The quintessential gym experience.
You joke, but comparing yourself to others in the gym is the worst you can do. I’m not a big guy and I’ve seen bigger guys than me, who start to lift heavier if they see me lift the same amount as them.
i judged others a disgusting amount when i used to go to the gym. looking back i shouldn’t have done that but it’s probably symptoms of deeper issues.
I’m not small but I’m not huge either and when I see someone bigger than me lifting lighter weights I always get confused or something.
Like, am I doing something wrong or what’s happening here?
You’d be surprised how many people at the gym don’t actually know how to properly lift.
But yeah, it seems you’d get results with just enough persistence. I don’t want to actually accuse anyone big of using tren lol, they’ve probably been lifting for ten years or so to get to that size.
There’s also another factor, which is fatigue. You might not know how many lifts they performed prior to that one, and how they lift. Many bodybuilders use more time under tension (which might or might not promote muscle growth) and perform slower reps. This automatically means lower weights for example.
Difference in training perhaps? Training for pure strength won’t necessarily make you crazy big and just training for size doesn’t make you that strong.
Some people also appear bigger at a given weight (joint size, height, etc) and then people have a different baseline strength genetically. I’ve done quite a bit of manual labour and while I’m a decently strong guy because of it and years of lifting, there are just freaks out there that are stronger than me without specific training, shit diet and an alcohol problem at any given weight.
Some ppl just built bigger than others. I try to not compare against other ppl but against my past shape. Both good and bad changes. Sometimes life just takes me out of lifting for a while and I come back smaller and weeker with a little more fat on me. When I’ve been at it a while I look to see what improved and what I’d like to focus on. Also don’t look every day or you won’t notice those gains as much. I will take not when I see the mirror in the bathroom but I try not to really “focus” in on it but every week or two.