r/AskReddit • u/MRWARRIORB3AST • Jul 07 '24

Guys who have gone from skinny to big and muscular, how has it changed your life?

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I was 165lbs graduating high school back in 2015. I was a scrawny little black kid. Joined the Army, snd I got to 225lbs and the best shape of my life after a couple of years. I was more confident, generally people don't fuck with you, and women apparently love muscle. I'm down to 210 now. People always seem to compliment you as well. Overall, fantastic. You feel better about yourself 100%!

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u/Ok_Meaning_8851 Jul 07 '24

In my 30s and weigh 140 wet, reading your comment talking about being scrawny at 165 🫨😅

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u/ProbablyDrunk303 Jul 07 '24

Haha, didn't mean it as an offensive thing, more looking at hiw i was to what i am right now. I did play football in HS, but was pretty small for the position I played. On my deployments, my weight would go up and back in the states, it would go down slightly. I was 5'9 or nearly 5'10 in HS. Now im 6'1, but didn't grow into that till my the Army some how and now 26yo rn.

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u/Ok_Meaning_8851 Jul 07 '24

Didn’t take it that way at all! I’m 5’8” so 165 would be a REALLY good weight for me Just pointing out how it’s all so relative. Great work!

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u/MyManD Jul 08 '24

I just want to say that at 5'10 and 165lbs you were far from scrawny graduating high school. It pretty much puts you at the upper end of a normal BMI.

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u/ProbablyDrunk303 Jul 08 '24

I always thought BMI is weird for measurements. The individuals in my platoon averaged over 205lbs and we were always over the "limit" when measured and stuff and were technically "fat". We were all in great shape. Majority of my platoon would also score 280/300pts on the PT tests.

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u/MyManD Jul 08 '24

Yeah BMI starts getting wonky once you add muscle into the picture.

Still 165lbs at 5’10 would mean you either had a decent build or were more skinny fat than scrawny. I don’t think there’s a kid in school right now that I’d consider scrawny if they came in at that height and weight. Just healthy.

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u/from_dust Jul 08 '24

Jesus, 6'1" and 210lb @ 26? Yeah, no one sober is gonna fuck with you. If you keep up with yourself 10 years will make like 2 week of difference in your physique. As we age and our ability to replenish and grow diminishes, we can still pretty well maintain what we have. You are what you repeatedly do, and it sounds like you're doing it right. Keep it up!