You can look bigger and more muscular really quickly (without having built any extra muscle).
I don’t know what the occasion may be, but if you want to be bigger in a hurry, I’ve put together 6 cool little ways to do it. If you have more suggestions, let me know in the comments below.
(1) CARB-UP
If you normally eat a fairly low carbohydrate intake, carb-loading will make you look instantly bigger. The carbs pull water and glycogen into the muscle making them bigger and fuller.
In my own opinion, eating less than 0.6g carb per pound of bodyweight counts as a fairly low-carb intake. If you take in this amount or less of carbohydrate per day, you’ll look bigger with a temporary carb spike.
A person weighing 180lbs eating less than ~100g net carbs per day is on a fairly low-carb diet.
180lbs x 0.6 = 108g NET carbs per day
So if you eat this level or less, try eating 3 times your body weight in carbs the day before you need a little extra size. In this example, this guy would eat 540g net carbs the day before needing the extra size.
To look bigger, eat 3xbody weight in net carbs 24hrs before. It adds water/glycogen to muscle Share on X
(2) GET A PUMP
A very short-term one. You can knock out a couple of sets of 20 press-ups for a decent pump.
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(3) TAKE CREATINE
Load with 20g per day for 5 days, then take 5g per day thereafter. Creatine pulls extra water into the muscle tissue making them look fuller.
But you’ll need to do this about a week or so before you want to look bigger. O.N. do a great Creapure creatine in the US.
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(4) DRINK WATER
Being dehydrated makes your muscles look flat. And so many people are chronically dehydrated.
It’s bad enough that muscular power decreases by up to 19% at a dehydration level of just 3%! But you also look smaller.
For fuller muscles, consume 0.6 ounces water per pound of body weight.
Body weight (lbs) X 0.6 = Water Intake in ounces. So a 160 lb person needs 96 ounces of water daily.
For full, hydrated, powerful muscles consume 0.6 ounces water per pound body weight Share on X
(5) USE CLOTHES TO GET THAT V-SHAPE
Wear clothes that accentuate your shoulders and taper your waist.
This achieves that coveted V-Shape making you appear more muscular. You might need to get abs to pull this off. If so, you need look no further than my Total Six Pack Abs system. I may be biased since I created it, but the thing just works!
(6) WHITE TEES
Most people are aware that black clothes make you look slimmer. But the opposite is true for white.
Try fitted or tapered white t-shirts to make you look more buff.
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I’m off to buy some white t-shirts (not even joking!)
Ditto!
Getting a crew cut Will make you look bigger cos your shoulders and traps will appear larger in relation to your head. This is why most competitive bodybuilders have shaved heads or very short hair
@Darshan. Very interesting buddy. Thanks for sharing this 🙂
some of the muscle groups make u look bigger (illusion) e.g. upper chest & back, front & side delts, triceps etc.
@ Mark
The gym I go to has a preacher machine with cables on its sides instead of free weights.
I read on ur post somewhere that such machines limits the range of movement for cable preacher curl.
I wanted to ask whether cables being on sides instead of being in front (which your suggested cable preacher curl technique has) affect the range of movement or Should I use that machine for biceps? or Should I continue your lying preacher curls?
Thank you.
Abhilash. Go ahead with the lying curls, buddy. They’re very effective