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You have to understand that Bruce Lee's body was a side effect of his single-mindedness. He had little concern for his appearance. His focus was FUNCTION. He trained for FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH, and on a pound for pound basis he was one of the strongest men to ever live. His strength came from his mind more than his body...his body simply followed the lead of his mind.
If you want to look like that you are going to have to forget about size forever. There is a point of diminishing returns in terms of form and function of the human musculature. However, it is doable, provided you can find the discipline for it.
Bruce is a major influence for me, both in regard to his physique and in regard to his philosophy. May I suggest that you begin by reading his books and other's accounts of his life. He was truly an enigma, and had he lived longer he would have had a significant impact on western philosophy as a whole.
I strive for that ultra dense look myself, but I find that if I emphasize things like pound for pound strength and flexibility, that look starts to materialize anyway. For example, I can do between 50 and 60 pull-ups, fairly good form. I do 30, strict, easy, complete with pauses on top and bottom. When I rip down my back is lined out like that. I'm skinny, mind you...I weigh only 175, but when I go to 170 I am like stained oak. I use winny whenever I can get my hands on it (NOT LATELY, DAMN!), and that seems to really help with strength. At my strongest I benched 335 at a bodyweight of 168.
I am 5'10 or so.
Forearm strength comes from lifting heavy weight every day, without straps. I never train them seperately, and mine are 15 or better. My biceps are only 16, maybe 16.5 on a good pump and carbed up. I can curl 135 for reps, strict, although when I am not on I can only do it once or twice.
I became dedicated to form/function training through exposure to competitive fighting (I do not participate as I am not qualified) and as I studied the philosophies of Mr. Lee I became much more focused.
He is an admirable figure to emulate. Good luck with it.
If you want to look like that you are going to have to forget about size forever. There is a point of diminishing returns in terms of form and function of the human musculature. However, it is doable, provided you can find the discipline for it.
Bruce is a major influence for me, both in regard to his physique and in regard to his philosophy. May I suggest that you begin by reading his books and other's accounts of his life. He was truly an enigma, and had he lived longer he would have had a significant impact on western philosophy as a whole.
I strive for that ultra dense look myself, but I find that if I emphasize things like pound for pound strength and flexibility, that look starts to materialize anyway. For example, I can do between 50 and 60 pull-ups, fairly good form. I do 30, strict, easy, complete with pauses on top and bottom. When I rip down my back is lined out like that. I'm skinny, mind you...I weigh only 175, but when I go to 170 I am like stained oak. I use winny whenever I can get my hands on it (NOT LATELY, DAMN!), and that seems to really help with strength. At my strongest I benched 335 at a bodyweight of 168.
I am 5'10 or so.
Forearm strength comes from lifting heavy weight every day, without straps. I never train them seperately, and mine are 15 or better. My biceps are only 16, maybe 16.5 on a good pump and carbed up. I can curl 135 for reps, strict, although when I am not on I can only do it once or twice.
I became dedicated to form/function training through exposure to competitive fighting (I do not participate as I am not qualified) and as I studied the philosophies of Mr. Lee I became much more focused.
He is an admirable figure to emulate. Good luck with it.
