Bulking Up: How much did it improve your life?

[Warboss Alex]

also having muscles is no guarantee of keeping a woman.. if you're a bastard to her she'll leave you, muscles or not.

just as you'd leave an absolute ***** even if she was good-looking..

 

[mrRuckus]

also having muscles is no guarantee of keeping a woman.. if you're a bastard to her she'll leave you, muscles or not.

just as you'd leave an absolute ***** even if she was good-looking..

Heh, are you new here?

Bastard = get women

Absolute b1tch = lots of posts asking how to lay her and "what's wrong with me" and "what do i email her next"

 

[Warboss Alex]

Heh, are you new here?

Bastard = get women

Absolute b1tch = lots of posts asking how to lay her and "what's wrong with me" and "what do i email her next"

you know what I mean. Just trying to say that a girl won't stay with you JUST 'cause you're muscular, you need to have a personality behind the pecs.

 

[6-heads lewis]

Good post, Espi. Honestly, the way you describe your situation is what I'm striving for.

 

[beastmaster79]

i liked espi's post too

 

[::xander::]

bulking helped and hurt me

it helped me attain my personal goals.

but physically and monetarily it hurt me, as my clothes no longer fit, my ROM went out the window and I had to buy new clothes lol

however, I couldn't get into a fight if I TRIED nowadays(not that I'm picking them anyway) and girls always seem to like it

 

[WORKEROUTER]

Honestly, not much! It was more a personal benefit to myself.

One difference has been that my guy friends might say "you're getting big" but that doesn't really get you too much in my opinion.

Some people think that chicks will suddenly be so much more attracted to them. Maybe that's true for some people, but it wasn't true for me. In fact, when I was 25 lbs lighter and a hella lot weaker (but still cut with a shirt off), chicks would comment about how great my body was. I'm not trying to be pessimistic here, but my size increase really didn't help ANYTHING in this area...approaches, gettign the dates, etc.

Point is: if you're focusing in the weight room to get chciks, I suggest spending your time doing other things that are going to be more productive in that area...i.e., studying "the game" more and maybe spending more time in various social circles, clubs, gatherings, etc.

Here's the biggest effect: it's allowed me to believe that I have the power in myself to do things that I initially thought couldn't be done. I learned how to dedicate myself, how to enter a goal with conviction and form success, not let it just happen.

 

[speakeasy]

*Yes, it's a different world when you're big. I enter a room, and I can feel all eyes on me: women definitely notice me, and I sense in my mind that men notice me, but perhaps because they feel threatened they do their best to ignore me.

This is very important. Sometimes the hardest part is just getting noticed by women in the first place. They aren't going to throw any IOIs if you walk in the room, bar, club or whatever and they don't even notice you. I guess the same could be accomplished by peacocking without having to eat 200grame of protein a day!

 

[fatkins]

To the original question, how much did it improve your life? A lot of people will disagree with Darwins theory but to simply put it when your more muscular than the average joe then at a physical standpoint your more fit (battle of the fittest).

Besides that it's common knowledge when you are more fit then you feel better when you look at yourself in a mirror if you were skinny before, when you feel better your more confident.

Bulking improves the way we think of ourselves, thoughts become words we speak, words become our actions, then become habits, and in the end habits form your character.

Look at 50 cent he survived getting shot, because he had muscle to stop some of the bullets. Ya being jacked doesn't mean sh't if the guy shoots you in the face or head. Weight lifting makes you physically and mentally tougher, a wimp like you can stick a knife or two in me and I'll still be able to break your neck. Too bad there's so many p'ssies these days... fights used to be one on one. Now everyone needs their friends to help them out if they're getting their ass kicked.

Positive things after gaining 40 lbs...
- More respect from everyone.
- More looks and attention from chicks.
- Improved performance in sports.
- Better self-esteem = more approaches.
- Got into LESS fights... ppl are all talk and won't mess with big guys.

Muscle didn't magically stop the bullets, it's a misconception that he was shot 9 times. He was shot at 9 times and hit 3 times.

But like you said it doesn't mean jack if your shot in a vital, and 50 was not. I like his play vest he's always wearing it's always good for a laugh.

 

[eko]

30 lbs definitely helped me a lot... It's probably the thing that improved my life the most. I get a lot more respect and attention, whereas when I was rail thin I got no respect. It's weird, I feel almost too powerful. It's a lot easier to get girls to fall for me. Try not to abuse it and think you're better than anyone. Some humility pays in the long run.

But I agree, personality over pecs. Any day, any time. But I think the bulkiness can raise some confidence and self esteem in order to let your true personality shine. Just cause you have muscles, though, don't let your personality change too much for the worse with a sense of superiority. Just be the fun, loving person you were meant to instead of some ******* jock. But I think that's pretty obvious

 

[blinkwatt]

As for how much muscle I put on? Who knows. No one knows how to measure their muscle they gained,they can just guess.

I started off at 5 8" & 125lbs. out of high school,thin as heck. Somehow I managed to weighing in at 160lbs at 12-15% bodyfat two years after high school(I had been fooling around in the gym for 6 months at this point). I ate anything and everything around the clock. I got into exercising & health HARDCORE this past year and now weight in at an awesome 141lbs @ 7% bodyfat. As for how much of that is muscle,I couldn't tell.

As for the benefits

-My health is in top notch form

-Whenever the shirts comes off in a party/vacation environment chicks(and some guys) go nuts! I've had random guys come up to me and tell me 'Your yoked'. Some chicks even asked me to a picture with them on my last vacation. There other stuff as well but you get the idea.

-I just feel better on a day-to-day basis with my healthy eating habits. I used to feel like crap eating fake food.

-I just look healthier and feel great about myself.

 

[Mr.Positive]

For me, it was the personal sense of accomplishment. Rising to the challenge and overcoming obstacles. I love the feeling of being at the gym and getting focused on lifting heavy weight.

The best benefits were healthwise. Being stronger makes everything in life just that much easier, whether it's helping someone move, or your job, your energy levels, your confidence.

Recently, many thanks to deadlifts, my posture has actually really improved. I never realized it before, but now it seems I'm "walking taller" so to speak.

Working out has just too many benefits and will add nothing but positive aspects to your life.

 

[Jaxon]

For me, lifting literally changed my life. Before I started seriously working out I was a scrawny 14 year old with a low self esteem an an easy target to lay out on the football field.

Football is actually the reason I started working out to begin with. Anyway after putting on 35-40 lbs of muscle in about a year, everything changed. I was bigger in appearance, and coaches and teammates noticed. I was more confident, I was stronger, I had girls constantly coming up to me hitting on me and asking me out (though at that stage I had no clue how to deal with that), and eventually I went from scrub to starter to all-conference to collegiate athlete. And I can tell you without a doubt the biggest reason that happened is because I started lifting.

I am 100% clean and have never used an illegal substance in my life. So for me, because I had the desire and was dedicated, determined and disciplined, weight lifting changed my life.

 

[eko]

Well I get respect from pretty much everyone now. Not one person has given me any sh*t.

But I think there is a dark side to it. Believe me I like having a lot of respect for others and being respected, but now a lot of people suck up to me. I feel too in control or something. I'm a good size bigger than most everyone here, probably in the top 5%, but I'm not fat big, I'm just pretty built. (5'11 170 lbs, decent size). I really hate it when people suck up to me.

Before, I used to have to suck up to people cause I held no one's respect. Now, people are constantly doing it to me. Not just from lifting, but for other changes I made to myself as well. Unfortunately, girls do things for me that I can't stand. They always try and tell me how much they like me or whatever, now I know how a picky girl feels when guys shower her with compliments. Last night a girl went out and brought me back a chicken parm sandwich... and I was like thanks, but still. It starts to go a little too far. That chicken parm sandwich was great and everything, but it was just the fact of trying to win me over with it that kinda got to me haha. There have been many other instances. People always ask what I want now, everything seems to be up to me. For example, girls always say, "Call me if u want to". It would be fine if they just said "call me or something", but they always throw in the "If you want to", like they're always going to be available which almost takes away the fun of the chase.... This is not all girls, just the average ones. There are still some quality girls that you have to chase a bit but it narrows it down a lot.

 

[eko]

It's cool and all that you've gotten gains from weightlifting, but I doubt it's because of your size. I mean, I'm 5'11 195 lbs (11-13% bodyfat) and nobody respects me...let alone sucks up. I get nowhere near the amount of blatant attention that you get from women, so it must be because of something else.

In regards to the original question, bulking up has helped my confidence marginally and has allowed me to don my Halloween costume with minimal embarassment (hopefully).

I'm a freshman in college and I'm a good deal bigger than most of the freshmen and other college kids here besides the athletes and a few of the kids. I'd say I'm in the 90-95th percentile. Only thing is, a lot of kids are taller than me. 5'11 is probably like a little below average height here.

One thing working out has helped me out a LOT with is my posture. My mom always said bad posture ran in the family. My grandpa and my dad were slouches. I was like that until I started doin deadlifts and squats. The coolest part about it is that people noticed it. My mom has told me time and time again how my posture has improved. She used to be against me going to the gym but she keeps complimenting me on my 'new' posture and hard work. I noticed how someone's posture and attitude and body language communicate confidence and I can honestly say my posture has helped me gain the respect the most, in combination with my size. I see some skinny kids that still command respect with just their posture. I mean really skinny kids. Now I can pull 300 lbs in the gym while everyone else is doing barbell curls and it's awesome. I've only seen 2 other kids do deadlifts down there. There are some pretty big kids. I still look at myself and see the 140 lb rail thin kid, but I know I'm pretty big in comparison to most kids. I think people look big but in reality, based on my height and weight, I'm in fact bigger than them which makes me feel good. When you command the respect you deserve it's a lot easier to let your true personality shine through.

 

[tryin 2 play]

eko-hate to break it to you, but 5'11" at 170 lbs is NOT big at all. It is merely an average weight for that height. Nothing superior whatsoever, and no reason for anybody to suck up to you based on your "size". Sorry.

 

[blinkwatt]

eko-hate to break it to you, but 5'11" at 170 lbs is NOT big at all. It is merely an average weight for that height. Nothing superior whatsoever, and no reason for anybody to suck up to you based on your "size". Sorry.

Someday you will learn weight means NOTHING.

 

[blinkwatt]

Blinkwatt, you're cool and all...but you can't tell me that 5'11 170 lbs (no matter how lean you are) qualifies as being "big". Come on, now.

You'd be surprised,a lot of natural bodybuilders come in at sub 175,then it breaks off into heavyweights.

 

[eko]

You'd be surprised,a lot of natural bodybuilders come in at sub 175,then it breaks off into heavyweights.

yeah i agree. 5'11 and ripped at 175 is pretty big dude

 

[blinkwatt]

yeah i agree. 5'11 and ripped at 175 is pretty big dude

How much knowledge do you have of bodybuilding and have you ever been to a competition?