Bigsatan13
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MrMuscle said:live fast, die young, be a beautifull corpse
And get burried in a "V" shaped coffin!
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MrMuscle said:live fast, die young, be a beautifull corpse
Bigsatan13 said:
And get burried in a "V" shaped coffin!
1)In one of the Platonic dialogues(Again, I think it's entitled "Crito" but not sure) Socrates states exactly what you said when his friends try to convince him to leave Athens to escape his sentence of death. (Though maybe it was one of the pre-Socratic sophists, but I don't think so.)Grizzly said:
Let's see here. First, none of that had to do with Plato. Secondly, I think it's funny that you mention the viking ship thing. I've always planned on going out that way. That's odd, eh? Thirdly, and most importantly, yes you did imply that tons of them were dying. You said, that they were "dropping like flies." That's an expression used when you mean to imply that many, many people are dying. Maybe you should have said that a few, a very few, are dying now and again.
Blood&Iron said:
1)In one of the Platonic dialogues(Again, I think it's entitled "Crito" but not sure) Socrates states exactly what you said when his friends try to convince him to leave Athens to escape his sentence of death. (Though maybe it was one of the pre-Socratic sophists, but I don't think so.)
Imnotdutch said:
I think you mean only the strongest survive.......or perhaps those with the best functional physique (which isnt what most bodybuilders have) survive. Then theres only the smartest survive......
How big figures in survival I dont know.......it slows you down, gives you a shitty power to weight ratio, your food requirements are huge.......all of which means you have a lesser chance of survival.
Anybody else get tired of all the macho bullshit associated with size??
Merry Xmas.....
Grizzly said:
Technically, being bigger will make you survive better. First off, animals are loathe to attack a much larger animal. I don't usually get into fights because I plain scare the shit out of most people. It is true about the food requirements, but someone with an extra 50lbs of muscle can survive in a starvation situation longer than a smaller person because their body has more to eat of itself. And, who cares about power to weight ratios? Only the smaller guys who want to say "well, I lift more according to bodyweight." Well, the elephant can still kick the shit out of the mouse, despite the fact that the mouse can lift more according to the bodyweight formula. (Actually, I don't know about the whole mouse thing, but I didn't want to completely rip off the passage in Power Mag.)
Who ever said that powerlifting helps with functional strength? It measures three lifts that are all 1) assisted with suits, wraps and shirts 2) performed in a very technical manner which enables the lifter to lift more. I don't know. I've never been in a situation where a 500lb bench would help me any. Especially since, even if I was pinned under a car, I most probably couldn't get into proper benching position.
Anyone ever get sick of small powerlifters thinking that size doesn't matter? Let's just face it. We (bodybuilders) think you look like shit and you(powerlifters) think we're weak. Guess we're just always going to disagree.
That's why I never studied philosophy formally. It always pisses me off when I see something in print that I've thought myself. My immediate thought is usually something like "See I'm smart. I thought the same thing as <insert philosopher's name here>" Then I move onto "Fucker. Now everyone's gonna think I ripped off your lame ass." Oh, well.Grizzly said:
You are correct. It was in the Crito. However, I didn't get it from there. That's one of the biggest problems I have with being a philosophy student. I honestly couldn't give a single fuck as to what someone else has said. I'm only interested in my own personal philosophies. Unfortunately, due to being born several thousand years too late, many others have come before me and have said what I would say. Damn my poor choice of birth! So, my original point was simply that I wasn't quoting Plato. He did, indeed, say that, but I wasn't using his logic.
Imnotdutch said:Coming to think of it, how many of the bodybuilders here are actually big?? Very few seem to be over 250. As far as powerlifting and functional strength. I work my way through university on a construction site, I think its fair to say that the deads and squats stand me in good stead. Powerlifters do use equipment at meets.....sure. But they train without it for much of the time. They use equipment in competition because the rules allow it and it means they lift more.....but it isnt a lot more. In the deadlift, equipment doesnt help either......
Incidentally, I didnt focus on powerlifters as examples of functional strength.....strongman competitors would be a good example of functional strength (I just wish I had the time, balls and resources to train that way).....many track and field athletes are stupid strong at light weights.
So we agree to disagree I guess . Sorry about the kinda disjointed ramblings above. That macho bullshit from a little skinny guy (who posts like he is huge) just got on my nerves a bit!!
NYC BOY said:u think u will longer when u are a small chicken?
only the biggest survive!