Any point to isolation weight routines?

I'm like you I stay with the basic movements and do a lot of running. Some guys spend so much time on the cables it makes me question their masculinity. The only thing I isolate is ab work.

 

Cables and isolation exercises are for people who want striations. They're ok for some, but I don't use them because I'm not a metrosexual. For me, it's just free weights, barbells, dumbbells, a bench, incline bench, and a squat rack.

Aside from that, I will do leg extensions and leg curls, but that's mainly because leg curls hit my hamstrings better than deadlifts, and I need to do a leg exercise for the front of the knee to balance it out. Other than that, squats.

If you have lots of time to devote to yourself, go ahead and use cables. Myself, I barely have time for the basics.

 

Direct grip work is non-gay, i would say

 

masturbating?

 

im autosexual

 

yeah its just good for building lean muscle, it doesnt make you stronger or any bigger

 

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Isn't the point of the gym to look RIPPED? Who wants to be strong just for the sake of being strong?

 

This guy is strong!!



This guy isn't even half as strong:



Which look do you prefer?

I know which one I go for.....

 

Unless you train for some sport, then I agree with you that going to the gym is about wanting to look good and not admitting that is just childish. However people have different views of what looking good means, for example I wouldn't want to look like either of your pics, somewhere between them is the optimum

 

It's all about looking good.

 

Not for me. Being strong is more important---especially now. Having a big place and a wee lad makes me more aware of how useful strength really is.

 

Assuming that's true, that fanny with the swimming goggles ain't it. He looks like he's 3 more hours of thirst away from the grave.

 

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And where the hell's his body hair gone? He looks like one of those 9 year old Russian circus boys who's Cocopuffs gets laced with steroids.

 

To a certain point yes but it is pretty rare to get into situations where you would have to be exceptionally strong. If you can bench press about 200 lbs (and the rest of your strength is at the same level) you won't usually have trouble carrying big bags, moving furniture or such

 

+1
'Cos otherwise, you'll just look like one of those huge Scandanavian guys who gets featured on 'World's Strongest Man' TV shows once a year, pulling trucks and carrying beer-barrels up and down a hill - and pretty much all of them are fat bastards.

And if you look like that, any half-decent women wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire...

 

Bro I was just talking about this the other day...I see dudes in the gym with NO body hair whatsoever. Do these guys wax or something, they look like lobsters. It's weird and fucking gay.

 

Narcissism I guess?
Less or no body hair gives off a better visual impression of muscle-definition.

 

THat's something I can't imagine women like. Maybe 15 year old girls but no normal women.

 

Kazmaier looks awesome there, but he's an outlier statistically. It's not like many people could ever get to that level, drugs or not.

Still, the metro look that Sly and Dark Magus seem to love IS currently in vogue. Look at that those Jersey Shore reality stars, for example. They're tanned, quite muscular, and totally lacking hair below their eyebrows. If you have all day to get Brazilian waxes, shave your whole body, and tweeze your eyebrows constantly, you'll probably attract women when you go out to danceclubs. Of course, those women may also be as moronic as the Jersey Shore girls, but you should have fun.

 

:Thumbs:

 

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Couldn't have said it better myself! :bears:

 

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Very funny.

I like the ripped look. But that's just me. When I was in the dating scene I noticed a correlation between how ripped your body was and the frequency of blowjobs.

You should consider that...my brother from another mother (and father).

 

I shave my chest and would wax if I wasn't afraid of the pain!

What?!! The chicks dig it.... :scared2:

 

word.

You think Arnie would have won any Mr Olympia tournaments if he had a forest of chest hair?

Ya gotta remove that hair if you want to show the definition.

 

Well scottish women love their men hairy. "Bird never make nest in bare tree" and all that shit. They love the rustic medieval warrior and shit. William Wallace and all that.

But MOST women love the muscular athletic adonis with hairless skin.

like I said before:

Correlation between ripped/hairless and frequency of blowjobs.

I'm telling ya! :giggle:

 

Exactly. Women with fake hair and fake tan and fake nails and shiny dresses that shimmer under neon lights. Who listen to shiny plastic music and aspire to drive shiny waxed off road vehicles.

 

but can anyone actually tell how ripped you are when you're wearing clothes?

i can't tell if someone even has a slight six pack

 

No they can't. But I tell you this...a woman knows WHEN you take off your clothes. Then suddenly they want to suck away at your dick!


know'wha'am'sayin? :kidcool: