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[superman1975]

how many of you would consider yourselves naturally strong--and by this i mean from day 1 you have always been able to lift more then your friends--the only exercise i need to work on was benching everything else i was able to do what most people thought was a lot of weight for a guy my size

[A.k.a Puffy]

ROTFLMAO
Superman, I have seen your pics, you have a great build, one that many would be jelous over. However I when I graduated High-school I was benching 400+ and wieghed in at 235 pound lbs looking like the stero-typical football player. I hated the way I looked, Strong or not.... Then when I was 24 I discovered the secrets to bodybuiling....... If you know what I mean.... when I was competing I wieghed 218 at 6' ..... Currently working a desk job and still training I hit 280, but was not lean at all..... Current weight thanks to some fina I weigh 255..... Mt point to this reply is simple, I doesn't matter how strong you are, Its how you look. Period................ When I was getting ready for the USA's I was a weak little bitch, BUT I looked fucking great... Check the ego at the door unless you want to be a power lifter.... With diet come fatigue and weakness, but Its how you look when you look, when you look at yourself... Do you see a 180 lb weakling, or do you see a ripped son of a bitch.... Enough my point made, Its how you see yourself, and wether you are happy with what you see...

[superman1975]

dude--you've NEVER seen my pic--i weigh 210lbs and i think i look great at my weight--i just get a lot of comments on how incredibly strong i am--and how well my form is and stuff--i would never want to be a powerlifter--i love the bb idea of the muscle game

[mike man]

But I was much stronger at the weight I was 10 years ago than I am now. Pound for pound At a bw of 210 I could bench 420, squat 610, and dl just under 700lbs. Did many different pl meets and such. I always was very lean too. Couldn't gain weight for nothing. I realised I just wasn't eating enough.
Now I'm much bigger (260lbs) about the same bf and still strong, but not in the same ratio as I was then. Back then I trianed with the heavy weights all the time for strength, now I train to BB and eat!

[Statix]

without lifting...i would be a scrawny little weakling...so, one could easily say i'm not genetically gifted except for the ability to lean up rather easily

[Johnny Bravo]

I have always been stronger than most, was doing 275 on incline bench at 16, now its 405. I just thank MOM for the genetics(w) But to me, I would rather look like i could bench 500 then to actually do it