How to become to ripped and huge ??

[pmuscles]

How can you be this ripped and big .. I'm 5'6 and would love to be around 185lb ripped ripped I'm 155lb now and my diet is very healthy

Please tell me how i can be ripped and gain more weight to be at 185lb

I also train at the gym Monday Wed Friday do allot of barbell squat, bench press, overhead press, bent over rows, and deadlifts and also cardio 30 to 45 min a day on treadmill

eat every 2 hours

Meal 1 -7 egg white morning 2 whole wheat bread 2 big glass water and green tea

Meal 2 - Protein shake with 5 gram carbs and 25 gram protein no sugar with a bowl of berry fruits and grapefruit and water

Meal 3 - 10 oz chicken breast with dijon mustard and broccoli and green bell peepers big glass water and grapefruit

Meal 4 - Greek Yogurt with berry fruits and Kiwi and Grapefruit and big glass of water and green tea

Meal 5 - chicken with salsa and broccoli and grapefruit and big glass water

Meal 6 - Protein shake with 5 grams of carbs and 25 gram protein no sugar with kiwi and green tea and glass of water

Meal 7 - 5 almonds and bowl fruits kiwi and grapefruits and some berry's and big glass of water


this is about the food i eat daily

thanks

this is a body i would love

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[cowboybiker]

Did you ask Ben?

[MontyMagpie]

Eat a few more carbs in some of your meals that are absent of them, you know have a jacket potato and put some yolks in your eggs at least 2 in your 7 egg whites breakfast.

[alex2363]

You dont have to eat 7 meals, you can eat 3 times . Make sure you get proper Macros. Fats, carbs, protein. Eat 500 cals above your maintnance. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981 Lift heavy and get enough rest, that's how you get big, as you rest.

[cowboybiker]

I'd say get huge first.
Then get ripped.
But I also agree with alex.

[jpwestco]

is all that cardio helping him?

[cowboybiker]

is all that cardio helping him?

Helping him how?
loose weight?

[jpwestco]

gain weight? I mean if he's burning up cals doing cardio, doesn't he need them for mass gain?

[mark74]

You get what you give. Get the hell out of here and when you grow some wisdom and adulthood come on back.

Till then... stay off this board. Adults post here.

[cowboybiker]

gain weight? I mean if he's burning up cals doing cardio, doesn't he need them for mass gain?

Of course.
But he wants to be "Ripped"
Problem is many want to get ripped first, then bulk.
Its my belief that its backwards

[fittofattofit]

185 and ripped at 5'6" is pretty hard to achieve and is probably beyond the natural limits of most people
My own target is about 176 at 5'6" and ripped and that's going to take a lot of hard work, tight dieting and good luck
The biggest and strongest I've been is 196 at around 18% body fat which is around a LBM of 161lbs. At 7% if I had kept all the mass, I would have weighed 173lbs
At 185 and 7% your LBM would be about 172lbs
The top competitors in natural comps, like Josh Hyaduck, come in under that

Good luck with your quest though. If you get to be 176 and ripped you'll look huge anyway!

[pmuscles]

Really you find it hard fittofattofit to get to 175 to 185lb ripped

If I'm 160lb how much do i need to loose to looked ripped not like 10lb or more hehe then how do i gain more mass to be like 165lb or 170lb ripped with out loosing to much body fat

[fittofattofit]

Really you find it hard fittofattofit to get to 175 to 185lb ripped

If I'm 160lb how much do i need to loose to looked ripped not like 10lb or more hehe then how do i gain more mass to be like 165lb or 170lb ripped with out loosing to much body fat

If you're 160 now and 15% like your body space says, then you have a lean body mass of 136lbs
'Ripped' is really 7 or 8%, so to get to 8% and keep all of your current LBM you will weigh 148lbs, so that's 12lbs to lose from your current weight
To get to 165 and 8% from there you will have to gain 16lbs of muscle
It is easier to plan to 'recomp', meaning to keep your weight constant at 160-165 and lift heavy. If you keep your protein intake up, maintain your good fat intake, keep the overall cals constant (cycling carbs is good and lots of people swear by IF intermittent fasting) then if you are getting stronger you should be adding muscle mass. If you're adding muscle but your weight is constant, then you will be losing fat. It will still take you at least 2 years to gain 16lbs of quality muscle

By comparison, my avi was 7 weeks ago of me at 165 and 11%. From there for me to get to 175 and 8% I have about 15lbs of muscle to gain! That's a whole lot of hard work and at least two years of everything going well if I'm ever to get there.

[DerAlta]

Honest question "How did you decide on 185lbs?" Saw a pic of someone at that weight? someone in your gym looks like that? Saw a BB show and the top guy had those stats?

I'd love to look like Triple F, buy I carry my body mass different. I have large legs and calves, but smaller arms. Yet my abs are still apparent when I'm over 200lbs. If I were to trim down to stage condition, I'd be looking at dropping 40lbs. (Maybe more)

I do agree with CowboyBiker. In my opinion, its a much better route to gain mass then trim down. That doesn't mean eating a triple whopper with cheese twice a day. It means watching your diet, eating a surplus, and hitting the proper routine at the gym.

Good Luck.

And remember "This is not a Sprint, it's a Marathon".

And the other one "Abs are built in the Kitchen"

[ZazenZone]

185 and ripped at 5'6" is pretty hard to achieve and is probably beyond the natural limits of most people
My own target is about 176 at 5'6" and ripped and that's going to take a lot of hard work, tight dieting and good luck
The biggest and strongest I've been is 196 at around 18% body fat which is around a LBM of 161lbs. At 7% if I had kept all the mass, I would have weighed 173lbs
At 185 and 7% your LBM would be about 172lbs
The top competitors in natural comps, like Josh Hyaduck, come in under that

Good luck with your quest though. If you get to be 176 and ripped you'll look huge anyway!

Basically this^.

You wouldn't have to weigh 185 at 5'6'' to look ripped and huge. Try weighing 155 to 165 and 6-8 % and see how that treats you- I bet you'll like it

[ironwill2008]

How can you be this ripped and big ..

You can start by reading the information in the stickies at the top of the 'nutrition,' 'workout programs,' 'and 'exercises' forums.

Meal 7 - 5 almonds and bowl fruits kiwi and grapefruits and some berry's and big glass of water

Five almonds? Seriously? Five?

Once again; head for the 'nutrition' forum, and start reading.

[ArchAngel'73]

From Montreal (), in the red, and under 35...things that make ya say hmmmmmmmm.

[IronCharles]

....cardio 30 to 45 min a day on treadmill

At your current height and weight, I don't see this as helping you "get huge". Your body needs to use those extra calories to build muscle. This is what you're up against:





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You need to pick a point on the scale, and aim for that. It is extremely difficult for someone not on drugs (who has trained past beginner gains) to both put on mass and get shredded at the same time. Your diet and training would have to be perfect, and sustained perfection for years, not months. As has been mentioned, try getting big first, then cutting, for most impressive results.

Look at it this way: skinny, "ripped" guys are a dime a dozen. It's the big, perhaps not so lean guys that turn the heads. Most of the time, people see us in clothes, and which do you think will draw the most attention fully dressed, a shredded guy, or a massive guy?

[pmuscles]

ok if you were 160lb and wanted to gain and cut what would be your meal plan ????

You can start by reading the information in the stickies at the top of the 'nutrition,' 'workout programs,' 'and 'exercises' forums.




Five almonds? Seriously? Five?

Once again; head for the 'nutrition' forum, and start reading.

[OutOfStep]

Are you stupid or have you not read any of the responses to your original post?

[TunaAssassin]

i'd start by shaving those sideburns...

[Nikonguy]

Are you stupid or have you not read any of the responses to your original post?

Why can't it be both? Why does it have to be one or the other? Give the OP a little credit, yeesh!

[Brackneyc]

Why can't it be both? Why does it have to be one or the other? Give the OP a little credit, yeesh!

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Are you offering another scaling question?

[JTraining]

OP is a:

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[loneviking]

Why can't it be both? Why does it have to be one or the other? Give the OP a little credit, yeesh!

Why? Because to get ripped, you have to be taking in less calories than you burn a day! You can't do that and gain mass---which takes fuel, lots of extra fuel to build the muscle which IS the mass.

[Brackneyc]

Why? Because to get ripped, you have to be taking in less calories than you burn a day! You can't do that and gain mass---which takes fuel, lots of extra fuel to build the muscle which IS the mass.

Go back and re-read, then edit.

[TunaAssassin]

cmon guys, his bodyspace says he's a stripper. we're not working with much here...

[IronCharles]

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[TunaAssassin]

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some strong php in this here thread

i like these scales

[loneviking]

Go back and re-read, then edit.

Does 'kiss my a**' mean anything to you? Cryptic, bulls$%^t answers aren't the way to make friends or a point.