Swole Animals?

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Okay, bear with me here. I don’t really know where I’m going with this, but I may have a general idea.

Just a moment ago, I was petting one of my parent’s cats. It’s fat. Squishing its furry belly in between my hands did bring me great satisfaction and delight, but then I started to wonder…

Are all animals predisposed to genetic limitations / development such as the human animal?

For instance, my parents own four cats. Two are extremely obese, two look like normal cats. They all get the same amount and type of food, and are all indoor cats. What gives?

Now roll with me here, this is where the ride gets bumpy. Let’s take a squirrel for instance. Pretend this squirrel has an instatiable appetite, and bases its diet from high amounts of protein, fat, and fiber (nuts.) Then, for whatever reason, let’s say the squirrel does a taxing physical activity… like carring around another squirrel on its back doing tree sprints or some shit (I’m reaching here.) Would the squirrel not become bigger, faster, stronger?

Now, let’s flip the cards. Say the squirrel doesn’t have good genetics for muscle gain without excess fat gains as well (meso or whatever.) Because this squirrel then has no conscious thought, and can’t look at itself and say “Damn, I’m a fat-fuck now,” is it lazy and unmotivated?

I’m talking about intrinsic conscious thoughts vs. food intake/work output here, sort of. And I’m not trying to make this is a metaphor for humans, because we ARE capable of this kind of thinking.

Does any of this even make any damn sense? This thread sucks.

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100% natural. Squirrel is on roids.

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Would squirrels respond to resistance training and a modified diet? Most likely. Are there genetic differences among cats like there are among humans? Yes. Are there genetic limits to how buff, strong, fast animals can get? This makes sense – do you think you could make your house cats as strong as you are with diet and exercise?

Pitbulls trained for serious fights (no, I’m not advocating this and I don’t do it) are fed precisely calibrated diets, run on treadmills, and do resistance training. Similar (but less intense) stuff for showdogs. And animals are affected by their environment, just like people. Domesticated pets fall prey to many of the same maladies their couch-potato owners do.

Finally, we live in a world where certain kinds of effort are no longer necessary to our survival. A lot of specialized exercise comes out of trying to fill that gap. This is not the situation for wild animals.

Though, I suppose if you were suddenly made a squirrel (a la the old Disney Sword in the Stone) you could use your superior human intellect to modify your diet and training and be the buffest squirrel of all. I think the next step would be to raise a squirrel army, chew through out communications and power lines, overthrow humanity, and take over the world. It could be done.

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The lion reminds me… there was an article in National Geographic awhile back about a pride of lions that lives in a place w/a lot of deep marsh. To hunt their prey (cape buffalo? watter buffalo?), the lionesses have to charge through deep water. They are thus “resistance trained” and very, very buff. Not like super-dog up there, but the photos were striking – if regular lions were equal to regular human joes (er, janes in this case), then these lionesses looked like Maurice Green.

Which reminds me of the comic book Pride of Baghdad – good read:
http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=5723

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[quote]SSC wrote:
like carring around another squirrel on its back doing tree sprints or some shit (I’m reaching here.)

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I like fishsticks, and I like squirells. And squirells- not unlike fishsticks -all look exactly the same. Maybe squirels eating fishsticks is the answer. Or maybe the shear awesomeness of that act would be too much for the world to comprehend and we’d all blow up from the impact.

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[quote]SSC wrote:
Okay, bear with me here. I don’t really know where I’m going with this, but I may have a general idea.

Just a moment ago, I was petting one of my parent’s cats. It’s fat. Squishing its furry belly in between my hands did bring me great satisfaction and delight, but then I started to wonder…

Are all animals predisposed to genetic limitations / development such as the human animal?

For instance, my parents own four cats. Two are extremely obese, two look like normal cats. They all get the same amount and type of food, and are all indoor cats. What gives?

Now roll with me here, this is where the ride gets bumpy. Let’s take a squirrel for instance. Pretend this squirrel has an instatiable appetite, and bases its diet from high amounts of protein, fat, and fiber (nuts.) Then, for whatever reason, let’s say the squirrel does a taxing physical activity… like carring around another squirrel on its back doing tree sprints or some shit (I’m reaching here.) Would the squirrel not become bigger, faster, stronger?

Now, let’s flip the cards. Say the squirrel doesn’t have good genetics for muscle gain without excess fat gains as well (meso or whatever.) Because this squirrel then has no conscious thought, and can’t look at itself and say “Damn, I’m a fat-fuck now,” is it lazy and unmotivated?

I’m talking about intrinsic conscious thoughts vs. food intake/work output here, sort of. And I’m not trying to make this is a metaphor for humans, because we ARE capable of this kind of thinking.

Does any of this even make any damn sense? This thread sucks.[/quote]

Dude…how much did you smoke before you wrote this?

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Something about this elephant is pretty swole…n.

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speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.

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[quote]PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.[/quote]

I breed razors edge pits. They’re a bully breed built very low to the ground with giant heads and wide, thick musculature. I’ve been at bully shows and personally witnessed dogs pull over 5,000lbs of shit stacked on a “sled” connected to a harness strapped to the dog. It’s ridculously impressive/cool to watch up close.

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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.

I breed razors edge pits. They’re a bully breed built very low to the ground with giant heads and wide, thick musculature. I’ve been at bully shows and personally witnessed dogs pull over 5,000lbs of shit stacked on a “sled” connected to a harness strapped to the dog. It’s ridculously impressive/cool to watch up close.[/quote]

yah it is. i’m glad someone knew what i was talking about

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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.

I breed razors edge pits. They’re a bully breed built very low to the ground with giant heads and wide, thick musculature. I’ve been at bully shows and personally witnessed dogs pull over 5,000lbs of shit stacked on a “sled” connected to a harness strapped to the dog. It’s ridculously impressive/cool to watch up close.[/quote]

Got any vids? I found a few on youtube. This one is badass: pitbull record - YouTube

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[quote]PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.[/quote]

The equivalent of a canine powerlifter
http://www.englishmastiff.com/Moses_2004.html

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[quote]99blkta wrote:
PlayoffsOrBust wrote:
speaking of swole animals, has anyone ever seen those competitions where dogs pull weighted sleds (not like Iditarod, but like we do for conditioning)? some of those dogs are swole as shit.

i’ve generally just seen pitbulls and rotweilers, but i’m sure most dogs would be able to do it at some level.

The equivalent of a canine powerlifter
http://www.englishmastiff.com/Moses_2004.html[/quote]

Serious dog like serious weight.

Ps.
Best car ever

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Ah, great. My thread got overrun by people who like to make dogs lift weights.

Have fun.

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is this a good idea? how the fuck are you going to walk a dog like this?

can you put creatine in their water bowls?

can you give them fish oil?

if you had one of those fighting fish could you crush a caffiene pill and sprinkle it into its tank? what about adding jello to it for resistance training?