Perhaps because you really didn’t make a point except to say that gym rats aren’t as big anymore which isn’t true at all.

tommyboy on November 27, 2012 at 1:14 PM

Fewer guys aspire to be gym rats. The average gym attendee is much more casual about their workouts now. More and more men are focussing on their “core” rather than developing mass.

If you say that this isn’t true, then you’re wrong. Bodybuilding has been reduced to a sub-culture hobby now. Bodybuilder images aren’t nearly as prevalent in mainstream television and movies as it was 20 to 25 years ago.

The average dedicated lifter is much bigger now than in the 60′s and 70′s.

That’s funny, because I didn’t mention a thing about either decade.

You obviously spend more time looking at fashion photos than in the gym.

I’ll put my hours spent in a gym and the number and variety of different gyms against yours anytime.

You strangely seemed to miss every point I made because you erroneously assumed that I didn’t know any of this.
blink on November 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM

Perhaps because you really didn’t make a point except to say that gym rats aren’t as big anymore which isn’t true at all. The average dedicated lifter is much bigger now than in the 60′s and 70′s. You obviously spend more time looking at fashion photos than in the gym.

First off Arnold was very open about his steroid use

tommyboy on November 27, 2012 at 10:39 AM

Yes, he was. Others, not so much. In fact, they used to have “all natural” competitions in which every contestant was secretly using.

I see bodybuilders checking out that status of their muscle groups in the mirror all the time. And in the movie documentary “Pumping Iron” there is a classic scene where Arnold lifts his shirt to…check out his abs.

I wasn’t speaking in absolutes. Did you think I was trying to claim that nobody ever checked out their abs before? One is decreasing in prevalence and the other is increasing.

Competitive bodybuilding is ALL about fat reduction in the last stage of a cycle in preparing for a contest.

Competitive bodybuilding is no longer mainstream, and no longer the ideal male image. Fat reduction is important after the mass is built. Today, mainstream focusses on fat reduction without much mass.

Actually, the guys with the most powerful muscles are the powerlifters who as a rule are much stronger than bodybuilders but they don’t look nearly as defined and muscle bound because all that dieting reduces strength and then they can’t squat 1200 pounds with thighs parallel to the floor.

Yes, obviously, and powerlifters are becoming more and more rare. Regardless, this has nothing to do with anything I wrote.

You strangely seemed to miss every point I made because you erroneously assumed that I didn’t know any of this.

For me, Roger Moore portrayed Bond as Simon Templar (his role on The Saint) on the big screen. And while Pierce Brosnan was fun to watch in the role, by the time he got to it the movies had become so formulaic they were unwatchable. Not to mention he seemed a bit foppish.

The scene in Casino Royale where Bond made his first kill beautifully illustrates the dangerousness of the character.

joshleguern on November 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM

Funny how personal preferences work. I think Daniel Craig would be more convincing on a box of Lucky Charms than as Bond. In my opinion he is the least convincing. Heck, even Timothy Dalton was better. Not to mention his hypocritical anti-gun messages he spouts.

“Casino Royale”, Craig’s first Bond film, sets the tone perfectly. When asked if he’d like his Martini shaken or stirred Craig’s Bond replies “does it look like a give a damn!?” Jason Bourne had been raking in tons of money and was on the verge of becoming America’s favorite super spy. The producers of Bond had wisely sought to bring some of that “Bourne” feel into Bond and casting a man who actually looks like he can do the things he does is a good thing.

Envy much?

John the Libertarian on November 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM

This. Mr Cohen should hit the gym more often.

40 percent of middle and high school boys work out with the purpose of “increasing muscle mass.” Many of them also use protein supplements.

haha. So, protein is bad now??

The old food pyramid had carbs (sugar) as the main ingredient.

It’s now corrected to include protein.

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