Do you think Big Ach is natural?

[BIG ACH]

When you guys say genetics is everything.... do you all mean, that the person is naturally and already big before he touches weights, so when he lifts just gets all that much bigger? 

Or

Do you mean that the person regardless if he's small or big before he lifts he just responds well to training and eating?



Cause, when I look at myself before lifting, I was NO WHERE NEAR big.... I weighed like a max of 150 lbs soaking wet, with no muscle at all... when I was younger my parents would say I looked like a starving ethiopian refugee! lol   And then after years of lifting I got my weight all the way up to 265 lbs...  granted I looked more like a football player than a bodybuilder, but still.... sure beat being a skinny ass buck fifty!

I think I have pretty good genetics not great, but good... don't think they're bad in any way, but I would never think that I'm genetically gifted for the sport.  But, I mean eating a ton, 3000-4000 calories for so long and training pretty hard 2-3 hours everyday has to do something to you, right?

[coltrane]

I'm the same Ach.  Was tiny when starting out.  I can remember being in 10th grade trying to shoulder press the bar with 2.5 pound plates on each side, and not being able to balance it well.

I think that its really its a marathon and not a race (bodybuilding that is).  If youre consistent with dieting and training, and you stay with it for years, you'll have a good, if not really good build.

Genetics will help with certain areas, i.e., arms or legs.  Genetically i have the propensity for growth on my arms.  My legs and calves not so much.  SO, i train them like mad and they've grown. 

[coltrane]

AND, your point about eating high cal for years (basically permabulking) will result in muscle growth.  THEN you cut, and you've got that nice musculature.  

That's what the natty naysayers don't get.  They go in for a few months, dont get anywhere and think YOU MUST be on something cause THEY haven't gotten anywhere due to the short time span of training.


If youre a natty, you need YEARS of training to make progress. 

[wes]

What makes you think I'm neutral? Wes is a good guy, this snowman character is a weird and creepy dude posting the same vid all over this board. I want him to know that I think he's a disturbed and troubled person and needs help. He's probably a piece of shit as well.

You have a problem with that?

Thanks brother....he`s just another anonymous asshole.

[TacoBell]

Yep...it's like some of the country boys where I grew up who could just walk into the gym having never lifted and smoke the guys who had been there for years...

I know what you mean.  Some of the 'darker skinned' guys who live in my 'guest house' are absolutely jacked, and they never workout unless you count picking cotton all day in my backyard.

[YngiweRhoads]

AND, your point about eating high cal for years (basically permabulking) will result in muscle growth.  THEN you cut, and you've got that nice musculature.  

That's what the natty naysayers don't get.  They go in for a few months, dont get anywhere and think YOU MUST be on something cause THEY haven't gotten anywhere due to the short time span of training.


If youre a natty, you need YEARS of training to make progress. 

Yep. I've been training almost 29 years to get where I am today. Most of the diapers offering their 'input' haven't even been alive that long.

[cyp200la]

ach r u using steroids i cant sleep at night because its all i think about!! why do u look better than me u must be using.. lmao     

[Sherief Shalaby]

When you guys say genetics is everything.... do you all mean, that the person is naturally and already big before he touches weights, so when he lifts just gets all that much bigger? 

Or

Do you mean that the person regardless if he's small or big before he lifts he just responds well to training and eating?



Cause, when I look at myself before lifting, I was NO WHERE NEAR big.... I weighed like a max of 150 lbs soaking wet, with no muscle at all... when I was younger my parents would say I looked like a starving ethiopian refugee! lol   And then after years of lifting I got my weight all the way up to 265 lbs...  granted I looked more like a football player than a bodybuilder, but still.... sure beat being a skinny ass buck fifty!

I think I have pretty good genetics not great, but good... don't think they're bad in any way, but I would never think that I'm genetically gifted for the sport.  But, I mean eating a ton, 3000-4000 calories for so long and training pretty hard 2-3 hours everyday has to do something to you, right?

2-3 hours a day!!.. i train 3 hours max. a week!!..

[YngiweRhoads]

2-3 hours a day!!.. i train 3 hours max. a week!!..

Same here.

[225for70]

2-3 hours a day!!.. i train 3 hours max. a week!!..

That could be why you look like shit..HTH

[True]

Bic Ach is natural. If not, then he just sucks...

[BIG ACH]

I've always been a volume trainer... Always, and its not like I have a stone set plan in the gym, no...., I go in and lift as much as I can, if I'm done with my routine and I can keep going, I just keep going, doesn't matter how long I've been in there, I leave when my body is SCREEEEAMING and I can't go any further!! 2-3 hours is my norm, but I've gone 4.5 hours once or twice before!  Many will say thats overtraining, but its how I've always done it and its what worked for me.

Lee Haney is famous for saying the line "stimulate don't annihilate" but thats never been me, I always annihilate when I train.  As I said my norm is like 25-30 sets per body part, I won't lie though i also do take some long ass breaks in between sets, but whatever!  Just how I've always done it!

Man... looking back I REMEMBER the day I benched.. or should I say MAXED OUT on 135 lbs, wow back then it felt like soooooooooooo much weight, and I could only do it for one rep with my friend helping me LOL....  I remember the first time I curled 30 lbs dumbells and they felt heavy as shit! That was like back in 8th grade, middle school LOL


Many people tend to follow the rules too much, only eat what... 1 g of protein per pound of bodyweight, don't eat too much or you'll get fat, don't train for more than 45 mins or then you are overtraining, don't go to failure every set, don't rest for more than 1 minute between sets, etc etc....  I say fuck these rules... I'm sorry I had to go to the extreme to really feel an impact, downing as much as 2.5 g of protein per pound of bodyweight, upping my cals as high I can possibly get them, training for 3 hours and training heavy and light, just doing everything I possibly can to grow, and staying consistent.  It was my life, and still is, sure I do shit outside of bodybuilding, and I'm not crazy anal like a lot of people, I still eat out during contest prep and all.... but its always in my head, I am a bodybuilder and this is my lifestyle!

[mesmorph78]

2-3 hours a day!!.. i train 3 hours max. a week!!..

2 hrs a day.... Minimum


3 hrs a week under a hr a day
dont know about that

[SS]

Very true....thankfully as they've aged, they are just fat slobs now......while I'm getting better every year.....whooooooo !!!!!!!!!!   

HAHAHAHA! Maybe they got bit by a spider.

[The Showstoppa]

HAHAHAHA! Maybe they got bit by a spider.

Then there are a helluva lot of spiders running around in NC backwoods.....  

PS: you'll never make it kid...

[The Abdominal Snoman]

I`m 55 years old ,how much muscle do you expect me to gain at this point? 

IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever you say Sally O'Mally

[Doug_Steele]

Then there are a helluva lot of spiders running around in NC backwoods.....  

PS: you'll never make it kid...

Could Adonis make it??  I kinda figure that he would walk through and he would say stuff like, "Icky, eww, gross, nasty,..etc"

[SS]

Then there are a helluva lot of spiders running around in NC backwoods.....  

PS: you'll never make it kid...

[tommywishbone]

Jesus Christ!! 17 F-ing pages on whether or not Big Ach is natural or not??

OK, dude is natural. Stop the madness or I'll go nuts and kill everybody.

Thank you.

[dr.chimps]

Jesus Christ!! 17 F-ing pages on whether or not Big Ach is natural or not??

OK, dude is natural. Stop the madness or I'll go nuts and kill everybody.

Thank you.

[Doug_Steele]

Jesus Christ!! 17 F-ing pages on whether or not Big Ach is natural or not??

OK, dude is natural. Stop the madness or I'll go nuts and kill everybody.

Thank you.

 

[The Showstoppa]

Could Adonis make it??  I kinda figure that he would walk through and he would say stuff like, "Icky, eww, gross, nasty,..etc"

haha, I can't see TA embracing the great outdoors without a full kitchen set-up in his parents motor coach...

[Doug_Steele]

haha, I can't see TA embracing the great outdoors without a full kitchen set-up in his parents motor coach...

  I can see him curl up in a ball and start crying.  He would start complaining and some ole' country boy would find him sobbing and comfort him.



 

[TrueGrit]

Brilliant pic!

[The Showstoppa]

  I can see him curl up in a ball and start crying.  He would start complaining and some ole' country boy would find him sobbing and comfort him.



 

"you shore got a purty mouth!"  LOL......