[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
elusive wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
Qaash wrote:
jtg987 wrote:
that level of conditioning is why bb isn’t popular…
How do you figure that? That’s the level of conditioning most strive to attain.
when most people look at photos from the 60’s-70’s they aren’t repulse yes they were lean but not this incredibly ridiculous paper thin look, now I know it’s my personal preference but say when watching pumping iron I won’t cop shit about the bodybuilders being gross when compared too some of the current competition, coming from both male and females.
I respect anyone that can achieve that look even though I may have sounded condescending however when most people look at pictures like the ones posted and go gross, yet 9/10 people when they see ‘golden era’ bodybuilders dont have that knee jerk reaction
In my experience, its not the level of conditioning that the average person finds gross. I find, most people feel today’s BB’ers are “too big”. With that said, I think most average people end up seeing a pic of Ronnie (b/c he is (was) the most popular guy in the sport) towards the end of his career and see his wide waist/gut.
They then get the impression that BB’ing is about huge gigantic bloated gut looking guys and that the “golden era” was ideal because people had small waists. People take one example (a bad one too. See Ronnie in his prime) and make generalizations.
Gotta say that most normal people around me seeing pics of bb’ers in contest shape are grossed out by the veins and striations rather than the size… Most think Matt Kroc looks better than a contest-shape bb’er due to that. That goes for normal people, mind you. Beeing “too big” is always a problem for them, moot point.
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This is it right here, I believe Prof X has even commented on this many times. People are grossed out by veins and striations (mostly veins) not by the size.
Even my GF is the same, she wants be to get bigger and stronger still and fully supports it but always reminds me “But please don’t get lots of veins!” And if I’m all pumped and they start popping out on my forearms she will point at them and comment about it being gross. Most people, especially women, hate the veins.