The Sumo Bulk Tweet
This was originally a Mike Cernovich tweet, and it’s something that has stayed in my mind over the years. I’m expanding on it slightly, and would like to see this experiment ran.
The premise:
Take a natural and have them bulk like a sumo wrestler. Have them eat copious quantities of food, and throw reason out the window. Allow them to get big, and strong…. and fat.
6′ seems a reasonable height to base off of, it seems like a height more lifters than not are around.
So what are normal weights for the 6 footer?
- ~170 if really lean and/or scrawny
- 185 if lean but normal
- 200 if bigger and lean
- 220 anywhere from normal to kinda lean(the kinda lean guy here is huge)
- 250 if bigger and normalish in bodyfat %, not fat, but not lean
- Heavier when fat (Obviously gear changes these equations)
Now the idea here is to bulk past that reasonable 250 mark, up to at least 300. Since we’re talking 6 footers I’m even inclined to say up to 325 (maybe even past 325, I’ve met a 6’1″ 360lber who used to be in pro sumo, was normalish in bodyfat %, and had the largest muscular legs I’ve ever seen on a human). Keep athletic, never quit movement while doing this, but we want to add far more mass (both muscle and fat) than would normally happen in a reasonable manner.
I want you conditioning, training all the time, and eating even more.
Once you’ve got heavy naturally comes the twist. Diet down while ON gear. Run your first cycle as part of the weight cut.
The idea here is to let the anabolics keep your body more anabolic so as to keep more muscle mass (that you built naturally) on you than you would if you were to cut naturally.
The tweet’s premise was “would this allow you to semi-naturally hold more lean muscle mass in a lean state than would pure natural status”. Think for a second, how did you build that muscle? Why would the cutting cycle have you lose that mass?
Being I have no experience with gear past other’s anecdotes this is pure guess work, but my brain says this would work, AND be far healthier for you in the long run, while only needing that one cycle.
Why couldn’t you be a lean 275 or small 308 with 50+ lbs of fat on you, cycle+cut, and end as a lean 275lber+ at the end?
Food for thought.
Other Stuff (semi related)
- Could you through mindset and breath work get the effects of anabolics? With or without having been on? The Savage Lifestyle says it can with mindset(although after having been on prior), and Wim Hof with his breathing method says you can tap into the whole host of your body’s CNS capability. My opinion? You can.
- When your test is up, you feel better. Hornier, more confident, more capable. Better all around.
- Corollary to the last: By going and getting shit done you can quite quickly force the feedback loop to High T.
- Masculine endeavors raise your Test levels naturally. Male environments (more rare in this feminine faggy society, but still out there, or something you can build check Operation Werewolf) be they work, prison, a gym, MMA, whatever it may be cause you to damn near overnight harden up mentally…and physically. Since starting the labor I’ve seen some upper body growth that seems like the stimuli wasn’t enough to cause it.
- How much of growth is test related? Like I said with the last one, I’ve seen upper body growth that doesn’t fully make sense…until you factor in that life has my test levels up right now. That growth wasn’t from stimulus as much as it was from heightened masculinity, higher testosterone levels.
- I’ve heard of guys admit they are on gear or TRT who barely exercise, admit they aren’t that strong currently, yet look damn good, in their opinion purely by the high dose of test in them.
- I still don’t give a shit whether you use or not, I’ll always view the work put in as the most important factor, like the above said they’re weak but look good when relying on the test with no training.
-J