QUOTE(hoxy @ Jan 14 2012, 10:50 PM)
Honestly, I dont understand bodybuilding and all different muscle you guys are looking to develop and noticing lack of development.
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Well I just want to impress myself and other people

. Self satisfactory you can say.
QUOTE(hoxy @ Jan 15 2012, 08:05 AM)
Heh, I watch a LOT of youtube video and everytime I see a large bodybuilder pull some strength feat, I am never surprised! Quite the contrary, it is expected. It makes sense right? Bodybuilder who has muscle size only need to train their CNS. Quite obvious.
There is a big difference between pulling a strength feat while looking like a godzilla compared to looking just average. I'm never surprised... in fact, I like it. I like it because there are lots of other lesser looking guy than you who can express strength real good beyond their size (or your size). If you bring the standard down, actually I have already achieved OAC, but I am a perfectionist. One guy in our thread are really near to my defined perfection in OAP and he looks just... lean. =) Since you already set your mind on OAP, I'd say go for it. Good luck!
I dont have any idea on aesthetics. When I see picture over here, I see lots of fine body...
Well after reading shanecross's reply, I read your post once again in his POV. And maybe it is the influence of his post that change the way I read it.
What I'm trying to say is that his 2,3 point makes sense. I wouldn't say you're skinny. Ripped to me.
You have your topic specially for calisthenics and probably not telling us why we want to show off our progress.
Though after your reply, I went to the calisthenics topic and find it interesting and shall research bout it. Thanks in a way.
QUOTE(darklight79 @ Jan 15 2012, 02:33 PM)
Well said. Diplomatic and straight to the point. I've never said something about this till now but him coming in and making a post like that in the previous page was subtly disparaging to all
of us decent sized people. My issue is not with him being small, my issue with him being small and indirectly whining about it, choosing not to do something about it and making suboptimal lifts.
I may be a bodybuilder oriented trainee but nothing, NOTHING beats the big 3 to judge pure strength and power. Heck, even strongman competitions have lifts based on a variation of the big 3. Who cares about planches, or... hip thrusts, butt thrusts, etc??? Not impressive at all imo.
Everyone has a choice. They're born frail and weak and they die the same way. But how they look like in between is up to them. If you want to stay small, then stay small and keep doing all the suboptimal lifts. Don't keep harping on how much you can lift for your size.
I did not know you qualify into decent sized people.