How big is too big?

[VinceFox]

Ive put on a little mass lately, not too noticable at rest but after load it has become a bit more obvious. I was wondering if others on here had an ideal shape/size they wanted to aim for, or any examples that spring to mind of being the right size or too big?


I'm talking about muscle mass btw, cake/pie mass doesn't count.

[smiffy180]

Id like to look like mariusz pudzianowski
I dont want to touch steds though.
I think if you look at a natural bodybuilder and add a lil fat on so you dont have muscle strands and veins popping everywhere thats a good look.

[VinceFox]

Yeah, see i'd say that's a bit to big for me. Too much maintenance as well!

[smiffy180]

VinceFox said:

Yeah, see i'd say that's a bit to big for me. Too much maintenance as well!

All depends on your frame, as im 6'3 and well built I could pull it off better than say my friend who is 5'10 and 9 stone wet through

[VinceFox]

smiffy180 said:

VinceFox said:

Yeah, see i'd say that's a bit to big for me. Too much maintenance as well!

All depends on your frame, as im 6'3 and well built I could pull it off better than say my friend who is 5'10 and 9 stone wet through

I'm 5'9 (and a half) and twelve and a half stone atm.

[smiffy180]

VinceFox said:

I'm 5'9 (and a half) and twelve and a half stone atm.

Think Rambo

[Hoofy]

If I wake up tomorrow morning looking like a championship bodybuilder, I'll worry about it then. Otherwise, there's no "too big".

[didelydoo]

Hoofy said:

If I wake up tomorrow morning looking like a championship bodybuilder, I'll worry about it then. Otherwise, there's no "too big".

This.

[VinceFox]

I guess i'm asking the question the wrong way, let me phrase it differently.

If you could have anyone's shape, whose would it be?

[B19GRR]

Bruce Lee-esque but scaled up to my 6' height. Currently as I'm at 14st I'm at least 3 stone overweight to get close to being that cut, hey ho

[Hoofy]

VinceFox said:

If you could have anyone's shape, whose would it be?

I'd be happy to have a body suitable for a Men's Health cover model shoot.

[VinceFox]

Yeah, cut seems to be the harder part as i'm getting older. I can get muscle mass now that i couldnt in my twenties, but tone seems a lot harder.

That and i like my food more now.

[Hoofy]

VinceFox said:

Yeah, cut seems to be the harder part as i'm getting older. I can get muscle mass now that i couldnt in my twenties, but tone seems a lot harder.

That and i like my food more now.

I'm finding both tricky because my protein intake is still woefully low despite changing my diet to eat more chicken and fish. I'm moving in the right direction, though.

[VinceFox]

Hoofy said:

VinceFox said:

Yeah, cut seems to be the harder part as i'm getting older. I can get muscle mass now that i couldnt in my twenties, but tone seems a lot harder.

That and i like my food more now.

I'm finding both tricky because my protein intake is still woefully low despite changing my diet to eat more chicken and fish. I'm moving in the right direction, though.

I just sat here and ate a beef and stilton pie with a ton of gravy, followed by garlic doughballs. I need to take this more seriously.

[Hoofy]

VinceFox said:

I just sat here and ate a beef and stilton pie with a ton of gravy, followed by garlic doughballs. I need to take this more seriously.

Sounds nice. Depends on how much you ate earlier and plan to eat this evening, really... I had pie and mash today for lunch - still within my daily intake unless I go kerazy tonight.

[didelydoo]

VinceFox said:

I guess i'm asking the question the wrong way, let me phrase it differently.

If you could have anyone's shape, whose would it be?

Franco Columbu.

[GALLARDOGUY]

Hoofy said:

VinceFox said:

If you could have anyone's shape, whose would it be?

I'd be happy to have a body suitable for a Men's Health cover model shoot.

My brother is a men's health cover model.

[Hoofy]

GALLARDOGUY said:

My brother is a men's health cover model.

Hard work, I imagine?

[Lemmonie]

I'm my opinion as a woman, there is no such thing as too big.

[VinceFox]

GALLARDOGUY said:

Hoofy said:

VinceFox said:

If you could have anyone's shape, whose would it be?

I'd be happy to have a body suitable for a Men's Health cover model shoot.

My brother is a men's health cover model.

Yeah, theyre usually about right thinking about it.