why are there so many bulky weightlifters?
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DON'T DO IT.
Weight lifting made me so bulky I can't even leave the house.
Avoid at all costs, it'll make you look fat.
Edit : I'm not talking pleasantly plump kind've fat..I'm talking the great escape of Shamu fat. Thank god for my handy shake weights and mini trampoline
We need evidence of this. To make sure it never happens to us.
THE HORROR!
Sorry, there's no way you could fit me in a single picture frame. You might get a closeup of my right arm, though
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Sorry. I did double check on Wikipedia re: Arnold, which focused on his body building career.
My understanding is that body builders do cut a lot more than weight lifters do. They care more about the look than just lifting massive amounts of weight. For example, this guy wouldn't make it at a body building competition: http://www.manassasbarbellclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yevgeny-chigishev.jpg
Minor clarification or you: bodybuilding is a subset of weightlifting. Power lifting is also a subset of weightlifting.
You are saying weightlifters. You mean power lifters. I hope that clears up any confusion.
Oh. Exactly. Thanks so much for the clarification and sorry about being unclear!!!
Powerlifters have a lot of fat. Fat is strong. They don't know why, it just is. My silly uneducated theory is that it adds support and energy to the muscle. If they cut, they would not be able to lift as much. Ask any bodybuilder that cut. They couldn't lift as haeavy while cutting as they could while packing on muscle.0 -
This has to be one of my favorite threads EVER! Right after his other thread referenced herein.0
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Sorry. I did double check on Wikipedia re: Arnold, which focused on his body building career.
My understanding is that body builders do cut a lot more than weight lifters do. They care more about the look than just lifting massive amounts of weight. For example, this guy wouldn't make it at a body building competition: http://www.manassasbarbellclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/yevgeny-chigishev.jpg
Minor clarification or you: bodybuilding is a subset of weightlifting. Power lifting is also a subset of weightlifting.
You are saying weightlifters. You mean power lifters. I hope that clears up any confusion.
Oh. Exactly. Thanks so much for the clarification and sorry about being unclear!!!
Powerlifters have a lot of fat. Fat is strong. They don't know why, it just is. My silly uneducated theory is that it adds support and energy to the muscle. If they cut, they would not be able to lift as much. Ask any bodybuilder that cut. They couldn't lift as haeavy while cutting as they could while packing on muscle.
This is one of the reasons why I don't want to drop below 23% body fat. I look hot at 18%, but anything below 20% and I lose strength. Occasionally, I have to carry and hold two struggling toddlers and I need all the power I can get.0 -
Bingo!0 -
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one word. DIET!0
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I bet you work for planet fitness lol
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Gimme this:
over this:
any day of the week, and twice on Sunday
Really? Not for me! That second guy is yummy!0 -
Gimme this:
over this:
any day of the week, and twice on Sunday
Really? Not for me! That second guy is yummy!
Or one, or the other. I'm not picky. Either, both, over, under, beside.0 -
people will say they dont do cardio because weightlifting is good for fat loss but i see a lot of guys who have a lot of muscle AND body fat. no muscle striations (sp?) at all
who wants to look bulky? i dont understand why the guy built like a monster truck doesnt want to do cardio to burn that excess fat
but he will lift weights day in day out
Cause they don't like cardio.... They like weights.0 -
Gimme this:
over this:
any day of the week, and twice on Sunday
Really? Not for me! That second guy is yummy!
Or one, or the other. I'm not picky. Either, both, over, under, beside.
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people will say they dont do cardio because weightlifting is good for fat loss but i see a lot of guys who have a lot of muscle AND body fat. no muscle striations (sp?) at all
who wants to look bulky? i dont understand why the guy built like a monster truck doesnt want to do cardio to burn that excess fat
but he will lift weights day in day out
Cause they don't like cardio.... They like weights.0 -
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Do you find it hard to believe that some people train for what they can do, as opposed to what they look like?
^THIS.0 -
Gimme this:
over this:
any day of the week, and twice on Sunday
Really? Not for me! That second guy is yummy!
Yeah, but only one of them can break Batman's back...... just sayin'0 -
people will say they dont do cardio because weightlifting is good for fat loss but i see a lot of guys who have a lot of muscle AND body fat. no muscle striations (sp?) at all
who wants to look bulky? i dont understand why the guy built like a monster truck doesnt want to do cardio to burn that excess fat
but he will lift weights day in day out
Cause they don't like cardio.... They like weights.
^^^why BMI doesn't work for all of us.0
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