Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below By the way what constitutes a person to be in the small guy/ big guy catergory in the gym? I've been told that I was 'lil' big ass muthafucka, what does that actually mean? I've seen many people on EF talk about this but really where is the line drawn? Does it matter about height, weight, how much you weight, what you can squat, bench....what? Please enlighten me!
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Yes, it's relative
I'm 5'11" 185 and not very big. But I live in Singapore where I'm normally one of the biggest guys in the gym, for sure. So it's all realative.
But back in my old gym in Las Vegas, I was small.
To me though, if you have a lot of toned muscle, no matter your height/weight, you could be big - based on your body type.
Like a friend of mine from college. This Ethiopian guy was about 5'6" 140lbs but had HUGE muscles for someone so 'small'. So actually he was big - as big as a guy with his frame could be.
He was a lil big ass motherfucker also.
-PATRO
I'm 5'11" 185 and not very big. But I live in Singapore where I'm normally one of the biggest guys in the gym, for sure. So it's all realative.
But back in my old gym in Las Vegas, I was small.
To me though, if you have a lot of toned muscle, no matter your height/weight, you could be big - based on your body type.
Like a friend of mine from college. This Ethiopian guy was about 5'6" 140lbs but had HUGE muscles for someone so 'small'. So actually he was big - as big as a guy with his frame could be.
He was a lil big ass motherfucker also.
-PATRO
Rockafella Skank
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Definitley relative ...
A friend of mine is about 5' 6" and 195 pounds at about 10% bf. He's an all-natty, mesomorphic monster.
A friend of mine is about 5' 6" and 195 pounds at about 10% bf. He's an all-natty, mesomorphic monster.
MarshallPenniford
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If your friend is this weight and natural and that BF%, why doesn't he diet down and compete professionally?
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HighIntensity
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your big when you don't have to ask this question
MrMuscle
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its all releative..for instance. here in Norway, we dont have to many bodybuilders. they are most centered in the main city. not in the outskirts where i live. so in my eyes we dont have any "big" guys here..but some tell me im big...and i disagree. it all depends on the eyes of the beholder i guess.
powerlifterjay
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I think big is when you become a freak. If you look freaky and your 220plus your big. Its relative to what some call big. 200 Lbs aint big to me or any of my gym buddies. Big is something you are. And once you hit freak status, you have already went through the am i big , or do you work out phase. Big shirts do not cover it nothing does. I went to BushGardens yesterday, and i am 5'10 255lbs and i looked like a side show walking through the park. Here is one more way to tell your a freak. One ride i went on the Gauzi, i had to sit almost side ways in it to fit in, all the while i see people laughing. On the MOntu my daughter and wife grab the V shaped saftey apparatus that goes over your head and chest and pulled it down, while it goes down you can here it click each time it goes further. Theres cliked like 10 times. You know how many mine clicked ? Once. On an inverted rollarcoaster the only thing keeping my ass from falling out 100 feet and 75 miles per hr was 1 click! YOu here more bad comments then good. Grose, or thats too much, or look at the way he walks. Yesterday i heard it all , and if i didnt my wife and kids heard it. I am ok with it i chose this life style.
MarshallPenniford
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Jay - Wouldn't 200lbs be relative to height and bone structure. A guy 5'6" is going to be freaking huge at 200lbs.
powerlifterjay
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Yes it would. But i see mass every day. One buddy of mine is 5'4 245lbs. 20 plus guns . 20plus calves. Freak. But yes a guy holding 200lbs on a shorter frame is the same as a 6ftr caring 250. My bad. Especially if he has the same relative Bodyfat. He would probably be more freakier. I am not 5'6 so i didnt relate. Sorry.
I definitely fall into the little big guy category. I am quite small framed, so the fact that I have managed to get to 220lbs at 10-11%bf at 5'8" or so, makes me look a lot bigger than I really am. Fully clothed, standing next to a lot of people, I look thick but not huge, but with no shirt on I do as you can see how much extra mass is on my frame. A lot of people say that I'm the biggest guy at my gym, but there are guys that outweigh me by a whole lot, but it's all about proportion I guess.
MarshallPenniford
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5'4" 245lbs! That's nuts!
As to the height thing -- I'm 5'11" ~200lbs, and I don't think I'm big at all. So I agree with your point. Actually it's weird, I think I looked bigger when I was at this same weight with a much higher BF%, in fact I know I did. Now that I'm much leaner, you think I would look "bigger" at the same weight! Weird.
As to the height thing -- I'm 5'11" ~200lbs, and I don't think I'm big at all. So I agree with your point. Actually it's weird, I think I looked bigger when I was at this same weight with a much higher BF%, in fact I know I did. Now that I'm much leaner, you think I would look "bigger" at the same weight! Weird.
MarshallPenniford
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Actually, my girlfriend just pointed out to me what an idiot I am. Muscle being denser and all, of course I look "smaller" when leaner at the same weight. Oops!
powerlifterjay
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Guys i am by know means a bodybuilder, my body fat is 15%. But for what i do it helps me out. I could lift and compete at less but i am not at my goal. And actually wether your goal is size or strenth 15% bf is wear i make my gains at. I have been below 10% (barely) and i weighed 205 at the time that was a while back, but i feel better were i am now. But I cutweight like you would nt believe. I will go up to 265lbs by May, June i have a meet and will 242lbs, then back up to 250 or 260 then sept i will be 220lbs, at weigh in, but 48hrs later i willlift at 240lbs. So you see if i stayed too much leaner i wouldnt be able to manipulate myweight like i do. But since i am not a bodybuilder,dont get me wrong iam 1/2 " away from 20"guns, i want them! I have 30"thighs, 55-56 inch chest 60 inch shoulder. So i do want size , i like it and dont let any plifter say that there not happy when there bench shirt size goes up. We may not care if were pretty , but likeanyone we like an increase in mass. Being big is good!
MarshallPenniford
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Unless you're big-boned. 5'6" 200lbs would be so big, you probably would look too big. Try to gain 15 pounds and drop your BF% to 5-6% and you'll look incredible.
I am 6"2 255...still want more size...heck..don't know what bf i am at...last time i checked...14-15...now....hmmm...have a big chest and thick torso big legs...and than shit for arms...16" and shit for calves...in my opinion anyways. Bigger than most guys...but i think if i was cut or fixed the above probs than i would look massive.
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HighIntensity
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i think cuts can look just as impressive as size,
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