17 - looking for some info on how to get bigger faster (thought i'd ask the biggest)

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Cubanito17: shit boy your getting big keep it up


eldiablo :forearms will build with all the pulls (read deadlifting) upper arms will get big from benching (namely triceps...which will look freaky large) biceps can be added additionally, your torso will be like a tree trunk (you may lose the V taper thing...but who cares you will be able to dead lift a car).


lilmikey: Powerlifting you get strong, quick and large at the same time (providing your training and eating is correct)

body building...you get big* mildly strong...and depends on how you train you may or may not get quicker (remember speed is the best way to move big weights)

why not kill three birds with one stone?


*big like some sort of picasso painting......like some thing a plastic surgeon has whipped together. Powerlifting will build a thick solid over all powerfull build. the key words being thick and powerfull...

 

[Cubanito17]

Yes it's tru I gained 35lbs actually. BUT that's b/c before when i was 160lbs I was kinda worried about my body hince the 8%BF I was at and didn't wanna gain weight I liked me abs. So you could say I wanted to look like a BB and have the strength of a PL but that never came.

Ever since I've been gaining weight the strength has been packing on. Especially with me pulling.

Thanks for the compliments guys that's what keeps me going.

 

[gmanlax7]

to put on size, make sure your not overtraining. I wasnt getting any bigger for a while, lifts were going up but not size, so i cut back and gave myself more days off, this helped my muscles have more times to grow and beefed me up.

 

[eldiablo]

wow lots of replies - thanks.

size vs. strength: I want to get bigger, but also stronger. The last thing I want is to somehow manage to add size and have no strength to back it up. Don't tell me for a second you powerlifters aren't huge. At some point I'll want to work on definition, moreso than some p/l may desire to, but powerlifting strikes me as getting big and strong fast.

I probably do need to eat more. I don't know my body fat %, but like cubanito, I fear adding on too much fat when bulking. What types of foods should I try for? I weigh about 165 now, just how much should I be eating?

I've stayed on a fairly steady work out plan, and never miss a workout unless i'm resting an injury. I need to know what works though. I'm dissatisfied with the gains, both strength and size from what I do now (I haven't had much guidance).

Can someone point me to this westside? Is there anything I need to know going into it?

Thanks guys!

 

[eldiablo]

another question regarding the fat issue...

is doing much aerobic exercise a bad idea when coupled with this kind of lifting? can i jump rope/run to offset some of the extra fat intake, or is this a bad idea?

 

[Cubanito17]

hey man as long as ur not eating sloppy like twinkies, cookies, BK and all that shit all the time and your eating good foods like pasta, steak, burgers, rice, chicken and shit like that then you'll be fine and you won't put on FAT you'll just put on some extra weight but really you'll be putting on size TRUST ME on that one I know I have.

At 160 5 months ago I looked ill now that i look back at some pics and now at 195 I look pretty good and I'm not that fat really and i'm ALOT stronger than before I love it. And westside and these boards is what I think changed it. This is a GREAT PLACE.

about the aerobic stuff if you do like twice a week 20 min or less of cardio I think you'll be good. Light cardio nothing that you run outta breath b/c then it's too much.

 

[Arioch]

Yes it's tru I gained 35lbs actually

You know, sometimes old guys get jealous of shit like this.

Good job, and keep up the good work.

Are you going to be going into any sort of athletic program in college or just focus on lifting?

 

[Cubanito17]

Thanks ARIOCH well if it wasn't for u guys helping me gain the weight really it woulda never came on. I remember the time I met BOB YOUNGS the FIRST thing he said to me was " you need to put on weight" and I was like UMM i don't wanna be FAT. But now I understood what he meant by big weights move big weights.

About the college thing I won't be playing college ball I'm doing first two years at a community college after that though. I was thinking about trying to get into UM as a walk on and if they can offer me a scholarship. Hell if I'm HUGE at 19 like FREAK and they watch me play, OH YEA THEY'LL WANT ME.