Dude, it's quite simple. You look like absolute shiet when you squat 160 pounds.
Trust me, I know this.

You gotta lift big weights to look like you EL. That's why a lot of us are trying to get our lifts up.

Out natty nat nat heroes Robriches and Candito look pretty good. But they facking total in the 1300 to 1400 range at 180lb bodyweight!!!

We don't want to look like facking Urkel. This is why we must get stronger.
Duh. So stupid to even have to post this. Lol at doing bodyweight stuff. You want to be 135 and ripped?? Lol lol lol. Idiot. Facking ban this guy Ab.

Why should we assume you're capable of literally understanding?

So far you've proven you can find an LC thread and troll. Demonstrate further knowledge or gtfo to the FAQ.

DYEL acceptance movement itt.

at least he knows that the main lifts are squat/bench/powerlift. so he's read the FAQ. I think he could literally understand if we give him a chance.

Well this is a health & fitness forum. Not a health forum. Fitness includes sports. Powerlifting is a sport.

That may be the point of going to the gym for some people, but obviously not for everyone. Everyone has different goals. Many people don't even care about looking good. In fact, I would say strength contributes far more to health than aesthetics does.

Because a 345 squat indicates that you have "good" strength. I wouldn't say incredible strength though. 160 lbs means you can basically only function in the confines of a controlled and isolated environment and are not far above fpos pansy status.

I could really elaborate quite a bit on the merits of participating in sports (and/or powerlifting, specifically), but I'm just trying to give a brief response to each part of your post for now. There's tons of applications in terms of various types of manual labor, mental health, preventing against age-related physcial deterioration, nevermind all of the sport/hobby/enjoyment arguments.

This is of course goal dependent, and additionally, very very false for many many goals.

Where the hell is the october thread jfc it's 1pm.

Cmon maaaaan

I guess the question is like what is the ideal body type, so that's sort of subjective. And I'm not trying to hate on the stuff people do here, i'm just trying to understand the motivation, because everytime I look at a thread everyone is all about up up upping the weight.

thanks saw, for an actual reply, alot of what you are saying makes sense

Jason Blaha is really an embarrassment of a human being.

No ****. Oct is a gimme too, because you just have to post girls in halloween costumes.

How many pushups you think I have to do?

I think the guy wants to know why not do bodyweight type of exercises, which have a low risk of injury, versus squatting and DL alot of weight, which do have quite a bit higher risk of injury, since we rarely ever have to squat or DL in real life or have to use that strength in real life activities, other than say sports? Moving a mouse and typing on a keyboard or watching tv don't require us to be able to squat 400 lbs.

My answer would be that doing the compound lifts allows you to move the most weight, which promotes overall strength and muscle growth. Compound lifts build a foundation of strength that makes it easier to then do other lifts (bodyweight stuff, curls, whatever). It's, in theory at least, more efficient because it's only 3 lifts a workout. I say in theory because once you add in assistance exercises, SMR, strethces, learning form, posting in this forum (you know how long it takes to find good gifs every day ) etc., then it does get a bit more time consuming than just doing lifts 3 lifts in 45 minutes 3 times a week, except for the blessed genetic few among us.

I would say try it and you'll see quote a difference versus just bodyweight stuff. Besides, DLing just feels bad ass compared to doing a pushup. That alone is worth the pain and suffering.

Lifting heavy weights have improved my overall health.

-I have had numerous injuries due to sports and not taking care of the injuries properly. Most of those issues have gone away since lifting, especially since lifting fairly heavy weights.

-I mentally feel better when working out with heavy weights than when doing cardio and/or doing light weights.

-I know that I can help move things when needed. This boosts confidence, increasing my mental well being.

-I don't care all that much about aesthetics.

-Lifting heavier weights means that I can do something most people I meet cannot do. This is much like a marathon runner knowing they can run much farther than anyone else they meet. We just focus on different ends of the health spectrum.

interesting... thanks!

reasons?

half ass something, thought id be home but got stuck at work

new thard up.

I'd do it but i'm just a lurker/semi-regular picture poster. That being said I've got some nice pics ready to go.

Wearing a cheap 'Spartan' costume while blurting out legal details and libellous remarks on YouTube not enough of a reason?

Totally, you could just walk there. Basically the same thing!

I mean, I am basically in the camp that, for an average dude, there is a sweet spot, and you probably don't need to go above that if you don't want to. I don't know where that sweet spot is. If you're not a Weight Lifter you can probably find your level and hang out there forever and reap 95% of the benefits with less cost.

But for anything vaguely sportlike that people like to do, few competitive people are happy hanging out at a medium level forever. Why do I bust my ass trying to get faster on teh bike every year? I don't even race and if I did I wouldn't even win. Why try to get better at basketball or baseball or painting or anything?

If weight lifting was my thing, damn right I'd be trying to make PRs all the time.

Yeah, no kidding. I can squat 160lb, and no one ever in the history of the universe will ever ask me if I lift. I don't have a good body and even if I lost some blubber I'd still look pretty LOL.

I think the problem is all the guys like CR who just tell people "nah I just play sports" so they don't know what you actually have to do to look like that.

just saw that, wow.

It's like he's in high school or something. Jesus.

In other news, I'm breaking out in a rash after lunch. Chili, which I've had the previous 2 days with no problems. Got a salad at the cafeteria too. Some asian-y vegetables. I'm growing horns.

Why put on muscle? Because eventually you are going to start losing it no matter what you do (unless you use myostatin inhibitors and HGH or datJuice) so having the maximum amount you can early means you'll have better long term mobility and function.

If you're a desk jockey (and felt jockeys count too) its even more important since you spend an uber-amount of time on your ass turning it flat, keeping your knees in flexion where they are most vulnerable etc.

Aidan - that sucks. Get well soon!