Powerlifting and things like "Building a strength base" were probably some of the dumbest, most destructive pieces advice ever given to lifters on this board. Telling noobs to "bulk up" and to focus on leg-based programs like Starting Strength probably discouraged thousands of guys in the gym after they turned into fat, pudgy dough-boys from skinny or skinnyfat nerds. The physique posted here is the ideal. Lean, abs, athletic, and girls love it. There's not too much muscle (girls don't like muscle that much, or care about your bench). If people had done a bro-split and cardio for 2-3 years they could look like this and look good + get girls.
This is basically what a physique will look like that focuses on strength and doesn't abuse roids. This guy looks like he waddles around from point A to point B, incredibly unathletic. I'm sure chicks dig the deadlift though.
>Don't be strong and do things you likeWhatever homo
>>77434930Well when I got strong I began to look strong and fucking jacked. Big yoke, big arms, powerful legs etcBut when you got strong you got birthing hips and gyno?Maybe you're just disgusting, bitter genetic trash? Did you ever think of that?
>>77434941>Well when I got strong I began to look strong and fucking jacked. Big yoke, big arms, powerful legs etcThis
Yeah bro I look so big and strong, huge traps and yoke.
>>77434946She lifts more than you, dyel
Building a strength base is good from the perspective that it will teach you to push yourself. You'll be surprised how little people push themselves in the gym, because they were never forced to struggle to succeed.
>>77434959It's not about what you can do it's about how you look.
but thats wrong
>>77434930idk anon, I've been running powerlifting programming for less than a year and I've started getting compliments from people about 'looking jacked'. I feel skinnyfat still, but clearly something good has happened in my outward appearance>>77435027>it's about how you lookfor some things yeah. but doing hard things does feel good. I don't know if it impresses others that I lift X, but I've impressed myself, so my self image has changed, and people notice a positive change in me
>>77434930>/fit/ - AestheticsKys faggot, go to /fa/ if you care about being a homosexual
>>77434959With every step she takes
yep bro I am so strong and being good looking and aesthetic is healthy. gif related is me flexing and showing off my sick gains. i mog every pretty boy in the gym
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>>77434934I looked like this when I was at uniI pulled 3 chicks in the course of 3 years, and they all said I was a great lay because I had big glutes and legs for more thrusting powahAnd also we were all on drugs while having sex so I'm sure that counts for somethingAnyway make of that what you will
>>77434936Why did you post that pic
I dont give a shitI just lift and take protein so I only lose fat when I leanmaxc
>>77435225>3 chicks in the course of 3 yearsSorry to hear it bro, hope things have gotten better for you since
>>77434930You are a stupid piece of shit. You do not lift. If you idiots want to take advice from a nonlifting demoralizer, feel free.
>>77434941>>77434942>>77435170Wow look at all these reports from guys who actually lift. Should I listen to them, or should I listen to OP, who does not lift or exercise at all? That's a tough one.
>I can move mountains with my functional strength. Most people who lift for "strength" can't even run a mile without gassing, look how mad they get in this thread.
>>77435415You genuinely have zero idea what you're talking about. What are your lifts? Will you post your body? No? Because you don't even exercise? What is wrong with you?
>>77435415>Most people who lift for "strength" can't even run a mile without gassing, look how mad they get in this thread.>John Grimek's legendary personal records included a 700 lb squat, 600–727 lb deadlift, 480 lb bench press and 364 lb overhead press. He was an elite 1936 Olympian and multi-time champion known for blending raw power with legendary aesthetics.You're a retard and don't know anything.
>>77435446He doesn't lift, and doesn't exercise. If he did he would realize most halfway healthy young men can run a mile, by default.He has some mental imagine of a superheavyweight powerlifter in his head. That is his strawman for 'lifters' even though it hardly describes anyone.He will make endless threads attacking this strawman.
>>77434930have fun being small and getting raped, gay boy
>>77435446>Oh look there once was a gymbro who was an athlete too! We only had to go back to 1936 to find one! Yay!!
>>77435460>>77435446You're 100% right man, the average guy powerlifting looks just like that.
>>77434930>Powerlifting and things like "Building a strength base" were probably some of the dumbest, most destructive pieces advice ever given to lifters on this board. Telling noobs to "bulk up" and to focus on leg-based programs like Starting Strength probably discouraged thousands of guys in the gym after they turned into fat, pudgy dough-boys from skinny or skinnyfat nerds.They only did it so they would have less competition
>>77435469I notice you didn't disagree with anything else I said. You don't lift, you don't exercise at all. So why are you here?
>>77435473Projection from a nonlifting demoralizer. Classic.
>>77435479I do exercise and happen to look similar op's picrel although more natural. He looks like he's spent too long in the gym.The original point was that>The physique posted here is the ideal. Lean, abs, athletic, and girls love it. There's not too much muscle (girls don't like muscle that much, or care about your bench).That's solidly true. By all means lift weights if you like, try to get "big" and obsess over your gains, maybe even enter yourself in a posing competition.But none of that is needed or even desired by most, male or female. It might even kill you if you go too extreme with it... isn't the average age of these types something like 46-48 y/o?
>>77434930You'll learn one day, OP.
>>77435490>I do exercise and happen to look similar op's picrel although more natural. He looks like he's spent too long in the gym.May I see
>>77434930You having no idea that girls like asses and legs on guys is how i know you're a kissless virgin
id eat shit to resemble this
>>77435535Why don't you stop eating shit and you might get there?
>>77434930Shut up you well defined motherfucker or else I'm gonna mog the shit out of you alright?
>>77434930Strength base is good bro
Girls don't care about muscle at all its so dumb that people fall for this. The tall skinny guy will get 10000x more pussy than the guy who busts his ass in the gym and is 5'9
>>77435594I’m 5’7 half jeet with a 35 body countSpeak for yourself Were most of them plappers? It doesn’t really matter
>>77435596Sorry my little brown fren, you will never understand what it's like
>>77434930Its weird how many people my age did not grow up with parents that told them to go outside and play sports or outdoor physical activity. Starting to see it again in younger generations, which is encouraging.
>>77434930That’s still a decent amount of muscle mass. Not even a D1 athlete would look like this if they get ripped. It would require training for aesthetics too
>>77435594Having been tall and skinny and tall and muscular I can say that muscle helps
telling beginners to go do barbell squats and get fat is indeed retarded
>>77434930Back in the day the board was so fervently dogmatic about muh strength base that even the idea of adding some curls, tricep pushdowns and laterals to SS was considered to be completely retarded. Powersharting had its zenith from like 2013 and then when the millennials that were into it got bored and moved on to other things in life the zoomers most definitely didn't pick it up again in the same way and it died down, fortunately.
>>77434930Stronglifts 5x5 helped when I was a complete beginner, but I dropped it as soon as I hit a 2 pl8 bench. I still kinda focus on strength but I care a lot more about aesthetics now too
An entire generation got memed into doing a meme powersharter routine that is literally the worst possible for aesthetics
>>77436436I'm guessing you, like OP, will not post body either
>>77436436You've posted this for years. Maybe take some of that focus and apply it at the gym.Anyone lifting for strength and taking care of their diet looks jacked. Everyone calling you a retard is jacked, and we do shit like heavy zerchers because it's fun. The other day I swept up some abandoned cabinet from the pavement and put it out the way. A woman looked at me as if I was a force of nature. You're not even aesthetic; you're a fat, goofy looking gyno monster who doesn't lift.Even if you are trolling cos you're a saddo it is important that this caricature of yours is endlessly ridiculed.
>>77434946Lmfao
>>77434930Well, you must have achieved that physique since you're so knowledgeable on the subject. Post body.
>>77436501We've been over this. Yes, he has that physique, no he will not show you. Ok?
OP here. I would happily post my physique. However, there is one mentally ill obsessed gay guy in here who has probably over a dozen posts asking for it. I'm sorry buddy, but I'm not gonna post it. I look great though.
I fell for the memes. Heavy compounds, bulking, progressive overload. I always went really high intensity in the gym and preferred to err on the side of fewer reps than many. I was never cut and never had a six pack. I had legs and glutes like tree trunks. ... And I got laid more than all my friends. Most of the time, girls wanted someone genuinely big and strong. Someone who could throw them around. Lots of girls liked that I didn't skip leg day and would joke around about guys who were just top heavy. They liked my arms, my butt, everything. One thing that didn't help and maybe held me back was /fit/s depreciation of self. And the meanspiritedness toward others, some girls could smell that and were turned off by it. True confidence and internal strength count for a great deal. Muscles and strength are most definitely one of those things that women immediately notice, respect, and admire, even if you're not shredded, so if you want to get women, be strong both internally and externally, and you will find success.
>>77436744> I had legs and glutes like tree trunks. people on here say these look bad, and they can in extreme disproportion but most of the girls I know say they like big thighs and a big ass on a manam gay and I know gay love that shit, but when I talk about men with friends they love a nice ass (which might not be comically big but certainly large and shapely)
>>77436718That's ok. We believe you.
>>77437070I don't
>>77434930agreed
>38 year old trooned wog>Can't go outside>Life revolves spamming bait thread on a dying message board>This is what girls likeWhy does he bother?
>>77435462Now WHO is the faggot if you're thinking about forced homosex?
>>77437082BELIEVE ALL OPS. IF HE SAYS HE'S JACKED, HE IS.
>>77434946I agree more with >>77434941But this got a chuckle from me.
>>77434930Any teenage boy can look like that so if you want to be a small faggot European that’s ok but some guys here actually want to put on muscle. Height>face>physique for pussy btw.
>>77435238Because he was an uberChad.
>>77437753Ahahahaha Europeans think that being less muscular makes them better
>>77434946kek it really do be like this
>>77434930I permanently damaged my spine thanks to starting strength. This lead to years of pain and immobility.I lost my dreams and was suicidal for 10+ years.Then in my 30s i studied human biomechanics and got a decent amount of recovery.Still cant dance though. Now im old, bald, ugly, and cant find a woman to love me. Hopefully things get better in the next year or 2.
>>77437958larp post
