Shredded Year Round

[MC]

Originally Posted by Fazc

Although bear in mind being ripped and competition ready is a far-cry from being a healthy 12-15% year round. It's not an excuse to go in the other direction either.

Originally Posted by Tannhauser

Dammit!

Don't feel so defeated. 18-19" arms and a massive deadlift are great excuses to not be lean!

At least, that's MY story...

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

My main reason for posting this is because most young guys that send questions or post on forums don't want to be a healthy 15% year round. They consider this fat or out of shape, and want to know how to get ripped and stay ripped

Elsewhere recently Poundstone was called fat because he was "not ripped", and the discussion basically boiled down to this...if you're not ripped, you're fat. A picture similar to the one attached was presented, and the brohs called it fat.



Believe it or not a good portion of the modern demographic thinks we're all lardbuckets. No exaggeration. Under 10% or fat, you are, Jedi warrior.

Yeah, I saw that stream of utter nonsense. Truth is, most of the bros would never call Poundstone fat to his face and they'd nut-hug him in person. And then they'd go home feeling SMALL.

[5kgLifter]

Anyone who can look at an image like that of Pounstone or someone similar and consider the person fat obviously knows very little about muscle at all; traps, abs, delts...all very visible and developed...they just show how ignorant they really are...what is the saying..."An empty vessel makes the most noise".

[leefarley]

i think poundstone in that pic looks absolute ripped and solid,i would love to look like that,he would out lift and out train any bro.

[kitarpyar]

Somewhere down the line, people started modifying the English language, and began using big and fat interchangeably

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by kitarpyar

Somewhere down the line, people started modifying the English language, and began using big and fat interchangeably

I think, I'd have to agree with that...curvy also falling in to the same category...basically, anything that isn't stick thin has to be fat by default.

[Fazc]

Originally Posted by 5kgLifter

Anyone who can look at an image like that of Pounstone or someone similar and consider the person fat obviously knows very little about muscle at all; traps, abs, delts...all very visible and developed...they just show how ignorant they really are...what is the saying..."An empty vessel makes the most noise".

Exactly. I think people with opinions so blatantly devoid of any reason really shouldn't air them in public. It's embarrassing.

[SeventySeven]

calling Poundstone fat makes you instantly retarded and should be taken out to the barn and put down. yeesh,

[TitanCT]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Bodybuilders know this, but I wanted to pass it along for fun.

I receive a lot of emails from competitors who are ripped and close to competing. When I ask them how things are, I get:



That's a direct quote from an email I was sent this morning. Certainly not a maintainable standard for 99% of humanity.

if a bb'er tried to maintain their stage appearance all year...theyd literally die.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by TitanCT

if a bb'er tried to maintain their stage appearance all year...theyd literally die.

And then the powerlifters would dominate the world! Hmm...

[MikeC]

With that attitude 140 pound men without abs are now fat. We now have the brahs calling guys without abs fat, and skinny guys without abs are now feeling pressure to lose more weight because that's all they know to do.

I have nothing other to say than this is shortsided and idiotic.