DOUG
A friend of mine told me on the phone yesterday that when he was about 12 years old he went to a gym and was surprised that he could "leg press" 400 lbs. on a slanted machine. These weren't full motion reps, of course. They were Pat Robertson reps.
Tom Platz, "The Golden Eagle" (official website here), widely regarded as having the best-developed legs in bodybuilding. In fact, he sometimes lost contests because judges considered his legs too well developed in proportion to the rest of his body. Platz would sometimes work out up to 9 reps of 550 lbs, squatting, and far more on the leg press machine. Note how his legs resemble those of Pat Roberson...
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
Plaz is ugly (so is Robertson, but it's a different kind of ugly) - that is not a "well-developed body" it's an "over-developed body". What value in real life does that sort of thing have? Even real life of a hunter-gatherer or other non-industrial society?
Barbara Fitzpatrick wrote:Plaz is ugly (so is Robertson, but it's a different kind of ugly) - that is not a "well-developed body" it's an "over-developed body". What value in real life does that sort of thing have? Even real life of a hunter-gatherer or other non-industrial society?
DOUG
One real-life value is that he made a career out of looking like that. He was also frequently on the covers of bodybuilding and fitness magazines.
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
Barbara Fitzpatrick wrote:That he could make a living "looking like that" is just another sign of the insanity (and total disconnect with nature) of this society.
DOUG
To be fair, bodybuilders not only have to look muscular, to win contests they have to put together a good posing routine and rehearse it. In the pose-off that they have at the end of most contests, they also have to think on their feet and be ready to out-do the other finalists in posing.
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
I know - just like any other portion of the entertainment industry - but the fact that this is entertainment/interest/whatever in this country is sick.
Barbara Fitzpatrick wrote:I know - just like any other portion of the entertainment industry - but the fact that this is entertainment/interest/whatever in this country is sick.
DOUG
Next you'll be telling me that professional wrestling isn't real!
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
DOUG
I didn't want to leave out the women. This is Yaxeni Oriquen of Venezuela, winner of the 2005 Miss Olympia contest.
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
