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Do women see extremely muscular men the same way men see anorexic women?

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so does anybody know who this
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is?? someone posted it a while back
 

Veezy

que?
At the times we go I'd definitely not want to be there alone.

Yeah, it really put a much more real world perspective on what women deal with daily when I started training them. I remember feeling like shit when I got a phone call from a client who said "I can't train at that gym alone anymore, it's just too much to be at the rack by myself with that many guys around."

I mean, for all the work some of these guys put into their bodies to attract women, they forget to treat them like human beings. I hear that's a good quality. Chicks dig respect, yo. Wasn't that a song or something?

I have a really weird response to squats as far as DOMS. If I squat after a long break, I feel fine the next day. Then I feel somewhat sore the day after that, then I feel pretty sore a day later, then by day 4 I pretty much have to bend over and move my legs one by one with my arms. Then the soreness subsides in the same order it came in. Fortunately I never experience any DOMS following workouts after the first session. I feel sorry for people who experience DOMS after every workout.

Sounds like you have a good plan :)

Try taking a foam roller to your quads, hams, and hip flexors the day of and after squats. It'll hurt like hell, but you'll get over the DOMS real quick. Look up "the stick" on amazon and if you have a friend you can borrow, have them hit your hams for you to reach that next level of suckage/fixage.
 
You'd have to do everything together, though, wouldn't you? Personally, I run different speeds on the track and separate from my friend to use the machines.

And despite that message, I'm certain there are guys still looking. Some people just don't care.

Same equipment. Weight area isn't that big. While he's benching I can do squats, rows, etc.

I have a really weird response to squats as far as DOMS. If I squat after a long break, I feel fine the next day. Then I feel somewhat sore the day after that, then I feel pretty sore a day later, then by day 4 I pretty much have to bend over and move my legs one by one with my arms. Then the soreness subsides in the same order it came in. Fortunately I never experience any DOMS following workouts after the first session. I feel sorry for people who experience DOMS after every workout.

Sounds like you have a good plan :)

That's exactly how mine went Day 3/4 was hilariously bad. Since then I've been okay. Just been trying to add a little more weight to what I do each time. Squats have been weightless so far though.
 
Considering the thread we're in...

Have any of you ladies checked out attractive guys working out at the gym?

EDIT: @Devo: Ah. Personally, my school's gym's weight area has two floors.
 
i hated going to the gym because waiting for the machines sucked balls. i just turned my garage into a small gym. all you need is a bench, squat rack, weights, lat machine, pull up bar, and a sit up bench.
 
Considering the thread we're in...

Have any of you ladies checked out attractive guys working out at the gym?

EDIT: @Devo: Ah. Personally, my school's gym's weight area has two floors.

No. What I usually do is try not to stare at the guys I consider way too swole. It's so weird.
 

Srsly

Banned
Try taking a foam roller to your quads, hams, and hip flexors the day of and after squats. It'll hurt like hell, but you'll get over the DOMS real quick. Look up "the stick" on amazon and if you have a friend you can borrow, have them hit your hams for you to reach that next level of suckage/fixage.

I kind of enjoy the pain and it's a good way to motivate me to not take a break from squats
 

mt1200

Member
Will I ever get brad pitt's abs if I don't quit doritos and chocolate bars?

That's why I dislike excercise, it takes too much time and effort to see any results
 

Veezy

que?
I kind of enjoy the pain and it's a good way to motivate me to not take a break from squats

Haha, well enjoy!

From an injury prevention stand point, I'd at least make sure to foam roll your lower back and spend some times in that deep squat position to keep movement in your soft tissue. That way, when you hit the bar, you're not so tense.

I.E. It's easier to warm up from no pain to goal than from god damnit this hurts to it still hurts holy shit how am I going to do this.
 
Will I ever get brad pitt's abs if I don't quit doritos and chocolate bars?

That's why I dislike excercise, it takes too much time and effort to see any results

Too much time and effort? Doing the proper exercise wields results pretty quickly and helps you feel better and more energized. That's why people get addicted.
 
Considering the thread we're in...

Have any of you ladies checked out attractive guys working out at the gym?

EDIT: @Devo: Ah. Personally, my school's gym's weight area has two floors.

I've checked out a couple of the guys at my school's gym. My local gym seems to feature a mostly middle aged clientele, so not so much anymore.
 
i hated going to the gym because waiting for the machines sucked balls. i just turned my garage into a small gym. all you need is a bench, squat rack, weights, lat machine, pull up bar, and a sit up bench.

I manage to get by with a bench and a treadmill. I've only just started squats, so the weight is so light I can just lift the bar from the bench up to my chest in one quick motion, then up over my head. Same for military presses.
 
Too much time and effort? Doing the proper exercise wields results pretty quickly and helps you feel better and more energized. That's why people get addicted.

I was surprised too. My Osteopath asked me to start doing weights because I needed to strengthen my back muscles. I come back a week later and she can see a noticeable difference, and my neck pain had disappeared completely.
 
I was surprised too. My Osteopath asked me to start doing weights because I needed to strengthen my back muscles. I come back a week later and she can see a noticeable difference, and my neck pain had disappeared completely.

Squats have helped my posture quite a bit.
 
Squats have helped my posture quite a bit.

hm... maybe I should work on those as well.


I'd really like to work on strengthening my abs, but again my back really hurts if I try sit ups. I don't know if my posture is wrong, but would you have any alternative suggestions?
 

Stahsky

A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
That hindu squat absolutely trashed me when I first started p90x last year.
 

SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
Studies indicate that women tend to choose more muscular men for short term relationships and prefer less muscular men for long term relationships. So the ideal body type is going to depend on context.

Pro body builders are going way too far these days. Arnold in his prime would look puny next to some of those guys. Any preference for that qualifies as a weird fetish.
 

red731

Member
Thighs too big.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3507/killerlegs.gif[//IMG][/QUOTE]

You guys do realize that this is shopped and debunked long time ago?
Check the door line near right thigh.


[quote="Plywood, post: 38831090"]*swoon*

And I just saw this earlier today:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d0ZVK.gif[//IMG]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5VdJumA9jk[/url][/QUOTE]

Strong and agile!
 
hm... maybe I should work on those as well.


I'd really like to work on strengthening my abs, but again my back really hurts if I try sit ups. I don't know if my posture is wrong, but would you have any alternative suggestions?

My advice woulod be to avoid situps all together. Try something like planks which aren't as bad for your back.
 
Considering the thread we're in...

Have any of you ladies checked out attractive guys working out at the gym?

EDIT: @Devo: Ah. Personally, my school's gym's weight area has two floors.

I'll check out anyone who's attractive, anywhere, anytime, as long as I'm not all up in my head thinking about stuff and things. Which is a lot of the time, actually.
 

Zoe

Member
Looks like I need to find a gym buddy.

You can always try group exercise if you can't find anyone. I do the Les Mills programs which I believe are fairly popular in Australia (started in NZ), and the classes are always 99% women.
 

twobear

sputum-flecked apoplexy
How come whenever there's a thread about HOT GUYS people can't go a whole thread without bringing up HOT GIRLS. I wonder what the reaction would be if girl/gayGAF went out of their way to do the reverse too.
 
How come whenever there's a thread about HOT GUYS people can't go a whole thread without bringing up HOT GIRLS. I wonder what the reaction would be if girl/gayGAF went out of their way to do the reverse too.

There's a very obvious answer to that: because NeoGAF is predominantly male and straight.

Anyways, your scenario did happen before. Shanadeus spammed a big butt thread with pictures of males with big butts to make a statement. This was heavily frowned upon by many, including myself (although I was not a member at the time).
 

twobear

sputum-flecked apoplexy
There's a very obvious answer to that: because NeoGAF is predominantly male and straight.

Anyways, your scenario did happen before. Shanadeus spammed a big butt thread with pictures of males with fat asses to make a statement. This was heavily frowned upon by many, including myself (although I was not a member at the time).

So because NeoGAF is male and straight, the minor groups should shut up and deal with intrusion into basically thread to try and heteronormatise it?

I think I can't express my proper thoughts on that reply without getting banned for causing offense.
 
So because NeoGAF is male and straight, the minor groups should shut up and deal with intrusion into basically thread to try and heteronormatise it?

I think I can't express my proper thoughts on that reply without getting banned for causing offense.

Exactly, deal with it.

Not really - I apologize that the thread was hijacked. I guess that the topic title was sort of all-inclusive, and both gay people and straight people were to discuss. When people started posting pictures of hot guys, at some point others started posting girls along the same lines of the guys posted (fit). I can't really change it, though. I've personally posted no pictures, and I have no power here. Sorry.
 

Forceatowulf

G***n S**n*bi
People generally don't like being ogled, and people generally don't like strangers proclaiming "I'd like to bust a nut in that" while going about their daily business. Why the weights section in particular? Well, I guess since its generally a male dominated area anyway a lady in there is probably going to stick out. She's likely to be alone, and exercising puts her in a somewhat exposed position. I don't want people to watch me exercise, especially not in a sexual manner. If you want to ogle ladies go google some porn. Its not that hard.
So you're accusing me of being an ogler because I expressed my desires to have sex with a random beautiful woman on the internet.. I mean really? Are you new to this whole internet thing or something? And who the hell says they want to bust a nut in someone while they're out and about doing their daily business? Who does that? Has this happened to you or something? I doubt it. Do you assume that I would say this to a woman in real life because I said it on a forum abut a random beautiful woman anonymously? Again, did you just start visiting internet forums?

And your fear of the gym seems pretty irrational to me. I've gone to numerous gyms in my life and I've seen plenty of women doing their business there just fine with no problems. Now that's not to say there aren't creepy motherfuckers here and there, but I seriously doubt it's some huge epidemic. And I can promise you more men are ogling you at the beach, poolside, and while you jog than at the gym. Guaran-damn-tee it. If you fear being looked at that much you shouldn't even leave the house.

And what's your problem with men checking girls out anyway?? Why is everything "ogling" to you? You really expect men to spot a beautiful girl and not have sexual desires? That's biology my friend. I agree there are bounds of reason when it comes to how much you stare and gaze, but you seem put off by the mere notion of a guy taking a peak at any girl in any situation and will automatically deem it "ogling". Which is pretty ridiculous.
 
How come whenever there's a thread about HOT GUYS people can't go a whole thread without bringing up HOT GIRLS. I wonder what the reaction would be if girl/gayGAF went out of their way to do the reverse too.

Pretty much became a post your ideal body type for a mate thread. The question was a simple one that required no pics at all. When people(men and women) started posting pics of what they find ideal it became off topic. So why are you singling out men?
 

twobear

sputum-flecked apoplexy
Pretty much became a post your ideal body type for a mate thread. The question was a simple one that required no pics at all. When people(men and women) started posting pics of what they find ideal it became off topic. So why are you singling out men?

1: Why do these guys go so overboard with the muscles? Yeah it may be a sport for them, but in the end what they really want is to impress ladies, amirite?

2: What is the ideal build for a man? At what point do the muscles become too much? Perhaps it is not as cut and dry as it is with male preference of female bodies.

Are these questions really aimed at finding out what men find attractive in women? Maybe you should reread them. Why would we need a new thread for that, 60% of the threads on GAF are about it.
 
Are these questions really aimed at finding out what men find attractive in women? Maybe you should reread them. Why would we need a new thread for that, 60% of the threads on GAF are about it.

Sorry for participating. I'm sure I've offended everyone in this thread by sharing my own view of what I find an ideal physique. I'm sure it added nothing to the discussion. What I have done is terrible and demeaned the entire discussion. Please allow me to remove myself from this and other threads like this.

shit happens get over it
 

SmokyDave

Member
Are these questions really aimed at finding out what men find attractive in women? Maybe you should reread them. Why would we need a new thread for that, 60% of the threads on GAF are about it.

"Perhaps it is not as cut and dry as it is with male preference of female bodies."

This is an assumption begging to be corrected. Perhaps with pictures.

Still, don't let me get in the way of the ever-present 'gender & sexuality issues' boner on here.

(Edit: Sorry, I meant 'boner and / or wide-on').
 
So you're accusing me of being an ogler because I expressed my desires to have sex with a random beautiful woman on the internet.. I mean really? Are you new to this whole internet thing or something? And who the hell says they want to bust a nut in someone while they're out and about doing their daily business? Who does that? Has this happened to you or something? I doubt it. Do you assume that I would say this to a woman in real life because I said it on a forum abut a random beautiful woman anonymously? Again, did you just start visiting internet forums?

And your fear of the gym seems pretty irrational to me. I've gone to numerous gyms in my life and I've seen plenty of women doing their business there just fine with no problems. Now that's not to say there aren't creepy motherfuckers here and there, but I seriously doubt it's some huge epidemic. And I can promise you more men are ogling you at the beach, poolside, and while you jog than at the gym. Guaran-damn-tee it. If you fear being looked at that much you shouldn't even leave the house.

And what's your problem with men checking girls out anyway?? Why is everything "ogling" to you? You really expect men to spot a beautiful girl and not have sexual desires? That's biology my friend. I agree there are bounds of reason when it comes to how much you stare and gaze, but you seem put off by the mere notion of a guy taking a peak at any girl in any situation and will automatically deem it "ogling". Which is pretty ridiculous.

oh get stuffed. Seriously. I don't want to say anything else and get myself banned, but I cannot deal with this crap any more.
 
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