"u can be 175 pounds SHREDDED,

[ab1992]

u can be 175 pounds SHREDDED, but with a T shirt on you just look like a skinny *******" - Mark Ripptoe

"u can be 300lbs with 30% bodyfat, but without a t-shirt ull be a fat fk" - U Mad?

[nlouisy]

I'm 195 and everyone who knows me describes me as a big guy.

[Jerma]

ya mud? 164lbs in this pic

[TrainOnSubway]

ya mud? 164lbs in this pic

strong bicep to neck ratio lol.

[dixon]

yo u face is creepin me out dawg ^

[bongd]

Ouch, that hurts right in the feelings.

I guess I'd better bulk up and get swole fatceps.

[Jerma]

yo u face is creepin me out dawg ^

ya personally i don't like getting that lean, that was like 6%

[myfacewhen]

yo u face is creepin me out dawg ^

lulz this srs. he kinda looks like the main character from Mmento, forgot his name.

[Icicle]

I learned how to lift from Ripptoe but the guy is a ****ing ******* when it comes to aesthetics

[danyh]

mark rippetoe is in his late fifties, and he still lifts more than you ****s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKEl4Wxoqc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaEVDfDazI4

[myfacewhen]

mark rippetoe is in his late fifties, and he still lifts more than you ****s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKEl4Wxoqc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaEVDfDazI4

lol. i bet the collective fuks given by everyone ITT would be <1

[hzx]

if u a manlet u will look joocy w/ tshirt

seriously though who wants to be a manlet?

[supersaiyan-dre]

hello

[Workout4ever]

high bf %?

brb feeling slow
brb can't even control my own bodyweight
brb unhealthy
brb unaesthetic
brb scaring girls off
brb the list goes on

[Goby]

mark rippetoe is in his late fifties, and he still lifts more than you ****s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKEl4Wxoqc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaEVDfDazI4

It's all about aesthetics brah.

I don't care if I could lift 600lb if I had Ripptoe's physique.

[fuarkit]

not if you're 5'9

[DotheDew563]

ripptoe said that? lol not surprised

[mattyoc3]

if im 170 im a skeleton. 170 is respectable for the shorter guys i guess but to be considered a big guy u have to be 6' minimum and 225 minimum. no hate on the shorter, lighter guys with different goals but id rather be 6'2" 240 at 15% than 6'2" 185 at 5% (purely based on the look, and functional ability)

EDIT - yes misc mad at rippetoe comment

[BrawnySwoleman]

You can be the strongest person in the room, but with a shirt off you just look like a fatass.

[KarD786]

I'm about 180 right now. Agree I look way better in a shirt but I'm about 14% bf so I look like Chit right now shirtless. Pictures of last cut are my motivation to keep going strong on this bulk

[Resinate]

Not true at all.

I have pretty decently sized lats and broad shoulders which definately make me look like I lift in a t-shirt.


People comment on it all the time especially in the workplace.

Depends on your body composition

[Train_Harder]

actually i look stacked in clothes... maybe u look skinny in america because they wear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL everything, but with a decently fitted shirt, joooocy

The one-size-smaller-shirt trick?

[FatEars]

when will it be mine turn

[jfk911]

When will people learn, especially people that bodybuild, that weight doesn't mean ****. I walk around 180 lbs, ppl think I'm 200 lbs. I have a tiny frame with small ass bones (6" wrists). Bodybuilding is an illusion/how you look...



Does he look huge in a shirt? He's 275 lbs FFS.... You basically need to wear a tight shirt to look like you lift. If I wear a shirt that covers the majority of my biceps it looks like I have 12" arms.

This

[Sneetches]

Depends on your height. Also, lettuce be cereal people. We're all on a BB forum here, chances are we are know what a big guy is by his dimensions, despite having different definitions, and we can all agree on that. To the general non-lifting public, some guy whos 5'9 175 and shredded is going to look like a Greek god. Obese powerlifters will just look like fat people, unless you're Poundstone or some similar physique.

^^^ also, like the posts above, some guys don't look that big at all even though they are fukkin massive.

[Alternative]

bullsht. depends on your frame completely. I know people who can be 175 and low BF that will look 10 times better than another person at 175 low BF. Someone with a small frame that puts on 40 lbs of lean muscle at 5'10 is going to look shredded in a firm fitting shirt.

[ChosenBrah]

misc puts waaaaaaaay too much importance into aesthetics. Unless ur walking around shirtless all day, it doesnt really matter if ur 10% or 15%

[deadhead6391]

Actually, I look juicy as fuk in a t shirt and Im about 181 and 13% bf right now. Yet again. I am a manlet.

[Mesoflex]

Johnny Sins is about 170-175lb @6ft and he does look like he lift even with suite on so...

[KufiSmacker]

ya mud? 164lbs in this pic

Forearms of peace.