khemix said:
Now now, let's not turn into an asshole. I wasn't pointing fingers like you are now. On another one of my posts I posted myself and you were there to put me down - thats not how it should be. Lets let a beautiful woman rub her fingers across my abs, then see what she thinks of your stomach. Lets see which she likes better. My goal isn't to be a fat workout guy. Anyone can do that. Not everyone can stay below 5% bf year-round and still press over 300 at my young age. Most anyone here will vouch I'm a nice guy and I'm anything but skin and bones. Look up some of my threads. May I see some pics of yourself? For non-plats of course.
Chris
(PS. If I took your post in the wrong way I'm sorry. Let me know and I'll delete my post.)
Wow this has really sparked a sizable debate. I think you did take it wrong , but it's kewl.
1. I generally write my posts without expletives but people dont use my standards...
2. I would agree that strength is only part of physical fitness. The example of the fat guys who can bench a ton but can do a pull up, Id say this is a bad example since if you have strong biceps and a strong back then u can do pull ups. Maybe not 20 pullups but probably 5-7. Maybe running a mile would be a better example. I've seen lots of "skinny" people not be able to do pull ups also and not able run a mile.
3. The idea that big automatically means fat , inflexible, and slow is just silly and stereotypical. Charles Barkley was big, short but spent a whole career jumping over taller people getting rebounds. The late Reggie White is another example of a man who can move fast at his size. Mark Fields OLB from Carolina is about 6'2 250 and runs a 4.3
4. Some people don't think small looks good. I guess if your a life insurance salesman , then skinny = healthy

Put some mass on and get that cut and then lets c.
Hopefully you get the point by now , your stereotypes are just that , silly stereotypes , and the reason why I used the word "twig" was to incite some of those stereotypes.
So I believe putting on size can be done in a controlled way , but people may not know what ways are available and what works for them. It's all an experiment. SO I guess that's what Satch has to do is put on size and strength, but not let "bulking" get too far out of control.
I'll post some new pics when I get done dieting.