[quote]SSC wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]SSC wrote:
That’s my .02. If Professor X (sub in with any other truly notable member) decided to do a show this upcoming June you can bet your ass there’d be three times as many people being critical about it. That’s part of the game - If you can’t handle the heat, get the fudge out of the kitchen. Not sure if this makes any sense when written out.[/quote]
And this is why I would not post my progress at that level on this site in the forums. Why would I put myself through that? They already act like everything I write needs to be analyzed like I’m in court and the bottom line is, the better shape I get in, the more people will simply hate on it. What benefit is it for someone more experienced to get hounded by people who don’t even look like serious weight lifters or who don’t even have pics of themselves up at all?
This isn’t about not being able to take the heat.
It’s like some loud woman claiming a man doesn’t want to be with her because he can’t handle a woman like that…when the truth is, why would he want to?
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I’m not totally sure if I’m reading the context of your writing correctly, so forgive me if I’m totally off-basis with my response. You’re right, it’s not about being able to take the heat.
However, when doing a local show you’d better have a damn fine physique to present on stage. So much of what goes into those shows is political, so going in to a show without the best possible physique is setting yourself up for failure. If Akuma is too self-conscious to show pictures of his stomach and whatever else on a (basically) anonymous online forum, it’s going to be 20x tougher for him to do it in person with his friends, family, competitors, and (possibly clueless) judges all watching him.
The original reason I addressed Skynett’s point was because the guys who before DID call him out make progress. A lot of it, consistently.
I hope Akuma all the best, and I’m very curious to see how muscular he really is in contest shape… but I also find it to be kind of a sham the way the events transpired.
Akuma: Doing a show!
Them: Ok, zweet. Pictures?
Akuma: Here’s some wearing a parka!
Them: Not enough.
Akuma: Gawd whatever everyone needs to back off and let me do my thing.
Crickets
Now, less than three months out from the show, he’s no where to be found.[/quote]
Fucker please, there are people at the gym who have competed that I would take the opinion of LONG before I gave a shit what some skinny fuckers on this site have to say when most haven’t been able to break 15" on their biceps yet and even more can’t figure out how to ramp up in weight without a scientific calculator.
These are the same people who acted like I was obese for years even though they are still small.
There MAY be 4 people on this site (if you include CT) that I would even pay attention to as far as advice on what I should do to be stage ready and that is because they have been there and done that themselves…and made mistakes and learned from them. The rest seem to be more caught up in finding a fault than actually learning themselves.
If that wasn’t the case, this site would have way more really built people on it after the last fucking decade.
With that in mind, what the living fuck of a benefit will it do me to look for advice here when most here need to be TAKING advice?
What will the average poster inform me of? What brilliant light of wisdom will come from the guy who benches 135lbs, trains “TBT” 2-3 times a week and thinks 160lbs is "too big’?
I really want to know.