Hey, I just saw Pumping Iron for the 1st time. Wow, what a movie. I am not a bodybuilder but this movie is definitly inspiring. Anybody else watch it? Any comments?
[quote]Chivas989 wrote:
Hey, I just saw Pumping Iron for the 1st time. Wow, what a movie. I am not a bodybuilder but this movie is definitly inspiring. Anybody else watch it? Any comments? [/quote]
Oh yeah, Lou was definitly my favorite in this…I guess it has to do with all the Italian thing…He’s Italian, I’m Italian. And I like routing for the underdog…
You’re the only person here who hasn’t seen it.
Congrats on finally seeing it and yeah it’s pretty cool.
Yup, I own it. My brother-in-law had it originally, and I never heard of it until he showed it to me.
He later gave it to me and I’ve watched it about 4 times since.
“…Its as satifying to me as cumming is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym, I’m getting the feeling of cumming at home, I’m getting the feeling of cumming backstage when I pump up when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night. Its terrific, right?So I am in heaven.”’
Classic!
[quote]Chivas989 wrote:
I am not a bodybuilder [/quote]
What are you?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Chivas989 wrote:
I am not a bodybuilder
What are you?[/quote]
Just a regular guy trying to stay healthy and in shape and to expand my knowledge of health and fitness.
Its mad, ive got the dvd with the making of it aswell. when i first got it i wathced it over and over for a while and still not sick of it.
“has anybody seen my blue T-shirt?”
Yeah cool vid… I love the part where Franco Columbo Deadlifts a car that was blocked in when he visited his family in Italy.
Also, when he was punching the heavy bag, man he looked like he could throw down!
[quote]Chivas989 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chivas989 wrote:
I am not a bodybuilder
What are you?
Just a regular guy trying to stay healthy and in shape and to expand my knowledge of health and fitness.[/quote]
So, this does NOT include actually gaining any muscle mass or actually losing any body fat? If that is the case, what exactly are you getting accomplished in the gym if there is no change happening?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Chivas989 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chivas989 wrote:
I am not a bodybuilder
What are you?
Just a regular guy trying to stay healthy and in shape and to expand my knowledge of health and fitness.
So, this does NOT include actually gaining any muscle mass or actually losing any body fat? If that is the case, what exactly are you getting accomplished in the gym if there is no change happening?[/quote]
I just don’t consider myself a bodybuilder like Arnold or Lou…
[quote]Chivas989 wrote:
I just don’t consider myself a bodybuilder like Arnold or Lou…
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I wouldn’t consider you one like them either, however, it amazes me the way some people view their own efforts. If you see yourself as “less than” or “just lifting weights”, what do you think you will really accomplish? You are one of the many who views this and your efforts as “average” or maybe even less than average. It makes me wonder why you have no drive…or where it went.
[quote]Chivas989 wrote:
Oh yeah, Lou was definitly my favorite in this…I guess it has to do with all the Italian thing…He’s Italian, I’m Italian.[/quote]
Does that mean you actually know how to pronounce his surname?
It’s funny when you put it that way Professor, I’ve reached a point in my training where I don’t want more muscle size. I want to get stromger or at least maintain my current strength levels, but unlike most of my T-Nation brothers I don’t want nor need anymore “size,” even if it’s lean mass. That may be blasphemy or being comfortable in your own skin. I guess it depends who you ask.
I’m 36, I think my mindset on size shifted when I started powerlifting and realized the power of seeing yourself from a “pound for pound” vantage point. I simply feel most efficient and powerful between 185 and 195lbs. Throw in a corporate lifestyle and 3 kids and a wife and “gaining weight” falls pretty low on the priority list.
[quote]DominicanDL wrote:
It’s funny when you put it that way Professor, I’ve reached a point in my training where I don’t want more muscle size. I want to get stromger or at least maintain my current strength levels, but unlike most of my T-Nation brothers I don’t want nor need anymore “size,” even if it’s lean mass. That may be blasphemy or being comfortable in your own skin. I guess it depends who you ask.
I’m 36, I think my mindset on size shifted when I started powerlifting and realized the power of seeing yourself from a “pound for pound” vantage point. I simply feel most efficient and powerful between 185 and 195lbs. Throw in a corporate lifestyle and 3 kids and a wife and “gaining weight” falls pretty low on the priority list.[/quote]
You seem to misunderstand. At my current size, unless I plan to compete, actually gaining much more muscle mass is not my overall goal even though I won’t change how I train. Does this mean I am any less serious in the gym? If I change my goal to simply losing body fat, what does that have to do with my intensity?
All I said was that Mary was a nice girl.
I have pumping iron marathons where I watch it like 3 times in a row consecutively
[quote]Professor X wrote:
If I change my goal to simply losing body fat…[/quote]
The you are no longer a bodybuilder. You’re a body reducer!
Pumping Iron, whats that? Never heard of it. It sounds like a 70’s gay porn movie.
X our posts got crossed I was reacting to your first post…had nothing to do with your second post.
heh, I thought having seen that movie was like a pre-req for being on this site.