@dawn16 Here's the deal with genetics... It's what separates the elite bodybuilders from the professional-but-not-amazing bodybuilders because all of those guys are busting their asses and have their shit dialed in.
If you have someone that's truly blessed with genetics, then maybe they can be someone who gets an amazing physique (by normie standards) without putting in the effort/consistency/etc. that 99% of people would have to put in to look like that. But for the vast majority of people, their physique isn't determined by genetics. It's determined by habits.
Genetics, for the most part, when we're talking about bodybuilding, refers to 2 things:
If you have someone that's truly blessed with genetics, then maybe they can be someone who gets an amazing physique (by normie standards) without putting in the effort/consistency/etc. that 99% of people would have to put in to look like that. But for the vast majority of people, their physique isn't determined by genetics. It's determined by habits.
Genetics, for the most part, when we're talking about bodybuilding, refers to 2 things:
- Your body's response to anabolics and your body's ability to handle larger doses of anabolics without falling apart
- This is the biggest thing with non-natty bodybuilders, and it has absolutely nothing to do with how most people use "genetics." If your body handles steroids really well, you can see massive gains on them without having significant side effects. That's best case. For natties, this is largely irrelevant (though it might be slightly related to how easily you can put on muscle without steroids as well, but that's a small difference amongst most people).
- Muscle/tendon attachments
- This is huge for people who are actually competing. Some people just have really great (or really bad) attachments for certain muscles. If you've got biceps that have a huge gap between the muscle belly and the forearm, that's never going to fill in. Sorry, it's just not. It might make your bicep peaks look fucking awesome, but your biceps are never going to fill up that whole space.