What weight class should I aim for?

[letsrun4it]

Hey there...

I'm 5'10" maybe 5'10.5" I'm 25 and I've been training for like 5 years having run a few cycles and had varying degrees of seriousness about my diet.

Anyway I'm considering doing my state NPC show next July so I have a long time.

Right now I'm about 217 pounds...but I'm pretty high bodyfat but getting more fit everyday. For my height what weight class should I aim to compete in?

A) 176 pounds... I was a competitive distance runner in college and once weighed 137 so I'm naturally smaller and I think I could make it down there and be super low bodyfat. I was thinking I could get to 188 and just drop the rest in water to look like a gigantic 176.

or

B) 198 pounds... A much more solid weight would require a lot of body composition work but hell I have like 10 months, tren anyone?

 

[the_alcatraz]

Wrong forum bro. Read the stickies pls. There are strict rules against posting on the wrong forum now.

 

[1/2man1/2god]

bigger the better bro.

 

[nzrodney]

Definately 198. We have the technology!

 

[needtogetaas]

Definately 198. We have the technology!

I think so to.

 

[letsrun4it]

to alcatraz:

fuck off bro... it's no more "weight training" than it is gear related question. if a mod wants to move it they can move it. ive been on this forum a lot longer than you so STFU

 

[keasbey]

ouch bit uncalled for.. but id say bigger the better. like you said you have a long time to go so id aim for the big numbers

 

[skyflyer231]

Personally I'd want to be bigger. 5 foot 10 176 is small man. I'm 5 foot 9 183 lbs at just under 10% bodyfat now having used no gear whatsoever. If you're going to use gear you should be bigger.

 

[SaiBoT]

Guys no need for dirty talk... Anyway within 10 months it's possible to get on the higher limit.

 

[Rage-Of-Sparta]

do not listen to "bigger is better"
look at most show winners and it is never the biggest guy that wins. Big, lean, balanced, and conditioned wins competitions. you will always look bigger on stage whenever you are ripped then when you are full.
get your BF% checked so you knw how much lean mass yo uare working with.
I had planned to diet from what i thought was a lean 230 to to 198lbs. to my surprise i blew past my weight to 185lbs!
I was bigger and more ripped then when i competed the year b4 at 198

 

[the_alcatraz]

to alcatraz:

fuck off bro... it's no more "weight training" than it is gear related question. if a mod wants to move it they can move it. ive been on this forum a lot longer than you so STFU

Well...you obviously still don't know the rules.

Be respectful at all times. This is not a way to talk to people and we don't condone this on here.

 

[needtogetaas]

to alcatraz:

fuck off bro... it's no more "weight training" than it is gear related question. if a mod wants to move it they can move it. ive been on this forum a lot longer than you so STFU

letsrun4it You have been here a long time, just as long as me. I have never seen you do anything wrong or speak in a manner like this.

So I can tell you are upset about something. How ever we do have some new rules you may not know about. We also have some new elite mentors like alc.

Alc helps me and the other mods to keep he forums clean. When you speak to him you should speak to him as a mod and with respect.

Yes you can disagree with him that's fine, but not in the manner in which you just did. Lets keep in mind all he did was explain something to you. You told him to fuck off and he still said nothing wrong back to you.

I am asking you to not do that. ALC has a job to do. A job myself and the admins gave him. So when you tell him to fuck off (you just told me to fuck off).

I really don't like being told to fuck off. Not when all I am doing is a job. So please have some respect is all we ask.

 

[Black Boxster]

to alcatraz:

fuck off bro... it's no more "weight training" than it is gear related question. if a mod wants to move it they can move it. ive been on this forum a lot longer than you so STFU

WOW...and I thought this was a nice forum...
Did someone forget their meds this morning????

You've obviously been on this forum for much longer than me..but Alcatraz is a good bro..sounds to me like someone owes him a apology...