OK knowing that everyone here has different goals and no two people might think alike, this is a hypothetical question and a poll to see how most of us think in terms of goals.
If there were only two options (only two for the thick headed f'cks that can't relate to only TWO options go suck on an egg or something see if something comes out) which one out of the two would you choose.
Here are the two, would you be OK if you were training and.
1) Month after month your numbers were going up but your build remained the same.
2) Month after month your numbers remained the same but your build was changing (i.e. getting bigger, bigger NOT fatter)
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Thread: Numbers VS appearance/muscles
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03-25-2012, 01:33 PM #1Da1UnV
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Numbers VS appearance/muscles
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03-25-2012, 01:41 PM #2Progress not Perfection
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1) Month after month your numbers were going up but your build remained the same.
2) Month after month your numbers remained the same but your build was changing (i.e. getting bigger, bigger NOT fatter)
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
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03-25-2012, 01:48 PM #3Da1UnV
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LOL, you and your GIFs!Originally Posted by cowboybiker
1) Month after month your numbers were going up but your build remained the same.
2) Month after month your numbers remained the same but your build was changing (i.e. getting bigger, bigger NOT fatter)
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03-25-2012, 02:09 PM #4Registered User
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I would rather just continue to be small. I would rather be capable than aesthetic.
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03-25-2012, 02:12 PM #5Master Roshi
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I think you know how I voted.
The strong, but normal looking guy blends into a crowd. The muscular, but average strength guy gets the looks.
Again, it all boils down to what your goals are. If you want to walk around knowing you're strong, then looks probably don't matter to you. If you want to turn heads, but don't have much practical use for strength, then your priorities are different from the other guy. The only thing you have in common, is you both use resistance training to achieve your goals.★DSC★
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03-25-2012, 02:13 PM #6Kicking sarcopenia's azz
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I gotta' go (with) #2.
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03-25-2012, 02:15 PM #7Gettin' back up again
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Aesthetics trump numbers for me. But I am a gurl, no hard on to be had for out lifting so and so
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03-25-2012, 02:17 PM #8Is Numero Uno
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Number 2
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03-25-2012, 02:18 PM #9Da1UnV
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LOL I sure did, I wonder what the OX would pick, hmmm that is a tough one, I mean I really can't tell if that guy is into bodybuilding or strongman stuff. You know he is so difficult to readOriginally Posted by IronCharles
I think you know how I voted.
The strong, but normal looking guy blends into a crowd. The muscular, but average strength guy gets the looks.
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03-25-2012, 02:20 PM #10Registered User
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I'll take the eggs.
Nah, second thought # 2.Semper Fi.
Just play the cards you are dealt and STFU.
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03-25-2012, 02:22 PM #11Da1UnV
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lolOriginally Posted by captchip40
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03-25-2012, 02:25 PM #12Corpsman 91-99 & forever
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Interesting poll. Answers will certainly be swayed by each person's existing/starting achievements/development.
As I am now, I'd have to go for 2.
If I already looked like a pro, I'd go for door #1.
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03-25-2012, 02:27 PM #13Registered User
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Number two
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03-25-2012, 02:29 PM #14The Jesus Crew
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Where's the tire flipping option brah?
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03-25-2012, 02:32 PM #15Da1UnV
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I was going to put it in, but then that would mess everything up cause tire flipping will make you bigger, have more defined muscles, stronger and superhuman overall and it would not be a fair poll.Originally Posted by 2nd_chance
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03-25-2012, 02:35 PM #16Progress not Perfection
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I voted both.
I got some mad dog computer skills.
U mad???Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
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03-25-2012, 02:43 PM #17Registered User
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In this phase of life number 2 is my clear winner. Luckily.... in real life i don't have to choose.
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03-25-2012, 02:46 PM #18Registered User
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Number 2 for me also...
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03-25-2012, 02:58 PM #19Lifetime Member
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The numbers have to go up 100%. Thats the only reason I lift.
It just seems pointless to lift the same over and over. would drive me crazy."To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other."-- Carlos Castaneda
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03-25-2012, 02:59 PM #20Registered User
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21 to 5 in favor of #2 dayum!
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03-25-2012, 03:01 PM #214 teh pumpz
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No brainer for me: #2
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03-25-2012, 03:02 PM #22me>you
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03-25-2012, 03:04 PM #23Registered User
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Sooo? Your'e saying there won't be a third option?Originally Posted by bodyhard
Get your ass in the gym period!
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03-25-2012, 03:14 PM #24Registered User
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I have always blended into the crowd, never liked a lot of attention drawn to myself, so I have to say you are spot on with this assessment.Originally Posted by IronCharles
I think you know how I voted.
The strong, but normal looking guy blends into a crowd. The muscular, but average strength guy gets the looks.
Again, it all boils down to what your goals are. If you want to walk around knowing you're strong, then looks probably don't matter to you. If you want to turn heads, but don't have much practical use for strength, then your priorities are different from the other guy. The only thing you have in common, is you both use resistance training to achieve your goals.
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03-25-2012, 03:14 PM #25Da1UnV
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LOL no I am saying there would be 4.Originally Posted by geer_matt
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03-25-2012, 03:18 PM #26Nihilist
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Number 1, no question.
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03-25-2012, 03:23 PM #27Hungry
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Number one here....
400# Bulgarian bicep curl
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03-25-2012, 03:26 PM #28Þórr vigi
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I'm going with #2 Build changes, numbers remain the same. Reason: I'm burned out on pushing for maxes. I realize I need to develop functional strength, especially in my core. The type of workouts I'm doing will (should!) change my build and strength, but my weights won't be changing all that much.
"Go home, have a beer and smash something. That's what I would do" - Unknown (but probably Thor).
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03-25-2012, 03:49 PM #29Da1UnV
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Like how the poll is going...
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03-25-2012, 03:52 PM #30Registered User
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If this were a football game i'd call it overOriginally Posted by bodyhard
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