When people train to get bigger, they must train to get muscularly stronger. No matter what you read or are told, legitimate researchers will tell you that they have all kinds of bits and pieces as to what goes on when muscle tissue is stimulated. They know what has to be done to get the muscle bigger and stronger, but they’re not sure exactly how it happens. The end result is obvious, but not so the process.
It is also very much accepted that in order to get muscularly larger, one first has to develop muscular strength. If one is as strong as possible at a particular body weight, the only way to significantly increase the amount of muscle tissue mass of any specific muscle or muscle group, is to gain body weight. Thus, most individuals, especially those not using drugs, must strive to gain weight muscular weight, but weight nonetheless in order to be stronger, and bigger.
Training for ultimate “cuts” or extreme definition is not healthy and, in my opinion, not aesthetically pleasing. A well-trained athlete with minimal body fat for any purpose other than competitive bodybuilding, looks very hard in person. However, when compared to the drug-aided, oiled, properly lighted, shaved and diuretics-assisted physiques seen in the magazines and then considered as “the norm,” they will not be so impressive, especially in photos. Most athletes are decidedly not fat. If they carry a legitimate 10-12% body fat, this is quite low, especially when one weighs 220 lbs or more. At 300 lbs, this is quite amazing and, frankly, startling in person.
What may look “fat” in clothing or even in photos, isn’t “fat” when you actually see it. It’s just a big, strong, muscular guy, albeit without the “cuts” seen in the glamor magazines. There is no correlation between being fat and strong. Some extra body fat, or a particular body build, may allow for improved leverages in some movements, but fat cannot contract and produce power, so it is a disadvantage, also serving as a friction brake during muscular contraction.
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