I love that movie. Picked it up with another couple of 80s classics for a few bucks when the wiz went out of business -lol
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Doesnāt get nearly enough love. If you were a wrestler, it was YOUR āRockyā. And every guy after that wanted a climbing peg board, haha.
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It was awesome how many specialty Rocky movies for every kind of Scrappy Underdog there were in the 80s. Rad for bmxāers, Winners Take All for dirt bikes, Best of the Best for TKD, Roadhouse for bouncers, and on and on.
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I still havenāt seen that. Iāve seen a couple of clips now, but not the actual movie.
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The 80ās were a magic era for meathead inspirational movies (and soundtracks)
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Back to the topic of natty guns, lifting and shows. @unreal24278 @The_Mighty_Stu
I found a pic of my arms likely at their biggest three-plus years ago. I think they were over 17 here, but not much over.
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Nice!!!
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Yeah, brick is pretty self depreciating, but he had some damn good arms. On any one of average height, anything over 16, 16 1/2 lean let alone in contest shape is damn good!
The biggest mine were off-season was 18āā¦
In contest shape though, I was about 17 1/2, but like I always point out, my arms were a definite strong point for me.
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My biggest arms were 15ā¦ they donāt grow, this was at a BW of 165, around 15% BF and a height of 55, chest was about 46, neck was 18-19 (huge neck) etcā¦ my arms donāt fucking grow. Iām smaller now (behaved like an absolute idiot in Europeā¦ came back here, got injured almost immediately, now I have the flu)
Interestingly given my small frame (6.2 inch wrists) 15 inch arms didnāt look all that bad
But compared to my chest, back etc they were disproportionately small. Being a professional bodybuilder do you have any tips for when I can really get back into training?
you were seventeen years old? Or are you referring to arm size. Idāve pegged you to be in youāre mid twenties here
Youāve also got the problem with hair on youāre shoulders and arms (though I have it worse).
Do you notice people make nasty comments about it? Do you shave/laser it off
That was shortly after shaving it. I am VERY hairy! My wife shaves my bod. If I let my body hair grow out fully and then itās shaved, there is a pretty hefty pile left. I bet you Iām hairier than you. Lol.
No one has ever said anything nasty.
I donāt think you could possibly be hairier than I amā¦ I canāt exactly take a pic as I donāt have a camera to use as Iāve specifiedā¦ but Iāve got hair on my
- forearms (inner and outer)
- hands
- fingers (only a few though)
- shoulders (curly)
- biceps/triceps
- stomach (a thick line going all the way up to my chest and hair coats the rest of my stomach)
- chest
- back
- neck
- legs
- toes
- feet
Itās not just a few hairs eitherā¦ itās fucking everywhere. I keep the hair trimmed/shaved now to avoid comments being made
Iāve been picked on quite a bit for itā¦ some of the girls within my cohort (before I graduated) have made some very nasty comments. Iāve gotten a few nasty comments from randoms when out in public (itās genetic, my father is also very hairy)ā¦ Thereās a family friend that works within a laser hair removal clinic who said I should get some hair taken offā¦ but I canāt afford it
I took it in my stride and made out like I didnāt careā¦ but it hurtā¦ they made me feel as if I was repulsive over something I couldnāt control. I hope in college theyāll be slightly more mature
I CAN grow a beard if I donāt shave, but Iāve never gotten past the initial stages as I donāt like the initial messy look, so I keep it trimmed down to a 1-2cm length
Think heās referring to arm size, in inches.
Lol yeah, I was using the auto dictate on my phone, so I didnāt explicitly say inches.
I was probably mid-late 30ās in the off season pic and 38 in the prep one (pretty sure that was the year I did the America and the Hercules shows)
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Lean 17-18 inch arms natty aināt no joke. I think the genetics to do that arenāt common to the average gym rat but obviously they do exist. Also probably depends on the frame of the person. Short arms (such as mine) get really large with little muscle.
Me and my brother in law are kind Of opposites. Iām 5 8 heās 6 1 Iām short limbed compact and his wing span is greater than his height. We joke cause Iām obviously more muscular than him(I should be Iāve been training a lot longer and I can move a lot more weight than him) but put what I have on his arms and heād probably just look toned a little but still not big.
My right arm measures 17 1/4 and left 17 last time I measured but Iām not lean right now. I got at least another 20lbs to go and Iām currently down almost 30.
Itās truly amazing how easy it is to under shoot how much you need to lose to look decent. I figured Iād be happy losing from 230 to 200 now that Iām here Iām obviously in better health and happier but I still got more to go. My goal was just 12-13% bf and I never thought I was 50 lbs away from that when I started dieting. You guys find this to be the issue with clients you coach?
Sorry I started ramblingā¦
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Dude, youāre 19. You have many years and thousands of reps before you can start speaking in past tense and say things like āmy arms donāt growā. 
They donāt grow as quick as the rest of my body doesā¦ lets put it that way. Whatās the point of attacking me here?
They were 15, Iāve currently got the flu (not eating at all), prior to that got injuredā¦ theyāre like 14.5 now, theyāll regain initial size quickly though
Remember Iām slightly under 5ā5 (or 5ā5 at a push)
My other stats were fine, my arms lag behind
Well Iām almost 30 and they are barely 16" when Iām lean so I guess itās time I accept I have shitty genetics or that Iāll never know how to train properly 
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Thatās not an attack. Thatās actually encouragement. You literally have decades, like 2 of them of Good lifting in you, followed by at least a couple more that are also just dandy.
Itās perspective. I waited till about 40 before saying āAh, maybe Iām not cut out to be like, a mass monster. Maybe 170 or so is about as far as Iām going.ā.
So by my math you have about 20 some years.
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