[quote]Siphus wrote:
Professor X wrote:
This isn’t about looking like the The Hulk. This is about how bodybuilding now stands for “look like some guy who doesn’t even lift weights heavier than 20lbs dumbbells but does lots of crunches”.
Neither of the pictures you threw up would represent “strength” to anyone but someone lacking any strength at all…like most 14 year olds. Those guys are defined…but they are carrying as little muscle mass as possible.
You can’t make me believe in any way that you will work as hard as someone who is actually trying to see how far they can get physically. Your goal is already set LOW. You are almost guaranteed to drop out the moment any life situation makes it the least bit difficult.
The first thing to go will be your gym attendance…because your goal was about as minimal as it could possibly be without looking like someone who simply doesn’t go to a gym.
There is a HUGE difference between having a different goal in bodybuilding…and trying to look like the guys your threw pictures of in here. One is bodybuilding. One isn’t.
Your goals are based on Hollywood fantasy and lighting magic. You don’t need a gym. You just need an Ab Lounge 2000 and a John Basedow DVD.
You dont need to fuckiing insult me, dude. I know you are recognizable amongst the T-Nation crowd, as I’ve been reading the site for quite some time now, but you dont know me or who I am.
I have dedicated the last year and 1/2 to working out (i realize its not a long time to some people, but thats a long time to me, being only 22), maybe I did everything wrong, or maybe I didnt, but I did devote all of my time to it. Dont tell me that I am not dedicated.
I ONLY ate what I said earlier for the past year and 1/2, and for a month I only dranks shakes and had ONE “cheat” meal a week. I didnt go on dates, I didnt goto clubs and bars, and I didnt even go out to restraunts for almost the entirety of the year. I lost gym membership becaue of money issues, not because I wasnt dedicated enough.
I’m not trying to insult you, or talk down to anyone, but you are judging me for things that arent even true. Just because I’m skinnier, and I have different goals, doesnt make my questions less important.
Did I mention I’ve also done Muay Thai/ BJJ/ Kickboxing/ Jujutsu for the past 13 years of my life? It IS important for me to get stronger and quicker and leaner, but I just dont want to be 220lbs.
I DO have goals of getting strong, and I DO have goals of getting bigger. I’m not here for a free ride, and a trip to the Richard Simmons gym. All I asked for is for some advice, not to be treated like a piece of crap.
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How did I know this guy was gonna pull out the martial arts card?
Dude: you asked for advice, people gave you advice what you didn’t want to hear, and then you acted like a little whiny punk.
Here is the question to ask yourself: What is my form and function?
All you’ve done so far is tell us what you DON’T want.
(An by the way, if your response contains the word “functional”, somone wil be by your mother’s house later today to eat you.)