[quote]sharetrader wrote:
Professor X wrote:
sharetrader wrote:
IronWarrior24 wrote:
I say fuck what this statistical analysis says. Don’t let this shit crush your hopes or dreams. Use this as fuel for the fire. Go lift. Get bigger than anyone thinks you can. Prove the people who doubt you wrong. After all, your only limits are self-imposed.
You wish. I issue a challenge to all those who say this analysis is BS. Prove it. Get yourself into bodybuilding contest shape, take the pics to prove it, take a pic of yourself on the scales weighing more than this formula predicts.
I predict there will be exactly zero people who succeed. What is more, I doubt if there are any of you out there who have the guts to take up the challenge. After all, you might be proved wrong.
I don’t currently compete and I won’t be dieting down over the next few months just to prove something to some guy over the internet who has never even shown pictures of what he himself looks like at all.
That link I posted is to an episode of American Muscle about Delino Dixon who competed naturally at over 220lbs in contest shape at 5’11" (getting to 230lbs at his last contest that I remember him competing in years back).
Not one of the guys measured in that “study” were holding those types of measurements. Usually, any time a bodybuilder gets to a level that most can’t reach, they start questioning whether he is natural which means no one could ever “prove” this to you. You could simply claim they aren’t any time someone exceeds the measurements of that chart.
I do have to ask why someone would defend the idea that no one could pass that mark. Would I be right in assuming that you are nowhere near a size that would impress too many people? Could that be the reason?
I don’t defend the idea that noone could pass that mark. I would be delighted if someone took up my challenge and succeeded.
My size is irrelevant to the issue. For the record, I am 5’10" and weigh around 240 (obviously I am NOT in bodybuilding contest shape).
BTW, WRT Deline Dixon, I found this quote
“Not to Bash but I know Muscle Mania is not a all natural show, they only tested 4 guys out of 200 with a urine test.The guys they tested were all novices, lol they didnt test any open or pro athletes, lol.Plus the guy who won the overall pro division Delino Dixon who lives in the same town as me, failed his pre emplyment drug test a week after he won the MuscleMania Pro.If you know about casinos, they test for steroids and recrational drugs.I have known Delino Dixon 15 years, and he was 200 lbs, then 2 years later he was 235 lbs on stage at Musclemania Pro.”
here
Not that I am saying he is not natural (that poster may have had an axe to grind) but it seems there is some evidence that he might not be.
Regarding your not dieting down to contest shape, that is fine. But until you do I feel free to doubt that you would exceed the formula results if you did.[/quote]
Well Professor X, you sure called this one. You said that somebody would always claim that someone wasn’t natural when they reached a certain level, and here you go. People always have to find an excuse for why someone is better off than they are. But, notice it’s never the person’s own fault.