This question is for all of you senior (serious) bodybuilders :) ??

Alright bros, I'm going to ask you this question it might sound a little bit stupid and childish but lets see what kind of responsed am I going to get for asking this :

For some reason when I'm in the gym working out..I feel so big..huge and pumped etc..its like someone pumped me up..with a pump or something..after each exercise and set I can see myself being massive and big on the mirror..but when I'm done working out and go home...and then I look at myself again and I feel so small..its like I have no muscle on me..why is this..?? I feel so weird.. and my another question...is you know when a muscular person takes their shirt off.. he/she you can tell that they are working out..by their body form...everything is smooth..and well developed..this guy he's 33 years old..short guy around 5'5 to 5'6, but he's like 220lbs...he owns this gym where I workout...and even when he's not working out..he still looks big and pumped up...and I know for a fact that he didn't mess with AS stuff..and all that..so my point of view is..why do I feel so big..and muscular when Im working out..but at home or when I go somewhere I feel like I'm just another small kid..do you ever think of this...I mean I give all my best when I workout.. 5 days out of 7 that is alot of ass busting..what do you think about all this ?

Bro, I well don't know how you're put together so its tough to answer that. I'll tell you this though, when anyone is pumping wieghts one gets all of the blood flow through their body, thus making the muscles look fuller and gives you that "pumped" feeling. When compared to someone that doesn't workout all of the time I am sure you look a hell of a lot better standing next to them....even after a week out of the gym.

Preception is what you are experiencing- To get a more realistic view of your self solicit some comments on how you look from a third person who you think will give you an honest evaluation!

bump ^

I'm with you on that one.....I have the same experience every damned day - today I had a kick ass chest workout, felt huge as shit...and now I don't feel like a damed thing

its your heads guys

I bet its the blood pump like Winnie said. Right after I exercise I look a lot better than a few hours later.