What to do when....

xroflmaowtfx · 05-12-2008, 03:34 PM

What does one do when they're satisfied with where they are? What if someone has reached a level where they don't want to get buffer? (Like, so they don't want to look freakishly muscular)

If you stop working out, you'll slowly lose muscle, right? And you might begin to get fat too. What would someone do in this situation?

malcore2009 · 05-12-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by xroflmaowtfx

What does one do when they're satisfied with where they are? What if someone has reached a level where they don't want to get buffer? (Like, so they don't want to look freakishly muscular)

If you stop working out, you'll slowly lose muscle, right? And you might begin to get fat too. What would someone do in this situation?

you still workout to maintain your figure

xroflmaowtfx · 05-12-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by malcore2009

you still workout to maintain your figure

How would you workout though? Same weights?

xroflmaowtfx · 05-12-2008, 10:51 PM

Bump

kneedamage · 05-12-2008, 10:53 PM

Well, You could like.. Cut your sets in half.. and Never increase weights.

Dont know what else to tell you, I never looked into how to NOT get bigger.. So I am just guessing here, but it shoulds like it would work.

amctammany · 05-12-2008, 11:09 PM

If you love lifting like most of us, just keep it up but work on strength instead of size. Keep reps higher up and focus more on the eccentric motion of lifting. Also, you can go lax on the diet and still do as much lifting as you are and stay the same size. There is a limit to how big you can get without eating like a bodybuilder.

CEO128 · 05-13-2008, 12:43 AM

imo i could never hit the gym week after week and never go up in weights, makes me feel a sense of defeat. idk what ill do when i reach the point where i dont want to grow anymore

amctammany · 05-13-2008, 01:17 AM

I don't think I can get to that point. But I'm getting to the point where my girlfriend doesn't like it. It's kinda depressing, a choice between sex and bodybuilding. Well, not much of a choice eh?

Audian Vare · 05-13-2008, 01:21 AM

ladies...

c'mon now

jei64822 · 05-13-2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Audian Vare

ladies...

c'mon now

you can easily find a new girl, one who accepts your choice. meanwhile bodybuilding, if you let it pass you by, you will never be able to see what your body is capable of.

Grinners · 05-13-2008, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by amctammany

Well, not much of a choice eh?

Would be an easy choice for me. I lift for myself.

Requiem · 05-13-2008, 01:41 AM

Yeah but a barbell won't suck your dick.

Audian Vare · 05-13-2008, 01:42 AM

well the way i see it, the more you lift, the more you get your dick sucked

amctammany · 05-13-2008, 01:50 AM

Can anyone honestly say that people who are shredded are attractive to the average girl? I have yet to meet a girl who thought Toney Freeman was good looking.

But for real, just because I'm telling her that I'm not gonna eventually compete really doesn't mean anything. I lift for myself, and a competition at the end of the summer is gonna be all about myself, the way it should be.

Rakich · 05-13-2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by amctammany

Can anyone honestly say that people who are shredded are attractive to the average girl? I have yet to meet a girl who thought Toney Freeman was good looking.

But for real, just because I'm telling her that I'm not gonna eventually compete really doesn't mean anything. I lift for myself, and a competition at the end of the summer is gonna be all about myself, the way it should be.

I agree... why dnt girls like buff Bodybuilders... the like skinny "cute" pretty boys...

its relly anoys me..

xroflmaowtfx · 05-15-2008, 08:11 PM

Well, it's not that they don't like buff guys, it's just that they don't want something like... Ronnie Coleman, that's all.

batmanman · 05-15-2008, 08:17 PM

going to your natural limit wont usually be freakishly muscular

Wintermule · 05-15-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rakich

I agree... why dnt girls like buff Bodybuilders... the like skinny "cute" pretty boys...

its relly anoys me..

They don't like the skinny cute pretty boys. They say they do, but once you get them they'll love your muscles. Or you slap them in the face until they do.

mwlaxjt · 05-15-2008, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by amctammany

If you love lifting like most of us, just keep it up but work on strength instead of size. Keep reps higher up and focus more on the eccentric motion of lifting. Also, you can go lax on the diet and still do as much lifting as you are and stay the same size. There is a limit to how big you can get without eating like a bodybuilder.

yeah i would focus on strength too. im gonna aim for 170-80 by next march around 9% bf and squatting 2x my weight, benching 1.5x and dead 2.5

yeah that'd be nice and i wont get a ton bigger. i know what you're saying tho, you don't wanna look like a freak.

Precision14 · 05-15-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Wintermule

They don't like the skinny cute pretty boys. They say they do, but once you get them they'll love your muscles. Or you slap them in the face until they do.

i lol'd

edit: in fact i'm repping u

edit2: i don't think that me repping u is gonna make much of a difference...............my rep power is low and urs is kinda high, but i did anyway

amctammany · 05-15-2008, 08:46 PM

It does feel good to be walking outside shirtless and have cars swerve into the other lane when they look at you though. Hooray being jacked and goodlooking.
Bodybuilding just has a bad rep. I mean, I consider myself a bodybuilder, but when I ever tell anyone that I want to compete, people immediately think of guys like Ronnie. Ehh, it's what we deal with I guess.

Wintermule · 05-15-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Precision14

i lol'd

edit: in fact i'm repping u

edit2: i don't think that me repping u is gonna make much of a difference...............my rep power is low and urs is kinda high, but i did anyway

It's the thought that counts.

<3

kneedamage · 05-15-2008, 08:48 PM

Be real about it, anybody with decent size knows that, Women say they dont like muscles, you get with them, and theyre all over it.

Women dont know what they want..

haha

EDIT: ^^^ Wintermule hit the nail on the head!

xroflmaowtfx · 05-16-2008, 10:31 PM

So, um, like, what exactly did Ronnie Coleman do that "regular" muscular (I know, oxymoron) people don't? Just wondering so I know what not to do.

amctammany · 05-16-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by xroflmaowtfx

So, um, like, what exactly did Ronnie Coleman do that "regular" muscular (I know, oxymoron) people don't? Just wondering so I know what not to do.

Steriods?

xroflmaowtfx · 05-17-2008, 02:26 AM

Okay, back to the original topic: how do you work out when you sustain?

(and how do you eat? I think someone earlier said that there's a limit to how big you can get without eating like a bodybuilder)

xroflmaowtfx · 05-18-2008, 01:57 AM

bump?

VanillaWhey · 05-18-2008, 02:02 AM

Eat at caloric maintenance and keep weight training

joush · 05-18-2008, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by xroflmaowtfx

What does one do when they're satisfied with where they are? What if someone has reached a level where they don't want to get buffer? (Like, so they don't want to look freakishly muscular)

If you stop working out, you'll slowly lose muscle, right? And you might begin to get fat too. What would someone do in this situation?

Youre 14...you cant possibly be happy with how you are, if you are im guessing your a skinny guy with abs.....

jman14 · 05-18-2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ShavenWookie

Eat at caloric maintenance and keep weight training

x2 finally someone got it. a caloric excess is what makes you gain muscle, so if you eat maintenance and continue to weight train you will maintain the amount f muscle that you have.