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I am 220lbs but I look 165lbs! WHY IS THIS?

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Toenail Juice Z

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I am 5ft 11" and weigh 220lbs,nearly 24 years old with about 15% bodyfat. The strange thing is I don't look 220lbs. All this 3 year gym effort seenms to be going to waste!

Could someone explain this strange phenomenon. Could it be that I have a light bone structure.

My joints are very thin. To give you an example, I have only 7.5 inch wrists (19.5cm), and 8.5" ankles.

2) Are there any pro bodybuilders around with small bone structure? (how about Flex Wheeler)

3) Is it much harder to get bigger when you have a small bone structure.

4) After about 8 years of training does someone with a small bone structure often have a nicer looking build?

Thanks Bros. By the way, I am the one with the 15.5" Biceps

:( :(
 
Your bone structure isn't that small. My wrists are less than 7.

Smaller bone structure = issusion of GREATER size.
 
I can sympathize with you. I am 250+ approx 15% but I feel like im 200 at most. think its just our personal perception actually. Its our body and we are used to it, my friends all tease me, call me a house with legs etc but I just dont see/feel it. Im moving decent weights at the gym and all, but I just dont feel that big or strong. Oh well :)
 
Toenail Juice Z said:
I am 5ft 11" and weigh 220lbs,nearly 24 years old with about 15% bodyfat. The strange thing is I don't look 220lbs. All this 3 year gym effort seenms to be going to waste!
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That doesn't sound that unusual. I'm 200 @ 6' and 7% bf. I don't look very big. My bi's are also 15.5". It takes a lot of weight to look large when you are tall.
 
Zyglamail said:
I can sympathize with you. I am 250+ approx 15% but I feel like im 200 at most. think its just our personal perception actually. Its our body and we are used to it, my friends all tease me, call me a house with legs etc but I just dont see/feel it. Im moving decent weights at the gym and all, but I just dont feel that big or strong. Oh well :)
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It's all good. That will just make u work even harder to get EVEN BIGGER!


Maxx >>>>>
 
Cornholio said:
Your bone structure isn't that small. My wrists are less than 7.

Smaller bone structure = issusion of GREATER size.
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Sorry about that, I just measured them again and my wrists are 7 inches exactly.
 
Re: Re: I am 220lbs but I look 165lbs! WHY IS THIS?

mlomker said:


That doesn't sound that unusual. I'm 200 @ 6' and 7% bf. I don't look very big. My bi's are also 15.5". It takes a lot of weight to look large when you are tall.
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Yes my friend, but 5ft 11" is just an average height. I wouldn't call myself tall.
 
Im 5'11" as well and I have rather small bones too, I cant remember exactly, but I think my wrists are only 7.5" at most.
 
I'm 255 at 9% right now and feel overly vulnerable that a strong gust of wind might waft my feathery self away. People tell me I'm a rather large mass of humanity, but I still fell like a 170 pounder. It's hard for you to see yourself the way others do. You want perfection for your body so it's only natural to be overly critical of your physique. This is intrinsic motivation and without it none of us would do what we do.
 
Try to post us a picture. I think one of two things could be happening.

1. You really look bigger than you think. Because you see yourself EVERY DAY, you won't notice changes in your body like someone else will.

2. Your BF is really higher than 15% and your intensity of your workouts suck.


If we can see a picture (especially a before and after) I'll bet we can nail down an accurate assessment.
 
I have small bones ( wrists 6.5 inches ) and I have been successful at bodybuilding competitions and look bigger then guys heaver and bigger because of the small bones and the muscle I have looking bigger because of it.

Just keep eating and training and you will get there , I have a light frame and at 200lbs at 10% body fat I look bigger then guys at 220.
 
Ronin: "I have small bones ( wrists 6.5 inches ) and I have been successful at bodybuilding competitions and look bigger then guys heaver and bigger because of the small bones and the muscle I have looking bigger because of it.

Just keep eating and training and you will get there , I have a light frame and at 200lbs at 10% body fat I look bigger then guys at 220."


Ditto. I am the same way. I have small bone structure and because of it I weigh less than I look. I look 15 to 20 pounds heavier than I weigh. This is not only my opinion but everyone I ask. Maybe your bones are heavy and make you weigh more and your muscle structure hasn't caught up yet. See number 2 of my above post.
 
the term is muscle dysmorphia. It the reverse of anorexia. Where you look at yourself and you always think you are small. And you would do wnything to get bigger.
 
Beezers said:
I'm 255 at 9% right now and feel overly vulnerable that a strong gust of wind might waft my feathery self away. People tell me I'm a rather large mass of humanity, but I still fell like a 170 pounder. It's hard for you to see yourself the way others do. You want perfection for your body so it's only natural to be overly critical of your physique. This is intrinsic motivation and without it none of us would do what we do.
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Exactly Beezers. Heres your answer toenail.
 
I have a very slight bone structure, very small joints and I was 128 pound when I started bodybuliding. Small joints is a plus in a lot of ways. I have won an overall at an NPC national qualifier weighing 169 pounds because my small joints make me look 20 pounds hevier under stage lights. I have been able to beat guys who out weigh me by 150 pounds at times and are in the same condition. The bad part is that I find it difficult to add on size and there is only so much mass my frame is going to hold. You have to play the hand you are delt and make the best of it. I knew I was never going to be a mass monster so I worked on my conditioning and overall apperance and I have done very weel in bodybuilding. The difference between me and you however is I am only 5"5'' tall.
 
Beezers said:
I'm 255 at 9% right now and feel overly vulnerable that a strong gust of wind might waft my feathery self away. People tell me I'm a rather large mass of humanity, but I still fell like a 170 pounder. It's hard for you to see yourself the way others do. You want perfection for your body so it's only natural to be overly critical of your physique. This is intrinsic motivation and without it none of us would do what we do.
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It's so true. No matter how big I get, I'm always saying I need to be bigger, or more cut... or something. I'm really never pleased with the way I look... and hence, I work harder at trying to attain my goals. We live with our bodies everyday, and don't see the changes all the time, and others opinions don't always matter... Geez, this is kinda like those anarexic girls??? :) LOL

C
 
I find that my bones are long but fairly thin. I like it though. I feel it makes my ability to achieve muuscle seperation easier. My wrists are barely 6.5" and I'm 6ft tall and 215. Consider it a blessing. If you have thick bones, do you realize how hard it is to get seperation!?!

WRJ
 
I think bodybuilders can't really judge how they look. They always think their smaller than they really are. At your height and weight you have a lot of muscle.
 
I'm 6'6" 248 and about 12-13% bf right now, I feel skinny too small, at times skinny... I don't know. It's harder for someone my height to LOOK big I think. You're not alone bro.

YUM
 
Re: Re: Re: I am 220lbs but I look 165lbs! WHY IS THIS?

Toenail Juice Z said:
Yes my friend, but 5ft 11" is just an average height. I wouldn't call myself tall.
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It is relative to your weight. I doubt I'll be happy until I'm in the 230-240 range. If you were 5'8 or 5'9 at 200+ then you'd look a world different. Most of the amazing looking guys at my gym are short f*ckers.
 
It also comes from the fact that when you look in the mirror you compare yourself to somebody great (say arnold or whoever..) when people see you they compare you with the average (not very big) person. that is why you will always see yourself as small no matter how many people tell you that you are huge. I have always though that I have large bones and my wrist measures 7.0 and I'm 6'0" @215. I definitely dont look like that much though...:(

Chuck
 
Toenail Juice Z said:
I understand everything you guys are saying, BUT much lighter guys look bigger than me?

Why is this?
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lower bf%...better muscle separation/maturity,etc...get down to 8% and see if you look bigger...---fyi
 
naaaaaaaa

Dude in my opinion you sound like your plenty big. I get the way you are right now some times even though most of the time i am one of the bigger more tone guys in the gym. I believe it has something to do with the saying, i'll never be big enough as long as someone out there is bigger and more cut
 
I definitely think it comes down to height. At 5'8" I look big to the point where people will tell me I look big right out of the blue - which is insane to my mind because I'm really not very big, just 185.

I suppose it's all relative. When you're in the weight room you feel small but walk around amongst ordinary people and it's different.

People who carry weight in the chest, neck, and shoulders due to genetics look bigger because it's that stuff that is at people's eye level. If you have a long neck and a lean face people are going to think you're not so big, even if you are.
 
Toenail Juice Z said:
I understand everything you guys are saying, BUT much lighter guys look bigger than me?

Why is this?
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It is more than likly they look bigger to you but you look bigger to them!! We never look to ourselves how we look to others.


Peace
 
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