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post 1610540971 07-14-2020, 05:35 AM
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What are some signs you have good genetics for bodybuilding?

Some people are blessed with mesomorph genetics, some are not. We have to accept the hands we are dealt and make the most of it.

But what are some signs you have great genetics for bodybuilding, meaning you can excel at it quicker and more easily than the average person?

Here are some examples
-Lose fat easily
-Gain muscle mass easily
-V Taper - broad shoulders, tiny waist
-naturally big arms, legs etc
-generally stronger than most others
-insertions/muscle bellies etc
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
Some people are blessed with mesomorph genetics, some are not. We have to accept the hands we are dealt and make the most of it.

But what are some signs you have great genetics for bodybuilding, meaning you can excel at it quicker and more easily than the average person?

Here are some examples
-Lose fat easily
-Gain muscle mass easily
-V Taper - broad shoulders, tiny waist
-naturally big arms, legs etc
-generally stronger than most others
-insertions/muscle bellies etc
All you've basically said here is 'if you can bodybuild easily, you have good genetics for bodybuilding'.

Naturally big, naturally strong, naturally good shape, puts on muscle easily, loses fat easily. Negged for obviousness (on recharge)
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Most the people here are delusional and think they have good genetics. Newsflash, the guys with good genetics played football, if your ass started lifting because you were scrawny or fat and wanted to get girls (99% of you), you don't have good genetics.

The other common cope I see is juicers who say they just recently started juicing and that it barely helped and that most of their gains came from hard work and genetics. Just LOL.
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Originally Posted By mobp⏩
Most the people here are delusional and think they have good genetics. Newsflash, the guys with good genetics played football, if your ass started lifting because you were scrawny or fat and wanted to get girls (99% of you), you don't have good genetics.

The other common cope I see is juicers who say they just recently started juicing and that it barely helped and that most of their gains came from hard work and genetics. Just LOL.
such retarded cope. Some guys just got addicted to WoW growing up
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Originally Posted By PowerPal⏩
bbc. have 10% west African genetics (23 and me test)
thats true lots of blacks are naturally muscular. I have two black friends who trained for less than a year and are huge. also have plenty of asian friends who trained for years and are tiny (no racist) just my observation. I am asian myself
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Originally Posted By PowerPal⏩
such retarded cope. Some guys just got addicted to WoW growing up
such retarded cope. A lot of the black guys I knew who played football rarely showed up to practice and still were the best players. These guys didn't train any more than a WoW nerd but still looked better than a lot of the ppl who here who gymcel and blast gear.
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Thick bone structure and natural V taper

I have both but i dont even lift so wasting potential
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Originally Posted By Vrykul⏩
Thick bone structure and natural V taper

I have both but i dont even lift so wasting potential
if you dont mind me asking why dont you lift? Your body has a good base no homo. I think if you added mass with your current proportions you will look insanely good
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It only takes you maybe half a year to bench 225, you have calves and thickness naturally, high test crew.
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Originally Posted By Chest-Rockwell⏩
It only takes you maybe half a year to bench 225, you have calves and thickness naturally, high test crew.
i have a friend who benched 264 lbs on his first day back after stopping gym for like 3 months. Either he was lying about not going, or he has really good genetics or muscle memory (which usually takes longer than a day)
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
if you dont mind me asking why dont you lift? Your body has a good base no homo. I think if you added mass with your current proportions you will look insanely good
I used to be about 20lbs heavier but just got skinny when i stopped gym

Mostly being too tired from work and laziness tbh
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I have a friend around my height who doesn't go to the gym and mogs me. Genetics is half the struggle but to reach your potential you need to put years and years of effort.

Your bone density, frame and tendon size/strength is the foundation and key to strength/growth.

Body mechanics such as your leverage and body part ratios etc plays a role for strength training if you're really obsessed with 1RM etcs. You can get huge guys with horrible body mechanics for bench press etc.
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Originally Posted By andyray⏩
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hehe ty men

personally I’m like mostly meso/part endo, have some meso traits like seem to gain muscle fairly easy and naturally broad shoulders etc, I lose fat kinda easy— much easier than a pure endo but hard for me to get really lean and with tiny waist like pure meso/ecto. overall pretty satisfied with my body type for casual bodybuilding but aware don’t have elite genetics for like competitive bbing and jelly of pure mesos
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
thats true lots of blacks are naturally muscular. I have two black friends who trained for less than a year and are huge. also have plenty of asian friends who trained for years and are tiny (no racist) just my observation. I am asian myself
Asian genes are god awful. I’m asian myself too. However, when I focused on form a lot more and added in more exercises to hit more muscle groups I got way better results. Vast majority of dudes of all races I see at the gym have chit form and look dyel in a tank with a pump anyway
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Musing over genetic traits like these in OP is useless and ill say why

The most important trait is withstanding many anabolic drugs without destroying yourself

Most gym goers are DYEL anyway
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If you look like you might lift, but you don't lift, you probably have good genetics.

Most people will not know if they have good genetics for bodybuilding or for building an aesthetic physique until after they've put in all the work...

Which is why it's senseless to really even think about it. If you have chit tier genetics, you will still look better after you put the effort in than you would have otherwise. Physique that looks like it took effort to achieve > Dad bod.
Originally Posted By vitruv⏩
The most important trait is withstanding many anabolic drugs without destroying yourself
This. Either you have that Ozzy Ozborn gene or you don't.
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Originally Posted By lancefraudd⏩
Some people are blessed with mesomorph genetics, some are not. We have to accept the hands we are dealt and make the most of it.

But what are some signs you have great genetics for bodybuilding, meaning you can excel at it quicker and more easily than the average person?

Here are some examples
-Lose fat easily
-Gain muscle mass easily
-V Taper - broad shoulders, tiny waist
-naturally big arms, legs etc
-generally stronger than most others
-insertions/muscle bellies etc
Does this mean big joints? My wrists are tiny and I have very slim hips.
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arm dominant >>> torso dominant is a clear sign of good genetics for bodybuilding
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Wish I had the staying lean easy gene. Everything else is easy for me especially since I’m 6’4 240 atm (almost done with my cut I was 270 5 weeks ago). Cutting sucks do to my hunger but it’s a grind and I do it.
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It's usually about proportion, and that starts with your skeleton. If you have natural shoulder width that is in good proportion to your pelvis, femurs that aren't too long in relation to your torso you are in pretty good shape from a base to start with. You can always pack on a ton of muscle, but if from the front and back your proportions aren't in line it will always be a struggle to bring up body parts.

For example, I'm taller, long femurs and narrow shoulder width - have been since I was a teenager. I had to pack on a ton of width on my lats, and even then my legs were almost impossible to get big enough to look decent. My body is built for length, not width and size. I would have had to bicycle in order to get decent looking and I wasn't prepared to do that.

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How you response to training

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You look better than most guys after training natty for a year or so.
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Originally Posted By Bigdumogre⏩
Wish I had the staying lean easy gene. Everything else is easy for me especially since I’m 6’4 240 atm (almost done with my cut I was 270 5 weeks ago). Cutting sucks do to my hunger but it’s a grind and I do it.
Damn brah, 30# in 5 weeks, you on that booger sugar and <1000 kcal/day time?
Originally Posted By TypeNirvash⏩
If you look like you might lift, but you don't lift, you probably have good genetics.

Most people will not know if they have good genetics for bodybuilding or for building an aesthetic physique until after they've put in all the work...

Which is why it's senseless to really even think about it. If you have chit tier genetics, you will still look better after you put the effort in than you would have otherwise. Physique that looks like it took effort to achieve > Dad bod
This, unless you have serious intentions of trying to compete on a professional level your genetics really don't mean chit. You can always work on and improve yourself not matter what your genetics are and be better for it.

I may have chit genetics but at 33 I look 10× better than I did in my early-mid 20's (prior to lifting), as well as the vast majority of guys my age right now.
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Originally Posted By 78novacaine⏩
Damn brah, 30# in 5 weeks, you on that booger sugar and <1000 kcal/day time?



This, unless you have serious intentions of trying to compete on a professional level your genetics really don't mean chit. You can always work on and improve yourself not matter what your genetics are and be better for it.

I may have chit genetics but at 33 I look 10× better than I did in my early-mid 20's (prior to lifting), as well as the vast majority of guys my age right now.
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Originally Posted By ukr1410⏩
Does this mean big joints? My wrists are tiny and I have very slim hips.
I think i read somewhere small wrists can make your arms appear bigger
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pretty easy to know.
If you are the dude that was always "big/muscular" during middle school before even starting lifting, you have above average genetics.

Then, if after your first year of natty lifting you already look better than 99% of gym rats that have been training for years, then you have great genetics.
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i dont know if i have bad genetics or average and just laziness

moral of the story being, you might just be lazy
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