Misogyny/MRA is a sign of weakness
Greb wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
Greb wrote:
LKL wrote:
Greb wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
Most women I know who like the male physique for its own sake are more into, say, Sean Bean (if they like rarr, manly) or David Beckham (if they like metrosexual). I'm no expert on those things but I'd say their muscle percentage is probably within the healthy ideal. Hugh Jackman would be too much 'like shagging a brick wall' as my friend would put it. Google Sean Bean topless (it's always a good idea) - that is almost objectively hotter than any bodybuilder.
Also, Iggy Pop is a guy you often see topless. Most people I know (of both sexes) wouldn't say no to the Raw Power 70s version and he was skinny.
Also, Iggy Pop is a guy you often see topless. Most people I know (of both sexes) wouldn't say no to the Raw Power 70s version and he was skinny.
Well, Sean Bean is one of my top 5 favourite actors, and highly respected since the pub stabbing story. The question is if he's hot because he doesn't bodybuild or even though he doesn't bodybuild. Let's take a normal guy, before/after, and no face so there's not 'pretty face' stuff like in the 'Tarzan' picture you posted, just body stuff.
You're a woman. So tell me, which is hotter?
[img][800:375]http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m512/CockasaurusPecs/2-4Progress.jpg[/img]
False dilemma. There's a hell of a wide range between those two.
Yeap. Obviously. You don't wake up one day and the body has completely changed.
And? where's the bloody problem?
It's like: what do like the most, red or green? Oh, false dilemma. There's a hell of a wide range between those two. Yeap, but, WTF are you talking about?
Anyway, that's your problem, man, up to your to look and post for a picture for every f***ing day during all those months. I have better things to do.
Way to either miss her point or completely ignore it for the sake of your asinine argument
Way to miss my point or completely ignore it for the sake of your asinine argument.
Good one Greb, I see you're still playing parrot. Which argument would that be? Lol. Get back to us when you are capable of putting together something that looks like a coherent argument you lazy halfwit
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Greb wrote:
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And it takes a lot more for women to reach an "ideal hotness level" than sitting on the couch.
I know this because I spent eight years training myself and many other women, and men, to reach minimum military fitness levels.
I'm not impressed by celebrity gossip rags and assertions supported by "Because I say so."
I know this because I spent eight years training myself and many other women, and men, to reach minimum military fitness levels.
I'm not impressed by celebrity gossip rags and assertions supported by "Because I say so."
Well, taking into account that only a few percentage of man reach this 'level', while most of women do, and since you say it that takes even more for women... what you're doing right now is telling lazy and indolent to most of men.
I thought you didn't care for naked assertions my avian friend
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1000Knives wrote:
Regarding the tennis player, he probably does lift. Here's sprinter Ben Johnson, for example, weighing 170lbs at probably 10% bodyfat. http://assets.vice.com/content-images/c ... ba52a6.jpg He had a 400lb bench press at 170lbs and could squat 600lbs off a bench. He was not training for bodybuilding, probably didn't eat 200g protein blah blah a day, etc, but most people would agree that he's a nice "average" look for a guy. Well, that "average" look took extreme work. Mind you, he wasn't training for looks, but still.
Trust me, sprinters have a freakishly high protein intake.

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I don't know if it's a really fruitful discussion to compare Hollywood crap, but I'll join in.
http://www.motleyhealth.com/celeb/chris ... ark-knight
Christian Bale's supposed workout routine.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/01/25/jen ... -anderson/
Jennifer Lopez's supposed workout routine.
http://www.motleyhealth.com/celeb/chris ... ark-knight
Christian Bale's supposed workout routine.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/01/25/jen ... -anderson/
Jennifer Lopez's supposed workout routine.
Most so-called workout programs from Hollywood are forgeries, but most actresses rarely do anything more than low-intensity yoga. Chris Hemsworth has openly spoken out about his routine, which consisted of heavy base lifts (deadlifts, bench presses etc.) in the 4-6 range.
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No contest, J-Lo's is easier.
She's still more muscular than most other Hollywood actresses, though... :p
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I don't know how much Hollywood=real world, though. But the only fun thing about Hollywood thing as a comparison body image-wise is it's less anecdotal than "yeah I know this hot guy with an ugly girlfriend" or vice versa.
Hollywood actors work out the same way as everyone else who transform their body in a short time. Hugh Jackman bulked for more than a year and was quite fit even before he prepared for Wolverine.
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But I do think Kurgan does win this one in that for men to be PERFECT, they have to work harder. Now, you can debate whether or not a slobby looking dude is more acceptable than a slobby looking girl, etc,
A skinny fat girl is more acceptable than a skinny fat boy, apparently.
1000Knives wrote:
With guys in fitness, there's pretty much a tradeoff. You get bigger muscles, you'll generally gain said muscles with some fat. Basically the tradeoff is, look good in a tshirt and look like crap shirtless, or look cool shirtless and have abs and veins popping out but look like nothing with a tshirt on. Most ectomorph 130lb guys look really ripped and stuff shirtless, but they look like twigs in regular clothes. To look cool with and without a tshirt is where it takes lots of muscle mass and low bodyfat.
I know. I went through an obsessive phase in my late teens where I gained like 70 lbs in 2 years. I became extremely depressed around the age of 15 and ended up losing weight from loss of appetite to the point where I was 150lbs at 6'1" at age 17. I was enraged at the fact that I was skinny and weak so I forced myself to eat like crazy and work out every day. It was an insane obsession. I obviously got a lot stronger as I went from being able to do one pullup to doing like 10 in a row despite weighing 70 lbs more and I could lift almost twice as much as when I started at some things, but I didn't look ripped at all. I just got thicker and fatter looking everywhere, including my arms. Then I was on all kinds of antidepressants that made me lose interest in working out and the end result was that I lost most of the muscle and got even fatter due to the slower metabolism, ending up close to 240lbs. Living in Seattle during graduate school I developed a new obsession with hiking and thus wanted to get thinner. Now I want to be able to climb mountains. I managed to climb Mt. Stuart in the state of Washington last year. It was amazing. I'm probably around 210 lbs now but I'm still kind of fat. I'm not obsessed with my body anymore though. I just want to be more fit.
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Good one Greb, I see you're still playing parrot.
Vigilans wrote:
I thought you didn't care for naked assertions my avian friend
You keep insulting and offending, as usual. Watch your mouth, or I will report you.
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1000Knives wrote:
With guys in fitness, there's pretty much a tradeoff. You get bigger muscles, you'll generally gain said muscles with some fat. Basically the tradeoff is, look good in a tshirt and look like crap shirtless, or look cool shirtless and have abs and veins popping out but look like nothing with a tshirt on. Most ectomorph 130lb guys look really ripped and stuff shirtless, but they look like twigs in regular clothes. To look cool with and without a tshirt is where it takes lots of muscle mass and low bodyfat.
I know. I went through an obsessive phase in my late teens where I gained like 70 lbs in 2 years. I became extremely depressed around the age of 15 and ended up losing weight from loss of appetite to the point where I was 150lbs at 6'1" at age 17. I was enraged at the fact that I was skinny and weak so I forced myself to eat like crazy and work out every day. It was an insane obsession. I obviously got a lot stronger as I went from being able to do one pullup to doing like 10 in a row despite weighing 70 lbs more and I could lift almost twice as much as when I started at some things, but I didn't look ripped at all. I just got thicker and fatter looking everywhere, including my arms. Then I was on all kinds of antidepressants that made me lose interest in working out and the end result was that I lost most of the muscle and got even fatter due to the slower metabolism, ending up close to 240lbs. Living in Seattle during graduate school I developed a new obsession with hiking and thus wanted to get thinner. Now I want to be able to climb mountains. I managed to climb Mt. Stuart in the state of Washington last year. It was amazing. I'm probably around 210 lbs now but I'm still kind of fat. I'm not obsessed with my body anymore though. I just want to be more fit.
For me, I'm obsessed with things on a power to weight ratio type of thing. I actually don't like being "huge" or whatever, and am fine with looking "skinny." But right now I look like this:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/116/28069 ... 4494c8.jpg
And wanna look like this:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1pvt ... o1_500.jpg
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozRc6I8pBU[/youtube]
I wanna be like that. Sheer monster mode. My sister, I showed this to her "So you wanna be a really tiny guy who can lift a bunch of weight?" "Yes."
Unfortunately, I have mesomorph/endomorph genetics, so I get pretty big without even trying to. It sucks for my main sport, as it's dominated by tiny ectomorphs who are 130lbs.
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Yeah, I've often gotten like you when I work out. I have a fairly low body fat composition, but most of it is subcutaneous fat, so I often have a buff but not ripped look that looks "soft." Only time I actually got toned and attracted chicks like magnets was when I was 6'2/180 and did a lot of fighting and swimming at the time, not mainly lifting. I think I need to increase protein and reduce grain products, which will suck.
1000Knives wrote:
XFilesGeek wrote:
And it takes a lot more for women to reach an "ideal hotness level" than sitting on the couch.
I know this because I spent eight years training myself and many other women, and men, to reach minimum military fitness levels.
I'm not impressed by celebrity gossip rags and assertions supported by "Because I say so."
Yay for anecdotes vs anecdotes.
It's more like "professional experience" verses goofballs who obsess over celebrity gossip rags, but mostly, yes.
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Kurgan wrote:
Even if we stretch it as far as calling it exercise, it isn't nearly as heavy as what Hugh Jackman, Gerard Butler or Christian Bale goes through. Six months of serious exercise will make a woman as muscular as Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 (cut that time in half if she's been muscular before).
No. Whether a woman becomes "muscular" depends on her body type.
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Cutting calories and dancing has the same effect. It's all about calories inn vs calories out. As long as you stay below the caloric intake required to maintain your body temperature + what's burned in daily activities, you have no other choice but to lose fat.
You have to diet and exercise to loose fat. Period.
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For a trained eye, it's child's play to see who works out and who's slim merely because of diet:
Based on your posts, apparently not.
Call me when you get some actual data on what work-outs these women do, or do not, follow.
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XFilesGeek wrote:
No. Whether a woman becomes "muscular" depends on her body type.
No. While it affects how much muscle she gains, anypne can gain muscle. Plenty of bikini fitness girls are ectomorphs.
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You have to diet and exercise to loose fat. Period.
No. The two main laws of thermodynamics state that as long as you eat less than you burn, energy needs to be taken from somewhere. This is the very point of fat storage: to give you energy when you don't get enough of it. There's no such thing as genuine starvation mode.
The very definition of one k/cal is the amount of energy needed to heat one kg of water by one degree celcius. A sh!tload of calories are used just to maintain your core body temperature.
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Based on your posts, apparently not.
If you can't tell that the bikini fitness women are more muscular than Charlize Theron or Emma Wattson, have your eyes checked. In any gym, most of the girls (i.e. anyone who eats enough protein and has worked out for more than 3 months) who does heavy lifting are more muscular than 99% of all Hollywood actresses.
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Call me when you get some actual data on what work-outs these women do, or do not, follow.
Most fitness women work out with base lifts, like men. This is stated many times in Fitnessbloggen.no (copy this into Google translate).
Most Hollywood actresses who do workout, do so by "f-ckarounditis" (Google this!) exercise. Martin Berkhan in his famous f-ckarounditis post demonstrates just how little a woman can exercise and still be much more muscular than Jeniffer Aniston, Katie Holmes, Lady Gaga or any other celebrity who would have to lift heavy if they were men.
Kurgan wrote:
XFilesGeek wrote:
No. Whether a woman becomes "muscular" depends on her body type.
No. While it affects how much muscle she gains, anypne can gain muscle. Plenty of bikini fitness girls are ectomorphs.
No. Whether a woman (or man) becomes "muscular" depends on their body type (not whether they can "gain muscle").
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No. The two main laws of thermodynamics state that as long as you eat less than you burn, energy needs to be taken from somewhere. This is the very point of fat storage: to give you energy when you don't get enough of it. There's no such thing as genuine starvation mode.
No. You have to eat right and exercise to loose weight.
How much one should exercise to lose said weight depends on body type.
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If you can't tell that the bikini fitness women are more muscular than Charlize Theron or Emma Wattson, have your eyes checked. In any gym, most of the girls...
Call me when you have actual data on the work-outs these women do, or do not, follow.
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.....(i.e. anyone who eats enough protein and has worked out for more than 3 months) who does heavy lifting are more muscular than 99% of all Hollywood actresses.
Not even remotely close.
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XFilesGeek wrote:
No. Whether a woman (or man) becomes "muscular" depends on their body type (not whether they can "gain muscle").
Do you know what muscular means? A woman has faintly defined muscles at 20% bodyfat; a typical fitness model has a good 10—15 lbs more worth of muscle than a regular woman. A mesomorphic or endomorphic woman can gain that in her first year because of newbie gains. Multiply the time required by a factor of two and you have the time an ectomorph would need.
An ectomorphic woman wouldn't need to cut much to reach 20% bodyfat (allthough she'd need to cut somewhat to reach the 15—17% a bikini fitness woman has). A mesomorph would probably need to cut for 1—2 months and an endomorph (who needs less food than the former in the first place) can probably do it in 3—4 months.
I've seen scrawny women become muscular and I've seen fat women become muscular. What you do with your genetics means the most. Linda Hamilton has an ectomorphic build; it only took her 6 months to bench 85 lbs for reps in her workout sets at what was probably around 18% bodyfat. She lost weight at the same time, so you could probably cut the time in half if you were on a caloric surplus.
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No. You have to eat right and exercise to loose weight.
How much one should exercise to lose said weight depends on body type.
How much one should exercise to lose said weight depends on body type.
Exercise speeds up the process, but anyone who goes on a caloric deficit will lose weight. There's no starvation mode that God allows to violate the laws of thermodynamics.
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Call me when you have actual data on the work-outs these women do, or do not, follow.
http://www.leangains.com/2011/09/fuckarounditis.html
Browse down to nr. 10 and see her workout schedule. She's far more muscular than any of the most popular actresses. If you want to know the reason why, she does base lifts instead of yoga and lifting pink dumbbells. Still, her schedule isn't nearly as heavy as that of Dolph Lundgren, Gerard Butler, Stlvester Stallone or Tom Hardy.
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Not even remotely close.
Your average Hollywood actress has no more lean mass than a regular woman; if you disagree, post some proof that she does. If you want to be equally "fit", make sure you never have more than 21-22% bodyfat after you've lost weight.
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Do you know what muscular means?
Yes, and whether a woman becomes "muscular" depends on her body type.
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Exercise speeds up the process...
You've almost got the hang of it.
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http://www.leangains.com/2011/09/f****.html
Browse down to nr. 10 and see her workout schedule. She's far more muscular than any of the most popular actresses. If you want to know the reason why, she does base lifts instead of yoga and lifting pink dumbbells. Still, her schedule isn't nearly as heavy as that of Dolph Lundgren, Gerard Butler, Stlvester Stallone or Tom Hardy.
Browse down to nr. 10 and see her workout schedule. She's far more muscular than any of the most popular actresses. If you want to know the reason why, she does base lifts instead of yoga and lifting pink dumbbells. Still, her schedule isn't nearly as heavy as that of Dolph Lundgren, Gerard Butler, Stlvester Stallone or Tom Hardy.
When you actually have data on what every Hollywood actress does, and does not, do in her exercise routine, call me.
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Your average Hollywood actress has no more lean mass than a regular woman; if you disagree, post some proof that she does. If you want to be equally "fit", make sure you never have more than 21-22% bodyfat after you've lost weight.
You asserted that anyone who does "heavy lifting" for three months will be more "muscular" than 99% Hollywood actresses.
You try supporting your claim first.
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XFilesGeek wrote:
Yes, and whether a woman becomes "muscular" depends on her body type.
Anyone without muscular dystrophy can gain muscle and anyone without thyroid problems can reach a bodyfat level in the low average range. Ergo, most people can get muscular. Quote:
You've almost got the hang of it.
I already got the hamg of it. The only secret to losing fat while you exercise is that you increase the caloric consumption. Quote:
When you actually have data on what every Hollywood actress does, and does not, do in her exercise routine, call me.
Jeniffer Aniston does yoga and is scared of getting bulky by lifting weights. Rihanna does 3 x 30 minute cardio sessions per week. Blake Lively doesn't exercise at all. Emma Stone goes swimming now and then, but not with particularly high intensity. In other words, hardly better than doing nothing and not nearly as tough as what male actors go through. Have you ever tried basing your workout scheme on heavy, intense baselifts for years? It's way harder than lifting pink dumbbells on a bosu ball... Quote:
You asserted that anyone who does "heavy lifting" for three months will be more "muscular" than 99% Hollywood actresses. You try supporting your claim first.
Already have, but I'll gladly do it again.
If Hollywood actresses worked out seriously, they'd look like the more muscular girls in this thread:
http://forum.fitnessbloggen.no/threads/før-etterbilder-av-medlemmene.7/
Notice how the girls carry no less muscle than Charlize Theron or Emma Stone in the before pics, but way more muscle in the after pics. If Hollywood standards were fair, any girl in any lightly dressed role would be as muscular as the most muscular girls in THAT thread.
Edit: I was wrong; this chick did it in just two months:
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/77 ... iller-abs/
From skinny fat to more muscular than most Hollywood babes in 8 weeks...
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Kurgan wrote:
Anyone without muscular dystrophy can gain muscle and anyone without thyroid problems can reach a bodyfat level in the low average range. Ergo, most people can get muscular.
Anyone can gain muscle. Whether you become "muscular-looking" depends on your body-type.
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I already got the hamg of it. The only secret to losing fat while you exercise is that you increase the caloric consumption.
Yes. Exercise + eating correctly = fat burn/muscle gain.
Glad we cleared that up.
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Jeniffer Aniston does yoga and is scared of getting bulky by lifting weights. Rihanna does 3 x 30 minute cardio sessions per week. Blake Lively doesn't exercise at all. Emma Stone goes swimming now and then, but not with particularly high intensity. In other words, hardly better than doing nothing and not nearly as tough as what male actors go through.
So, all female actresses are represented by three women, and all male actors are extreme body-builders?
And I'm still waiting for actual data on the workout routines of "most" Hollywood actresses.
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Have you ever tried basing your workout scheme on heavy, intense baselifts for years? It's way harder than lifting pink dumbbells on a bosu ball...
I don't use pink dumbbells.
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If Hollywood actresses worked out seriously, they'd look like the more muscular girls in this thread:
http://forum.fitnessbloggen.no/threads/før-etterbilder-av-medlemmene.7/
Notice how the girls carry no less muscle than Charlize Theron or Emma Stone in the before pics, but way more muscle in the after pics. If Hollywood standards were fair, any girl in any lightly dressed role would be as muscular as the most muscular girls in THAT thread.
http://forum.fitnessbloggen.no/threads/før-etterbilder-av-medlemmene.7/
Notice how the girls carry no less muscle than Charlize Theron or Emma Stone in the before pics, but way more muscle in the after pics. If Hollywood standards were fair, any girl in any lightly dressed role would be as muscular as the most muscular girls in THAT thread.
......which still doesn't do anything to advance your assertion that "anyone who does heavy lifting for three months" will be more muscular than 99% of Hollywood actresses.
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XFilesGeek wrote:
Yes. Exercise + eating correctly = fat burn/muscle gain.
Glad we cleared that up.
Glad we cleared that up.
Eating correctly=at least a fat burn, as most Hollywood actresses still have their career if they lose a pound or two of muscle.
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So, all female actresses are represented by three women, and all male actors are extreme body-builders?
Most actresses are about as fit as these women. Sylvester Stallone and his peers aren't extreme bodybuilders; they do lift heavy, though. Contrary to what some women think, four weeks of moderate weight lifting won't turn a man into Hugh Jackman.
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And I'm still waiting for actual data on the workout routines of "most" Hollywood actresses.
Show me one that's significantly more muscular than any of the aforementioned actresses in a role that portrays them as sex symbols or role models.
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I don't use pink dumbbells.
Never said you did. You seem to fail to realize how much tougher a base workout routine is compared to 30 minutes of cardio three times a week, though.
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......which still doesn't do anything to advance your assertion that "anyone who does heavy lifting for three months" will be more muscular than 99% of Hollywood actresses.
I'll revoke my statement—this chick did it in just two months:
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/77 ... iller-abs/
From skinny fat (still physically on par with many actresses) to more muscular than most Hollywood babes in 8 weeks...