Muscular or skinny?

db_ggmm · May 15, 2010

Photos are all illusion, too. Nil could have a fairly typical s2s, but a smaller than average waist. Can never tell heights, either.

Nil · May 15, 2010

Yeah, my shoulders are quite broad; they're usually the determining factor in whether something fits and not my chest. So many damn things I try on are voluminous in the chest and then tight in the shoulders.

Db, I'm 6'4".

tagutcow · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by hendrix

yeah, it's not that bad at the moment. I think shoulder measurements have a lot to do with bone structure.

Exactly, which is what I was trying to touch on with my skinny vs. slender comment. In the past few years I have gone from 172 (***** McFatFat) to 145 (skinny ****) back up to 175 (the studly, muscular adonis you see before yourselves today), and I have never not worn a size-medium.

Neo_Version 7 · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Exactly, which is what I was trying to touch on with my skinny vs. slender comment. In the past few years I have gone from 172 (***** McFatFat) to 145 (skinny ****) back up to 175 (the studly, muscular adonis you see before yourselves today), and I have never not worn a size-medium.

If you don't mind me asking; how tall are you, Tagut?

tagutcow · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by Neo_Version 7

If you don't mind me asking; how tall are you, Tagut?

5'8", though occasionally I round up.

Cary Grant · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by RowRow

Ideal body - ripped. Meaning muscular but with low body fat. Also, it should be proportional and the muscles shouldn't be too large.

Here is a picture for reference.

That's not ripped by any stretch...

Synthese · May 15, 2010

^Effective though, and obviously healthy. Dude is still playing, and he's what, 80? I think I want to give up on weights for the summer (won't even have regular gym access anyway) and just try to lose some bodyfat and keep up with bodyweight exercises. My weight, too, has fluctuated from 175-205-185 (soccer/lifting on-season/off) and my size hasn't changed - just the way pants fit my thighs/butt. Edit: Ljungberg/beckham/donovan/whoever might not be benching 450+, but those dudes are fit, and strong. I'd take that.

Grayland · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by Synthese

^Effective though, and obviously healthy. Dude is still playing, and he's what, 80?

I think I want to give up on weights for the summer (won't even have regular gym access anyway) and just try to lose some bodyfat and keep up with bodyweight exercises.

My weight, too, has fluctuated from 175-205-185 (soccer/lifting on-season/off) and my size hasn't changed - just the way pants fit my thighs/butt.

Edit: Ljungberg/beckham/donovan/whoever might not be benching 450+, but those dudes are fit, and strong. I'd take that.

Beckham...strong? Fit, yeah, he should be as he's a pro soccer player, but strong?

Neo_Version 7 · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by tagutcow

5'8", though occasionally I round up.

Darn. We're both shorter than Conne.

thekunk07 · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by flyguy7

pic or it isn't true

Asch · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by tagutcow

But I think when guys talk about most women not liking really muscular men, they're talking about the freakish abberations you see at body building contests.
Yeah, when women express their distaste for muscles, they're usually, in my experience, talking about the disgusting **** on the covers of bodybuilding magazines. Some women do prefer skinny guys, but I think it's rare for women to be turned off by muscular physiques that do not involve drugs or contest-level cutting. I hear a lot of women say that they prefer a "lean, athletic build," but what they specifically have in mind (some Hollywood actor in his latest action pic) requires a great deal of muscle-building for the typical untrained guy to achieve.

flyguy7 · May 15, 2010

^Kunk that's a great drop, you look awesome man. Honestly, I still don't think you have a 48" chest, at least when you're not spreading your lats. That doesn't take anything away from your build though, you're a beast

Synthese · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by Grayland

Beckham...strong? Fit, yeah, he should be as he's a pro soccer player, but strong?

Bad example, maybe. I suppose I didn't have a point, other than that strength is very relative.

darkdream · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by Asch

Yeah, when women express their distaste for muscles, they're usually, in my experience, talking about the disgusting **** on the covers of bodybuilding magazines. Some women do prefer skinny guys, but I think it's rare for women to be turned off by muscular physiques that do not involve drugs or contest-level cutting. I hear a lot of women say that they prefer a "lean, athletic build," but what they specifically have in mind (some Hollywood actor in his latest action pic) requires a great deal of muscle-building for the typical untrained guy to achieve.
They also normally distaste veins showing... meaning they want us fatter. haha

tagutcow · May 15, 2010

Originally Posted by darkdream

They also normally distaste veins showing...

Really!?! Every woman I've known has waxed rhapsodic about the vasculature of *******.

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