The ideal male physique - Page 3

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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