God Almighty...
This thread is still going?
Brian, yeah, you're lean. Not contest lean, but for your "everyday beach look," yeah -- plenty lean.
But be real with yourself: you've not got what it takes to be a good competitive bodybuilder even on a local level.
*Your symmetry is subpar. When you did your show, your torn pec was a glaring weakness onstage. One biceps is noticeably smaller than the other, too, though it does seem you've since built the weaker side up, which is good.
*You lack the proportions needed to win. From the front, your lats look thin, your pecs show no thickness as soon as you raise your arms, and you have a lean but comparatively thick midsection.
*Size. You can raise hell 'til the cows come home about how you weigh 225 (or whatever), but you know you need to be bigger to be competitive, especially in the legs but overall as well.
You're about 5'10", nay? So was Dorian. Look at him at 228ish, when he won the NOC. Three pounds heavier, but twice as thick. Arnold, 6'1" or so, 225 onstage in 1975.
Granted, both were genetic freaks, and both basically the best or NEAR best bodybuilders in the world at the time.
The point is, forget about that fucking scale insofar as you use it to measure your readiness to step on stage and kick ass.
I'm rooting for you. I hope you succeed. But I also think you're operating under some delusion that you're all that. No. You've plenty of room to improve. If you put in the work, you certainly can, particularly since you're using test. Train hard. I know you have issues with your knees, but how long have you been squatting now? How much have you improved your 10 RM in the last year? Ages ago, you filmed yourself doing a single with 355; sometime recently, you had trouble with just ten more pounds. Dude! You ought to be *repping out* in the mid to high threes by now!
What's the issue? What's the excuse du jour? For fuck's sake, there are 15-year-old GIRLS who can squat ATG with 315 for multiple reps. Even that insufferable jerk tard Jason Genova could do 315 for four deep reps -- and again, he is an arrogant little retard!
