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Ronnie Chop
10-04-07, 2:28 pm
Do you guys pose whenever asked? I've been asked a few times recently but I didnt bite on it. Lemme know what you think.
Giant Killer
10-04-07, 3:38 pm
I'll usually bust a pose for a split second in a joking way and laugh about it, but not actually try to show off. It's just not in my nature.
I dont, but thats because I dont like to. I dont like the attention on me. Now that Im back on campus after a long hard summer, everytime I walk into a room and see someone I havent seen for a couple months or even a couple weeks, they ask me how much I bench and that my arms are too big for my shirt expecting a flex. I just kind of change the subject to football or something. But if they are honestly interested, then ya ill talk to them and tell them what I do.
Ronnie Chop
10-04-07, 4:08 pm
Oh ok, I guess its just that now I'm in Mexico and I guess there not used to seeing bodybuilders/athletes my size. I'm not even big (IMHO, looking at House and Wrath) but I still get asked.
lol I don't even like to flex for my friends really.... I'm kinda shy that way. I'm not a big fan of showoffs either. I'll still flex between sets and stuff at the gym but if someone asks me I'm usually reluctant to... just the way I am lol. I wouldn't consider it showing off if you posed for someone who asked u to, but when I see some people posing to clearly show off it irritates me.
Universal Rep
10-04-07, 4:23 pm
No good can come of posing in public... On demand, no less.
I still go to high school so there are "posers" all around. I love seeing these lil kids in these cut up muslce shirts trying to show off while i sit in the corner in my long sleeve shirt with my hat pulled down laughing to myself. And when i say lil i mean my forearm beats their upper arm on size. And it beats their quads.
krazyassmexican
10-04-07, 4:29 pm
i pose for myself and my camera
i dont like to stunt
Giant Killer
10-04-07, 4:33 pm
I still go to high school so there are "posers" all around. I love seeing these lil kids in these cut up muslce shirts trying to show off while i sit in the corner in my long sleeve shirt with my hat pulled down laughing to myself. And when i say lil i mean my forearm beats their upper arm on size. And it beats their quads.
How sad but true...hilarious.
For the record, the big guy doesn't HAVE to pose! It's right there, everybody knows it.
How sad but true...hilarious.
For the record, the big guy doesn't HAVE to pose! It's right there, everybody knows it.
well said
Macrobolic
10-04-07, 4:38 pm
For the record, the big guy doesn't HAVE to pose! It's right there, everybody knows it.
Exactly. Man, I gotta start bulking again then LOL
Big Wides
10-04-07, 4:54 pm
so i take it i'm the only one who does walking lunges to their car.....
ChandlerXJ
10-04-07, 5:00 pm
the best is when my mom has company come over and i walk in and my mom begs me to show them my muscles... thats embarassing..
harperpj
10-04-07, 5:04 pm
so i take it i'm the only one who does walking lunges to their car.....
hahahaha that's awesome man.
Universal Rep
10-04-07, 5:05 pm
so i take it i'm the only one who does walking lunges to their car.....
Oh, lifting and not posing, well... Friday nights, I sometimes do heavy barbell curls outside my car. But that's about it.
Oh, lifting and not posing, well... Friday nights, I sometimes do heavy barbell curls outside my car. But that's about it.
You forgot to mention that you do it outside the hottest night clubs.
AnabolicMass02
10-04-07, 5:25 pm
I was having a hard time explaining a financial concept to the board and I ripped off my tie and shit to give a flex. I was freaking out and went straight to the gym after that. I will flex anywhere. Why to through the pain if you can not bust out your muscle here and there. Fuck it, just do it.
Pizzalamp
10-04-07, 5:38 pm
hmmm i get asked to flex my arm a lot but i dont like showing off lol
i do like posing when no one is around
Ronnie Chop
10-04-07, 5:46 pm
Well, If yall ever need a confidence boost, yall should come to Mexico. I cant even count how many times random people ask to take a picture with me. (Yes, to toot my own horn... j/k)
Pokoritel
10-04-07, 6:06 pm
If someone asks me to show them how to pose. I will teach them to the best of my ability and knowledge so far. But if they ask me to pose in a showing off way then fuck no.
Squat_Heavy
10-04-07, 6:16 pm
Rarely pose, maybe i throv a latspread if im in the kinda kidding mood. If someone asks me to pose i tell em the have to pose too, hehe, always funny. Im not that big, but with 240lbs on a 6f frame at 19 i get some attention from people who clearly never have seen people who lift weights.
i do like posing when no one is around
I'll be honest, by myself, I pose all the time....even though I'm gonna wait a long time before I compete, I can't wait for it. Normally when someone grabs my arm or something and tells me to flex there's no point, I mean you can clearly see what I look like without flexing. Society calls us arrogant meatheads, but they're the ones who always tell people to flex or whatever. I just don't see the point to posing in public, anyone got a reason for it?
im a "serial Flexer"
wherever i may be, in public or not, if ever i see a mirror or a shiny object in which i can see my reflection, i am overcome with an uncontrolable impulse to pose. Be it in a public restroom mirror, or the cookware section of your local store. i do it only for myself, to see how im shaping up, and make critiques. and yes, admire myself. i dont show off to anyone, i dont want to be seen by anyone in fact, but its hard to cover up hitting a side tricep pose while im walking past a buidling with shiny windows. hahahha
Liftbig21
10-04-07, 7:36 pm
If you can't pose when asked and afraid your gonna "show off",then how you gonna do it on stage? What do you think Bodybuilding is? Its busting your ass to show off what you've build through hard labor.
It's one thing to walk into a room of people and say " wanna see my muscles?" its another thing to strike a pose when asked...or even for self critisim.Machine posed for pictures...Wrath did..House did ..oh wait ALL Bodybuilders do,Are they showoffs or arrogant? This is a selfish sport gentlemen...accept that..and if anyone thinks its "arrogant" to flex your hard work then your a hypocrite and you are one of the people who stereotype our sport.Realize its all part of the game and the rest will be gravy.
Freakshow
10-04-07, 7:40 pm
No good can come of posing in public... On demand, no less.
Amen.
Oh, lifting and not posing, well... Friday nights, I sometimes do heavy barbell curls outside my car. But that's about it.
I assume you mean you do curls WITH your car. Grab onto the bumper and just go nuts!
lol im actually takin kensiology in in high school right now and i shouldve known cus the gym teacher is a chirpy bastard lol good freind kind of relationship, he pics me for any examples lol and i meen at first i was liek no way people always oo and ahh and shit like that but then i thought w/e like hees actually tryin to see some muscle and he wants to use me to show it.. thats awsome so i will actually get up and flex for whatever were doing now if needed.. and i dont mind flexing when asked.. but briefly and its in the way they ask, some people wanna see.. others wanna crack a joke or make a big deal of it but i figure if im gonna compete id might as well get used to it
LegendKillerJosh
10-04-07, 9:17 pm
My BOSS - It's absurd. Anytime a businessman comes in my boss calls me to his office and is like - "look at him, he benches this much, feel his arms, he spends all his time in the gym" and I'm like "uh...boss, no offense but I don't want random men rubbing me - or any man for that matter."
I dunno if anyone mentioned this or not... but you should be flexing. Not in public... but when you practice flexing during a workout and on your own, I believe you really develop that "mind-muscle" connection. It really makes your workouts more effective when you can feel the target muscle working IMO.
rcrott1
10-04-07, 10:49 pm
No good can come of posing in public... On demand, no less.
i whole-heartedly agree with you URep.
i dont even pose for my fiance.
prowrestler
10-05-07, 12:01 am
i dont do it often. if its a ypung kid its always " how much do you bench or flex for me". i usualy try to switch the subject or avoid it. if they keep on ill say something like, more then you or if its for a pose ill flex my quads. they dont even realize cuz they're waiting to see my bicep curl up and flex. i have less of a problem doing a post muscular pose because its less known to the general public and my traps are my best body part. its how they ask and where i am. usualy i realised, if a girl asks me to flex for her shes normaly already goin for my arm so i do it (well, if shes hot!!!!). aslong as you are not trying to show off, flexing for people is fine. anyways, its always the toothpick kids trying to out do each other, flexing their chicken wings as my gym teacher refers to their arms lol!
Full length mirror in my room... Pose down... in public... Hoodie... It could be a million degrees outside I will still wear a hoodie...
I don't ever dare pose down in public... I feel like I am stepping out of my zone that drives me... stepping down to a "public/normal" level...
The only time I ever pose... is when I run... w/dri fit shirt or no shirt...
Chin
stumblin54
10-05-07, 1:23 am
Reminds me of the question: "Don't you hate when people ask if you're on gear?" That one went pretty far too...
Stumblin
I don't really pose. In between sets I will flex a muscle as hard as I can, but it isn't pretty. I am the only one in the gym anyways. I am a little too self conscious to pose. When I am lean, I feel small. When I am not, I feel fat. I suggest changing the subject, or coming up with something a little clever. When a guy asked me to flex the other day, I responded "Sorry man, you seem nice, but I don't like you THAT much." His gf laughed and he blushed, before changing the subject for me.
I don't pose, but I will demonstrate my strength sometimes by bear-hugging the crap out of my roommate.
He's a little guy anyway, over a foot shorter than me, so it's really kind of funny to watch.
violator
10-05-07, 6:03 am
I was having a hard time explaining a financial concept to the board and I ripped off my tie and shit to give a flex. I was freaking out and went straight to the gym after that. I will flex anywhere. Why to through the pain if you can not bust out your muscle here and there. Fuck it, just do it.
hahahaha....u must have a stressfull job.....
For me, no posing in public, thats like being a martial arts practioner & doing ur forms infront of random people, it just showing off....but to each his own i spose....
Testpolska
10-05-07, 10:45 am
I don't really do it. But then again not many people really ask me to. I'm shy I suppose but whom ever said its part of bodybuilding and you need to get over it is 100 percent right.
adidamps2
10-07-07, 7:19 am
i wear posing trunks and tear-a-way pants ALL the time for just such occasions.
MassMonster
10-07-07, 9:38 am
so i take it i'm the only one who does walking lunges to their car.....
Oh, lifting and not posing, well... Friday nights, I sometimes do heavy barbell curls outside my car. But that's about it.
LMFAO!!! thats awesome bros .... i used to do lunges up the stairs and out of my gym b/c we have an up stair case and then u gotta go down another ... which sux ass but i ended up beefing it last time so i stopped lol...
I was having a hard time explaining a financial concept to the board and I ripped off my tie and shit to give a flex. I was freaking out and went straight to the gym after that. I will flex anywhere. Why to through the pain if you can not bust out your muscle here and there. Fuck it, just do it.
ok..... and u didnt loose your job over this??? idk.... but i always get asked to flex and i dont bc im no show off ..... they wanna see me flex, go to 1 of the shows i do....plain and simple...
Burke Knapp
10-07-07, 11:24 am
Didnt you guys look for insperation when you was a little kid,,,If a little tyke wanted a pose Id shurley try to inspire them to train hard to be what they wanted to be.
MassMonster
10-07-07, 11:54 am
Didnt you guys look for insperation when you was a little kid,,,If a little tyke wanted a pose Id shurley try to inspire them to train hard to be what they wanted to be.
thats different tho.... we are talking bout the wannabes posing to get looks and praise when all they are, are lil curl monkeys... instead of the up and coming which u are referring to... when i pose it'll be with a training partner in the back when im seeing what i need to workon ... not in front of the whole gym showing off... u see what im saying bro?
When I pose, it will be lying down with my hands over my chest awaiting my dirt nap....otherwise, alive, you'll never catch me posing in public!
Arnold was a firm believer in posing between sets to further contract, harden and better condition his muscles..plus it gave him better control of the muscle and it kept him pumped for longer.
Flexing is an isometric exercise...its all Bruce Lee did besides his martial arts.
I agree 100% when Arnold said, "a BB'r who poses and flexes in the gym, watching him/herself (cause I do it too), in the mirror, is engaged in a very important part of his/her wo."
pose in public...kind of reminds me of when Van Damme was popular, he'd do a kick to the air every time a photographer would take his picture
pose in public...kind of reminds me of when Van Damme was popular, he'd do a kick to the air every time a photographer would take his picture
hahaha! that guy was a joke...what ever happened to him anyway? LOL
hahaha! that guy was a joke...what ever happened to him anyway? LOL
What do you mean? He is the reigning Kumite champion!
What do you mean? He is the reigning Kumite champion!
I thought he became an alcoholic
I thought he became an alcoholic
lol, I was joking. Just making a reference to one of his movies.
hahaha! that guy was a joke...what ever happened to him anyway? LOL
he still does "B" movies....the movies that go straight to the shelf...much like Wesley Snipes has been doing as of late.