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Title: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: RockyIII on February 10, 2006, 06:24:57 PM

i am 5'6", 202 pounds... IMO i look exactly 202, however everybody around me who does not know me always asumes i am in the 215 range. it's kind of flattering and all, but what really makes a trainee appear heavier/bigger than what he really weighs?

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: alexxx on February 10, 2006, 06:33:35 PM

low bodyfat percentage. I have competive bodybuilders ask me if i am 250 when i was only 210  :o

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: I_Dont_Bench on February 10, 2006, 06:58:12 PM

so it all comes down to bodyfat %? what about the size of your joints? i mean i dont think i have flex wheeler joints but maybe that is the main factor that fools people into guessing a higher bodyweight?

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: alexxx on February 10, 2006, 07:01:15 PM

ya a lot of things come into play like bone structure and muscle bellies.

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: I_Dont_Bench on February 10, 2006, 07:11:06 PM

ok let me ask u this... would a guy that usually looks to people heavier than what he really is do generally better at a bbing contest than a guy who is actually at the weight people think he really is at?

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: jeffrey. on February 11, 2006, 12:11:15 AM

Quote from: RockyIII on February 10, 2006, 06:24:57 PM

i am 5'6", 202 pounds... IMO i look exactly 202, however everybody around me who does not know me always asumes i am in the 215 range. it's kind of flattering and all, but what really makes a trainee appear heavier/bigger than what he really weighs?

:o

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: Jr. Yates on February 11, 2006, 10:58:36 AM

Quote from: I_Dont_Bench on February 10, 2006, 07:11:06 PM

ok let me ask u this... would a guy that usually looks to people heavier than what he really is do generally better at a bbing contest than a guy who is actually at the weight people think he really is at?

no because people who think your heavier than you are just see you as a big guy. They don't no much. Judges at contests know and can see the difference.....I think.

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: doison on February 14, 2006, 02:00:43 PM

Wow, that's a huge difference :o

I can see weighing 202, and someone thinking you're 205, or maybe even 210....but 215????
That's outrageous. 

That's like someone thining a 187lb guy looks like 190lbs! 

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: bmacsys on February 14, 2006, 02:13:12 PM

Quote from: RockyIII on February 10, 2006, 06:24:57 PM

i am 5'6", 202 pounds... IMO i look exactly 202, however everybody around me who does not know me always asumes i am in the 215 range. it's kind of flattering and all, but what really makes a trainee appear heavier/bigger than what he really weighs?

Being short like you are helps give the illusion.

Title: Re: 202 lookinh like 215???
Post by: sarcasm on February 14, 2006, 04:33:31 PM

Quote from: RockyIII on February 10, 2006, 06:24:57 PM

i am 5'6", 202 pounds... IMO i look exactly 202, however everybody around me who does not know me always asumes i am in the 215 range. it's kind of flattering and all, but what really makes a trainee appear heavier/bigger than what he really weighs?

i heard you incline 225 for 12, YOU'RE A BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha.