Big or Strong?

[Shades McCool]

This may be an interesting question but I just want to see what you guys are actually going for.

Would you rather be........
A) BIG
B) Stronger but not as BIG

I dont know what the deal is with me. I am not that big but I am strong. For example, I see pictures of some of yalls legs but mine are not as big as yours....yet I do as much weight or more weight. I dont have a problem with not having huge parts. I am just happy with getting stronger.

What about yall? Is it the weight or the measurements that does it for you?

 

[Tarheel]

Mosly explosive power, so of the 2 choices I'll choose strong.

 

[coolcolj]

Well I'm after functional mass gains, so for every lb of msucle I put on my legs, my squat and thus my speed and vertical jump has to go up

 

[DBCooper]

I'll go with being strong.

 

[Fatty4You]

I dont compete in any sports [except hiking, which isnt really a sport] and i sit at a desk job all day... so for me its all about SIZE!!!!

Strength would be wicked cool though! And i wont resist it But, i am trying to become a personal trainer and i think that it is important to "look" like you know what you are doing.

-Fatty

 

[Shades McCool]

Well I'm after functional mass gains, so for every lb of msucle I put on my legs, my squat and thus my speed and vertical jump has to go up

I am speaking of people who basically train for hypertrophy. In my core lifts with BFS the most reps I ever do is 10 and that is on 10-8-6 week. I am not even coming close to hypertrophy. I am in the just plain strength area.

 

[louden_swain]

For me, strength correlates with size. . . . so I can achieve both at the same time.

 

[b fold the truth]

To get better...I'll have to get stronger...which will, in turn, end up with me being bigger.

I may not be as big as many people think that I should be...but still. At 6'2" and 290 pounds...you can only cram so much muscle on my frame. I'm still a fairly large person.

B True

 

[coolcolj]

I am speaking of people who basically train for hypertrophy. In my core lifts with BFS the most reps I ever do is 10 and that is on 10-8-6 week. I am not even coming close to hypertrophy. I am in the just plain strength area.

Who says I'm not training for hypertrophy? It's just that I get mine as a by-product - a welcome one at that

 

[strider364]

For me, strength correlates with size. . . . so I can achieve both at the same time.

I agree, I like both.