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[quote]Bauber wrote:
One of the funniest conversations ever was when I got fitted for a suit about 3 months ago for my sister’s wedding. The guy was getting frustrated after about 4 jackets trying to get the right size to fit me with some comfort. His measurements weren’t correlating exactly to take into account the thickness like usual I assume.
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You know I remember when I got fitted for my tux it was just hilarious. I had to get a 50" coat, but the pants that come with a jacket that size are so big they couldn’t even adjust them down to my waist size, so I had to pay extra for a different pair of pants. And even then the guy said something like “I’m still worried it’ll be too tight across your biceps”. I shit you not he said that. I thought he must have been hitting on me or something lol.
And I’m not even that big! I can’t imagine the kind of hoops a PX or Bauber sized person would have to jump through.
If my physique would scare of my patients and thus my income.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
I think he meant it more in the way of being too big interfering with the way you function in your everyday life and activities. And YES it does happen. When I was 240 every days tasks were much more difficult, I could do many of the activities that my wife wanted to do and the likes.
An IFBB pro bodybuilder that I train often complains that when he is at his biggest he often has a head rush when he stand up from tying his shoes and a lot of big guys suffer from sleep apnea which obviously screws up your quality of life.
Sure we could be hardcore about this and say that it’s the cost of being big but the fact is that it does make it harder to function like a normal person (and don’t give me that “I don’t want to be normal” crap ;), not being able to function or do things that you’d like to do sucks regardless of your opinions).
Now, to be fair not everybody is affected by this. A strongman competitor (strongest man in Canada, top 10 in the world) is huge and functions quite well… so it really does depend on the person.[/quote]
I agree that there are “cons” to being bigger, but honestly, aside from true medical issues like sleep apnea (which I had at 290+lbs), I wouldn’t base my goals on that. Yeah, I do consider most of that the cost of trying to push your body into “uncomfortable” stages of conditioning to which it has to take time to adapt to.
I think sleep apnea is hazardous enough to reconsider your body weight.
I don’t think things like “having more gas because you eat way more than a normal person” qualifies though.
It comes with the territory.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
You’re too big when finding clothes that fit becomes a headache[/quote]
Well then I am fucking too big. Clothes are a bitch.[/quote]
I’ve been too big for a long time if going by that.
Shit, my feet are too big too.[/quote]
It’s a good thing you’ve managed to keep your ego to a manageable size, we wouldn’t want you developing your own gravitational field.
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
You’re too big when finding clothes that fit becomes a headache[/quote]
Well then I am fucking too big. Clothes are a bitch.[/quote]
I’ve been too big for a long time if going by that.
Shit, my feet are too big too.[/quote]
One of the funniest conversations ever was when I got fitted for a suit about 3 months ago for my sister’s wedding. The guy was getting frustrated after about 4 jackets trying to get the right size to fit me with some comfort. His measurements weren’t correlating exactly to take into account the thickness like usual I assume.
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Been there.
Buying dress shirts is useless without a tailor on hand.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
You’re too big when finding clothes that fit becomes a headache[/quote]
Well then I am fucking too big. Clothes are a bitch.[/quote]
I’ve been too big for a long time if going by that.
Shit, my feet are too big too.[/quote]
It’s a good thing you’ve managed to keep your ego to a manageable size, we wouldn’t want you developing your own gravitational field. [/quote]
Could you explain how you got anything about ego out of that comment?
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
How about not a physical look but what you HAVE to do to stay there. For example for me too big would be having to eat 4,000 cals a day and force food to maintain that size. [/quote]
Well, then nearly every bodybuilder at NPC level as a heavy weight would be “too big”.
[quote]bluebrasil wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
to have the kind of size that people stare at[/quote]
Understand that that is “too big” to many, many people. If it’s not to you, cool. But it is to many, and it certainly is “too big” to society.[/quote]
I get stared at. I don’t consider myself “too big”.[/quote]
I think you protest too much…
Prof, everyone thinks you are too big.
Does that make you feel good?[/quote]
This. I think this whole thread was started just so the OP could be told that his size is desirable. I can’t think of any actual reason this thread was needed. Just like Chris said, this thread is exactly like the “fullhouse” thread. Personally, I think someone like Bauber looks awesome. I’d prefer to be in a more lean condition, but that’s just me. The point is, though, I don’t see why someone needs to go around telling people that being big is what should be desired, because anything else is “letting society dictate your perceptions”. This just seems like any other X thread.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]lumbahjack wrote:
You’re too big when finding clothes that fit becomes a headache[/quote]
Well then I am fucking too big. Clothes are a bitch.[/quote]
I’ve been too big for a long time if going by that.
Shit, my feet are too big too.[/quote]
It’s a good thing you’ve managed to keep your ego to a manageable size, we wouldn’t want you developing your own gravitational field. [/quote]
Could you explain how you got anything about ego out of that comment?[/quote]
It wasn’t necessarily that post, it was your other 50 thousand posts, as well.
Kinda like how your ego is too big to realize your hypocrisy when you say you want to “avoid the natural/unnatural at all costs” and then a few posts later you accuse (someone who’s far more impressive than you are) of synthol. Not to mention, how far off the mark you were with it.
[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:
This just seems like any other X thread.[/quote]
Others see your massive ego in your posts, Professor XOXO.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
It wasn’t necessarily that post[/quote]
Ok then. Now that we have it clear that nothing I wrote here caused your comment to be written, back to the topic.
[quote]OldOgre wrote:
Here are some phrases that I will never say:
1- “I make too much money.”
2- “Waiter, can you take this steak back, it is simply too big.”
3- “Those boobs are too big.”
3.5- “There is too much junk in that trunk.”
4- “The tires on my truck are too big.”
5- “Give me the .22 because that .40 is too big.”
6- “That deer is nice and all, but it would look better on the wall if it had a smaller rack.”
7- “Naw man, put those tall boys back and get the 6er of ponies.”
8- “I have got to do something to get rid of all of these muscles.”
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Agreed.
I am “too rich” is something I never hear.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
It wasn’t necessarily that post[/quote]
Ok then. Now that we have it clear that nothing I wrote here caused your comment to be written, back to the topic.[/quote]
I think what rrj was getting at is your general attitude that is evident in your posts seems to convey a sense of superiority. Like, whenever anyone (Bauber in this case) makes a comment about being big, strong, etc., you’re always there to talk about how you’ve been there longer. Or, are bigger. Or, are stronger. You always just have to go a little further than everyone else.
For me my reasons for my pursuits go something like this in order:
The ability to do shit. (run, lift heavy stuff outside the gym, open stuck jars, est.)
Health and wellness
My love of training (the training as its own reward)
Build (size, muscularity, looking good naked)
So for me, if gaining weight, and especially fat, quickly dip into not worth it territory. The real question for me (and I think should be for anyone) is, ?is getting bigger going to make my life better?? If it can get me to my next goal in a lift, or make me look better maybe yes. If I have to increase my triglycerides, and walk instead of run with my dogs, probably not.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
For me my reasons for my pursuits go something like this in order:
The ability to do shit. (run, lift heavy stuff outside the gym, open stuck jars, est.)
Health and wellness
My love of training (the training as its own reward)
Build (size, muscularity, looking good naked)
So for me, if gaining weight, and especially fat, quickly dip into not worth it territory. The real question for me (and I think should be for anyone) is, ?is getting bigger going to make my life better?? If it can get me to my next goal in a lift, or make me look better maybe yes. If I have to increase my triglycerides, and walk instead of run with my dogs, probably not.
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Spot on.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
It wasn’t necessarily that post[/quote]
Ok then. Now that we have it clear that nothing I wrote here caused your comment to be written, back to the topic.[/quote]
What you wrote about Dan Green caused my comment.
Not only were you wrong to accuse him of something like using synthol, you did it AFTER talking about how you didn’t want to open up the PED can of worms. And like I said earlier, you were WAY fucking off about him.
But you’ll never admit that you were wrong.
X, how much are you weighing these days? Still “150lbs?”
[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:
Like, whenever anyone (Bauber in this case) makes a comment about being big, strong, etc., you’re always there to talk about how you’ve been there longer. Or, are bigger. Or, are stronger. You always just have to go a little further than everyone else.
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That really seems like your own personal issue.
If you have that much of an issue with everything I type, put me on ignore.
I can’t do anything about how YOU want to perceive me.
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[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
It wasn’t necessarily that post[/quote]
Ok then. Now that we have it clear that nothing I wrote here caused your comment to be written, back to the topic.[/quote]
What you wrote about Dan Green caused my comment.
Not only were you wrong to accuse him of something like using synthol, you did it AFTER talking about how you didn’t want to open up the PED can of worms. And like I said earlier, you were WAY fucking off about him.
But you’ll never admit that you were wrong.
X, how much are you weighing these days? Still “150lbs?”[/quote]
CT also wrote that “while he does look like it”…so you seem to be just jumping around looking for things to complain.
I am surely apologetic for daring to believe the man used synthol…even if as CT wrote, it does look like it.
I hope that makes you feel better.