Which phisique?

asim · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:16

He got upto 180lbs for troy.

cleanbluesky · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:25

GordyR said:
There is no such thing as muscle "tone". Thats just down to low body fat again. If you got down to 7% bodyfat I think you would be surprised just how similar your physique would look to his.

Its not just low body fat - the way in which the muscle hangs depends on the amount of residual tension in the muscle - if someone suffers from hypertonia they are unable to relax their muscles - hence the concept of tone @ rest...

How would you explain saggy muscles if there is no such thing as tone?

With down-lighting I do look fairly similar to him now - I have 10% bodyfat, good tone and defined muscles... but you need all three I would say, uncluding favourable lighting

Vegeta · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:48

This may sound like a stupid ass question but how do you measuure your body fat %'age

bam0 · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:12

cleanbluesky said:
Its not just low body fat - the way in which the muscle hangs depends on the amount of residual tension in the muscle - if someone suffers from hypertonia they are unable to relax their muscles - hence the concept of tone @ rest...

How would you explain saggy muscles if there is no such thing as tone?

With down-lighting I do look fairly similar to him now - I have 10% bodyfat, good tone and defined muscles... but you need all three I would say, uncluding favourable lighting

I think his point is that "muscle tone" is a neurological quantity and not something you can train or improve (well you can if you are either side of normal tone, trying to deviate from that though isn't a good idea), if you want your muscles to look better and more defined you reduce the amount of fat on them.

asim · 30 Jan 2006 at 15:50

Vegeta said:
This may sound like a stupid ass question but how do you measuure your body fat %'age

Not a stupid question. Many people dont know how to. Theres a body caliper test where calipers grab ** skin folds for measurements. Theres also an electronic method which connects to your foot and palm i think (long time since i've done it). Also I think theres a method done under water which is the most accurate.

Here's a page which I jus googled http://www.getfit121.co.uk/articles/Fat.htm

theleg · 30 Jan 2006 at 16:47

I dont get the fightclub obsession..personally i think he looks like a scrawny little woman in that film

although he does look good in clothes..

as for pitt....you remember in snatch where he fights their boxer at the gypsy camp? i wouldnt mind that big old boxers physique...cut for a little but and hed be built like a mo.

NitrogenY3K · 30 Jan 2006 at 17:57

This is a fantasic phisique: none of theis brad pitt noncence

bam0 · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:30

If I could look like this I'd be happy, this is about perfect IMO

zain · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:38

asim · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:50

zain said:
ew

Bit of a childish comment.

Steve Reeves had an excellent physique for someone back in the day and its somewhat like a swimmer build or like a mens health physique now.

alexakasloth · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:52

Generally I just want a bigger build, but to lower my bodyfat to at least 14%.
Nitro what do you mean by the rm in "Deadlift (1rm) 245k"?

DanH84 · 30 Jan 2006 at 18:56

1 rep maximum ie how much you could handle if you were only doing 1 repetiton of the exercise.

bam0 · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:17

zain said:
ew

Seriously? Would you like to expand on that a little? I could understand someone saying that to a pic of coleman due to his freakish size/look, but I really can't see what is offensive about the look steve reeves had.

alexakasloth · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:18

ahh ok, thanks

M0KUJ1N · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:35

Jagen said:
but I really can't see what is offensive about the look steve reeves had.

What about the Morrisey-esque quiff?

benjo plz. · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:37

Hair bad, way too skinny imo.

NitrogenY3K said:
This is a fantasic phisique: none of theis brad pitt noncence
snip

Yeh, free anabolic steroids, those where the days. None of this creatine crap.

NitrogenY3K · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:56

Well dunno about free but they were legal

alexakasloth · 30 Jan 2006 at 20:58

He took steroids?

excuse me for my naiveness

NitrogenY3K · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:01

Ow yes he was on them, they popped d-bol like they were skittles back then.

benjo plz. · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:08

NitrogenY3K said:
Well dunno about free but they were legal

Yeh, back when he was ~15 he was able to get them for free, the doctor would give em to him, in the form of injections afaik. These H&S restrictions are annoying tbh.