has anyone else completely abandoned aesthetics and now just wants to look strong
Not completely
I just lift as much as I can but don't worry about eating too cleanly, just healthily
so I don't have a perfect six pack but things are still pretty lean and molded which is all people care for
I have. I'm so weak at the moment. I just started lifting and I don't care if I balloon up I just want muscle.
I ditched aesthetics and just want to be strong, if that counts
I mostly lift because I enjoy lifting, looking better is certainly an incentive but it doesn't really determine how I train
>implying i haven't abandoned looks altogether and now just lift for health reasons
nobody's looking op, nobody cares
Stupid sexy Julian!
>>37879543
The only way to be your biggest and strongest as a natty is to be 15 - 20% bodyfat anyways. Thats the only way you'll be able to break the FFMI limit of 25. Besides, if you got enough muscle, you'll have visible abs at 15% bodyfat. Don't believe me? Look up Scott Mendelson. The dude is 20% bodyfat yet has abs.
Also, being 6 - 8% bodyfat isn't healthy anyways. Your natty test production is at its best around 12 - 20% bodyfat. On top of being easier to maintain, only gay men are interested in super lean men anyways ect.
Just lift to be healthy and strong and confident like pic related.
>>37879543
are you implying Julian isn't aesthetic?
Pretty much. I started lifting / cutting because I wanted to be healthier, and now I realize with my body-type that a low BF% is a fantasy and not a reality.
>implying strength isn't aesthetic
>>37879543
Yeah, I dreamer bulk for 8-9 months and then cut to be somewhat acceptable for summer.
>>37880193
>>37879593
>>37879543
Where does he even lift? Is there a gym in the park?
And how does he find the time?
>>37880244
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxzwkzQKQE
WEW
>>37879543
The opposite. My aesthetics will always come first.
>>37880266
>his rum&coke is nowhere in sight
F A K E
>>37880266
Fuck I almost believed it too
Yeah 2bh
I grew up around the manly men of the previous generation, who always had fat, but looked, for lack of a better term, "burly". Which I'm sure is a British term.
But no matter how much gains I'd of made, I would never want to turn out like those guido metrosexual faggots who wear stringers
I just wanna wear a tshirt and look thicc
>>37879543
ohh Julian you're looking sexy tonight
Julian's real workout routine
10x10 dumbell curls
10x10 Rum & Coke curls
When I'm in my middle age, I want to be that guy who looks like he gave a shit and not the lazy beer belly stereotype.
>>37879543
Somewhat, but I definitely want to be less than 20% bodyfat. I'm pretty happy at around 15% tbqh, it makes me look bigger and stronger and not like some shredded twink faggot. It also let's me eat one 'bad' thing a day like a snickers bar or a slice of cake without feeling like committing suicide
>inb4 fatty
>>37879571
You never had aesthetics, loser.
>>37880343
I can respect 15, 20% is really pushing it and anything above I consider fatass territory.
>>37880317
>mfw I actually found Cory's routine
>mfw it's DYEL bullshit
Reply #18
http://www.trailerparkboys.org/forums/index.php?topic=1750.0
>>37880244
There is a scene in an episode where he is doing curls with a cinderblock. I assume he just literally lifts trash
> And how does he find the time
unemployed
>>37880419
But Julian is always doing greasy shit with Ricky, he's not unemployed he's an entrepreneur
>>37880304
same
The two are not mutually exclusive
>>37880381
>then take 3minutes to swing your arms around or practice handstands.
wew lad, I'm laffin
I can garantee you, you don't look strong if you haven't been lifting for 10+ years or aren't on roids. You're probably fat as fuck
>>37880618
This just isn't true l m a o
Maybe to a lifter with severe body dysmorphia, but to normies? Fuck man, they have no fucking clue what big is
>>37880618
Fit standards aren't real. Real life standards matter.
>>37880642
>>37880653
why would you look at people who don't train to compare yourself with? That's weak.
>>37880662
Because if you're the best looking guy in the room or at the bar it doesn't matter if some dude on roid in LA looks better than you.
>>37880674
first and foremost, it's all about face
And I thought this thread was about giving up aesthetics and looking strong.
>>37880688
Fine. If you have the best body in the room or at the beach it doesn't matter if a guy in LA on gear has a better body. Better?
Fuck that aesthetics always come first.
>>37880688
If you look strong nobody will fuck with you though
>>37880702
You just reworded the same thing so it's not better
>>37880713
You said it's all about the face after I said best looking so I clarified with best body.
>>37880712
lol
>>37880723
I have a feeling that you are 17 turning on 18 because of the way you type, maybe not even 18.
>>37880662
It's probably better to live in two worlds. The real one - where I can be proud to be thicker and stronger than 99% of people around me - and the /fit/ world where I have a lot to catch up with.
I mean by /fit/ standards I look like a skinny fat dyel but I'm already getting mired by friends.
>>37880662
I think it's when body dysmorphia and self deprecation hold a part of everyday life to some people, being in a room full of dyels and normies gives you a reality check of how far you've actually come, especially when they make nice remarks and tell you so.
Plus if you're natty and compare yourself to someone on roids, that's your first mistake.
You can easily look strong natty and with 3 years under your belt
>>37880736
27. I'm just tired.
>>37880737
I understand what you mean but you shouldn't put your own worth into how others see you.
It's better to live in your own world and be happy with yourself.
>>37880750
I never stated or implied that you should look at people who aren't natty, I said train.
>>37880766
>I never stated or implied that you should look at people who aren't natty, I said train.
mb
I think I got a few posts mixed up and just wanted to comment on 'em t b h
>>37880755
damn right you're tired, you hit the 2 key instead of 1
>>37880848
Very clever. I'm still not sure why lifting for aesthetics bothers you so much.
>>37880766
Yeah, I agree. But when it comes to lifting you have to get your standards by which your measuring yourself from somewhere.
I like coming to /fit/ because it keeps my giant ego in check.
>>37880867
thx i tried
>not sure why lifting for aesthetics bothers you so much
I'm not the anon that said the other stuff, just a random shitposter
>implying you can't be strong and aesthetic
>>37881253
What's this god-fridge's bf%?
>>37879543
I did briefly, then I realized what a mess I was making of my life. I was a fat slob loser shunning social engagements and letting my gut get out of control in the name of "strength", and once I realized how cowardly and dead-end that was I finally got my shit together and started doing some serious cutting.
>>37879543
I read this entire thread in Ricky's voice.
>>37879543
>if I look like a 20% BF lardass, people will think I'm strong cause I'm "bigger"
Alright yokozuna, whatever you say.
>>37881253
>Aesthetic
>That guy
Nope, torso too wide, traps too big,
bomp
>>37880168
You have it backwards. Only gay men are interested in 15+% body fat guys. Lean guys are the ones that get mired by females.
>>37880168
Holy shit you're coping hard.
>>37879543
That's called giving up. Cutting too hard for u
>>37881909
>big traps
>unaesthetic
dyel
>>37879543
that's a neat way of saying 'i can't handle cutting, so i guess it's time for permabulk'', OP
was never destined for aesthetics due to pectus excavatum / perpetual lanklet
figured i might as well get strong for my weight class while i can
>>37880244
He lifts in jail
This is why he's bigger every season
>>37880304
Wtf is this gif from
>>37886678
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyLVl5QjVLs
>>37880449
You only see them doing greasy shit on camera
Behind the scenes they'd probably be doing fuck all 90% of the time
>>37880203
Sounds eerily like an excuse to not make it.
>never make it
>never try
>>37880244
He later opens his own bar & gym
>>37880308
Mr Lahey, Julian is outside with his shirt off and lifting weights and wants to have a drink with you
>>37879543
Nah, I'm not a quitter. Powerfatties are the worst and I'll never give up and become one.
>>37884495
If being aesthetic means I have to give up my weekly pizza then I don't want to be aesthetic.
le functional strength for my job as a pipe layer
>>37881909
>traps too big
Lol, even as a roider its literally impossible to get traps that are "too big" traps are what seperates man from wimp
>>37887095
Powerfatties are OK, IF they're fathers and under 40.
Then they can set a goal of looking shredded as fuck for their 40s birthday and be the best dad a child could have - strong, disciplined and better than your dad.
Excatly, stronk respect >>>>>> """""aesthetics"""""
>>37880381
saucy bastard's routine and advice is based
>>37880381
As much as I love the show, it kinda disturbs me there is TPB forum, and people frequently go there.
Cory's routine is perfectly in character tho... my god
>>37881909
>Traps too big
>too big
Never ever ever
>>37886678
community
>>37887165
Sounds like something a fat guy would say.
>I want to look strong!
So lift for strength and do your assistance exercises you dumb fuck.
>b-buh dips are 3x10 instead of 3x5 with two working sets! MY SMALLER MUSCLE GROUPS CANT HAVE MORE REPETITIONS OR THEY WILL GROW WITH THE REST OF MY BODY!
I hate this board so much you fuckers are all novices worrying about what you are going to look long term when none of you can even properly lift. The lazy neets on the steroid general have more self respect than you fucks
