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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
There's a guy at my gym who runs the comp team. He's fucking ripped and strong as fuck. Zero body fat. Pound-for-pound, strongest dude I've ever met. He doesn't do anything but heavy, Olympic-style lifting. He keeps telling me that that is why he's ripped. I keep telling him he has some crazy genetic thing happening that he can't see.
I think a mix is best. It's been best for me. I tell him (and myself) that I don't want to put on any more muscle* because my knees are happiest when I'm at my current weight or below.
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*(It's totally a choice. It's totally a choice. It's totally a choice.)
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It's probably a combination of genetics and the big lifts. But being "ripped" is due to diet. He probably looks like he weighs 215 but is actually 185. You and I (I think) enjoy the occasional beer, pizza and other such things. He probably avoids them. If you're strict with the diet you really don't have to do
any cardio. I really only do cardio (a) because it feels good, and (b) so I can (mostly) eat/drink what I want.
I think you're a little older than me, and I'm on the same page with muscle - I don't want more. Those days are over. I just want to be strong and pain free. And the lighter I am, the better my back feels.
