BIGGER is BETTER? (Asking If Bodybuilders Miss Being SMALLER) 

Why do you want to be big? Why don't you want to be big? Have you ever been big? Have you ever been small? Have you ever been small but wished you were big and got even smaller and realized you like being smaller so you got even smaller and then realized maybe you wanted to be big after all and so got really big, really quick and then wanted to be small again? PLEASE ANSWER!!!

I'm a 5'11", small framed dude. Went from 150lbs running marathons in my early/mid 20s to 195 powerlifting late 20s/early 30s. While it feels good being strong and appeases the ego to an extent, it wasn't for me. Got back into running and do calisthenics twice a week at 36 weighing low 160s and it feels like the optimal weight for my height to feel good every day throughout the day!

I recently went from 175-245 and I'm amazed no one has mentioned hot weather. It is so much worse as you get bigger.

Being able to sleep without a machine helping you breathe seems like a big one, lol

My jumping ability has taken the biggest impact personally. I can still jump high but the landing is much tougher on my knees from the extra bodyweight

Def can't reach the back of my head or neck with any kind of pump anywhere. Being smaller is good when youre sick of eating. Cheaper and less hassle. Makes travel easier. At 260 Im always thinking about the next meal.

Very nice video. Just fun respectful questions and fun answers and no serious topics. You could tell it was a nice change of pace for a lot of those guys🙂👊

The shorts, and OG Acrobolix pants are top shelf folks

I always wanted to put on more muscle, but as I'm getting older, I decided to just exercise to get more defined, not bigger. As we all know, 300lb of fat or 300lb of muscle has same detrimental effect on the most important muscle, the heart. I am trying to live as long as possible, while still having an athletic physique. I'm around 172lb now at 5'9". I'm still not super happy with the look, but I'm content enough for being 41.

honestly, i love bodybuilding but i also know i don't have pro tier genetics so i never got on the sauce. i could get big and look great at the cost of quitting hockey my other favorite hobby. falling down at 220 hurts enough, i aint risking it at 250 juiced.

What a great ending to that video. Great answers all around!

1. Seating at sports stadiums/events spaces/theatres are so tight. 2. I've had to change or relearn my golf swing about 4 times. 3. Back itches.

I think there is an economy of movement that is lost when you grow to a certain size. I'm 5'9, and now sit between 205lbs and 210lbs. I feel like if I were to get any bigger, I couldn't hit a heavy bag as long or run as fast or as long. Some endurance is probably lost. I'm trying to get as strong as possible within the parameters I have set for myself. There are outliers (yourself) who can do a lot of acrobatics and be heavier. I'm not sure exactly what the result would be if I gained another 20lbs of mass. Could I be as mobile at 225/230 as I am at 205? What's the trade off. I'd put on another 10lbs if that means I could hit a 750lbs deadlift eventually. Thoughts?

about 2 years ago aged 43 I decided to slim down a little bit, Despite not being at my biggest I was 210 lbs at 5,7 and came back down to 170 lbs, felt good as in much lighter more healthier and in general much fitter, but did like it so came back up a bit to where I am now around 195. As a teen I was super small and skinny around 130-140 lbs (but always had good muscle definition) by my late 20's got up to 230 lbs whilst still looking pretty lean. I did miss the feeling of being really fast and flexible and near limtless endurance, That soon went the bigger I got

I want to be bigger so I can lift more, but also to be a functional athlete. I bounce between outdoor sports like rock climbing, mountaineering, and martial arts so I really want well balanced development that can let me get 85% of the way there in whatever I'm doing. So as long as I can push, pull, stay flexible, and keep decent cardiovascular fitness in a run or a match eventually, I'll be happy at any size. But I ballooned up from 145 at 5'6 to 170+. I'm trying to focus on high protein, reducing simple carbohydrates, and I want more muscles but I definitely could use a cut. I put that weight on while I wasn't eating as cleanly or carefully and I would hope my dietary changes will make future gains a lot leaner. I know getting big can't happen on accident, but I don't want to transcend humanity like some dudes do. I don't want to sacrifice my performance in any of those sports for another. I'm a big fan of historical athletes like Jim Thorpe and Jim Brown who both did multiple sports, including track and field, football, etc.

To all the tall guys, Foundry, at JCPenny's, has a big and tall. I love to get a medium-tall t-shirt, they've got graphics, they're cheap and they last a long time. Penny's also has xersion, sports illustrated and puma in tall sizes too.

Love this, great idea for a video.

Weird.... im 5'10" tall and weigh about the same as most of these guys - 205.... but probably about 5% more BF. I was fatter 5+ years ago at 255 lbs. I ballooned up post-Navy due to completely tearing up my knee my last year in the Navy..... which the navy misdiagnosed but thats a long story. For about 8 years i didnt workout at all. I had a physically demanding job though so that kept me DOWN to 255 at my heaviest. Pre injury and at my leanest in the navy i weighed 165. RIGHT before the injury i stayed around 180 for the most part. Now at 205 lbs.... im back to wraring the size 34 pants i wore in the navy but im like.... 20-30 lbs heavier. Its weird because i do get a ton of comments like "wow... do you lift" and "you look good" but i don't think i look as jacked as i did in the navy. I feel like i need to meet a jacked dude and compare because while i feel good.... great even... i dont "feel" big. But again.... i weigh 205... as much as these dudes... more than some. Its the "woes" and downside of having a decked out garage gym and lifting alone i guess - i have nothing to compare myself to. Long story short.... i dont get the lack of mobility or inability to run recurring sentiments shared here. Maybe its because i spent almost a decade being a fat... but strong "fireplug" shaped dude (what my co workers called me) but i feel at my current weight.... and strength which is the strongest ive ever been - i feel like im MORE mobile and my cardio is insanely better. Im not capable of running a 7-8 minute mile and a half like i did in the navy but thats more due to my wonky knee.... and aging joints (and the aftermath of the navy misdiagnosis... again, long story). But i feel as flexible/mobile as i did in the navy.... 30-40 lbs lighter. But in addition to lifting religiously the last 5+ years i also do 2 20 minute HIIT sessions a week. And at my new(ish) job its like im semi retired and have a lot of downtime in which i do some stretches. Basic shit though. No yoga-like crap or anything. That all said..... id say the most difficult thing being 205 at the average height and having been both normal sized/"small" and fat.... is finding clothes that fit properly. Ive always had a barrel for a chest but when i was smaller my lats werent as big so ginding shirts wasnt too difficult. I was always between sizes though... medium and large.... favoring the medium side. At my fattest i filled out a large appropriately. Never got into the super fat territory of having to have "extra" in front of my sizes. This was during my phydically demanding job period though so i pretty much wore carhartt everything and i feel like their stuff runs large.... so maybe i wouldve been an XL shirt guy in most other brands. Now though.... i NEED a large shirt for my chest, shoulders and lats... but could easily wear a medium around my torso. T shirts and polos are fine if i get a "fitted" version/style shirt in a large. Ill fill out the sleeves and the chest will be snug but its a proper fit around the torso. I like it but i do get comments that im dressing like a "bro" and showing off. When in reality if i get a normal large it fits just as snug on the upper-upper body but VERY loose around the waist. When i put one on i feel like a dump and that i don't know how to buy clothes that fit.... and i still get "bro" comments because i still fill out the chest and sleeves of the shirt. If i got an XL to have the chest and sleeves fit like an average joe... there would be SO much fabric flapping around my waist/ torso ill feel like i'm wearing a poncho. Dresss shirts/button downs.... forget about them. Like my dad i have always.... ALWAYS had a big neck. Not only big, but short too. Collared shirts are incredibly uncomfortable. I have an 18.5" neck 48" chest and about a 33-33.5" waist..... yeah. If i get a button down it HAS to be tailored. Theres no such "off the shelf" buttondown in existence that will fit this body properly, hahaha. Button downs ARE pretty much ponchos for me if i get one where i can button the top button to put a tie on. Im talking so much fabric around my torso i can take the buttons, that are buttoned, and pull them around to my mid back.... its HUGE around my waist. So yeah... id say buying shirts is kind of a pain in the ass. As for pants. Jeans. I think i might be in the minority but ive never minded the fact that jeans are a bit snug in the thigh and calves. At least thatshow it is for me. The calves part can be annoying because theyll ride up your leg so when i stand up i got to pull the fabric back down to my ankles as my calves are juuuust big enough to cause the material to catch and ride up. I wear 34s just to get them around my ass. Its loose-ish around the waist though and therefore doesnt squeeze my beans and sausage. I'll fill out the thighs.... especially when sitting, and that could be uncomfrtable.... depending on the brand, but when standing/walking around they fit normal. A lot of manufacturers are making jeans though with a bit of stretch to them so i tend to gravitate towards thoose. Like levis 505s.... i believe. I can handle those. I do have a barbell apparel pair of jeans and they fit great.... but not THAT much better than the 505s stretch jeans i can get for 1/3 the price. Levi 541s "athletic fit" are pretty good too. Only "problem" i have with any pant is i need to get 34s to get over and fit my ass which then leaves them a bit loose around the waist.... but fit.... fairly well everywhere else. But.... thats why they make belts. Also, while i squat 400+ and deadlift just shy of 600 lbs..... i tend to take it easy on my legs (due to wonky knee..s) so theyre not overly tree trunk-ish. Bottom line..... proper fitting clothes are definitely a thing i didnt have to think about much when i weighed 165-180.... or 230-255. At 205 though..... its definitely a chore when i have to go clothes shopping. But i do that so rarely nowadays it seems. MAYBE once a year. But again.... i dont get the "lack of mobility" and "i cant run/i get winded easier" sentiments. These dudes (some of them) are leaner than me..... how is their cardio and stamina dogshit?

When bodybuilders need cardio just lift weights faster

I think the C-pap machine is gonna be the biggest reason I don't wanna get too big. Not that I am thinking that will be an issue that sneaks up on me but it is something to think about at least.

4:17 I feel this

I was 135 out of high school, got up to 220 when i was about 26 years old, then i dropped down to 185ish and i kinda just hang around this weight plus or minus 10lbs. I'm also 6'3" so even at 220 i was not that big by most standards if you looked at me. However, it was big for my standards and i always felt tired, i even sprained my ankle for the first time when i was that heavy, just not meant for that life loll. Between the range of 175-195 i feel like I'm my optimal self. If i ever am over 200lbs again it will be a very slow and deliberate process rather than packing it on just because. I don't ever want to feel the way i felt at my heaviest ever again.

I was 170 at my smallest, deeply depressed. Now I’m 300 and happy

Can't believe Reagan uses his cpap on the plane lol my wife has to force me to put that thing on every night 😅

8:20 brilliant

Im about 6' and i was 220 and just jumping around was terrible. You can feel the weight on it. I dont like being that big. 195 is perfect for me

Wow this video was ridiculously wholesome 😂 what a great question to ask!

5’11” pretty lean 200lbs. Ill say, i do miss wear clothes that are just normal and look good

I started lifting when I was 20 yrs old and about 120 lbs. Now sitting around 235 at 40 yrs old. The one thing I took for granted as a small guy was reaching the collar of my dress shirts to fix them when I get dressed for work. My wife has to do it for me now since my shoulders and biceps get in the way. Wouldn't go back to being small though.

Life vests. You need floatation more than ever, but youll get this sleeveless infants straight jacket to choke you out instead. Nice 20" neck sir lifts alot.

Juji!! Are you going to be doing this for women too? 🤗

ah, Juji's jeans are back. looks like under his own brand now. wonder if they're the same ones he had before. I have a pair of barbell jeans and they are absolutely amazing.

Wait, there's no CPAP with a battery??

I’m nowhere near the level of these guys, but I got my first gym membership when I was 13. No clue what I would have weighed at that time, but in my late teens early 20’s I was into obstacle racing and CrossFit and I was doing my races at about 180-185lbs. Now I generally sit at 210ish and the heaviest I have been was 230. At 185 I was a lot faster and had way better conditioning than I do now, although I’m working on it by taking up boxing a few months ago. At 185 i also had a much better ability with my body weight…as in climbing, handstand stuff etc…I do miss having that ability for sure but I also like being bigger because I actually look like I lift rather than just looking athletic if that makes sense.

jake got really buff

Aren’t we just a fascinating species. We’ll do shit that makes our life overall worse to be “happier” 😂

JUJIMUFU have you ever done the Van Damm lift?

Im enjoying being bigger than I was over 2 years ago. I wish I could get bigger faster but not trying to rush the process.

was 6'2 at 13 250 pnds got to 550 and started training never looked behind since

im 6foot 2 and weigh 220 right now... im not bulky at all and do have some fat to lose yet. how tall are these guys?

Antoin is a mammoth

100lbs in 14 months? Fucking hell.

Working out for 11months now and ive gain around 9kg in weight and now i can wash my back the way i used to.

surprised more of them aren't concerned about the long term health affects, sad how many people get big and die young

I love these super jacked guys it would be cool if their stuff worked /w/o having to use those little blue pills hehe

Being lighter feels better in general.

I'm surprised no one said wiping your ass. Having lats make it a lot more difficult lol

You didnt ask any of them if they missed being small??

Exercise help, please! 🙏 I'm an otherwise slim bloke with beer-boobs. Will focusing exercise on my pecs reduce the local fat, or am I best just spreading exercise across the body? I.e. Can I encourage fat to reduce in that one specific area?

Get a CPAC, fly premium forever

It’s crazy how unhealthy being big is.

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"I was tiny" = 100kg/220lbs

I ve been big all my life lifting since 7 and I am 6"4 right now 270+ Cutting atm. But even at 16 Id bench 330 pretty easy. So I am not even sure what its like lol but I cant imagine Id like being smaller.

crazy how these guys were on drugs in grade 9.

Is it me or is 200lbs not that heavy? You definitely should be able to be somewhat athletic granted you aren’t 5’5

I came right to the comments when I saw melanie

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wow thats a 1% body fat builder

This makes me actually a lot more appreciative of being 130lb. I worked my way up slowly from 118 5'9 and I feel jacked but still have the benefits that come with being light. I think Ill continue the slow bulk till 150lb.

Damn, Juji went cheesy salesman. Money does that to people. Used to love his videos.

Don't need a cpap if you're not juicing, generally, just saying.

I see it as an "ass hole" deterrent. I think people are less likely to mess with you and yours if you look like a monster.

At 185lb at 18 to 285lb at 33, i miss how easy it was to wipe my butt...🧻

Man the cpap thing is so sad...damn i had no idea how many bodybuilders do that

On the opposite, I've trimmed down from about 230 to 205 and I took for granted people getting the fuck out of my way

this video has motivated me to just get strong and not big, lol

I love this so much more than “aRe YoU nAtTy Or NoTtTtT?”

Tying a tie is nearly impossible when you're big

whats the maximum amount of gains you can have before you need a cpap?

Yeah I have to agree, I too miss running. I only recently realised that strength training people all have a super high bmi, the heart still has to work hard at those bmi's. Strength is not everything my friends.

Scratching the middle of your back is the worst thing about being big.

Videos dont need to be long to be bangers, and holy this one was it. Informative, entertaining, 10/10.

At first I thought Juji Painted his gym black! I'm the same weight I was when I graduated high school... and I'm over 50 now! LOL

I enjoy watching your videos juji, have a good rest of your weekend.

This was awesome. You don't often get to hear people you don't know talking like they would when they are around friends. Those guys really shared part of their lives with you. I found that really interesting.

Straight up that's sad an unhealthy to have to use a CPAP on an airplane.

Collab with Sam Sulek.I think you would be interesting duo

More videos like this. Love these topics

Roller coasters. Forget about em.

I was 180 for the longest time and now I sit at around 230. I bulked up to 250 and couldn’t do a thing without losing my breath, but I was strong as fuck! The only difference between big and small for me is a huge difference in strength

Melanie is fr built like a Baki character, like obviously not that cartoonishly large but the musculature is on point

This is an awesome question. Always here guys that downsize bitching about their legs being too big

100 lbs in 14 months sounds dangerous?

Seems crazy to think that these people started out so small, but maybe my perspective is weird because there was never a point in my life I was small, even after losing weight I wasn't 'small' by any means.... unless I'm small now... (I am but not NEARLY as small as they were untrained!)

That 190 guy has amazing arms

i dont care, im going to be massive and shredded and looked down on because they told me not to do steroids but i managed to do them anyway edit frank zane goals

I would say running and bodyweight exercises got harder when you gain weight.

Shows how fucked up the sport is for your health. You have to buy a machine to help you breathe at night.

I think mass for mass sake is stupid. Aesthetics have gone out the window, and the damage that serious bodybuilders do to their health isn't worth it.

damn, that melanie horton looked like supersaiyan 2 gohan muscles.

I have a hard time imagining mike ever being small lol dudes a giant

Guys need to start doing Tib raises. Feel the joy of running again.

my 2 fav bodybuilders, juji and regan

I have dropped 40lbs unintentionally from overwork from my job, but I'm happy I'm no longer 240. It took so much to maintain that weight I hated it. Hormone wise, I feel more emotionaly stable at high weights, but calisthenics, cardio, and lighter weights makes you feel happier in general.

HOLY MOLY LOOK AT MELANIE! awesome arms !!!

Man i truly don't understand why people want to become bodybuilders and gain crazy size. SOmething i've noticed is that it's always really small guys that want to get huge., which i'm naturally bigger and want to be leaner and smaller. Like even 5 years ago i could lean down so fucking easy but now i just hold mass not fat just my arms are big etc.

holy shit melanie

Honestly just being tall is a pain on trains and busses and in cars, just imagine being tall and wide

You're a whole new level of big when flying on an airplane gets to be difficult. Lol.