a lot more calories than the average person. You eating 5000 to 6000 calories a day does not seem ridiculous to me. If you followed a diet where you ate 2500 to 3000 calories a day, you would probably lose your power. Believe it or not, I eat very similar to you except I try and consume 4000 calories per day. My philosophy is, if you want to get stronger than you need to fuel the body with a large quantity of food. I am no stranger to the grocery store. When it comes winter time, I am not affraid to admit that I pig out. My bodyfat never jumps any higher than 9 percent. I need a bodyfat range around 9 percent so I can shift around the heavy weights. I freak out when I lose my power.

That is exactly what I mean to say...seriously. What I eat sounds like a lot to the average person...but I am larger than the average person. I have large wrists, very large feet and hands, and a very large waist. I also have very dense and large bones... It takes a lot for me to maintain...even more to gain.

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[DrBones]

Awesome picture man...
You sure don't look like you have much fat to me...
This topic is making me want to start bulking sooner... I was planning on waiting until the end of August before I REALLY started hitting the big calories... But I don't know if I can wait that long... I just wanna be over 200 again..
You are a great motivator!

Thanks
Ryan

 

[b fold the truth]

bfold, don't let it go to your head man. you know you're an animal. alot of us know you're an animal. these other people just don't understand. "how can a guy be heavy and not fat". MAYBE BECAUSE HE FUCKING TRAINS HIS ASS OFF.

No no...I understand. When I was smaller, off and on, I thought that I could stay lean (or eat a lot less) and I was wrong. When I found that I could eat a lot, lift VERY heavy and grow...that is all that I did. I have EXTREME goals. Those people close to me (mother, father, sister, and Night Fly) have all had a hard time understanding that I have EXTREME goals. They all now realize that I am NOTHING without those EXTREME goals.

I want to be a freak of nature. I don't want to be a decent amateur or weigh 285. I want to be the best in the United States and compete at the Worlds...and weigh 320. EXTREME.

My goals are just full blown...and most people don't understand that...sometimes not even my closest of friends.

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