Looking Bigger

[bigdj1369]

I have been lifting for a while and I notice that people that are just as strong as me or even not as strong look a lot bigger than me in definition and thickness. why is this? is there anything i can do to make myself look thicker? thanks

 

[performance_issues]

I have been lifting for a while and I notice that people that are just as strong as me or even not as strong look a lot bigger than me in definition and thickness. why is this? is there anything i can do to make myself look thicker? thanks

people can look bigger because of joint size, muscle insertion, shoulder width and a host of other things and having more muscle is the only thing u can do to look thicker besides lifting heavier wieght and mayber dieting but that's just my 2cents

 

[PowerBuilder]

You may be stronger because your tendon attachment gives you better leverage, you may have more fast twitch fiber, or your nervous system may be able to activate more of your fibers at once. The only thing you can do is train for mass, and not strength. This means don't do sets of less than 5 reps. Instead hit all of your fibers by doing sets of 5-12 reps. Keep experimenting since you may respond better to one type of training.

 

[bigdj1369]

ok thanks for the replies. some other people on a different site have said that i need to train for mass and do heavy weight and low reps? this is not the same as what you said. so i am wondering which one i should do?

 

[PowerBuilder]

Did they say how many reps to do? Some people normally do around 10 reps, so for them, 5 reps is heavy. But really heavy is 1-4 reps which is more effective at training your nervous system rather than growing muscles.

 

[MP5]

Mass will come with time. I think two areas that lend the illusion of larger overall size is traps and delts. You build those two areas up and you will look much bigger.

 

[Beast_19_301]

Try hitting your legs hard. You got alot of natural testorone in those.

 

[MP5]

Try hitting your legs hard. You got alot of natural testorone in those.

that makes no sense.

 

[eastarr69]

ok thanks for the replies. some other people on a different site have said that i need to train for mass and do heavy weight and low reps? this is not the same as what you said. so i am wondering which one i should do?

if you want mass, then you need to train for mass...

...if you want to be cut and lean...train that way..

diet does make a difference, as does your genetics etc...and all that you have read above...

but, if you want to bulk up, you can keep hitting sets of 10-15 at 200 to do this...

...not saying you do, but as an example...

you want more size, lift heavier, eat more, but good..and rest...

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