By your posts I am guessing that you are Bostin Lloyd...Im about 80% sure I'm correct
I'm not, I've posted pics
I don't doubt that the veteran pros, such as the guy you trained are not using as much but you know the guy he got beat by was using much more and not holding back in any way. Would your guy have benefited from more? more likely than not
The more you body build the less effort it takes to be a certain size but you have to build it up first.