Ah yes, the endless debate of overall size/body weight vs. Looks/proportion, or looking like a BB while clothed vs looking average while clothed.
I have noticed that many of the negative comments making fun of clothed, smaller lifters 'not looking like they lift weights' often come
from powerlifter/permabulkers types.
My theory is that these guys either have too hard of a time getting lean, or don't have the discipline to, so they
make fun of those that do.
I notice that a lot of negative comments about huge guys that look big in clothes come from smaller lean guys that probably wish they were bigger.
A lot of the time I hear people say they just look like the Average fat American when wearing normal clothes.
I don't knock anyone for how they decide to go about changing their body, I just think its stupid when people bad mouth anyone without the same goals
as them.
To me, a bodybuilder is anyone who has added a significant amount of lean mass to their frame, whether they are 165 or 285, we all have different genes
and we all start at different places. I also feel that a true bodybuilder has to be lean most of the time, even off season. I don't mean they have to be
shredded, but I do feel that cuts in the muscles should be clear. If not, you just look like a big guy that is strong.
I weigh 215 @ 10-12% at 5'9''. I don't think I look like a bodybuilder in clothes, but I do think people can tell it is quite obvious that I lift weights when I am
shirtless or if I wear a light T-shirt that is not too large. I never wear skin tight stuff, but I don't wear it too loose either.
I have a friend that is an inch shorter, 185lbs @ an honest 8%. He looks a tiny bit thicker clothes, but without a shirt, he would wipe the floor with me or any
other guy I know that weighs 220+.
Bodybuilding is an illusion. I wish I was more like my friend..... looking jacked as hell with a low bodyweight.
