How long until you look jacked?

rad_dynamic · 2020-05-06T20:26:56+00:00

Lol. Funny. 2 replies and one says 30 days and another 10 fucking years.

1-year people will be able to tell. 2 years it will be "you're the guy who lifts." 3-5 years it will be most likely the thing you are known for socially.

Ofc this depends on diet, talking about if you are consistent with it and arent a retard in the gym.

Just keep at it for a year. I read on here somewhere that you don't ever look bigger, everyone else just looks smaller.

DullIntroduction · 2020-05-06T22:23:17+00:00

The day you started lifting is the day you became forever small.

0ggles · 2020-05-06T22:01:01+00:00

You get most of your gains in the first year if you are consistent. Then you bulk diet to put on more muscle mass. Then you diet down to get the rip/tone look as in the fitness covers, a body fat ratio less than 10%. Generally, it takes someone between 2 to 3 years depending on age and starting weight.

tonysoprano6 · 2020-05-06T20:19:46+00:00

It depends. Don't think about it and just work your hardest. Physiques aren't built in weeks.

sasakuowo · 2020-05-06T21:16:20+00:00

If you don’t workout at all and you start rn, as long as you’re training properly (progressive overload) and have your diet in check (slight deficit if overweight, slight surplus if skinny) it’ll take around three months for people to say things like “you started working out??”.

But it’ll just be that, as another user said after about a year of training people will really take notice. After 2 years you’ll be known for being a weightlifter. Good luck bro!

TheTastelessBatman · 2020-05-06T21:01:57+00:00

Doesn't matter how long it takes. Staying jacked is the real challenge.

LukeVTruth · 2020-05-06T22:11:14+00:00

In two years of good lifting and dieting, you'll be 80% of the way towards a peak natty physique. The other 20% will take another 5 years after that.

FudgingEgo · 2020-05-06T21:25:06+00:00

Depends on what your starting point is, I went from 135lb to around 170/175lb in less than a year, probably around 9-10 months. I didn't have abs or definition but people could tell I worked out.

For example I went from 5 reps 20kg deadlift to 2 reps 170kg deadlift.

GraphiteIsInPencils · 2020-05-06T21:31:59+00:00

It depends where you start. I can tell you no matter where you start it definitely wont be a matter of months.

Let's just say you're an average weight maybe a little chubby. Probably a year of hard training to look like you lift, to look good. Add another year to have girls stare you down at the beach.

Again this is assuming you have a strict diet and exercise regimen. Dont listen to those "30 push ups a day" challenge or those excersies they tell you to do during commercial breaks. Yes its better than nothing but you wont really look any different from them.

Dont try to get a summer bod 3 months before summer. It's not going to happen. It pisses me off that people even think they can get a summer body a month before summer.

redgr812 · 2020-05-06T21:24:38+00:00

Not going full athlete mode about 6 months going 3-4 times a week about an hour a time. My advice have fun don't make it a job. Do just you like for the first month or so then build your workout routine. Your not gonna be The Rock be realistic.

buddhone · 2020-05-06T22:08:37+00:00

You have to make training a habit in your life. You will end up liking it and how long it will take won't matter.

giantfireplace · 2020-05-06T22:38:41+00:00

Bench 225 with abs and you look like you lift. Bench 275 with abs and you look jacked. Bench 315 with abs and you become a meathead to people

alltherain21 · 2020-05-06T21:11:28+00:00

Two years

_ernesto5 · 2020-05-06T22:01:02+00:00

As they say, it's a marathon not a sprint

MityMax96 · 2020-05-06T22:07:48+00:00

I think it depends on your starting point. Your genetics But I would say 3+ years minimum Staying on point with diet. Building muscle is key Getting body fat percentage low

L0nerizm · 2020-05-06T20:59:28+00:00

6 months-1 year

popsickkle · 2020-05-06T22:32:15+00:00

If you stick to a half decent routine and diet, you’ll get comments about a year in

__TheDon__ · 2020-05-06T22:53:48+00:00

3-5 years depending on diet, training regiment, and of course genetics.

RivenHalf · 2020-05-07T01:51:09+00:00

It's 80% genetics 20% what you actually do. A dude with good genes can start lifting and put in a year and look better than someone going for 5 years. Don't use that as an excuse though, Go put the work in, when the results come they come.

impotentludius · 2020-05-06T22:21:02+00:00

i think the fastest way you will look good and like you lift is to get to a LOW BODY FAT. im talking about 6-10% area, when you get to that even if you have 14 inch arms you will look pretty amazing especially when you have your shirt off.

so my estimate would be if we take the average male(6 feet 180 pounds 17-18%bf) would take him a year to get to a 170 pounds 8%bf very lean physique.

obviously you will not be jacked, but you will be the guy who looks pretty fit with his shirt on and guy with the impressive physique when you take off the shirt. (and having a chiseled face/sharp jawline from the low bf is a very big bonus too)

after that to get jacked you could do a lean bulk and go on like that.

so my advice would be to look like you lift and look good in general, maintain a low body fat level.

paint-the-world-red · 2020-05-06T22:16:34+00:00

It took me a solid year. Granted, I dedicated myself to strict diet and was already committed to a daily bodyweight workout I’d cooked up.

128bitworm · 2020-05-06T22:48:15+00:00

Depends on how much effort you put into it, and your process.

Richard_strokerr · 2020-05-07T01:08:43+00:00

To really get nice and jacked u need hard work + good genetics, or hard work + steroids

KilluminatiGotti2 · 2020-05-07T03:28:31+00:00

Depends on diet, genetics, exercise selection, recovery, posture/mobility. There are world record powerlifters that don’t even look jacked.

LLL3peat · 2020-05-06T22:13:49+00:00

Depends where you start/what your goals are. Too broad of a question.

beardestbird · 2020-05-06T22:15:41+00:00

I think 6 months if you train properly and depending on where you start. If youre a skinny guy or a fat guy it could wane differently.

Big_Homie_Mozi · 2020-05-06T22:50:03+00:00

Focus on the journey not the destination u fool

MrAnderzon · 2020-05-06T22:56:56+00:00

You can not out train a bad diet. Your hard work in the gym can become useless without an tuned diet. Yes it also depends on your genetics.

Let’s face it if you had those freak genetics you wouldn’t be reading this. Hard work wins overall regardless of genetics. It just might take you longer but you’ll get their with hard work.

Krebota · 2020-05-06T22:57:57+00:00

The thing about this is that it isn't the same for anyone. People always believe in a magical formula but it's simply a fact that people have less muscle mass with the same strength. I know people that started lifting and got buffed in 6 months, I know people that are finally getting a really good form after 5 years. I know people that don't get some supersized muscle form at all (which is funny because people always underestimate them).

I've had pointless discussions with people about how it all simply boils down to how much you eat vs how much calories you burn and how much is used for muscle gain whereas, in reality, this is different for anyone. It's just like how for 2 people with equivalent behavior and diet, 1 can be fat (or chubby I guess), and 1 can be skinny as fuck. Personally, I'm that skinny guy. That doesn't take away that no matter how well you will be able to notice, you should always start lifting because it will always benefit you. But there is really nobody that can give you a number, you will really have to figure that out for yourself. Lift for 6 months and keep track of your progress in the mirror. You will start noticing; even the skinny fuck that I am started noticing a difference, even though there barely was any.

WolfofAllStreetz · 2020-05-06T23:18:13+00:00

Ive been lifting for 12 years, took a good 5 before i looked big but Im 36 now and i dont recover like I use to. TRT helps.

kenbu · 2020-05-06T23:19:21+00:00

They teach this in many sports coaching accreditation training.

The optimal time to gain strength and size is during the year of an athlete's peak growth spurt rate when you're juiced up with natural steroids and growth hormones.

CareIsMight · 2020-05-06T23:22:01+00:00

After every workout I feel jacked, haha. It depends on your progress and what you consider to be "jacked". If you are starting from scratch then you'll probably see good progress a few months in, that's how I felt and I was noticeably bigger and my friends and co-workers would comment on my body. I wasn't by no means "jacked" but I had done enough progress for others to notice a difference and that was a good step in the right direction. I don't see myself being jacked in at least 1-2 or more of consistent bodybuilding, but that's not my goal as I do a lot of running and have to train for other sports that don't require big muscles.

Jessor69 · 2020-05-06T23:55:51+00:00

2 years minimum, 1 year you have a foundational frame but 2 years is when you see the most results

tommybahama66666 · 2020-05-06T23:56:06+00:00

4 yrs hard lifting

when_its_too_late · 2020-05-07T00:16:41+00:00

Over a year that's a fact.

Starting from scratch, I only saw noticeable results about 6 months in. A year and a half and "you look good".

boy_named_su · 2020-05-07T00:31:33+00:00

I started out 50 lb overweight. And not too strong, though I had lifted years before

After 6 months of dedicated effort, injuries to every joint, I hit the thousand pound club, and a girl saw me naked and said I had great muscle tone

2020-05-07T01:04:01+00:00

It depends on the effort and discipline you put into it I would say on average 1-2 years (depending where you are starting ) if you lifted in highschool and you've still got some muscle leftover and you've just put on 30 lbs and you dieted and exercised super hardcore mabye 6 months.
But from a fresh newby to a greek god with proper nutrition and discipline 2 years to be Jacked but you can look good in less than a year.
That being said if you are starting out a 300 lb man or a 110 lb man you're gonna have to work a lil harder and be more consistent to get there.

takka1013 · 2020-05-07T03:06:30+00:00

To look like you lift about 1.5- 2 years

But to have more of a impressive body then more 5-6 years .

Remember you have to be lean enough for your muscles to show , you can train 8 years and be at a high bodyfat percentage and a guy thats trained for 3 years will look better if his super lean because his muscles will be showing and you will look no better then just a normal fat guy even tho underneath you havr built a impressive about of muscle .

kraken9911 · 2020-05-07T03:18:53+00:00

From a self perspective you will never feel like you look as good as you think you should if you're coming from a background of being fat/obese.

I worked my ass for 7+ years. I surfed, biked, ran canyons, ran track, lifted, and did body weight exercises. I never felt like I looked jacked even though I was in very good shape. Always felt like there could be more.

Then I let myself go again and when I look at pictures of myself I realized "damn I actually did look good".

Currently rebooting again to get back to fitness levels but I'm 38 now so I have a feeling my level of fitness expectations need to be managed.

bannana8 · 2020-05-07T05:55:37+00:00

Hop on roids and 3 months. Lol jk. Not really but yea. All these people giving you estimates really have no idea. It comes down to genetics and how much you optimize your lifestyle to grown. You could have shitty genetics and barely grow. You could also have insane genetics and look fucking awesome earlier than most people. But looking at it like lifting is an end goal is just a way to failure. Most people lift their entire lifetime, get jacked and still dont think they're big or strong enough. Lifting is not a means to an end. It is an end in of itself

Greek-God-Brody · 2020-05-07T08:04:46+00:00

For the average guy, 2 years of continuous lifting, no injuries or break periods, to look like you lift.

Moyzcom · 2020-05-07T08:19:18+00:00

You can lift for 20 years but if you dont take care of your nutrition you wont do a thing

fungusbanana · 2020-05-07T08:32:12+00:00

depends on so many things, can be anywhere from 3 months to X years

SpiderAlpha33 · 2020-05-07T09:49:40+00:00

If you're not on juice then good 4 years of consistent training.

Iluvalmonds83 · 2020-05-07T10:55:10+00:00

If you’re the average 20ish American guy who’s between 25-35+% body fat(everyone underestimates how fat they really are), and have a good working knowledge of how calories and macros work plus consistently following a decent strength / resistance training routine that uses Heavy weights, you’ll see changes within the first 6 months - year.

“Jacked” is subjective. You talking about professional athlete, bodybuilder or fitness /underwear model jacked? Closer to 5-10 years, with PED’s. Doing it Natty you will not obtain the same level of muscle mass obviously, but that shouldn’t be everyone’s goal anyway. If you’re talking about gains that people will notice? Probably after 2+plus years.

Another thing is a lot of people make nutrition mistakes during this journey that will cause hiccups along the way. like thinking they need to eat 5000 calories a day when they’re already a fat ass or needing 400 grams of protein in shakes and bars.

2020-05-07T11:52:57+00:00

1-2 years of serious hard work

2020-05-07T13:35:01+00:00

Jacked is relative. In terms of girls feeling me up, random non lifters saying I look jacked, people saying I look athletic, etc. I got there in 1-2 years of regular lifting and diet.

Compared to online people in other communities? Not even close lol. Once I got to around a 1,000 pound total (squat, deadlift, bench) and 12-13% body fat I was in a sweet spot.

Can only bench 230 pounds but get compared to Superman in terms of build pretty frequently by strangers

AuberyBitoni · 2020-05-07T13:44:45+00:00

2 years

Ukhupa · 2020-05-07T18:03:04+00:00

From personal experience, you can start seeing changes in yourself after the first six months to a year after you start lifting and eating properly. But you'll have to find out what works for yourself. I do better with brief, full body, high intensity, and low volume sessions of no more than an hour but I had to go through everything else in order to find out.

emd9629 · 2020-05-06T20:19:04+00:00

Honestly like a decade

whereisthescrew · 2020-05-06T21:26:23+00:00

It depends on your body type. Are you skinny, fit, overweight.

Assuming you are already kind of fit with an average frame, and know what you're doing you absolutely can get jacked in 3 months with intensive training and strict diet

Full Chad body with HD abs may require more like 6 months

Street_rat2426 · 2020-05-06T20:28:24+00:00

A lot of the "look" of being jacked/shredded just comes from being a low bodyfat % and genetics (insertions, small waist, broad shoulders, etc) unfortunately. Don't think about the end goal of lifting, just think about doing it consistently and properly and I promise you, unless you have the worst possible genetics and diet in the world, you will see the most gains you'll ever experience in your life in the first year of effective training.

omega_dawg93 · 2020-05-06T22:01:29+00:00

check your myostatin levels.

that will determine how fast you gain.

Numero34 · 2020-05-07T01:55:43+00:00

With respect to body fat, you would* need to run somewhere between 400-500 miles to burn 10 pounds of fat. This is a very conservative estimate as you'll see. To be jacked I'm gonna ball park as someone being between 8-12% body fat, so figure that out with respect to a target weight.

I wrote this up regarding weight (fat) loss:

I would suggest doing it as fasted cardio first thing in the morning.

The idea is based on respiratory exchange ratio, respiratory quotient, and exercise calculator for a 200 pound man. Basically running at a 5 mph pace burns an estimated 728 calories in one hour. From the RER/RQ you can assume that you're burning a mixed fuel source. If you're not working too hard you'll be using more fat for fuel, so I've turned this assumption into burning half, see Maffetone link, specifically this. Then it's basic math, 728/2 = 364 calories from fat per workout. The "do it for a year" part is if you have to lose 30 pounds of fat. 1 pound of fat is about 4086 calories, times 30 = 122580.

122580 calories/364 calories = ~336 sessions, or about ~110 sessions for every 10 pounds of fat you'd like to lose.

Anyway, hope that makes sense. You could be more accurate with a heart rate monitor and punching in your own data to get estimates for calories burned. You could also look up estimated calories burned for other exercises that you like to do and simply mix it up, e.g. rowing one day, running another day, maybe a combatives session if you care for martial arts.

I do think the fasted part is important with respect to maximizing fat loss which I interpreted from your wanting to be more toned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_exchange_ratio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_quotient

https://philmaffetone.com/white-paper-maf-exercise-heart-rate-can-help-improve-health-sports-performance/

*edit for the fucking retard below that actually thought I was suggesting that the only way you could lose fat was from exactly what I wrote.

SpicyYeetJuice · 2020-05-07T08:12:46+00:00

When I was in hs I weighed 130 soaking wet at 5'10 and I hit the gym in the biggest grind of my life over a summer came back 160+. I looked like I ate the old me. I worked out 2-3 times a day for 3 months and did 56 days straight my friends were saying i lost my mind. Oddly the only thing I ate was Super Mass gainer 3 times a day (which is now a shit sup). This is a true story, people like to put limits on results because 30 pounds in three months is no near practical. But anything can be done with enough dedication.

imjustaman93 · 2020-05-06T20:11:20+00:00

30 days

2020-05-07T01:06:41+00:00

I mean I was jacked 6 years ago in highschool . 220 lb 6ft 1 165 lb lean body mass . If I just went on a 3 month hardcore diet exercise kick I'd be a ripped 190 why don't I do it? .cause I'm married and I dont have to.

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