[quote]csulli wrote:
But I agree with you Claudan, I kind of preferred the more chill CT, even if it was fake lol.[/quote]
LOL at “tone down that testosterone”, I’m trying to get fit.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
But I agree with you Claudan, I kind of preferred the more chill CT, even if it was fake lol.[/quote]
LOL at “tone down that testosterone”, I’m trying to get fit.[/quote]
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
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Hey, I just don’t know too many guys who can look anything close to that who would be turned off by the way he acts or speaks on video now.
Just saying.
[quote]Claudan wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Claudan wrote:
I watched a few CT videos from back in the day, and oh man, has he changed!
He used to be so cuddly<3 now he’s all business [/quote]
Cuddly?
I just can’t see cuddly anywhere.[/quote]
Drug free my sack
This, right here! from your pic, i had to look it up
talkin about his stomach LMAO[/quote]
Drug free my sack
Fake plates!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
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Hey, I just don’t know too many guys who can look anything close to that who would be turned off by the way he acts or speaks on video now.
Just saying. [/quote]
I don’t know many people on steroids who act like CT fletcher and their testosterone is pretty god damn high.
CT fletcher is a smart old black dude with an impressive physique and an excellent marketing approach.
His persona in his videos represents something young white unfulfilled young men admire and wish they possessed. CT fletcher represents the tyler burden of white suburban blue collar kids. His brashness and bravado acts as a trigger for sissified and cowed white boys who wish to live vicariously through the antithesis of the mundane white and ultimately neutered generation we see growing up.
Infact we see this in social and media figures all the time. As a young and angry kid Huey Newton was my most valued philosopher and political influence, especially his theory of inter communalism which in my opinion was wrong and deterministic, but overall was an important analysis of conditions in his era.
My favourite comedian was patrice oneal. He talked to women how white guys could not get away with. He talked straight and was completely steadfast in his masculinity, which in turn made his improvised talks on opie and anthony resonate with an audience of repressed men.
Infact I would say that the way CT markets himself to be is directly a response to how he views his audience and how he views the demand in the social market for his product.
In essence CT fletchers domineering and alpha posturing is a deep and hardwired analysis of contemporary manhood and a true representation of 2014.
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
Fake plates!
I watched that video just yesterday. I would bet those guys involved in helping make those videos must just be embarrassed to be a part of something so outrageously staged. Just my opinion, though. If you go and watch his other bench video, he struggles to get two reps with less weight than that.
[quote]Claudan wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Claudan wrote:
I watched a few CT videos from back in the day, and oh man, has he changed!
He used to be so cuddly<3 now he’s all business [/quote]
Cuddly?
I just can’t see cuddly anywhere.[/quote]
This, right here! from your pic, i had to look it up
talkin about his stomach LMAO[/quote]
“Bench pressure”?
[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:
If you go and watch his other bench video, he struggles to get two reps with less weight than that.
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I noticed that too. Now, I will admit that the weight he moves in the most recent (rebuttal) video is impressive, certainly more than I could ever do, but in his effort to refute his “haters”, he shone a light on the plausibility of the earlier clip.
S
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
[quote]J. Prufrock wrote:
If you go and watch his other bench video, he struggles to get two reps with less weight than that.
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I noticed that too. Now, I will admit that the weight he moves in the most recent (rebuttal) video is impressive, certainly more than I could ever do, but in his effort to refute his “haters”, he shone a light on the plausibility of the earlier clip.
S[/quote]
Exactly. I find it humorous that, in trying to prove the “haters” wrong, he pretty much affirmed what everybody was thinking in the first place. Also, you have to chuckle when he attempts to cover his bases by claiming that smith machine press is just as difficult as free weight. Hm.
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
[/quote]
Hey, I just don’t know too many guys who can look anything close to that who would be turned off by the way he acts or speaks on video now.
Just saying. [/quote]
I don’t know many people on steroids who act like CT fletcher and their testosterone is pretty god damn high.
CT fletcher is a smart old black dude with an impressive physique and an excellent marketing approach.
His persona in his videos represents something young white unfulfilled young men admire and wish they possessed. CT fletcher represents the tyler burden of white suburban blue collar kids. His brashness and bravado acts as a trigger for sissified and cowed white boys who wish to live vicariously through the antithesis of the mundane white and ultimately neutered generation we see growing up.
Infact we see this in social and media figures all the time. As a young and angry kid Huey Newton was my most valued philosopher and political influence, especially his theory of inter communalism which in my opinion was wrong and deterministic, but overall was an important analysis of conditions in his era.
My favourite comedian was patrice oneal. He talked to women how white guys could not get away with. He talked straight and was completely steadfast in his masculinity, which in turn made his improvised talks on opie and anthony resonate with an audience of repressed men.
Infact I would say that the way CT markets himself to be is directly a response to how he views his audience and how he views the demand in the social market for his product.
In essence CT fletchers domineering and alpha posturing is a deep and hardwired analysis of contemporary manhood and a true representation of 2014.[/quote]
Edit: Responded in wrong way before.
[quote]BrickHead wrote:
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Pj92x wrote:
[/quote]
Hey, I just don’t know too many guys who can look anything close to that who would be turned off by the way he acts or speaks on video now.
Just saying. [/quote]
I don’t know many people on steroids who act like CT fletcher and their testosterone is pretty god damn high.
CT fletcher is a smart old black dude with an impressive physique and an excellent marketing approach.
His persona in his videos represents something young white unfulfilled young men admire and wish they possessed. CT fletcher represents the tyler burden of white suburban blue collar kids. His brashness and bravado acts as a trigger for sissified and cowed white boys who wish to live vicariously through the antithesis of the mundane white and ultimately neutered generation we see growing up.
Infact we see this in social and media figures all the time. As a young and angry kid Huey Newton was my most valued philosopher and political influence, especially his theory of inter communalism which in my opinion was wrong and deterministic, but overall was an important analysis of conditions in his era.
My favourite comedian was patrice oneal. He talked to women how white guys could not get away with. He talked straight and was completely steadfast in his masculinity, which in turn made his improvised talks on opie and anthony resonate with an audience of repressed men.
Infact I would say that the way CT markets himself to be is directly a response to how he views his audience and how he views the demand in the social market for his product.
In essence CT fletchers domineering and alpha posturing is a deep and hardwired analysis of contemporary manhood and a true representation of 2014.[/quote]
Edit: Responded in wrong way before.
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Explain.
This is the true future of fitness.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
It seems that the latest pop culture act is to follow big guys around and complain/accuse about steroid use.
Viewing videos from CT Fletcher, Kali Muscle or even the Hodge Twins seems to bring with them typical youtube comments that mostly range around call outs, insults and accusations.
20 years ago, gym rats would have looked more for inspiration from guys like this…not just trying to tear them down. There would be more focus on what they did that worked…and not ignoring everything to mention a pop understanding of steroids.
What has changed…and is it really good for the serious weight lifter?[/quote]
The main reason why people focus on the truth rather than dick-riding is that what works for roiders might not work for people training naturally.
That’s why it’s annoying when “gurus” who are obviously on gear give out tips without qualifying that it works best for people on AAS.
Natties should advise other natties and vice versa.
[quote]GivehertheD wrote:
Natties should advise other natties and vice versa.
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I don’t necessarily think this is true. To say that one side doesn’t have anything to offer the other is a little close minded. If Ed Coan or Lee Haney were to tell me something I would damn sure pay attention to it whether they juiced or not. I think natty’s get in a trap of being scared of volume because “they cant recover like those AAS using guys” without ever trying it. On the flip side of that I think a lot of your assisted guys could learn a great deal from the natty’s when it comes to diet.
[quote]GivehertheD wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
It seems that the latest pop culture act is to follow big guys around and complain/accuse about steroid use.
Viewing videos from CT Fletcher, Kali Muscle or even the Hodge Twins seems to bring with them typical youtube comments that mostly range around call outs, insults and accusations.
20 years ago, gym rats would have looked more for inspiration from guys like this…not just trying to tear them down. There would be more focus on what they did that worked…and not ignoring everything to mention a pop understanding of steroids.
What has changed…and is it really good for the serious weight lifter?[/quote]
The main reason why people focus on the truth rather than dick-riding is that what works for roiders might not work for people training naturally.
That’s why it’s annoying when “gurus” who are obviously on gear give out tips without qualifying that it works best for people on AAS.
Natties should advise other natties and vice versa.
[/quote]
That sounds like a great way to make sure you never stand out yourself.
Could you explain the logic behind ignoring viewpoints from thousands of lifters based only on steroid use.
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
[quote]GivehertheD wrote:
Natties should advise other natties and vice versa.
[/quote]
I don’t necessarily think this is true. To say that one side doesn’t have anything to offer the other is a little close minded. If Ed Coan or Lee Haney were to tell me something I would damn sure pay attention to it whether they juiced or not. I think natty’s get in a trap of being scared of volume because “they cant recover like those AAS using guys” without ever trying it. On the flip side of that I think a lot of your assisted guys could learn a great deal from the natty’s when it comes to diet. [/quote]
It isn’t a little closed minded. It is a hell of a lot close minded.
It means there are people turning their noses up at other lifters because they think they are too big to tell them anything.
That only makes sense if your goal is to be as average as possible.
GiverhertheD should just say “Fuck average”.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
It means there are people turning their noses up at other lifters because they think they are too big to tell them anything.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that’s the last thing it means, that you shouldn’t listen to someone because they’re “too big.”
S