Being fat doesn't look good; being skinny and weak doesn't look good. Listen fellars, a lot of the competitors at the meet I helped at last week looked pretty damn good. There were a few doughy individual and one huge motherfucker who deadlifted about 750. You don't need to get obese to get strong or trying to be Six-Pack Jack with your arm routines and Men's Health diets that lead to nowhere.
There's no wrong with vanity work as long as you're doing your main lifts. Don't be the guy who has big arms and a big chest with no legs, traps, etc. You'll look like an asshole and all the serious lifters will laugh at you.
The fact that so many of you are going on about physical strength having no real life application is very disappointing since 1) it just shows how dull, soft, and boring society has become and 2) it shows a real lack of imagination. You want to get really jacked? Try entering a bodybuilding competition. See what happens to your training. You think you're pretty strong but have no place to use it? Try a powerlifting meet and watch happens when some guy is warming up in the back with your max. Like to move it? Try a sport. Jesus, guys, don't label this shit as useless because you can't use it as a conversation topic or it doesn't apply to your office job.
