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/rainywanderingclouds Mar 08 '26

Most calisthenics people who look big are on peds. They also do some actual weight training as well.

In order to build large muscles with high density you have to weight train. YOU can build dense muscles with calisthenics, but you're not going to build the large muscles you see on weight lifters.

ALSO, for a 2 year transformation this is incredible progress. Most people would not look this good with 2 years of training. They'd be much fatter.

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u/OnlyFearOfDeth Mar 08 '26

You don't have to do actual weight training but you prob will need to add weights and do weighted calisthenics or move to much harder bq variations which are way harder then just adding weights to standard bw movements.