how much does a tan help show muscularity??

[PatBateman]

damn man, I am just white like a bedsheet. I think I need to get tanned, I have good size and decent definition(trying to drop lil bf), but I think even if I was 7%bf it wouldn't show as well if I didn't have a decent tan. Unfortunately, I don't tan well so I'll have to use the fake shit.


I think it prolly matters, no pro would go onstage looking pale would they, not unless they wanted to place lower than Kamali!

 

[The Terminator]

I think it makes a big difference, pasty white skin is nasty looking. I tan all year round.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Not sure....

I tan because I like having a healthy color to my skin. Not too much.

Competitors just use a skin dye. You can't get dark enough by tanning safely for what color they want on stage.

 

[gilly6993]

I tan all year round as well.....I carry a few extra pounds in the winter and with a tan it doesn't bother me as much....if I was white forget about it...

 

[PatBateman]

I'm not kidding, I honestly blend into the walls! lol

I burn easy and don't have the time to go to a tanning salon, so I might try a good fake tanner.

 

[The Terminator]

15 minutes 2-3x a week is all it takes. You do have the time, you just have to make it.

 

[benchpressr23]

Tan all year it makes a huge difference plus it goes hand and hand with the sport.

 

[ST0RM SHADOW]

Stand next to a black guy in the gym. You'll figure it out.

 

[wartime100]

I look about 20lbs heavier with a tan as opposed to without one.

 

[Zerxes]

15 minutes 2-3x a week is all it takes. You do have the time, you just have to make it.

Exactly. It helps by leaps & bounds as far as muscularity. I find(and this is just me), that I can get by with only twice/week, in a standup 15 minute MAX bed, if I use a good bronzer/excellerator. That assuming that a good base has already been established.

By the way, I know I'm Elmers Glue White in my avatar, but that was taken like 6 weeks ago. I was 205 then, and white as a ghost. I'm 195 now, and tan like Bob Marley. I did use some Oxsoralen tabs though for a start-up. They work quite well.

 

[Advaik]

If you don't know tanning also helps the skins condition. The suns rays help put Vitamin B in the skin (I think it helps the body synthesis it? Don't quote me) which is one of the major vitamins (along with A, C, D, and E) that helps the skins condition.

Before anyone posts bullshit about cancer, tanning will not cause cancer. Nor will it make the skin age. It helps the skin alot, and does not heart it. Sunlight is actually needed for maintain physical and psychological health. Exsessive tanning will hurt the skin. Sun burning will hurt the skin. 15 minutes a day 2 or 3 times a week will only help you (unless you have very little pigment).

 

[WARBIRDWS6]

I'm not kidding, I honestly blend into the walls! lol

I burn easy and don't have the time to go to a tanning salon, so I might try a good fake tanner.

haha. sounds like me too bro. i look fantastic with a tight shirt on, but no shirt and it looks ok, but pale white and not so hot. lol. i'm 1/2 sicilian though....so i got it in me to get tan. my sis is pale like me, and she looked like a black chick one summer. lol. i just got no time like you said for that shit....but i'll start making time for it when the BF goes down more.

 

[Advaik]

If you dont have time to tan you could try doing your running outside. If you have a large back yard you could even lift weights outside (without of shirt on of course). You'll be tanning and getting your training in at the same time.

 

[macrophage69alpha]

A LOT OF DIFFERENCE..

 

[SuKY_GeNeTiCs]

I think it makes a big difference, pasty white skin is nasty looking. I tan all year round.

You get right to the point don't you

 

[WARBIRDWS6]

If you dont have time to tan you could try doing your running outside. If you have a large back yard you could even lift weights outside (without of shirt on of course). You'll be tanning and getting your training in at the same time.

because if you do it with shirt on, or anything in the sun with shirt on...you get farmers tan like warbirdws6. lol. that is a good idea though.....i can tan my embarassingly white ass out in my backyard now. my new house has a fenced in backyard...and it goes back to a canal. no one can see my whiteness. well, the neighbors next door on both sides got a double decker house....but i can hide in a ways so they can't look over. and then the people across the canal can get binoculars.......lol.........

 

[PatBateman]

Stand next to a black guy in the gym. You'll figure it out.

 

[Mad Max]

It also keeps away alot of unwanted acne as you come off cycles or are prone to it during a cycle. All around being tan just makes you look alot better and shows cuts you didn't know you had.
---PEACE---Mad Max

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Oops....

Stand next to a black guy in the gym. You'll figure it out.

Hate to tell you, but depending how "black" he is....white looks white.

 

[Rogue Warrior]

Look at all the before and after shots in the muscle mags.

before= always white (fat and hairy for that matter.)

after= always tan/oiled

 

[MIKERAZ]

bump

 

[THeMaCHinE]

If you want to try a good fake tan, neutrogena foam (not gel) is pretty good. All of that stuff smells funky though.

 

[bigtex1125]

Getting a tanning membership would definately be worth your time, but the only thing that looks worse than pale white is bright red. You have to ease into it, and start out very slow. I know a guy like you that started out going for 5 minutes, and it took him two and a half months to get up to 15 or 20. As for saying you don't have the time for tanning, I'm sure you do. Just make it a part of your workout routine and stop by a salon on your way home. Most gyms have salons located very close to them anyway. Whatever you decide, good luck, but be careful. Just remember that the white is better than the red.

 

[sybin56]

My appartments have free tanning so i use it as often as possibe (its not as strong as a new salon bed but it does the trick). I try to go every other day, or twice a week at the very least.

I have trouble keeping my face tan- its either white or burnt despite the rest of my body. Here is a trick my mom showed me:

Buy some banana boat sunless tanning lotion (dark bronze). Apply to face at least eod. This works very well for keeping my face the color i want.

 

[FLmuscles]

damn man, I am just white like a bedsheet. I think I need to get tanned, I have good size and decent definition(trying to drop lil bf), but I think even if I was 7%bf it wouldn't show as well if I didn't have a decent tan. Unfortunately, I don't tan well so I'll have to use the fake shit.


I think it prolly matters, no pro would go onstage looking pale would they, not unless they wanted to place lower than Kamali!

If a tan didn't make you look bigger/more cut, then why would every bb contestant be so dark? It makes a huge difference. I think that light-colored black guys look the best.
The really dark black guys seem to hide some of the cuts, while we white guys look stupid when all painted up with that fake tanning goo.

You know what makes the biggest difference for me is SHAVING. When I let my body hair grow for a week or so and then shave it off, I'll step out of the shower and be like WHOA! All that hair "fuzzes" up your lines too, I think more so than being white.