How far can I go naturally ?

[supersizeme]

Welcome to the tiny wrist club. I've got 6" wrists myself. I started out 3 years ago this month at 5'10" 135lbs. Today I'm 185lbs(haven't used gear) at the same bodyfat level when I was at 135. It's a going to take consistently shoving enough of the right food down your throat, plus a lot of heavy compound lifting, but I'd shoot for 170-175lbs right now at your height.

 

[Yeo]

What diet and training routine did you use to get to where you are now Supersizeme ? What do you think of my current training routine and the one debaser recommended ?

 

[casualbb]

Yeo -- I managed to dig up a google cached version of the old maximum muscular bodyweight calculator found on weightrainer.com

Anyway, you didn't post your ankle measurements, so here's your maximum muscular bodyweight at 8% bodyfat, 5'9", 6.0 inch wrists and several different ankle measurements:

ankle: 9" -- bodyweight: 180
ankle: 8" -- bodyweight: 166.8
ankle. 7" -- bodyweight: 155.2

So just interpolate your bodyweight from those. As to the accuracy of the calculator, I think it's pretty good. The guy who came up with the formula applied it to the known measurements of all the Mr. Olympia and Universe winners before drugs started being used. The maximum error between their actual weights and his predicted weights were 1.6%.

Side note: the biggest of the olde tyme bodybuilders was 225 pounds at 6'1" (Reg Park). Kinda makes you suspect a helluva lot of juicing going on nowadays.

-casualbb

 

[collegiateLifter]

the size off of wrist size calculators arent worth much at all. just some guys opinion. there are big pl'ers with small wrists believe it or not.

 

[casualbb]

the size off of wrist size calculators arent worth much at all. just some guys opinion. there are big pl'ers with small wrists believe it or not.

There are also 150 pound guys that can bench 300. Does that mean there are a lot of them? Note: said PL'ers could be juicing.

And this is just your opinion. Does that make it "not worth much?"

I think the accuracy of the predictions speak for themselves.

-casualbb

 

[michaelcoutts]

just fatten yourself up like a baby whale /
eat, eat, eat and put on whatever weight u can. Doesnt matter if it is fat coz us ectomorphs can burn it off without trying. I often put oil into my shakes and stuff like that for more fat coz i now that i am capable of burning it off by just eating normally.

OH and train 5 times a week on needsizes 5sets by 5 reps program. Focus your days workout around a heavy compound lift eg benchpress, squat, deadlift, close grip benchpress, barbell curl and you should be guranteed to put on weight.

 

[jeremys]

hey, what's that calculator say for somebody who's 5'9 and has 7.5 inch wrists and 10 inch ankles? just curious what it says..

 

[Yeo]

Train 5 times a week, are you joking, I'd overtrain in no time bro. Don't relly know about the 5*5 routine, I might look into it, I'm going to stick with low volume workouts for the time being though. I think I will start putting olive oil in my shakes, thanks for the tip bro.

 

[casualbb]

Jeremys: for you, 208 @ 8% bodyfat.

Yeo: you're right about the low volume. Check out HST: www.hsnhst.com

If anyone wants to play with the calculator, search on google for "maximum muscular bodyweight," making sure to use quotes. For the first entry that shows up, click on the cached version (unfortunately the actual site is down).

-casualbb

 

[jeremys]

ok, my LBM is 195 right now, so how much is that off by? i hope i don't plateau in a year or two. that coudl suck