[quote]CodyJay wrote:
Professor X
Who is more likely to do some damage to that purse snatcher, the 140lbs guy who stayed near 140lbs because he was afraid of being “nonfunctional”, or the jacked 220lbs guy who can bench twice the attacker’s weight?
well i think the 140lbs can do more damage then the 220lbs pound person[/quote]
Is this a serious question or a terrible attempt at kissing ass?
[quote]TriGWU wrote:
CodyJay wrote:
Professor X
Who is more likely to do some damage to that purse snatcher, the 140lbs guy who stayed near 140lbs because he was afraid of being “nonfunctional”, or the jacked 220lbs guy who can bench twice the attacker’s weight?
well i think the 140lbs can do more damage then the 220lbs pound person
Is this a serious question or a terrible attempt at kissing ass?[/quote]
He was quoting a post of mine and thought that commenting about how much damage a 140lber could do would be an interesting addition. It wasn’t. He weighs 140lbs. I guess that was his point. There seems to be a large undercurrent of 140lbs people on this site who get their feathers ruffled if you imply that they aren’t very strong…because we all know they are stronger than most people in the gym.
smiley faced thingy rolling eyes
[quote]TriGWU wrote:
CodyJay wrote:
Professor X
Who is more likely to do some damage to that purse snatcher, the 140lbs guy who stayed near 140lbs because he was afraid of being “nonfunctional”, or the jacked 220lbs guy who can bench twice the attacker’s weight?
well i think the 140lbs can do more damage then the 220lbs pound person
Is this a serious question or a terrible attempt at kissing ass?[/quote]
Tri
I must admit, I didn’t know how to take that post so I let it lay there.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
There seems to be a large undercurrent of 140lbs people on this site who get their feathers ruffled if you imply that they aren’t very strong…because we all know they are stronger than most people in the gym.
smiley faced thingy rolling eyes[/quote]
CodyJay’s profile lists:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Training: 5
Squat (from March 14 thread called 'Deadlift - Squat): 160lb
the last two #'s say more than I possibly can in 1 post
[quote]john p wrote:
Professor X wrote:
There seems to be a large undercurrent of 140lbs people on this site who get their feathers ruffled if you imply that they aren’t very strong…because we all know they are stronger than most people in the gym.
smiley faced thingy rolling eyes
CodyJay’s profile lists:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Training: 5
Squat (from March 14 thread called 'Deadlift - Squat): 160lb
the last two #'s say more than I possibly can in 1 post[/quote]
I’m changing my profile right now!lol
Wow…
I really must be missing something… because I thought that the answer was “simple” (and in many ways I still do)…
Anyway…my take and a comment…
To me it’s simple…a) the point at which it begins to effect your personal sense of what is aesthetic and/or b) begins to affect your personal goals…
2) Unless someone has a difficult time with obesity, I fail to see where staying skinny could be conceived as a “Goal”…
Just don’t train…eat like crap… do TONS of aerobics… and maybe smoke…that’s it…
I’m not one to bust someone’s balls about their goals (okay…the “Brad Pitt”/Ed Norton in “American X” stuff gets on my nerves…)…but for the most part, if you want to be and stay small, it’s seems simple to do…
Your abs will show…Abercombie and Fitch will love you…and pre-teen girls will put posters of you on their wall…
Just my take…
Mufasa
More like:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Masturbating: 5
Squat 160lb
wow and i thought codyjay was being sarcastic
i’ve only been squatting a few months and i’m pretty sure i can squat at least 160…
[quote]Vintor wrote:
wow and i thought codyjay was being sarcastic
i’ve only been squatting a few months and i’m pretty sure i can squat at least 160…[/quote]
I squat 160 every time I get off the toilet after…
well, I think you get the gist
Wow, StevenF, our situations are almost exactly the same. (I’m 6 ft 200 pounds or so)
As for the strength/bodyweight, as you get bigger, your strength/bodyweight ratio will go up. Try competing in a powerlifting competition and see how well you do in your own weight class. After you are blown out of the water, you will realise gaining weight is the only way you will ever be able to compete at a high level. How do I know this? Because I’m going to have to gain at least 15 pounds more of muscle before I can qualify for nationals.
[quote]CodyJay wrote:
Professor X
Who is more likely to do some damage to that purse snatcher, the 140lbs guy who stayed near 140lbs because he was afraid of being “nonfunctional”, or the jacked 220lbs guy who can bench twice the attacker’s weight?
well i think the 140lbs can do more damage then the 220lbs pound person[/quote]
Please elaborate (or tell me it is just a joke and I am slow in the uptake).
[quote]TriGWU wrote:
More like:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Masturbating: 5
Squat 160lb
[/quote]
That caused a laughing spasm for me, can’t explain just why but damn, hahahahahahha!
[quote]Jeff Shek wrote:
Professor X,
I don’t get why your choosing to be vindictive, but whatever.[/quote]
He’s obviously upset because he’s so big he can’t get the pads into his XXXL motorcycle jacket. Don’t you read all the threads here? 
[quote]TriGWU wrote:
More like:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Masturbating: 5
Squat 160lb
[/quote]
Another angry stickboy posting on a b.b. website: PRICELESS!
(I know it’s cliche’ I couldn’t resist)
I slept on it and figured out the mugger riddle.
The kid wants to be an arrow when he grows up. An arrow is realy skinny and fast. He can fly up from behind the mugger and stick in his ribs!
Do I win? How about a tub of Grow!?
[quote]john p wrote:
CodyJay’s profile lists:
Weight: 140
Height: 5-8
Bodyfat: 5-7%
Years Training: 5
Squat (from March 14 thread called 'Deadlift - Squat): 160lb
the last two #'s say more than I possibly can in 1 post[/quote]
Oh, boy.
Me:
Weight 160
Height: 5-7
WEEKS Training (correctly): 3
Squat: 185
I just had to comment. If I’m still squatting 185 after 5 years I might as well give up and take up ballet. Not trying to be an asshole, but I just don’t get it. Whatever happened to strength even if staying at a low mass?
I still maintain that Jeff Shek’s entire intial post is superfluous and irrelevent. Like I said before, as an athlete, he (you-jeff, you there?) need to just do your damn training and your body will just work itself out to what’s right for your sport.
I stopped reading after
If a 140 put ProfX in an armbar, he could probably curl out of it.
Food for ADD, I mean, thought.
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
I stopped reading after
I feel a deep connection to those 140lbers. In fact, I am one.
[/quote]
I went and got a soda and a bag of popcorn! nothing on the tube tonight, no worries, I get to see this dumb kid get shredded! Woo Hoo!
Anyways, dude, being fast has so much more to it than how much you weigh. Some people are just faster, i’m willing to bet that no matter what you weighed, you would never catch me. Not in 100m not in 20 miles, so really, whats the point. Your just setting yourself up for failure, see you take off running and the guy already has a good 50 ft on ya, he ends up dusting you, and you come back to t-vixen with your tail between your skinny legs like a little puppy and she what? Falls in love?
Freaking jeeze
v
Size isn’t the most important factor in a fight. Sure if you have two guys of the same or similar skill levels then the bigger guy will normally win.
However the pure snatcher analogy is flawed. Matt Hughes weights, around, 169 lbs but I would dare say that he could do more damage to a purse snatcher than a 250 lbs bodybuilder. Likewise, a 250 lbs guy who knew how to fight would stand more chance than a 140 lbs who couldn’t
My brother once told me a story. Around ‘95 he was out with a friend of his and saw a guy who was a tubby out of shape 160 lbs beat the crap out of two massive bouncers. So badly, in fact, that the paramedics had to come and strap on an oxygen mask and all that stuff on one of them. People like that are rare but they are out there.
Basically the point is that the fight analogy is flawed. If you want to learn to fight or be good at fighting lifting helps but the most important thing is to go and learn how to fight.