The ideal male physique

On July 06 2014 23:41 GoTuNk wrote: Show nested quote + On July 06 2014 22:34 dogmeat wrote: well thats just ur opinion, man. but you are wrong. their bodies surely dont care if they have 7 or 200mg/day of tst etc. whats ur bf %? ever tried to get below 8% w/o massive strength and muscle mass losses? and maintain at that level? not for days or a week, but all year round? do you even lift? I'm 13% bf, 85kg, 1.70cm. I get around 10% when I have competitions and I stop eating crap+booze on weekends. The weight lifters on those picks are not below 8% I think, but at 10% they would still look incredibly sick. If you take 40kg from their main lifts the would still be sick strong. If I was 77kg I'd have no problem being 10% year round with a shitty diet. I think their unfair advantage comes more from lifting as their job, access to the best food and an entire squad of support staff (A guy can dream) Still, my point is nowadays anyone who isn't a pencil neck is on steroids. Acquintances ask me since 2 years ago if I was on gear because of my lifts, when in reality they were nothing spectacular (140kg bench back then, I was like 80kg). I'm still natty btw. Most gym rats aren't strong because they are pussies, they don't push themselves hard on the squat, the bench or the deadlift. They are also retards, once progress stalls on anything they never try to find a way around; like, "my shoulder hurts benching, can't bench anymore"

gotunk don't feed the troll. He's a self proclaimed expert on all things

also...

On July 07 2014 11:57 waga wrote: gay thread

On a more serious note I LOVE watching the Olympic lifting...

Watching guys that only weigh 80kg or less lifting over 150 kg their heads is just absolute madness.

Although I could go without watching some of their arms snap inwards at unnatural angles...horrible horrible injuries happen O_o

On July 08 2014 16:48 mnj wrote: some serious questions: 1) people keep telling me all i need to do are the big 3 (bench, deadlift, squats) so these guys got those abs primarily through the big 3 lifts? 2) that asian guys back muscles...can you build that with dead lifts, lat pulls, and rows? 3) is the asian performing high bar or low bar squat? 4) isn't his wrist a little off ? i thought your wrist were supposed to be straight 5) any website/community/thread for purely natural (no creatine just whey, yes i know this is hardly natural and nice and hypocritical) bodybuilders? just curious what they look like

1) these ppl are morons
2) why not
3) high bar

red is lowbar
4) deppends on your wrist flexibility
5) look at pre-1958 (?) mr olympia
http://www.retronaut.com/2012/11/sean-connery-comes-3rd-in-mr-universe/

the survey seems about right to me, most women i know think super muscly dudes are fucking ugly. I agree with the women, that pic 1 is the best. The proportions just seem right to me, like every muscle has been exercised the right way. Super muscly dudes dont have the muscles to run long distance or short distance well for example.

in the end of the day you're just a bunch of guys discussing male bodies

close enough

women want a man with a body that would, with her genes, produce a beautiful daughter/son.

so i've been having a really hard time with the squat. im around 165 lbs, i haven't worked out in like 2 weeks-ish due to vacation decided to go to the gym.

benched about 205 pretty comfortably. once again didn't wanna push myself and look for new prs due to ongoing medical condition of frequently pulling muscles.
deadlifted 265 pretty comfortably

squats... -______- super embarrassing, but every time i try and squat i keep trying to figure out the form. don't know if it's a lack of flexibility in my shoulders, but it feels like shit on my traps. and my shoulders are super tight and uncomfortable and i have this ridiculous super wide grip where my fingers are almost past the actual squat rack. obv this is supposed to be nice and tight and not lose like this. but i have like no shoulder flexibility or something. lastly the biggest thing is that my lower back just fucking hurts so much when i try and squat. it feels like muscular pain, and not sharp pain. like fatigue. but i'm squatting 135, and haven't really had a chance to move up in my squat because 1 set of 10 @ 135 forces me to lie on my back or something cause my lower back is just so tired. the whole day i feel it too, like i can't even go for a run cause my lower back is just so fatigued. fwiw i used to squat pretty comfortably back in the day like 3-4 years ago close to the 200 range.

i am crossing into hypo-thyroidism vs hyper-thyroidism cause of treatment, but it still seems odd that i could lift chest and DL's but have such a significant problem with squats.

some symptoms of hypo thyroidism actually are muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness (which i actually felt before i started deadlifting heavy, which i'm convinced cures cancer), muscle weakness. but it seems odd to have this all be concentrated at the lower back.

posting a video of your squat and dl is the only solution

btw high bar is 'difficult' w/o lifting shoes

god posting gym vids is so gay. but w.e. u and gotunk prob are good resources.

iono i always squatted high bar in the past with like converse shoes, something really flat. these days i use toms, cause there really is no where else for me to wear toms lmao.

ty to both of u for the infos

On July 09 2014 13:16 Gnarly wrote: women want a man with a body that would, with her genes, produce a beautiful daughter/son.

For real. Talk about what women really want and that's a fucking baby.

Another thing to keep in mind about the survey, there is often a difference between what women want to date marry or take home to their parents and what they want to have sex with when they are wet and horny. Interview the latter at that time and someone like zyzz, especially if they see the buff guy in person versus a picture, will move up in their rankings. Most girls when really horny and not in the lovemaking mood (or even so) want to be controlled and tossed around a little in bed. Dominated to varyin degrees

On July 08 2014 13:47 GoTuNk wrote: Kelly Starret stuff is pretty good. Aside from that, I've found that doing full snatches with the bar is the best way to warm up for squats and make sure you have the proper flexibility; start from overhead squats until you can do full snatches. The bottom position in the snatch/overhead squat is more than holding the bar over and bending the knees. Your fist should point upward, your wrist be straight and elbows pointing down/back (all of this puts the weight on the upper back, instead of wrist or elbows) and your abs have to be tight at the bottom, your ass shouldn't be shooting away. This position requires more flexibility (our goal) but it's the strongest and the proper way. Remember you can only achieve that depth on high bar squats. Tight muscles should loose over if you practice this regularly, however I was so tight and had so many muscle knots I required deep tissue massage and special stretches to loosen up, but this shouldn't be the case for most people. (It was hard to bend down and pick up the bar for deadlifts LOL)

Ty ty, snatches seem like a good idea. Btw, it is/was hard for me to pick up the bar when deadlifting lol, maybe we are similar. I mean, I can bend down and pick it up np if I round my back, I'm talking about when keeping back straight.

jack lalanne the old Juicer guy was pretty buff along with his friends
in the fitness scene back in the day haha

NFSW
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This "study" is full of shit.

How can they let pictures with tattoos?

why how do tattoos shape the oppinion of women?

Did you really ask that question?

On July 10 2014 01:47 whamm! wrote: jack lalanne the old Juicer guy was pretty buff along with his friends in the fitness scene back in the day haha NFSW + Show Spoiler +

Lol, the birth of gay4pay