Bulked up and cut back down, in retrospect

[Meso_z]

A Ripped 158 AND 5'6-5'8 IS big.

[Cableguy]

I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would want to be 158 lbs as a grown ass man.....ripped or not, it is still very small

It depends on your height and proportions. At 5'7, 158 lean can look pretty good.

[Firemuscle]

A Ripped 158 AND 5'6-5'8 IS big.

 Finally you're talking some sense.

 I'm 158 right now and I don't look skinny. I'm not ripped yet, but i'm pretty cut. I think if I go down to about 153 then i'll be ripped.

[Firemuscle]

You're my height. I went from 192 to 165 last summer to look good for my HS reunion. My abs were coming in, but not sharp yet. I would need to get down to your weight for them to start looking sharp. And you're right about the lean face thing. I'm back up to about 180. I look okay in clothes, but my abs are gone. And my face isn't lean anymore. I have noticed that I'm getting less attention from women than when I was leaner. I'm going to make sure I get down to about 160 by summer!

 Exactly man. That's the exact same thing I went through. At 182 I looked good in clothes. In a t-shirt I looked great with the extra mass. But when the clothes came off it didn't look good. And the ladies weren't digging it, that's for sure.

 When I bulked up there was no Wow factor. When I get cut with awesome abs and viens popping rthan I have the wow factor. You gotta do what works for you.

 

[kushtestgrowth]

Exactly man. That's the exact same thing I went through. At 182 I looked good in clothes. In a t-shirt I looked great with the extra mass. But when the clothes came off it didn't look good. And the ladies weren't digging it, that's for sure.

 When I bulked up there was no Wow factor. When I get cut with awesome abs and viens popping rthan I have the wow factor. You gotta do what works for you.

 

LOL at having a wow factor at 146 pounds.

[Firemuscle]

LOL at having a wow factor at 146 pounds.

 If you got viens, striations, abs and cuts then it's totally possible to be impressive even at 146. Just look at some bodybuilders who compete in the 140s, lots of them look great.

 You still havn't shown your picture, so you can kindly fuckoff. For all I know you are an out of shape piece of shit, delusionally thinking you are in shape.

 Many guys on this site are just like that. It seems you are too. 240 pounds at 25% bodyfat, but they think they are awesomely swole. Sorry....you're just fat.

[kushtestgrowth]

If you got viens, striations, abs and cuts then it's totally possible to be impressive even at 146. Just look at some bodybuilders who compete in the 140s, lots of them look great.

 You still havn't shown your picture, so you can kindly fuckoff. For all I know you are an out of shape piece of shit, delusionally thinking you are in shape.

 Many guys on this site are just like that. It seems you are too. 240 pounds at 25% bodyfat, but they think they are awesomely swole. Sorry....you're just fat.

haha you have great dreams my friend, because nothing you talk about is in the present, its always the future this or that or when i do this blah blah blah,,, big keyword in your post it is actually the first word IF  thats it IF YOU HAVE STRIATIONS CUTS ABS VEINS...do you? no you do not, its not as easy as snapping your fucking fingers i dont care if u weight 143 pounds what matters is do you even have the density and muscle maturity to have striations or veins? nah i havent posted a pic and i am 6'0 200 great shape, however not beach ready quite yet, the whole point is i dont give a fuck what you think, im not lying, who would lie about those numbers? that would be like you lying about weighing 150 soaking wet  oh and btw beach ready=2 days out from contest condition.

[Firemuscle]

haha you have great dreams my friend, because nothing you talk about is in the present, its always the future this or that or when i do this blah blah blah,,, big keyword in your post it is actually the first word IF  thats it IF YOU HAVE STRIATIONS CUTS ABS VEINS...do you? no you do not, its not as easy as snapping your fucking fingers i dont care if u weight 143 pounds what matters is do you even have the density and muscle maturity to have striations or veins? nah i havent posted a pic and i am 6'0 200 great shape, however not beach ready quite yet, the whole point is i dont give a fuck what you think, im not lying, who would i lie about those numbers?

 Your numbers are probably right. I don't think you're lying about your numbers.

 But I think if you posted a pic, we would all see that you don't look too good. You probably aren't cut at all. You probably have a good 30 pounds of fat on you.

 Numbers don't mean shit. It's about how you look. How much fat you're holding. What kind of shape you got.

 Also I do have striations cuts and abs right now. I just want to sharpen it up a little bit. But i'm pretty much there. When I take my shirt off I look impressive right now. But when it comes to working out, we are always trying to improve. When it comes to getting cut, I always want more.

[Captain Equipoise]

Guys look big/muscular at different weights, depending on their heights..look at some of the really short WEC guys or smaller UFC guys, guys that are 150 or 155 at 5'6 ,5'7 look huge because they're lean and it's all muscle, same for a lot of
the 205 guys who are usually 5"11 or so but again ripped