There are many things good about being strong and have some muscles. But what are the bad things?
Like people say “Hey, can you help me with that? You are always lifting weights so you can skip a day in the gym and help me dig some holes or move those 500 chairs”
Or when some guys ask “Do you take protein??” No… I never eat any protein? Just sugar and sand.
And I’ve noticed… There are more guys than chicks looking at me :s
LOL.
Hey, if more guys than chicks are looking at you, then stop painting your nails already.
Okay, kidding.
I think guys notice stuff like muscles and can’t help the “oh shit, that guy’s big” comparison look. If they give you a funny look then smack 'em upside the head!
Anyway, c’mon, the physical labor stuff is good. Look at it as a way to mix things up, find new ways to get sore muscles, and have a bit of fun hopefully.
Everyone loves attention. Big muscles will get people to pay you mind.
It does get a bit annoying when you’re always the “go to guy” for carrying refrigerators up/down basement stairs, unloading truckloads of rock, etc…
A little more gratitude than a “thanks” would be nice. I don’t mean cash, but if I’m going to be humping rock for a couple of hours being fed and watered would be nice.
It’s almost as bad as being known as the “computer guy” who gets hit on for everybody’s PC issues. A lot of time gets invested with this stuff!
Needing to pay big bucks for tailored dress shirts, pants, suits and jackets is one of the worst things.
[quote]Ryu13 wrote:
Everyone loves attention. Big muscles will get people to pay you mind.[/quote]
True. Also, guys will stare and make comments because someone with more muscle mass looks “hyper-masculine”. You stand out, look stronger than most people, and regardless of what many may say, more wish they had the genetics and drive to look anything like that. Girls pay attention as well. This weekend, at a gas station, this woman walks up to me (obviously just fresh from the club) and says, “How much can you bench?”…“You look nice now but don’t get any bigger. Those really big bodybuilder guys look funny”. Mind you, women were pretty much saying the same thing years ago when I was only about 200lbs. The worst part about being bigger is simply standing out even when you don’t want to. You can give up “blending in” when most of your clothes qualify as “big and tall”.
[quote]slt wrote:
Needing to pay big bucks for tailored dress shirts, pants, suits and jackets is one of the worst things.[/quote]
This is damn annoying. I don’t even consider myself that big and I have to do this. Fashion and the clothesmakers are supremely stupid.
That my clothes seldom fit and that I can’t get in clubs where the bouncer is smaller then me and has some sort of complex (shaved head doesn’t help either).
I don’t even consider myself big. But my friends are always saying that. I mean… I’m little big, but I don’t think I’m some troll when I look into mirror.
Anyway, those guys… I went to a party yesterday for couple of minutes (wasn’t drinking and had to go to test today) and at least 3 guys grabbed my arm and started to talk to me about my biceps… And no, it wasn’t weird homosexual party 
And when I was skinny, I didn’t mind if I were hungry… I wasn’t building muscles so I didn’t care. But now the worst thing in the world is being hungry.
[quote]Columbu wrote:
I don’t even consider myself big. But my friends are always saying that. I mean… I’m little big, but I don’t think I’m some troll when I look into mirror.
Anyway, those guys… I went to a party yesterday for couple of minutes (wasn’t drinking and had to go to test today) and at least 3 guys grabbed my arm and started to talk to me about my biceps… And no, it wasn’t weird homosexual party
And when I was skinny, I didn’t mind if I were hungry… I wasn’t building muscles so I didn’t care. But now the worst thing in the world is being hungry.
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Awwww, that’s so cute.
We’ve all been there. When you are first starting, all of that is new to you. It will become routine if you stick with this and won’t come as such a shock to your system every time someone thinks you stand out. Take pictures of yourself now and in 5 years, you won’t believe how little it takes to get people started. To the average sedentary person, any guy with arms over 15" is “big”.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Columbu wrote:
I don’t even consider myself big. But my friends are always saying that. I mean… I’m little big, but I don’t think I’m some troll when I look into mirror.
Anyway, those guys… I went to a party yesterday for couple of minutes (wasn’t drinking and had to go to test today) and at least 3 guys grabbed my arm and started to talk to me about my biceps… And no, it wasn’t weird homosexual party
And when I was skinny, I didn’t mind if I were hungry… I wasn’t building muscles so I didn’t care. But now the worst thing in the world is being hungry.
Awwww, that’s so cute.
We’ve all been there. When you are first starting, all of that is new to you. It will become routine if you stick with this and won’t come as such a shock to your system every time someone thinks you stand out. Take pictures of yourself now and in 5 years, you won’t believe how little it takes to get people started. To the average sedentary person, any guy with arms over 15" is “big”.[/quote]
This is true. Or even to people who work out but don’t eat for mass and don’t try to get bigger.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Columbu wrote:
I don’t even consider myself big. But my friends are always saying that. I mean… I’m little big, but I don’t think I’m some troll when I look into mirror.
Anyway, those guys… I went to a party yesterday for couple of minutes (wasn’t drinking and had to go to test today) and at least 3 guys grabbed my arm and started to talk to me about my biceps… And no, it wasn’t weird homosexual party
And when I was skinny, I didn’t mind if I were hungry… I wasn’t building muscles so I didn’t care. But now the worst thing in the world is being hungry.
Awwww, that’s so cute.
We’ve all been there. When you are first starting, all of that is new to you. It will become routine if you stick with this and won’t come as such a shock to your system every time someone thinks you stand out. Take pictures of yourself now and in 5 years, you won’t believe how little it takes to get people started. To the average sedentary person, any guy with arms over 15" is “big”.[/quote]
holy cow, my arms are only 2 inches away from being “big”
I can’t wait!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Columbu wrote:
I don’t even consider myself big. But my friends are always saying that. I mean… I’m little big, but I don’t think I’m some troll when I look into mirror.
Anyway, those guys… I went to a party yesterday for couple of minutes (wasn’t drinking and had to go to test today) and at least 3 guys grabbed my arm and started to talk to me about my biceps… And no, it wasn’t weird homosexual party
And when I was skinny, I didn’t mind if I were hungry… I wasn’t building muscles so I didn’t care. But now the worst thing in the world is being hungry.
Awwww, that’s so cute.
We’ve all been there. When you are first starting, all of that is new to you. It will become routine if you stick with this and won’t come as such a shock to your system every time someone thinks you stand out. Take pictures of yourself now and in 5 years, you won’t believe how little it takes to get people started. To the average sedentary person, any guy with arms over 15" is “big”.[/quote]
Professor I guess you weren?t caught up in the Rapture
A male coworker comes and gets me to move a full filing cabinet for him (he, of course, has a bad back). He doesn’t get one of the fifteen guys in the hallway, he comes and gets me.
I got suckered in to playing tug-o-war at a kids birthday party. The little girls were pleading with me to be on their team, I couldn’t resist (even though my right knee was very unhappy with me, I did it anyway). Then when my dickweed nephew in-law got involved, there was no way I was gonna let him win…and I didn’t.
Buying womens clothing…hah! I hate shopping.
[quote]gojira wrote:
3…I hate shopping.
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I agree; clothes shopping is the worst thing about having any size. It is so damn hard for me to buy pants. If they fit around my thighs and ass, they are 4 sizes too big on my waist. If they fit my waist, I can’t pull them all the way up my legs. Also, I’m 5’6" so everything is too long. It’s real hard to find a pair that is 36 inch waist, 29 inch inseam, and loose in the thighs.
[quote]gojira wrote:
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I don’t find this really annoying, but it does seem to happen a lot.
Kids just aren’t scared to say anything or ask anything, and they always walk up to ask how much you can lift or if you can be in their team.
For like, anything.
We must look to be real good at playing with big plastic building blocks and stuff.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
gojira wrote:
3…I hate shopping.
I agree; clothes shopping is the worst thing about having any size. It is so damn hard for me to buy pants. If they fit around my thighs and ass, they are 4 sizes too big on my waist. If they fit my waist, I can’t pull them all the way up my legs. Also, I’m 5’6" so everything is too long. It’s real hard to find a pair that is 36 inch waist, 29 inch inseam, and loose in the thighs.[/quote]
Haha, I’m not gigunormous, but finding t-shirts that fit me right can be a bitch with hollister and abercrombie style shirts that are coming out these days(no I don’t shop there.) I’ll buy an extra-large surf tshirt(quicksilver, billabong, etc) and then when I wash and wear it the sleaves cover about 3 or 4 inches of my arm and it looks like I’ve been raiding my 12 year old sister’s tshirt drawer…the best tees I’ve found are Akademics, they fit my shoulders perfectly and are baggy around the arms, though I do get to be “that white dude wearing that urban wear,” it’s better than being that asshole frat boy with the super tight tshirt, plus those tshirts tend to be higher quality than normal shirts.
[quote]Columbu wrote:
Or when some guys ask “Do you take protein??” No… I never eat any protein? Just sugar and sand.
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i fucking hate that question. some guy in my weight lifting class has asked me this question at least 8 or 9 times this year.
he has a sequence of questions, i can see it coming from a mile away.
it goes, “hey Hulk!” (yes he calls me hulk, i dont think he even knows my real name)
“so uhhh you drink that protein?”
“you drink it only once or twice a day?”
“aye so uh, you workout once or twice a day?”
thats the end of the classic sequence, sometimes he tacks on a:
“why dont you do no preacher curls?” hes asked me that many times…
hate it man, as soon as i hear that first question i just close my eyes and start rubbing my forehead. it wasnt too bad the first couple times but now i hear it so often i just get sick of it
[quote]slimjim wrote:
malonetd wrote:
gojira wrote:
3…I hate shopping.
I agree; clothes shopping is the worst thing about having any size. It is so damn hard for me to buy pants. If they fit around my thighs and ass, they are 4 sizes too big on my waist. If they fit my waist, I can’t pull them all the way up my legs. Also, I’m 5’6" so everything is too long. It’s real hard to find a pair that is 36 inch waist, 29 inch inseam, and loose in the thighs.
Haha, I’m not gigunormous, but finding t-shirts that fit me right can be a bitch with hollister and abercrombie style shirts that are coming out these days(no I don’t shop there.) I’ll buy an extra-large surf tshirt(quicksilver, billabong, etc) and then when I wash and wear it the sleaves cover about 3 or 4 inches of my arm and it looks like I’ve been raiding my 12 year old sister’s tshirt drawer…the best tees I’ve found are Akademics, they fit my shoulders perfectly and are baggy around the arms, though I do get to be “that white dude wearing that urban wear,” it’s better than being that asshole frat boy with the super tight tshirt, plus those tshirts tend to be higher quality than normal shirts.
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I have been buying more and more shirts (tee shirts and shirts to train in) from Old Navy’s web site. They go up to XXXL and their “athletic tees” (polyester mesh) are made of the exact same material that Under Armour uses for their loose gear at about one third the cost.
Mind you, I doubt they have any sizes above an XL actually at their stores very often.
I have to buy 42 inch waist jeans with 34 leg and strap the waist up with a belt, and they are still tight on my thighs but hanging off the ass making me look like some fat bastard. I can’t wear joggin pants all the time ffs and most of my smart keks just break at the seams if I kneel down. Consquently I look like a tramp most of the time.