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post 1478775651 01-12-2017, 12:03 PM
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I tried for years to gain and never did until I started counting cals.

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post 1478829791 01-12-2017, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted By LaughingStorm⏩
You don't know how being strong is transferable to anything? How sedentary and non-physical is your day to day life? I can't see how striated glutes that you can see while naked are more impressive than stretching out the back/chest/shoulder/sleeves of a shirt (which most people will actually see you in).

And if all you have done is dreamer bulk, no wonder it has never ended well for you. That would be like me saying I will never cut because it has bad results if I have only done starvation diets.
Is that what I said? Suffice it to say that having been down both routes I prefer lean, mean and strong than the hulking oaf look. Never forget, I can do anything your can do...better!

Total brute strength may go to the bigger guy, but for overalluseful athletic ability, remains a product of the mid-range. See above VS video.
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post 1478886711 01-13-2017, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Is that what I said?
Yep, you said that you could left more weight but were unsure how that is transferable to anything.

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Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Suffice it to say that having been down both routes I prefer lean, mean and strong than the hulking oaf look.
A "mean" skinny twink is like an aggressive chihuahua, all bark and no bite.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Never forget, I can do anything your can do...better!
Except bulk and lift heavy, it would seem.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Total brute strength may go to the bigger guy, but for overalluseful athletic ability, remains a product of the mid-range. See above VS video.
But you can actually measure total strength, and strength is useful. "Athletic" is a vague enough term that weak dudes can apply it to any factor they might actually possess and lean on it like a crutch so they don't have to feel as impotent as they are.
post 1478919781 01-13-2017, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted By LaughingStorm⏩
A "mean" skinny twink is like an aggressive chihuahua, all bark and no bite.

Except bulk and lift heavy, it would seem.
Been there.
But you can actually measure total strength, and strength is useful. "Athletic" is a vague enough term that weak dudes can apply it to any factor they might actually possess and lean on it like a crutch so they don't have to feel as impotent as they are.
Then why does the armed force not just recruit and corn feed only big dudes?
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post 1478920241 01-13-2017, 12:34 PM
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[QUOTE=KRANE post_id=1478919781][youtube]
Then why does the armed force not just recruit and corn feed only big dudes?[/QUOTE]I can't say I disagree with you on your other points, and while it is true the military as a whole doesn't specifically look for large burly guys, a majority of individuals in elite units such as SEALS, Rangers, MARSOC, Delta are taller, large men. Not just slim and athletically built. So it could be argued that if the military's best are usually 'burly' men, then that is what is ideal in that field (specifically combat, of course)?
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post 1478922951 01-13-2017, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Wolves don't fight to the death for pride, they will flee a scuffle if the risk/reward isn't worth it.

Also, two different species. Do one with a corgi versus a rottweiler.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Been there.
Just like every old dude who used to bench 500 when he played football in high school?

Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Then why does the armed force not just recruit and corn feed only big dudes?
Because they are a volunteer force. They take who they get (that meet the fitness standards).



You are really stuck on the idea that people in the military are the most atletic in the world, aren't you? LOL
post 1478925971 01-13-2017, 01:15 PM
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[QUOTE=LaughingStorm post_id=1478922951]Wolves don't fight to the death for pride, they will flee a scuffle if the risk/reward isn't worth it.

Also, two different species. Do one with a corgi versus a rottweiler.[/QUOTE]That could be said of all sides.
[QUOTE]Just like every[b]old dude[/b]who used to bench 500 when he played football in high school?

[img]//assets.bodybuilding.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img][/QUOTE]And what state do 99% of them end up in? The belly just keeps getting bigger.

[QUOTE]Because they are a volunteer force. They take who they get (that meet the fitness standards).

[IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/2rml05v.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]Not just meet them, but maintain them in the most elite fighting forces. Haven't you noticed that the most deadliest are generally not the biggest nor the strongest.
[QUOTE]You are really stuck on the idea that people in the military are the most athletic in the world, aren't you? LOL[/QUOTE]They are the most survivable. Go figure.
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post 1479426341 01-17-2017, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
That could be said of all sides.
The rottweiler can finish off the corgi without weighing the risk/reward too hard.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
And what state do 99% of them end up in? The belly just keeps getting bigger.
Most of the old dudes I talk to in the gym go the other way. They keep getting bonier and weaker as the years strip away whatever lean tissue they may have once had. Thicker old dudes at least keep some old man strength.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
Haven't you noticed that the most deadliest are generally not the biggest nor the strongest.
I have not noticed this. Anybody is dangerous with a gun. Hand to hand, the biggest dude is not the one you want to dance with.

Years of experience bouncing and working security confirm this.
Originally Posted By KRANE⏩
They are the most survivable. Go figure.
Equipment helps.

Though I'm confused by your use of the word. Accidents are survivable, people aren't.
post 1479426561 01-17-2017, 08:27 AM
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TFW I weigh less than most people here and outlift almost all of them.



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post 1479428251 01-17-2017, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted By jesteraq⏩
TFW I weigh less than most people here and outlift almost all of them.
Das it, mane. Enjoy that feeling!

I know I haven't been at this very long, but it kills me that I can beat your bench and come nowhere close to your deadlift. Why does my deadlift insist on sucking so badly?
post 1479429351 01-17-2017, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted By LaughingStorm⏩
Das it, mane. Enjoy that feeling!

I know I haven't been at this very long, but it kills me that I can beat your bench and come nowhere close to your deadlift. Why does my deadlift insist on sucking so badly?
Could just be leverages mayne if you've been working at it consistently, wouldn't say it's cause you're tall cause I know plenty of tall deadlifters.
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post 1479434111 01-17-2017, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted By jesteraq⏩
Could just be leverages mayne if you've been working at it consistently, wouldn't say it's cause you're tall cause I know plenty of tall deadlifters.
I've heard dudes use the "too tall to deadlift" excuse.

Eddie Hall is 6'3", so there goes that. LOL

Just gotta keep grinding, I guess.
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