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post 1632765453 03-02-2021, 03:33 PM
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How come so many brahs don't understand that strength = aesthetics

Brb weak as fuk.

Brb can't move any sort of weight for any reps.

Brb no structured program.

Brb forever small and spinning wheels.

Depressing to see tbh.
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post 1632765573 03-02-2021, 03:35 PM
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If you lift consistently for a few years and keep a BF <12% you will be considered fit and have an attractive body. Of course, it's all about the face but still...

Don't overcomplicate it. Lift, be thin and enjoy your life.
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Originally Posted By PassiveLearner⏩
If you lift consistently for a few years and keep a BF <12% you will be considered fit and have an attractive body. Of course, it's all about the face but still...

Don't overcomplicate it. Lift, be thin and enjoy your life.
Be thin?

Be jacked as fuk moving weight while still being aesthetic, brah.
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sounds like powerlifting bloatcel cope
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
sounds like powerlifting bloatcel cope
this lmao

99% of "powerlifters" in my gym look like absolute chit
post 1632765943 03-02-2021, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
sounds like powerlifting bloatcel cope
Originally Posted By Ibl1s⏩
this lmao

99% of "powerlifters" in my gym look like absolute chit
Some guys use it as an excuse to eat like **** and get fat, for sure.

Most people who take it seriously stay pretty lean.

Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
I forgot he existed and hate you for reminding me lol.
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post 1632765953 03-02-2021, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Be thin?

Be jacked as fuk moving weight while still being aesthetic, brah.
Thin as in low body fat % - 12 or less. The vast majority of women find that most attractive. If you're trying to get massive, you're appealing to men or a minority of women. Which is fine - I wish I was 225 lbs and 10% but I ain't on dat dere and don't have the genetics of the gods / Arnold. The idea that you'll get more chicks if you're "jacked as fuk moving weight" is pretty off-base
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Definitely, as an ecto the best I ever looked was when I was focusing on strength, I was doing weighted dips with 45kg 5x5, weighted chins 37.5kg 3x5, squatting 100kg 5x5 and repping out handstand push ups.

I’ve learnt that strong compounds equal size, you can be doing a bro split with 7 different exercises with drop sets and super sets all day but if your compounds aren’t strong you most likely won’t have any size.
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Some guys use it as an excuse to eat like **** and get fat, for sure.

Most people who take it seriously stay pretty lean.



I forgot he existed and hate you for reminding me lol.
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Originally Posted By PassiveLearner⏩
Thin as in low body fat % - 12 or less. The vast majority of women find that most attractive. If you're trying to get massive, you're appealing to men or a minority of women. Which is fine - I wish I was 225 lbs and 10% but I ain't on dat dere and don't have the genetics of the gods / Arnold. The idea that you'll get more chicks if you're "jacked as fuk moving weight" is pretty off-base
You get more chicks having a personality, being comfortable with who you are, and having people skills. Most girls won't rule you out based on physique unless you're at extremes. I've been more than a few girls' first "jacked" dude. I just don't bring it up beforehand and shrug it off if they do. If they want to smash, they clearly find me attractive. Nothing else needs to be said. They'll often bring it up when my shirt comes off or after the fact.

Most dudes who use the gym and lifting to hide personality issues have the character depth of a puddle.
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[QUOTE=Kratos89 post_id=1632765943]Some guys use it as an excuse to eat like **** and get fat, for sure.

Most people who take it seriously stay pretty lean.

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I forgot he existed and hate you for reminding me lol.[/QUOTE]Training for strength definitely does not guarantee proper aesthetics, especially at the highest. Most top strength athletes don't look all that great form a conventional aesthetically pleasing standpoint (see all strongmen, current raw bench record holder Julius Maddox, powerlifting champ Blaine Sumner, etc.)
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Some guys use it as an excuse to eat like **** and get fat, for sure.

Most people who take it seriously stay pretty lean.





I forgot he existed and hate you for reminding me lol.
I mean, even the top picture you posted, he Kirk doesn't look aesthetic

Being lean =/= being aesthetic
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Brb weak as fuk.

Brb can't move any sort of weight for any reps.

Brb no structured program.

Brb forever small and spinning wheels.

Depressing to see tbh.
Brb the only people who notice or pay attention to this chit are other dudes in the gym.
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post 1632766793 03-02-2021, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted By StrongFella⏩
Training for strength definitely does not guarantee proper aesthetics, especially at the highest. Most top strength athletes don't look all that great form a conventional aesthetically pleasing standpoint (see all strongmen, current raw bench record holder Julius Maddox, powerlifting champ Blaine Sumner, etc.)
You'll have to admit, you just picked dudes at the extreme end of the spectrum that compete at super heavyweight. Of course they aren't going to be aesthetic. If you compete in a lower weight class, it benefits you to be as lean as possible so you can carry as much muscle as possible while fitting within your weight class.

Why does everyone just default to super heavyweight dudes? Of course they look terrible.

Mariusz Pudzianowski, John Haack, Kirk Karwoski, Matt Kroc, Ben Pollack, Dan Green, Konstantin Konstantinovs, etc, etc.
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Originally Posted By StrongFella⏩
Training for strength definitely does not guarantee proper aesthetics, especially at the highest. Most top strength athletes don't look all that great form a conventional aesthetically pleasing standpoint (see all strongmen, current raw bench record holder Julius Maddox, powerlifting champ Blaine Sumner, etc.)
Not fair to compare strength athletes who aren't in weight classes. Bloatmaxxing is obviously the way at this point, so nobody's going to look good regardless of muscle mass.

Try powerlifters who are in the 242 lb class or something

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Strength is not = aesthetics

get the most adonis greek god physique u can and then do some lifts

then bloatmax 20-30 lb more and see what ur lifts are

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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
You'll have to admit, you just picked dudes at the extreme end of the spectrum that compete at super heavyweight. Of course they aren't going to be aesthetic. If you compete in a lower weight class, it benefits you to be as lean as possible so you can carry as much muscle as possible while fitting within your weight class.

Why does everyone just default to super heavyweight dudes? Of course they look terrible.

Mariusz Pudzianowski, John Haack, Kirk Karwoski, Matt Kroc, Ben Pollack, Dan Green, Konstantin Konstantinovs, etc, etc.
The dudes you listed have mostly unaesthetic physiques ("Too big", blocky waists, short in some cases, not a great taper, etc)

Again, lean does not mean aesthetic
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Originally Posted By Tanerian⏩
Brb the only people who notice or pay attention to this chit are other dudes in the gym.
Brb more strength = moving more weight for more reps = more work done = more growth = more jacked = more aesthetic.

Thanks for attending the seminar.
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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
The dudes you listed have mostly unaesthetic physiques ("Too big", blocky waists, short in some cases, not a great taper, etc)

Again, lean does not mean aesthetic
I guess we just have different ideas of "aesthetic".

Even the majority of top bodybuilders have a decent strength based they build off of.
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Brb more strength = moving more weight for more reps = more work done = more growth = more jacked = more aesthetic.

Thanks for attending the seminar.
Which one of these is more aesthetic?



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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
Which one of these is more aesthetic?



The guy with the beard srs.
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Originally Posted By Tanerian⏩
The guy with the beard srs.
You'd be in the minority there

The small waist, V taper look is going to look better to most people
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Originally Posted By BigDeeps01⏩
Which one of these is more aesthetic?



Chris is a pretty strong guy.

Is comparing an Arnold winner posing in contest shape to a powerlifter taking a chill picture really a fair comparison?

Would be perfectly fine looking like either, though, tbh. Would much rather have Dan's lifting numbers, though.
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there is simply no way to get a dense muscular look, natty or not, without getting to some bare minimum of strength on the basic compounds.

I've never seen it in real life or misc, a guy who looks solid asf without being able to bench/squat/dead a respectable amount for their bodyweight.

try and do 10 x 10 flys of 50 lbs and see how big it gets you
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Muscle growth and strength progression occur via progressive overload; this can include: progressing in the amount of weight being lifted, shorter rest times, improvement in muscle contraction, higher volume, etc.

Some of the most aesthetic dudes I’ve met irl (not online nerds w/no AVIs) weren’t the strongest guys. And don’t use heavy creatine users as an example, when they’ve also got top tier genetics to go along w/their heavy creatine use.
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
Some guys use it as an excuse to eat like **** and get fat, for sure.

Most people who take it seriously stay pretty lean.

Looks terrible lmao, but if you aspire to look like that then good for you.
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Originally Posted By illah⏩
Looks terrible lmao, but if you aspire to look like that then good for you.
You look way better bro.
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Originally Posted By Kratos89⏩
You'll have to admit, you just picked dudes at the extreme end of the spectrum that compete at super heavyweight. Of course they aren't going to be aesthetic. If you compete in a lower weight class, it benefits you to be as lean as possible so you can carry as much muscle as possible while fitting within your weight class.

Why does everyone just default to super heavyweight dudes? Of course they look terrible.

Mariusz Pudzianowski, John Haack, Kirk Karwoski, Matt Kroc, Ben Pollack, Dan Green, Konstantin Konstantinovs, etc, etc.
Every single one of those guys was juiced out of their eyeballs. Hell, The reason Matt Kroc is Janae Kroc is probably from not controlling his estrogen on cycle for so long.
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