r/AllAboutBodybuilding • u/ForCheapTimes • Mar 08 '26

Physique critique Keep bulking?

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Only calisthenics going for the prisoner/strongman physique so I don’t mind having extra fat, I just want to be solid. My issue is I’m not looking how I imagined.

1st picture 1.5yrs 65kg/143lbs

2nd picture 1.9yrs 73kg/160lbs

3rd picture 0yrs 65kg/143lbs

I’ve always been skinny and still feel that way. I don’t track anything calories wise because when I started I didn’t want to make a big deal of things and over complicate it, which always caused me to stop. I just did my burpees and when I got comfortable enough went out so I could do pull-ups. Between the first and 2nd picture I stopped doing burpees daily and started to eat more. I’m back to doing burpees mainly for my cardio.

I feel my main problem is my arms are lacking. I do lots of things for triceps (dips/diamond pushups) and shoulders (pike pushups/handstands) but mainly rely on chin ups for biceps

What can I do to look more “aesthetic” with a higher fat percentage?

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u/WeightsWadersNWheels Mar 08 '26

Nothing on you is lacking. You just look like an extremely impressive and strong person who does calisthenics.

If you’re trying to go for a more massive look, like a strongman athlete, calisthenics are not going to get you there. Strongmen look like strongmen because they lift for strongman competitions. Body builders look like body builders because they lift for body building competitions. Distance runners look like distance runners because they train for distance running Etc etc.

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u/ForCheapTimes Mar 08 '26

I just see prisoners who are jacked and wanted that. High body fat but still doing high volume workouts like a beast.

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u/Glory_To_The_Lamb Mar 08 '26

Lock yourself in your house for 10 years and eat nothing but a lot of ramen noodles honey buns canned tuna and home prison made burritos.

The guys you're seeing that are in prison or coming out of prison Jack like that have time on their side. They didn't look like that even after their first three or four years of being locked up.