More or less the same, yes. 10 pounds is nothing significant and I'm not saying I wasn't holding more water or wasn't pumped up, but just didn't feel like the 10 pounds was all fat.
10lbs is a lot IF it's muscle. where people lose the plot though and become...i hate to say it...'permabulkers' is when they are unable to discern fat/water from muscle ie "omg, i gained 20lbs of muscle in a year" and they are absolutely
convinced, but the cold hard reality is that it was 5lbs muscle, 8lbs fat and 7lbs water. so what they invariably do is continue to add weight because they are fearful of not making progress or losing progress, and eventually end up a fat ass.
you're not even close to your genetic limit yet (unless your genetic limit is to have muscular dystrophy).
190 in that condition = 130lbs ripped if your pre-contest is spot on. seriously, ask an experienced competitive bber that you know will give you a totally unbiased answer and tell you the truth. hell, ask Arvilla...Mike knows very well what it's like to be deluded by numbers (he may still be
). i bet he didn't have a clue that when he shed all that stuff he thought was muscle, he would eventually become shredded (and he was in his 1st contest) at 185 ripped, but you are not Mike and what i see here (honestly with no hate) is around 130lbs shredded.
i know you don't desire to be shredded, but you do want to be bigger. that's why it's useful to know your lean body mass, so you don't get carried away and delude yourself with numbers. don't get me worng, you do look fairly muscular in the upper body and you're not fat, but if you wish to increase your lean body mass, why on earth are you neglecting your lower body
there's around 10lbs of muscle you could gain in a year right there.
seriously, you obviously want to impress or you wouldn't be whoring yourself all over the internet, so 'shut up and squat' for a year, come back and whore yourself again and you might find that you get replaced as the poster boy for the metrosexual guido association.
