My ex looked like the spitting image of Kurt Warner but was a douche! (NFL reference)
The bodies are athletic bodies . I dont understand this weirdness
I think we established that Britney Spears is the TN gold standard for arms.
If youâre a woman and your arms are bigger than Britneyâs then thatâs GROSS.
If youâre a man, and your arms are smaller than Britneyâs then you need to BULK.
Lol.
Just a couple of thoughts for the OP.
You wonât find a consensus about what is attractive. Thatâs a good thing. Even among men who lift weights, they arenât always more attracted to really athletic or lean women.
Some of the pictures youâve put up are of women who are pumped and under tension. That, and different lighting and poses will make the same person look VERY different.
Case in point.
Jamie Eason Double Bi. Flexing.
Same woman not pumped and not flexing, and in different lighting.
And if you think "Sheâs TOO BIG in the Double Bi pic⊠What she looks like in her normal life, maybe dressed up for date night, or running errands in jeans.
why hasnât the OP been banned? the other threads werenât so bad, but this one is bizarre, and feels trollish.
Maybe, @flipcollar, but Iâm having a little fun thinking about it.
If I had to guess? I have a feeling sheâs getting mixed messages about how to train from other people. âOh, no! That will make you look like a guy.â I had people say, âBut youâre not trying to get bulky, right?â
And we have people like Tracy Anderson telling women not to lift anything heavy so they donât get bulky.
Or maybe confusion about accidentally waking up and being irreversibly more muscular than you intended. I think this is fairly common among women. Honestly.
Just another example about lighting and posing.
Christmas Abbott. Same girl. Different conditions. Itâs pretty hard to find pictures of her NOT looking very muscular.
Flexed Double Bi.
Not flexed. Beach picture.
In motion, and under tension. Clean.
Sheâs about 5â3" and between 115-125 pounds, so⊠Around town or in her normal life, she doensât look very big at all.
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LIFTING WILL NOT MAKE YOU BULKY!!!
Where did this nonsense even start from?
My wife had the same fears. Now 8 weeks into her 531 bodyweight assistance template she is still not bulky. But she definitely looks more âtonedâ and has been dropping pounds. I lift 4x the amount she does and I donât even look bulky lol. People can tell I lift, but no one would believe I could squat 405 lol.
Mannn when I thought I was doing well, looks like I need to bulk haha!!
Well, depending on her genetics and hormones, and insulin response⊠How hard someone works and eats toward that goal? Sure. A woman could get more muscle than she wants, but it wouldnât be an accident and it wouldnât happen overnight. Haha. Most of us wonât accidentally wake up looking like world class athletes.
I was thinking of Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treaner. They trained together, and yet they look nothing alike. If I do everything they do⊠I wonât look like EITHER of them. This is true of the OP and the pictures of all the athletic women as well, so itâs a bit of a pointless exercise.
Sheâs adorable.
Maria Sharapova has gotten all the love over the past ten years and Ana Kornikova used to get all the attention but Ana Ivanovic is the most drop-dead gorgeous tennis player ever
I can only watch Sharapova on mute. She does my head in.
Just to continue on with what this thread should be, here is another spunky lil piece from Canadia - Genie Bouchard:
OK. First, grow a foot taller. When youâre done, get back to me and Iâll tell you Step 2.
True dat. Iâm living proof.
I used to be young and lean.
Now Iâm old and fat.
Inbetween? lifting.
Lifting makes you old and fat.
Thanks, but Iâm looking for a personal trainer who isnât trying to kill my hopes and dreams. Youâre gonna lose a lot of clients with that attitude.
@ hot tennis players? This thread needs more pictures of Laird Hamilton on a surfboard. You guys donât know whatâs good.
Damn, thatâs good. My Plan B was to get Gabby to agree to spend the rest of her life walking around on her knees.
I think people in general donât really understand how much bf plays a part as well as how small someone can be and look âbigâ if theyâre lean.
Jamie Eason, admired by millions of women who want to look âtonedâ was a competitive bodybuilder (Inbf) for years. The she stopped dieting down to be so lean. Same thing with Tammy Lee Web (created the âBuns of Steelâ video series many years ago).
Youâll have women fawning over anything the latest female hero says yet constantly explaining that they donât want to look âlike a bodybuilderâ -lol.
You either build muscle or you donât. Leannness is a different variable altogether, and can play such games with your perception.
That said, I do appreciate athletic women more than most
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Wtf, donât be attacking short girls. Iâm sure by know you know Iâm a dumbass, but I make a nice coaster at parties cuz my hubby is 6 4. My legs are short, and it gives me more quick bursts and that has been essential in athletics for me. Never into tennis, I prefer contact sports or sprinting.
Sheâs a cool gal. Donât make me get out the glovesđ€Ł.
Lol. Exactly. I predict great things for you if you ever decide to go into the fitness industry.
Indeed. And itâs a good thing you have a back up plan with the doctor thing.
Thank you! Sorry if itâs hard to see through the silliness sometimes here. Gabby is 6â3" so of course that was a joke. Kidding aside, she is gorgeous and so is her husband.