Ideal weight for 5'7" male to look built?

[I dont work at Ballys]

it's amazing how your waist can be that small and still retain the upper body mass that you have....it is a natural gift added on to the hard work you have done.

maybe so. but his curl form is sloppy, so who really cares...

[musclebound2007]

I am 5'7" and 125 lbs now. But my long term goal is 165lbs. I have seen a lot of guys in my height range, at 165lbs, look so awesome. I also don't want to look like a block, or a dwarf either. Because I know, as I get wider, I am going to look shorter. But, to each their own. If I could, but I am not sure if I can, I would go to 200lbs, but my mom wouldn't like it, my girl wouldn't like it lol. So, I will stick with 165lbs.

Anyone in here, at my height, was ever 125lbs and reached the 165lbs mark? If so, can you tell me how long it took you to reach there, and how much times did you change your weights. Like was it 5 lbs increase every month or what?

[Defiant1]

280-300.

Ripped of course. Tree Fitty at 12%.

[KyGunator]

I am 5'7" and 125 lbs now. But my long term goal is 165lbs. I have seen a lot of guys in my height range, at 165lbs, look so awesome. I also don't want to look like a block, or a dwarf either. Because I know, as I get wider, I am going to look shorter. But, to each their own. If I could, but I am not sure if I can, I would go to 200lbs, but my mom wouldn't like it, my girl wouldn't like it lol. So, I will stick with 165lbs.

Anyone in here, at my height, was ever 125lbs and reached the 165lbs mark? If so, can you tell me how long it took you to reach there, and how much times did you change your weights. Like was it 5 lbs increase every month or what?

its not as linear as that man, dont keep gaining at the same rate. might take you a couple years though depending on your body type

[PoW]

man, HOLA, you are just KILLING us!


it doesn't get much better than this:




you are now one iota away from serious competition....

Jesus Christ....

[DiamondDelts]

Jesus Christ....

I'm sorry but jesus ain't got nothing on that.

[musclebound2007]

its not as linear as that man, dont keep gaining at the same rate. might take you a couple years though depending on your body type

Oh okay. The reason I asked, is because last night I did some shoulder works and when I was done, I was able to curl 10 lbs more than I am accustom to. So, I was just wondering. Thanks though.

[Overload]

Anyone in here, at my height, was ever 125lbs and reached the 165lbs mark? If so, can you tell me how long it took you to reach there, and how much times did you change your weights. Like was it 5 lbs increase every month or what?

I was 135lbs. Got up to 180lbs (heaviest ever in my life) over the course of a couple of years and now back down to around 165 where I usually stay at. Weight came slow and in spurts. All depended on how much and what I ate, how much rest I got, how I trained and so on. You know all the things you need to factor in.

Maintaining 180 for me was tough with my metabolism. Just didn't have the desire to eat that much every day. Soo my body settled in around the 165 mark as I stated.

[GummiBoo]

short ppl look like they have big arms cause they are midgets lol there muscle is short as well, ectomorph long arm = longer muscle even if my arm isn't as big as a short midget doesn't mean i'm not stronger than him i've beat several midgets in arm wrestling.

[Overload]

i've beat several midgets in arm wrestling.

You must be proud

[DiamondDelts]

Poor gummi boo boo.

[swa513]

short ppl look like they have big arms cause they are midgets lol there muscle is short as well, ectomorph long arm = longer muscle even if my arm isn't as big as a short midget doesn't mean i'm not stronger than him i've beat several midgets in arm wrestling.

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[jbking]

Haven't dipped below 177 since 8th grade got up to 210 when playing football and was following a bulk program....for the height I say 170s are the best for look and performance

[IDrinkBloodLOL]

200 pounds or more at <15%.

[EvoRyan]

Anyone in here, at my height, was ever 125lbs and reached the 165lbs mark? If so, can you tell me how long it took you to reach there, and how much times did you change your weights. Like was it 5 lbs increase every month or what?

Although I am not the same height (I am 6 ft) I started at about 130 pounds. I still consider myself a novice and have much to learn but I've been going at it steady for about 11 months now and I managed to hit at one point 181 pounds. Right now I'm actually trying to lean out a bit but I always set my goal to gain at least 1 lb per week which I think is fairly reasonable. I am far from a big guy though.. real small frame and super skinny ankles and wrists but needless to say I still look and feel waaaaaaaaaay better than I did before. So yea in the space of about a year I gained about 45-50 pounds although some was obviously fat. I'm getting to the point now though where eating is becoming a chore haha.

I was doing a body builder split (e.g. high rep sets of back one day, shoulders another day, legs on another etc.) but about a month ago started a 5x5 routine to mix things up and because I was stalling on some of my lifts. I did a deload on all my exercises and am just now starting to get back to where I was before on them so hopefully within the next week or two I can push through those plateaus. Just make sure you keep track of how much weight you are lifting and always keep trying to improve, no matter how small the increments may be.

[dancingduck]

Another man obsessed with back and shoulder width. My long lost ivory brother. If only more people understood the drastic changes in your overall physique that increased back and shoulder width can bring. I tried to do it through simply bulking up back in the day but I hit the ceiling when I could bulk no more than 240lbs. But doing various hammer chin/chin/pullup variations along with bulking the hell out of my medial delts gave me the drastic changes in my overall appearance that simply gaining weight and going heavy on everything failed to do.

Thanks Diamond! A great suggestion to include into my workout.. hammer pull-ups sound like a great addition to any back day.

~And yes I be 5'7" and am actually at 175 lbees and no it aint all muscle.. but I'd rather be built and if my body goes sideways, so be it.

[AmbiAmbitious]

****, you guys who are my height are all my rolemodels... seems like you guise go for the 170-180 pound range. Thats gonna be my new goal.

[ThatOneLurker]

This makes me wonder..


What's the ideal weight for a 6'1''-6'2'' male to look built?

I went from around 140 to 170 from August till now and I've packed on a lot of muscle (a bit of fat around my lower belly) but at the same time I don't look built, but people can definitely tell I work out.

[BRO_v]

This makes me wonder..


What's the ideal weight for a 6'1''-6'2'' male to look built?

I went from around 140 to 170 from August till now and I've packed on a lot of muscle (a bit of fat around my lower belly) but at the same time I don't look built, but people can definitely tell I work out.

185-205 imo

[ThatOneLurker]

185-205 imo

funny I want to get to 185 from my current weight, but my ultimate goal is 205-210 lol


sucks at the amount of calories I'm going to have to eat to get there

3000 is my maintenance so I'm getting roughly 3500-4000 clean calories a day. I'm having trouble eating as it is lol

Anyone have any tips on how to eat more? or rather, increase the size of my stomach so it can fit more food?

[AmbiAmbitious]

18, 5'7 now.

I want to stunt my growth now. Eating is difficult for me, Hellz I don't want to get above 5'8.... cuz eating gonna be a bitch.
Time to take some steroidz.

[jdmalm123]

Strong bump of 2008 thread last bumped in 2011!!


Rough rule of thumb is 100 lbs for the first 5 feet of height, then 10 pounds for each inch over 5 feet. Adjust to preference.

[MyronLatsBrah]

I have a friends who's 5'7 163lbs 9% bodyfat. He looks really good. Quite a bit of size, while still looking really aesthetic.

[GunShow1313]

I'm 21 an 5"7 I weight 137 an 6.4 percent body fat... I wanna be 165 if possible with out roids...any help or motivation would be awesome...

[StrappingYngLad]

I'm 21 an 5"7 I weight 137 an 6.4 percent body fat... I wanna be 165 if possible with out roids...any help or motivation would be awesome...

Lift fork to mouth and FYI, nobody wants hemorrhoids.

[ironwill2008]

I'm 21 an 5"7 I weight 137 an 6.4 percent body fat... I wanna be 165 if possible with out roids...any help or motivation would be awesome...

Work hard to raise that bf% to 6.5 and you should be there, brah.

[Retardo-pex]

My arms are fine not knocking short people my dad is 5'6 mom is 5'0 just saying being short you shouldnt want to look like a block.

They don't look like a block when the body fat is in check.

[backspace412]

im a small 170 for 5'8 but hard work and we can all look awesome to our own bodies design

[jgreystoke]

Wow, looks like I need to gain 20-30 pounds of muscle. How hard is it to gain 1lb of solid muscle per week? I've heard anything more than that will turn into fat.

To gain 20-30lbs, or even 200-300 lbs, just overeat for years and don't train at all. Successfull strategy of all fat and obese guys.

To gain 20-30lbs of muscle, you'll have to get VASTLY stronger for reps for enough volume for big exercises. And you'll have to eat enough protein and calories to grow muscle.

[tlray2]

I would say 180 to be real muscular.