so I'm writing this thread first as a reminder to myself more then I am helping you guys out.. I don't follow my own advice. I'm being hypocritical when I say "how to get huge" when I'm by no means huge myself .
I've been involved in 'fitness' for a few decades, but I wasn't concerned about putting on size (I was a sponsored athlete in a cardio based sport) . I only weighed 147 pounds (but that was efficient for what I did). since deciding to give that shit up and bodybuild some I've jumped up to 210 pounds at 12% or so body fat (at 5'9"). so over 50+ pounds of muscle. but again, thats not HUGE by any means. but between my own experience and coaching lots of clients over the years I've learned a few things about what it does take to get big..
heres a few things that maybe will help some of you guys out.
- Steroids do NOT make you huge , especially Test only cycles. FOOD and super quality nutrition with a consistent 6-7 meals a day every single day without fail makes you big. Test can't do shit without the nutrition there
- Steroids will only get you so far..
Arnold had awesome genetics and was gifted to look like a bodybuilder since 12 years old. yet all he had was Steroids at his disposal
well thats Arnold and steroids will only get you so far
now here is Roelly and Ronnie (which I would argue have genetics on par with Arnold, just Arnold did not have the other factors)
you can't just eat high protein and take test and get huge (well maybe you can if your genetically gifted).
Ronnie was a crappy bodybuilder placing last at most shows he did (look it up this is a fact , guys like Kevin Levrone used to make fun of Ronnie asking him why he even bothered to compete cause he sucked so bad) , UNTIL Ronnie met his coach who gave him the success formula and 'other' factors needed and then Ronnie dominated.
my point is, just hard training and eating high protein is not the formula. Ronnie already had that down and he sucked even though he had great genetics.. he blew up once his coach got him on insulin, high carb diet, hgh, and a properly formulated AAS stack and not just running some test
- CARBS .. everyone wants to demonize carbs and sugar now days and say how bad they are. your not going to grow worth a shit without being on a high carb diet. Jay Cutler ate 1500 g of carbs in the off season and 1000 g of carbs when dieting.. he knew carbs built muscle. the idea that carbs are 'just' a fuel source and nothing more is BS . the combination of carbs/glucose with insulin is are what drives every anabolic nutrient into the muscle cell . "only protein builds muscle" lol .. how the heck you think protein gets into the muscle cells to begin with,, the amino acids catch a ride when insulin drives glucose into the muscle cells, thats how.
the best way to drive amino acids and protein from your high protein diet is to make sure you have plenty of CARBS and sugar/glucose and insulin to make it all work.
a high carb diet builds muscle
- INSULIN - a game changer for a lot of guys. the idea that Insulin makes you fat is false BS touted by brain washed Keto freaks. the truth is that dietary fat gets stored as body fat naturally with enzymes, no insulin required. Insulin mainly drives glucose and nutrients into muscle cells. its not a fat storage hormone.. fat does not need any hormone to be stored. it stores itself. Carbs on the other hand cannot be stored as fat unless the body goes thorough the metabolically demanding process of converting them. fats simply store as fat without demand or challenge.. your body would much rather use carbs as a fuel source and muscle builder.
Insulin is probably the most anabolic hormone at our disposal . it will super compensate all the benefits that come from our nutrition..
good quality nutrition is one thing (very important), insulin simply enhances this to a whole new level. insulin is a nutrition enhancer
- HGH . the idea that HGH isn't really anabolic and is a waste of $ for its cost to benefit ratio ,, utter BS. with the right protocols in place and legit HGH your going to put on QUALITY tissue. now sure it may take 8 months, but the gains are legit keepable gains.. your not just taking some androgen or wet AAS and blowing up existing muscle cells to look bigger while on cycle, your building real quality new tissue.
I've got threads on HGH so won't go into much detail here.. just saying, HGH is also a game changer
- IF it fits your macros.. bullshit. a calorie is only a measurement of energy (ie, heat), we are made from and built from much more then just energy measurements.. the quality of the calories you consume is vastly important. the macro and micro nutrients we take in are what make and support us. quality nutrition and food is super important.. being healthy is super important. you body won't want to grow when its sick from crap food.. you body won't grow when its digestive system is constantly bombarded with crap and toxins to process out
- training to failure constantly -- you gung ho gym shits that take every set you ever do to complete failure (even your supposed warm up sets) are just shooting yourselves in the foot. constantly going to failure because of your ego (for yourself) is not helping your grow. you need to pick and choose your battles. you need to have specific sets that are planned to go to failure for an actual purpose.. not every time you pick up weight
- to counter my last point... over training is over rated. don't be afraid of over training. don't be afraid of 2 a day training sessions. your drugs, nutrition, and sleep are going to cover you for the most part (as long as your not being a dick head going to failure on every set you do).. run a 6 week training blast, then do a 1 week de-load and your fine. your not going to over train by doing 2 a days or high volume
- higher frequency training .. most of us are not near big and strong enough to require a 'bro split' , ie, one body part per week training program . if chest day is Monday and leg day is Wednesday and you don't hit those body parts again until next Monday and weds, then your leaving gains on the table.. I understand we grew up reading the muscle mags and seeing these bro splits popularized.. but keep in mind that most of us are not creating the homeostatic stress on a muscle group that warrants a full week of rest.. we are not benching 500 pounds for 12 reps and pushing 160 pound dumbbells . we are benching 275 and pressing 90 pound dumbbells. thats way way less volume and stress on the muscle and we don't need that whole week before training chest again
(note-- a lot of people forget that workout 'volume' is not a calculation of reps plus sets , to properly formulate your volume load its WEIGHT x reps x sets = volume load... so again, guys that are benching 500 pounds are doing way more total volume then us mere mortals that press 275.. and thats where these bro splits come from,, 300 pound bodybuilders that have 20x the volume of us average guys cause of the amount of weight they are pushing)
- cardio - you guys that think the best way to get huge is to eat all the cals you can, sit around all day, shoot tons of gear, and only get off the couch for your weight training session are wrong.. get up and take a walk,, jump on a spin bike for 20 mins. the cardiovascular support is only going to help make you healthy and help you grow and promote blood flow and nutrient delivery and stimulate your appetite..
- water and minerals. this is what 70% of muscle is made of in the first place.. stay hydrated, but don't drink 2 gallons of water and be the dip shit that carries of jug of water around with him at the gym. you don't need 2 gals of water, you need way less water but with a proper electrolyte balance.. put sea salt on your food guys
I could go on .. lol.
hope something in this rant helps someone out in some way