Would you rather be short and built or tall and full of excuses?

[TehMac]

Does flipping hamburgers count?

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

6 feet and 155 pounds. I make women jealous.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: Amused
As someone who is 6' and a fairly advanced all natural bodybuilder (19"arms) I have to say, being tall and skinny is not a valid excuse for not following a natural bodybuilding program and putting on signifigant amounts of muscle.

Gaining weight for the hard hainer is as hard and painful as losing weight is for the obese prone. It takes will-power and dedication... not excuses.

So, which would you rather be?

Health and Fitness is over there ---->


Furthermore, it's not always about mass. I used to be big into bodybuilding and it was all about mass mass mass. Then I got into rock climbing and suddenly it's all about ditching the mass without losing the strength. I'm 5'10" and 160, with a slim but muscular build. I lift mainly for strength maintenance and injury prevention these days. At my apex, I was same height and about 175. Both of these are lean weights.

Honestly, I'm happy with the way things are now.

Training goals are far more important than "image" in a lot of cases.

 

[Baked]

I would rather have a CCW so I can defend myself w/ real guns instead of flexing meat like a gay porn star.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Amused
As someone who is 6' and a fairly advanced all natural bodybuilder (19"arms) I have to say, being tall and skinny is not a valid excuse for not following a natural bodybuilding program and putting on signifigant amounts of muscle.

No, it's not a valid excuse for anything. It's a valid reason for having been born with large enough equipment in other places so that you don't need to overcompensate in the arms. The fact that your self-esteem is tied up in how much chrome you can pick up and put down is quite frankly YOUR problem and you should not expect other people to share those same insecurities.

I started weight lifting to fend off late life diabetes and an early death at 59 like my father.

But thanks for playing the "he has something I don't so his penis must be small" game.

No zippy, I was playing the "he's so obsessed about something insignificant that he's actually clueless enough to look down upon people who don't share the same obsessions" game. You might have understood that if you had spent more time picking up books instead of weights. Funny how "dumbbell" means something so different to you than it does to me. I'm 6'1' 195 and still wear the same size clothes that I wore in college when I started in both football and baseball at a D1 school. Why on earth should I go into a gym and spend hours picking things up and putting things down again? What exactly is packing on unnatural body mass supposed to do for me? The fact that you do it is once again your problem and you're welcome to it. I'd never step into a gym and call you out for doing it,. The fact that you start such a ridiculous thread to feel superior to the people who don't share your obsession changes the equation though. You started it, you painted the target on your own artificially inflated chest, now you're crying when someone takes the shot you invited.

lose

 

[Chiropteran]

Seriously, anyone who has problems gaining weight follow these simple instructions:

1. Order out dinner every night, pizza preferably.
2. Never drink water, or any other liquid without sugar. Drink primarily mountain dew or coke.
3. Skip breakfast. This slows your metabolism and makes you gain more weight.
4. Start playing World of Warcraft and try to level to 70 in a week, only leave your computer to eat, pee, or sleep.
5. Buy a car, don't walk anywhere.
6. Always look for ways to be lazier. For example, out of coke? Don't drive to the store to buy coke, just order a pizza and have the pizza guy bring 2 2-liter bottles.

If you can't gain 15 lbs a month following those simple instructions, you are not human.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, anyone who has problems gaining weight follow these simple instructions:

1. Order out dinner every night, pizza preferably.
2. Never drink water, or any other liquid without sugar. Drink primarily mountain dew or coke.
3. Skip breakfast. This slows your metabolism and makes you gain more weight.
4. Start playing World of Warcraft and try to level to 70 in a week, only leave your computer to eat, pee, or sleep.
5. Buy a car, don't walk anywhere.
6. Always look for ways to be lazier. For example, out of coke? Don't drive to the store to buy coke, just order a pizza and have the pizza guy bring 2 2-liter bottles.

If you can't gain 15 lbs a month following those simple instructions, you are not human.

I pretty much do that, i skip breakfast, im in college so everything i eat is mostly at dining halls and eating out. I sit on my ass doing homework all the time and at my computer. I drink alot of soda. I still lose weight/maintain my incredibly thin frame.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

I pretty much do that, i skip breakfast, im in college so everything i eat is mostly at dining halls and eating out. I sit on my ass doing homework all the time and at my computer. I drink alot of soda. I still lose weight/maintain my incredibly thin frame.

Want to trade metabolisms?

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Seriously, anyone who has problems gaining weight follow these simple instructions:

1. Order out dinner every night, pizza preferably.
2. Never drink water, or any other liquid without sugar. Drink primarily mountain dew or coke.
3. Skip breakfast. This slows your metabolism and makes you gain more weight.
4. Start playing World of Warcraft and try to level to 70 in a week, only leave your computer to eat, pee, or sleep.
5. Buy a car, don't walk anywhere.
6. Always look for ways to be lazier. For example, out of coke? Don't drive to the store to buy coke, just order a pizza and have the pizza guy bring 2 2-liter bottles.

If you can't gain 15 lbs a month following those simple instructions, you are not human.

I pretty much do that, i skip breakfast, im in college so everything i eat is mostly at dining halls and eating out. I sit on my ass doing homework all the time and at my computer. I drink alot of soda. I still lose weight/maintain my incredibly thin frame.

If you follow my 3 step plan above I guarantee you will gain weight eventually.

 

[StageLeft]

Most people are lazy as sh*t but you already knew that. I have lifted for years and will continue to, but feel that my body is not optimized for gaining muscle. I happened upon endurance sports and feel that if I can ever kick my particular knee condition in the butt I will be able to excel in them, so that's where my focus is now.

Don't you get tired of bodybuilding, day in and day out lifting weights just to look good in your own mirror? I am not trying to be negative, and that's exactly why I started lifting over 10 years ago, but since I found running/triathlon, they fill the void that weights never could. For most people they can never be at all competitive with bodybuilding, but that isn't the case with endurance sports, the field is more open to newbies who may actually win a medal or two

Anyway, I fvcking hate people who whine about not having time to workout. I know a guy who has a full time job and is in law school full time and still works out more than most people. Nothing worse than somebody who has a full time job or a full course load and pretends they cannot find the time. They can, they just don't care but are lying to themselves. I have read of a couple of doctors who work 70-80 hour work weeks and still muster a sub-11 hour ironman time (that means they are exceptionally fit). I have a full time job, spend time with the family, spend time on a completely separate hobby, and can still work out several hours/week. You slack asses are not getting any younger and you only are on this earth once, why not make something of it?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

Obviously, he's passionate about something. It's the reason people do and excel in anything they don't need to be. His 19" arms have nothing to do with health, it's something he enjoys and wants to excel at because he has a passion, something in life beyond the mundane.

I still don't understand it for bodybuilding in particular, but it sure beats mediocrity.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Dude, 0/10 for parody thread. This is beyond weak...although it made me laugh just because it was from you. :laugh:

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

Obviously, he's passionate about something. It's the reason people do and excel in anything they don't need to be. His 19" arms have nothing to do with health, it's something he enjoys and wants to excel at because he has a passion, something in life beyond the mundane.

I still don't understand it for bodybuilding in particular, but it sure beats mediocrity.

I don't know about that. I find mediocrity extremely difficult to achieve.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

Obviously, he's passionate about something. It's the reason people do and excel in anything they don't need to be. His 19" arms have nothing to do with health, it's something he enjoys and wants to excel at because he has a passion, something in life beyond the mundane.

I still don't understand it for bodybuilding in particular, but it sure beats mediocrity.

I agree. I am just giving Amused a hard time.

At the same time, there are millions of people that don't enjoy working out, me being one of them. I'd rather do something constructive that happens to increase my health. Setting a personal record for cutting the grass, or placing 3 tons of retaining wall blocks are more my style.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

Obviously, he's passionate about something. It's the reason people do and excel in anything they don't need to be. His 19" arms have nothing to do with health, it's something he enjoys and wants to excel at because he has a passion, something in life beyond the mundane.

I still don't understand it for bodybuilding in particular, but it sure beats mediocrity.

I agree. I am just giving Amused a hard time.

At the same time, there are millions of people that don't enjoy working out, me being one of them. I'd rather do something constructive that happens to increase my health. Setting a personal record for cutting the grass, or placing 3 tons of retaining wall blocks are more my style.

For my money it doesn't get any better than griping to a bunch of computer nerds about the evils of owning a gas guzzling SUV or truck.

 

[glenn1]

Originally posted by: Amused
As someone who is 6' and a fairly advanced all natural bodybuilder (19"arms) I have to say, being tall and skinny is not a valid excuse for not following a natural bodybuilding program and putting on signifigant amounts of muscle.

Gaining weight for the hard hainer is as hard and painful as losing weight is for the obese prone. It takes will-power and dedication... not excuses.

So, which would you rather be?

Strangely, I've seen this play out in real life and it's no contest. Amused and his 19" arms remind me of a Captain I knew in the Army - he was a bodybuilder too, had a huge chest and we nicknamed him T Rex because of it. We also had a 6' 7" skinny (but fit) dude as our sergeant major, we nicknamed him Lurch for obvious reasons. Well, the two of them had an argument, and decided to go out behind some sand dunes to settle it. After seeing the results, never bet against the tall dude unless the short guy is Bruce Lee.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: glenn1

Originally posted by: Amused
As someone who is 6' and a fairly advanced all natural bodybuilder (19"arms) I have to say, being tall and skinny is not a valid excuse for not following a natural bodybuilding program and putting on signifigant amounts of muscle.

Gaining weight for the hard hainer is as hard and painful as losing weight is for the obese prone. It takes will-power and dedication... not excuses.

So, which would you rather be?

Strangely, I've seen this play out in real life and it's no contest. Amused and his 19" arms remind me of a Captain I knew in the Army - he was a bodybuilder too, had a huge chest and we nicknamed him T Rex because of it. We also had a 6' 7" skinny (but fit) dude as our sergeant major, we nicknamed him Lurch for obvious reasons. Well, the two of them had an argument, and decided to go out behind some sand dunes to settle it. After seeing the results, never bet against the tall dude unless the short guy is Bruce Lee.

If Tall n Skinny knows how to box, damn right, you gotta watch your ass. That reach'll catch you flatfooted.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: lyssword
what's up with the need to be gigantic? Just being healthy and athletic is not good enough? Or does most american's job depend on their ability to flip small cars?

It's an excuse for incredibly small genitalia? "Hey man, it's the 'roids!"

Obviously, he's passionate about something. It's the reason people do and excel in anything they don't need to be. His 19" arms have nothing to do with health, it's something he enjoys and wants to excel at because he has a passion, something in life beyond the mundane.

I still don't understand it for bodybuilding in particular, but it sure beats mediocrity.

I agree. I am just giving Amused a hard time.

At the same time, there are millions of people that don't enjoy working out, me being one of them. I'd rather do something constructive that happens to increase my health. Setting a personal record for cutting the grass, or placing 3 tons of retaining wall blocks are more my style.

For my money it doesn't get any better than griping to a bunch of computer nerds about the evils of owning a gas guzzling SUV or truck.

See, we all get our jollies in different ways

 

[SlitheryDee]

They give excuses because they want you to quit bothering them about it. If they really wanted to exercise they would. People do what they want or what they judge to be the path of least effort/highest gain every time.