newsflash:
not everyone needs to walk around at sub 8% BF levels and just because they don't does not mean they're not a "bodybuilder".
matt c is not "fat"..he's fine for what he's doing, if he went to compete at a show in that type of shape then he would be "fat"
i agree with this, and he will look like he lifts weights if he walks around with a sleeveless shirt and long pants, but read the title of the thread and tell me Matt doens't fit the criteria?
Matt is posting clips of himself stripped down and performing bbing poses.
therefore one naturally assumes that this is along the lines of his intended focus.
i
do believe that this issue is relevant because there are many
guidos people just like Matt that are deluded by numbers. so much so that if you try and tell them the truth they resent you for it. quite simply, many here are commenting on what
they believe, despite NEVER getting into shredded condition in their life. i personally have
never been. i know many bbers that have attained this condition though and i remember many times being blown away by how far they had to come down before attaining this condition and that's what i'm basing this on.
there is nothing at all wrong with not being shredded. it's actually not a good thing unless you're on stage. it's not healthy or sustainable, but i DO believe it helps to be aware of your approximate lean body mass. an unbiased experienced competitive bber can help him here.
Matt has great delts (especially front) that was a nice side effect from attempting to overemphasize the guido muscles (chest and bis). the by product from lifting too heavy (for him) on bench and bis was good delts and traps.
if he got shredded he would have a very good taper and his delts would dominate his whole physique. problem with that is that delts don't weigh much. the big body parts that give you that lean weight ie legs, glutes, back and chest would be very light, particularly his legs, especially his hams, glutes and lower back which have been atrociously neglected.
that's why i arrive at 130 shredded because, unlike Leafy Bug or Adonis, he just hasn't paid anywhere near enough attention to the large muscles of the body.
Mike was massive at 270 and if i said back then that he would have competed at 197, just about everyone here would have ripped on me, but yet that's what happened.
thing is, from what read of his contest prep account, his pre-contest mentally and physically was top notch for a novice. he didn't think, he just put his complete faith into a few core people (those that he could trust and were experienced) so when the pressure came on and he wasn't thinking rationally ie 'where the hell did all that 'mass' go?' he had the courage and trust in himself (his own decision to put complete faith) and others to just do what he was told.
simple fact is, that although Mike was fatter than Matt, he had paid his dues in the gym by building a much much larger base among the big muscles of his body, so when he did get shredded he had enough dense muscle on his body to leave him looking great at the end.
