Good BB is all about genetics...

[theworm]

Without talking about steroids, being a decent size is all about genetics...

People say you have to eat 5000 calories, and 500g protein a day to get big, but I am at my biggest in my life (pretty lean 230, but yeah, i am 6'3).  I only eat 3 meals a day.   oatmeal in the AM, chicken sandwich at lunch, and dinner (steak and sweat potato, or something along those lines).

Lou Ferrigno was the same way, he only ate 3 meals a day, a far cry from 7000 calories, 400g of pretein etc...

also, look at the silverback gorilla, eats only grass and ants a day with little to no protein and they are huge.

just saying, genetics play a huge role.

[flinstones1]

230 pounds and lean eating 100 grams of protein a day   and who said anything about pro bodybuilders eating 7000 calories? Dante doesnt count

 gh15 has said the biggest pros eat 4000-5000 roughly. Didnt you see that Zack kahn video of him calling out all the bullshitters about 6000 calories a day that Van posted?

[MikMaq]

Meh consistently working out is key. All the diet bullshit and protein timing, and even genetics is a bunch of bunk. It's real simple just be consistent that's all it takes.  Weather or not you look big has way more to do with body fat, and bodyframe, than anything trust me it's Fact.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Without talking about steroids, being a decent size is all about genetics...

People say you have to eat 5000 calories, and 500g protein a day to get big, but I am at my biggest in my life (pretty lean 230, but yeah, i am 6'3).  I only eat 3 meals a day.   oatmeal in the AM, chicken sandwich at lunch, and dinner (steak and sweat potato, or something along those lines).

Lou Ferrigno was the same way, he only ate 3 meals a day, a far cry from 7000 calories, 400g of pretein etc...

also, look at the silverback gorilla, eats only grass and ants a day with little to no protein and they are huge.

just saying, genetics play a huge role.

 

[flinstones1]

Meh consistently working out using enough drugs is key. All the diet bullshit and protein timing, and even genetics is a bunch of bunk. It's real simple just be consistent that's all it takes.  Weather or not you look big has way more to do with body fat, and bodyframe, than anything trust me it's Fact.

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[flinstones1]

damn  Lou was a monster. Were his arms bigger than Arnold's?

[tbombz]

no, theres no reason to eat more than 2-3 meals per day, it has nothing to do with genetics, it has to do with the fact that eating every 3 hours is complete bullshit

[flinstones1]

no, theres no reason to eat more than 2-3 meals per day, it has nothing to do with genetics, it has to do with the fact that eating every 3 hours is complete bullshit

your 240 pounds ? If you wanted to get to 250-260 how would you get in 4000-5000 calories eating 2-3 meals per day?

[tbombz]

your 240 pounds ? If you wanted to get to 250-260 how would you get in 4000-5000 calories eating 2-3 meals per day?

i wouldnt need that many calories to get there but i could very easily eat three meals of 1500 calories each on a daily basis if i wanted to

[Matt C]

Without talking about steroids, being a decent size is all about genetics...

People say you have to eat 5000 calories, and 500g protein a day to get big, but I am at my biggest in my life (pretty lean 230, but yeah, i am 6'3).  I only eat 3 meals a day.   oatmeal in the AM, chicken sandwich at lunch, and dinner (steak and sweat potato, or something along those lines).

Lou Ferrigno was the same way, he only ate 3 meals a day, a far cry from 7000 calories, 400g of pretein etc...

also, look at the silverback gorilla, eats only grass and ants a day with little to no protein and they are huge.

just saying, genetics play a huge role.

In Rich Gaspari's Posing & Seminar DVD from GMV Productions he claimed to only eat around 3,500 calories per day while Dennis James claimed to eat closer to 10,000 per day in the 2002 Battle for the Olympia DVD.

I agree though, one way or another bodybuilding is all about genetics and even response to gear is genetic.  In that sense, it can both be all drugs and all genetics essentially at the same time.  Put most of this board on the same stack Phil Heath is on and I doubt most or any of us would look like him, so genetics obviously hugely matter.

[jedibrat]

For some people 5k calories and 500g protein a day is a lean cutting diet at natural levels without huge mass to maintain.

Hope this helps.