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11-07-2012, 10:11 AM #31
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11-07-2012, 10:28 AM #32
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11-07-2012, 10:31 AM #33
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11-07-2012, 12:41 PM #34
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I was talking to another gym member the other day and mentioned I was bulking because I wanted more muscle. He asked why. I just told him I wanted to be more awesome. That pretty much settled that.
I did find it quite heartening to read about a recent poll by a UK company that runs bootcamps with Olympic heptathlete Jessica Ennis named as the person whose body most respondents would like to have. Skinny "celebrities" Victoria Beckham and Alexa Chung were voted least attractive by the women. 81% of (straight) men who replied also said they would rather date an athletic woman. Of course, these results are somewhat skewed because the sort of people who go to bootcamps want to be (and look) fitter but hey, it's a start. I think having the Olympics in my country has helped promote healthier, fitter bodies as being more desirable and that can only be a good thing.
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11-07-2012, 01:38 PM #35
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11-07-2012, 01:58 PM #36
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11-07-2012, 02:33 PM #37
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11-07-2012, 04:32 PM #38
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I'm not where I want to be yet but when I'm looking at a woman and trying to size her up the first thing I look for is muscular legs and butt so see if she squats. If missing both then I tell myself it's probably not going to work out. When I was totally fat and out of shape I found any "skinny" body attractive, skinny-fat included. Now my standards have gone up and I feel like I need someone that works out with real weights. I've [literally] worked my ass off and and gotten my diet squared away I'm looking for someone that is willing to put the same amount of dedication into herself.
Muscle > No muscle."When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out."
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11-07-2012, 06:09 PM #39
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11-07-2012, 07:33 PM #40
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11-07-2012, 08:26 PM #41
This is exactly how I feel about men. When I was slightly overweight I could get into a skinny guy (though never fat) but now that I'm fit and work my ass off in the gym I want the same in a man. I want muscle and strength. Flexibility's a plus too.
On Shape magazine's website they have an article about how magazines photo shop muscles off of models,actresses and athletes as well as adding weight to them. I don't see how "soft" in any way, shape, or form looks better than built. Strong is the new skinny.
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11-08-2012, 06:21 AM #42
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11-08-2012, 09:48 AM #43
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11-08-2012, 01:44 PM #44
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11-08-2012, 03:00 PM #45
French women also smoke like chimneys. Just like French men. What's racist about that? Every country has its peculiarities. No, of course they don't apply to every single person in that country, but cultures are cultures, they are something the people in a country have in common. Yes many women from Eastern Europe are skinny. In Italy they are considered very beautiful because of that. Mediterranean women tend to have curves, so skinny tall women are seen as 'exotic'. It's an insult only if you choose to see it that way.
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11-08-2012, 05:54 PM #46
Sure there are common social traits for every culture. Implying Romanian women are the poster child for weak, skinny and smoking women is not racist, merely ignorant and in incredibly poor taste, and I do choose to take offense in it. Quite a bit actually. My first neg..I was saving it for something special.
/thread hijacking & back to women muscle worshipping
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11-08-2012, 06:04 PM #47
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11-08-2012, 06:45 PM #48
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Stop..... take a breath and then go back and read the thread again. Specifically post #10 by Ellen Ripley.
Sy is also bang on. You've got your head in the sand if you can't accept the fact that very general stereotypes stem from SOME sort of truth. No one here is silly to think that they're absolutes (at least I would hope not).
Here are some more for you... My background in Jamaican and Trinidadian. We like curry and rotis. We also like Ice cream and watermelon. We also like warm weather and can't tolerate temperatures less than 20 deg C. We also all smoke Mary Jane and drink rum like water.
OMFG THE HUMANITY!! SOMEONE STOP ME BEFORE I SIN AGAIN!!!
The saddest thing is that rather than simply asking me to clarify my comment you chose to respond ignorantly.
Well I'm sorry toots... if you act like a jerk you deserve to get treated like one. No WK'ing for you today.
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11-08-2012, 06:49 PM #49
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11-09-2012, 03:30 AM #56
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11-09-2012, 05:33 AM #57
Are we Americans known for anything other than being fat? I sure hope so. Though walking around campus I can see why. Being a 28 year old woman with a body all these 20 year olds envy isn't really all that bad though And I'm just beginning lol. Though I have worked my ass off this past year to get to where I am.
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11-09-2012, 09:31 AM #58
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