Hey ShortDave! Haven’t seen you post in a while.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
jimmybango wrote:
Here a couple shots from a show I did two years ago. These were taken on Friday morning after we applied the Pro-Tan for the Saturday show.
These are the most recent digital pics I have, but I plan on getting some at next week’s show so I can post those too.
I don’t have any Lat Spreads b/c I didn’t want to put my hands on my waist as the Pro-Tan was not completely dry…!
I welcome all criticism
You don’t look anything like your avatar.[/quote]
On a carb depletion day I’m close
If that’s a picture of you in the avatar, I’d say it’d be just fine to pose.
RB
[quote]ShortDave wrote:
I will pose and I will yell at my training partner when he isn’t putting enough effort into a lift,
I will sweat
and I will stink.
I will make as much noise and disturb every person in the gym that isn’t focusing enough on their own workouts that they could possibly be bothered by a person who stands off to the side and strikes a pose.
I will do that and they can shake their heads and laugh all they want, because I do this for me, nobody else.
BECAUSE I AM CANADIAN!!!
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Sounds suspiciously like a Molson Canadian ad.
As for the replies to my remark about ‘what’s wrong with guys who lift just to get laid…’ I was kidding, but I see the point.
|/ 3Toes
It may have been just that picture, but your posture in the most muscular wasn’t perfect. But as you said it was early, and not on stage. Otherwise you look great. Good symmetry, very nice lines and balance.
If you looked like your avatar I think we would all be very happy.
[quote]ShortDave wrote:
Rockscar wrote:
I respect that you like to pose, just keep it out of the gym as far as I’m concerned. I guess it depends on the gym, but I’d be the guy smiling and shaking his head.
This coming from the guy who is posing in his avatar and displaying it on THE INTERNET.
I have no problem with posing, I don’t compete and don’t plan on competing, I work out for me, I stretch out my muscles after a set, and I will oftentimes pose between sets as well. I generally do it out of the way or in other rooms, but I have also trained with a few Pro bodybuilders from time to time, and they posed, I posed, random other people posed. It was fun.
It seems like a few people here think the gym is a monestary or something, do I shake my head that you may not be using as much weight as me? Is there a magic weight that a person has to be before they can flex and pose? how about a certain poundage before somebody can use the squat rack? Maybe 500lbs, you can’t use the rack for anything less than a 500lbs squat, because honestly, anything less than that is laughable.
And from now on, nobody can use a 5X5 program until they bench twice their bodyweight.
Honestly, I will pose and I will yell at my training partner when he isn’t putting enough effort into a lift, I will sweat and I will stink.
I will make as much noise and disturb every person in the gym that isn’t focusing enough on their own workouts that they could possibly be bothered by a person who stands off to the side and strikes a pose.
I will do that and they can shake their heads and laugh all they want, because I do this for me, nobody else.
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Right on.
Do whatever the fuck turns your crank in the gym. You pay your dues…you pose , you lift, you belch and fart and yell at your partner if you want to.
Gym etiquete? WTF is that?
Here are the rules as I see them.
When you fart you must do it while changing work stations so as to difuse the odor somewhat.
When you pose you have better be less than 15% bodyfat and have arms that are at least 50% the size of your waist.
When you yell at your training partner during a lift he better have more than a pair of 10’s on the bar.
When you belch you better have just finished your final set of 25 leg presses with a weight at least double your bodyweight.
God will forgive you all your trespasses as long as your hard core.
On the other hand if your a fucking fairy and do any of the above you will burn in hell forever and ever.
Did I mention that screaming and grunting while doing tricep kickbacks is the most mortal sin of all and you will go to spandex hell where everyone will wear purple and have perfect hair.