+ 2 Do you see yourself as "big" as other people see you? At what point do you feel your big?
I know this has come up from time to time w/ some of my close friends that are "Big" guys also(Serious lifters).
It's always sparked some interesting conversations hangin' out after hours on the weekends or whatever.So I wanted to bring it up here because I know more of my close buds than not are like me when it comes to this and when we look in the mirror we just don't see ourselves no where near as big as other people see us.
Which brings up a good point that it really can help having a smart buddy or two to workout with and help critique each other and work on your weak points and excel with your strong points.
So I guess the best question is this:
How tall are you?
How much you weigh?
How long have you been working out?
When did you see yourself as "Big"?
Do you think you see yourself as big as others see you?
Yes when you are out and about you get looks and you know when people are checking you out and notice "Damn that guy is big as fuck".You know you love it,it's much hard earned respect you deserve for the countless hours you put in w/ the Iron and dialing in your diet.And you usually notice if your the biggest guy in the room,and if not who is...I mean that's just how we are and how our minds are programmed as bodybuilders,it doesn't mean we're gay because we notice another big dude in the room,we just respect the hard work,that and it's that primortal caveman/warrior blood pumping all this test through our veins alerting us when there is another potential threat in the area,you'd be dumb if you didn't notice it,or dead if it was 100years ago and the guy was coming for your head on a stick...just saying
I know I'm 6' tall and been lifting/supping over the course of 15+ years.(Off/On)
I never took any interest in bodybuilding until well into my 20's...but better late than never.
took me years to progress and even get to where I truly understood my body and how to feed it and work it out to get what I wanted...I suppose the first time I ever truly felt like I had gotten pretty big was the first time I pushed past about 220lbs...But most of that was from people comments and noticing you get a lot of looks and people checking you out on the day2day.I knew I was "Bigger" because what I had come from(maybe 175lbs)but I still didn't feel "Big"Even though usually I was the biggest guy in the room,you know.
Life,Family,Work happened and my hours in the gym turned into hours doing other things,as happens to most of us...Few years later realized I was slacking and no more BS,time to make the time for me.After recomping and getting back at it,which was the worst...omg.But got there and I think the first time I ever truly felt as big as I was,as big as other people did when they look at me was pushing past 235lbs..That was pretty much my plateau at my height,as soon as I finally broke through that the next 20-30lbs came easy,probably too easy,lol.
Although still even so,just me and a mirror I still never see myself as big as I am,and its even safe to say I feel like my same 200lb self no matter what weight or how big I am,It really takes being in the gym and I'll see a guy that's swole and thinkin " Damn that dudes fkin swole" Then when I walk by him and check the mirror Its really only then is when I realize,Damn,I'm way bigger than him...LOL
I suppose that's part of what keeps me at this game and why its the most self fulfilling thing I ever do for myself and every day you can push it a little bit further if you want it bad enough.
Your probably never going to see yourself as big as you really are,but that in itself tells you your twice as big as you "Think you are".Which is even better IMO
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Hitman187No i never have. Not trying to come off cocky or conceided but i would get compliments and stares all day long. I definitely appreciated all the comments and positive feedback id get, but i was never happy with the way i looked. I was never big enough and i was never cut enough.
Now since ive been unable to touch a weight in over 8 months, i look back at my old pics and would give anything to have that back. One of my friends was telling me, and its so true, that once im able to lift again and get back to where i was ill have a much Greater appreciation for it.
That muscle will come back quicker than you think.
Bigorexia here- even when im consistent and at my peak i still see skinny and small.
Ive bulked up to 125kg back in the day and still felt small.
These days due to injuries im big to normal people and naturals but average in juice world.
So yea just a fucking twig hahaha
Twigorexia is a bitch. Lol.
I think it's fair to say you could copyright that one.
Lol
I never felt or thought i was "big" when i lived in america haha but now that i live overseas (for work) in the south east asia area... i feel HUGE... then again everybody around me is a head shorter than i am... and i'm not even that tall
25 y.o
89 kgs, around 197 lbs
9%bodyfat
180cm tall
been lifting for 10 years
I still dont think i'm "big" but whenever i'm out.. i sure do feel big haha
I'm 6'4"
28 years old
298.9 lbs
Been lifting 9 years
I honestly felt and looked bigger when I was 277 cut with 5.7 precent body fat... I'm currently on a bulk and hope to reach 315.... But I always feel small...
bruh 277 5.7%bf...
are u...real?! jesus christ i can't even imagine that haaha
bastard
mefcukingjealous
I'm forever small in my mind. Right now I'm hugging 230 at around 11-12%, at 5'8", and I still feel like the little skinny shit fresh out of high school. It keeps me modest and pushing though. I'll even see a guy and think I need to catch him or something, and he'll say something along the same lines. It's not until I glance in the mirror side by side that I realize I'm wider. My gains have definitely been slow and steady, so it's probably how I'll always see myself.
I don't get some of the smaller guys that act like they're 10' tall and all ego. The ones that hit 225 for 5 reps on a bench and slam it down, then jump up like they're the king of the world and puff their chest out. But if that's what keeps them going and motivated, more power to them. Just don't slam that shit on my foot and all is cool.
getshitdoneI hear u mate. Tbh I never feel big I'm sitting at 220lbs I never feel big tho when I am out and about ppl be like omg look at the size u have got.
I think I'll always feel like that cus I weighed like 9stone til I was 28 I'm 36 now.
I've never felt big. I'm 6' tall and kind of feel like I'd have to be 250 before I was big. I was creeping up on 230 last summer, but so hard for me to maintain it foodwise. Hovered around 220 recently and pretty lean, felt good, but not big.
Took my kid to a public pool recently and noticed some people staring, but it just made me self conscious because I'm neurotic.
ATM I'm currently sitting at about 188lbs at 5'6.5 hovering roughly around 12%bf. The only time I feel big is when I'm in the gym with a pump and that Oh So Good Gym Lighting is working its magic. I get comments all the time even wearing tshirts about "coming from the gym" or "you must workout a lot" but I never feel i stick out enough to warrant the attention other than when I'm at the gym wearing y back tanks. I've lost aspirations to get super huge. I think at my height is like to recomp and not put on any more weight and would want to sit at 180-185lbs at 7-8%bf at 5'6.5" ..I don't want to mess with slin to get to a shredded 200+lbs at my height, not worth it and I'm more and more leaning to want to go more aesthetic classic physique look rather than full on bodybuilder
I am the biggest I have ever been right now but I think I look smaller compared to my latest comp pics when I was 25lbs lighter.
Right now I'm 6'2" and 235, with a bf of around 12-13%. I've lifted since I was 14 and I'm in my late forties now. I've been on trt for the past four years and haven't ever gone beyond that. I don't see myself as "big" but I know I'm bigger than 95% of those I come in intact with.
I used to see myself as big when I was young and around 200lbs. Funny how that works.
I'm a professional, so I don't wear reveling closes, but I do notice that people give me more respect than other folks around me. Not sure if it's the lifting or not, but I'm sure it has something to do with it.
I do thought see myself as needing to be bigger and don't ever see myself as big, so I'm sure this is some type of dysmorphia going on. Not sure how to change that though.
AnonIm 5' 11 262lb as of this morning, ive been working out solid for 13 years, i didnt really start growing until my mid 20s and about 5 years of lifting. I look in the mirror daily and hate myself, I can max bench 520lb raw, but I cannot squat 350lbs to save my life, i can curl 205lb but cannot dead lift 315lb. People aproach me in the gym and twll me how im the biggest guy in there, strongest guy ect. (Im not, and I wont claim to be) its cool to get the big guy talk from other guys in the gym but I get really embarrased when people that never lifted a weight before talk to me like im the rock or something, if the only new how weak i really am in most areas.
NVM, if I'm honest with myself, I know why. I do not bench near as much as I do the other two lifts.
How did you get a 520lb bench? My backsquat is 455lb and my deadlift is 475lbs, but my bench is a measly 265lb. It is way harder for me to get my bench to go up on weight then my other two lifts.
It is pretty interesting for sure how you can get so big,gain so much good size and not necessarily the strength that one would think would come with it.I know most people in general(not Bodybuilders)assume that with all that size and all that extra muscle the bigger guy is of course the strongest but we all know that def isn't so.I have a friend that first got me into working out,he was straight up just Cockstrong,he'd never juiced or anything,he wasn't even 185lbs back then(in the day) and it was CRAZY how much weight he could put up,I mean just crazy,he's the only guy I've ever been with that got us kicked out of a gym,lol.He could bench over twice his bodyweight easily and had barely just got into working out,It was just pure genetics plain and simple.He was the kind of guy you would see on the news walk up to a car wreck and someone pinned under it and he'd have been that guy that single handedly picked the car up so someone could rescue the person trapped underneath.Just an amazing feat of strength.He was my lifting partner my first few years getting into working out seriously to get big.Had he made better choices and alcohol not got the best of him he could have more than likely set some serious records had he got into powerlifting and strength comp's.All Natural.
We know as BB's we can get big as hell and manipulate our body so many different ways,and of course I'm fine with the general public thinking we are Monsters and we are twice as strong as we are Huge...but it can stay our secret I guess that strength and size are not hand in hand like you would think.I know I've been guilty plenty of times getting my size and numbers where I want them to be,but I've never really pushed the envelope too hard on strength conditioning or Powerlifting.It's cool to throw up big numbers,and I luv breaking PR's now and then,but I don't get crazy with the whole strength thing,and also I have never caused myself any serious injuries either,which I've seen many friends do on cycle thinking their superman and end up out of the game and ripped/torn something that never heals back right...Gotta know your limits and Gotta know how to listen to your body when its screaming back at you "ENOUGH"!
Being 6'1", I classify being big over 225lbs. However, when I was well above that I didn't feel as big as I was. There were moments; getting in a sedan, putting on jeans and walking stairs lol. I just go off what my kid's friends say. Sometimes, I get some blank stares and some hilarious comments about muscles.
It doesn't even matter bc in my eyes I'll never b big enough. HelI I look in the mirror and still see the kid I was n high school Lol and in the real world I definitely look different and stand out from a crowd. We r some sick MF ers
We are def some Sick MF's...
Anybody get the "stop working out you're already big enough" statement? Drives me insane because I don't even think I'm that big lmao
I was explaining this to my friend the other day. Most women are less than 140lbs and under 5'8 so when then see a man that has 50+ lbs on them they are going to be huge looking to them
I get that all the time from my wife and I'm truly not big at all.
I should be grateful because getting big is hard work. She usually follows up with, "I don't want you to be freaky big like Sauron." ...Then I get a little worried. What does she mean by "big"?
Hahaha! My wife is trying to keep up with me. She just texted me from the grocery store and said two latino chicks were kind of staring and talking about her so she asked them if there was a problem, they said "No we were just admiring your body and no we are not lesbians". (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
On a side note I trained hard and heavy all winter this year. I did not run a real cycle. Only my 200 test cyp and about 300 primo and put on seven pounds that has held. 6' 242 as well as the lowest I have ever had my body fat.
We were just talking about this in the gym yesterday. I never see myself as big as I am and I still kind of freak out in my head when someone points out that I am huge,lol. As I have said before, we are all like teenage girls with eating disorders, body dysmorphia.
Hahahahaha
Exactly right,it's pretty funny sometimes
I am reminded of the BroScienceLife guy Dom, "the day you started lifting is the day you became forever small, because you will never be as big as you want."
The day you decided to lift. Is the day you were forever small.
I wonder what is up with that dude, I just realized I haven't seen any new videos.
oh shit, you beat me to it
I had someone say yesterday I want to be as big as that guy. I feel small and I was wearing my stringer but did make me feel kind of good inside... I feel small on the other hand.
OP, are you Rich Piana? Lol
Just busting your balls. Great Post!!!
I couldn't afford enough synthol to be Rich Piana,BP should buy stock in his ass for the oil rights.
Okay, I have body dysmorphia. Happy?
Lol
6,5 with shoes on
347 pounds
And no I don't consider myself big when look in the mirror I see a smaller version drives me to get bigger tho.. but I think most people are the same way
I'm pretty sure you qualify as big. Great work man.
fkn monster
Fuck ya,I know being 6'5" you'll prolly never feel big enough man,Look at Morgan Aste @ 6'3" 360lbs,and you have 2 inches on him...I've always been so glad I at least hit 6',feel for short dudes,it's gotta suck...but then again they look twice as wide three times as fast...good friend of mine is wide as a fkin door but only 5' 2",I always feel thin standing next to him,lol .You gotta work with what you got,I know that's right
All my family is like 6'4 minimum my mom was short as fuck I'm 5'11 and 3/4 dammit glad my work boots ad a inch though lol. My licence expired in January I'm wearing my work boots to get a new licence and claiming 6' but in all reality when the lights are off and you nailing the old lady your not thinking about your height and if your running tren your thinking of doing weird stuff under the sheets hahahaha I'm I right
I was 6 1 most of my life, late teens onwards. Had a full medical when I turned 40, first time I'd had my height taken in a couple of decades and it turns out I've lost just shy of an inch in height.
So hate it break it to you guys but this is common in most, male and female, bad for the already short guy's lol. Can't fight time and age, just make the best of what we've got.
Oh shit...40's just around the corner for me...I better not be shrinkin!
Yea, my grandads british milatary records state 6"1, hes 80 now and 5"10, his ears are also 3 times the size, definatly a real thing.
5' 11" and 3/4...lol
I feel ya
you sound like my wife man...she's like I'm 5' 2" AND a 1/2"
She's never once forgot to throw that 1/2" in there...lol
But honestly her being 5'2"@ 110lbs w/34DD and sexy as fuck,I always feel twice as big standing next to her skinny little ass,always a nice confidence boost,and of course my Dick looks Twice as Massive w/ her little ass all over it,stuffed up in her ribs somewhere,Keeping the Monster at Bay...LOL
Lol
350 God dam man ever thing about cutting back some I know your tall as fuck as well but your heart is probably working like a mad man have you ever got checked out for your heart don't want to mess around with that. I know i wouldn't want to walk past you in a dark alley
Yeah I have I know I can't sustaine this much more and will cut to under 300
300 is still massive as hell cutler is I belive 260 off season but he's like 5 inches shorter you should be a linebacker bro lol Marshawn Lynch style