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Title: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: dovidov on November 20, 2007, 06:50:52 PM
seems as though 99% of males (from 14 yr old kid to 70 yr old man ) sports this look. I prefer not to. A gym worker asked me why I don't go sleeveless just as a 40? yr old man (with hat on backwards) passes by....I just pointed at this dude and continued my workout. Curious if they're delusional or is it a comfort thing? I think it looks pathetic, nice physique or not.....
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 20, 2007, 06:57:52 PM
Yeah If I had a 13" arm I'd cover up too :-*
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: dovidov on November 20, 2007, 07:00:08 PM
Yeah If I had a 13" arm I'd cover up too :-*
18" big guy
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 20, 2007, 07:05:02 PM
18" big guy

I think you need more practice working your measuring tape thingy
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: dovidov on November 20, 2007, 07:06:00 PM
I wear any clean shirt I can find in my condo at the time... I could care less
Would you purposely put on a shirt without sleeves?
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: dovidov on November 20, 2007, 07:07:41 PM
Yeah If I had a 13" arm I'd cover up too :-*
I gotta 13" arm....just not hanging from either shoulder
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Post by: chaos on November 20, 2007, 07:07:44 PM
Flabby arm meltdown.

If it doesn't stink, wear it.
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Post by: kh300 on November 20, 2007, 07:08:28 PM
i stay coverd up year round. long sleeves, sometimes shorts.. im not in the gym to get looks, or to get complements.

last time i saw vic martinez at my gym he was doing chest in an xxxxl sweatshirt and pants.. guess he was covering uo his pathetic arms ::)
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Post by: mass 04 on November 20, 2007, 07:08:42 PM
18" big guy

 :o Do you have trouble finding clothes that fit?
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 20, 2007, 07:09:27 PM
If I ran out of clean sleeveless tee's I'd take a regular tee and purposely cut off the sleeves cause I'm just cool like that.
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: chaos on November 20, 2007, 07:09:42 PM


last time i saw vic martinez at my gym he was doing chest in an xxxxl sweatshirt and pants.. guess he was covering uo his pathetic arms ::)
He didn't want to frighten the old people in aerobics class. :)
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 20, 2007, 07:11:48 PM
i stay coverd up year round. long sleeves, sometimes shorts.. im not in the gym to get looks, or to get complements.

last time i saw vic martinez at my gym he was doing chest in an xxxxl sweatshirt and pants.. guess he was covering uo his pathetic arms ::)

so If vic started wearing pink knee high socks you'd do that too?  glad to see the young fella here has found a role model to emulate
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Post by: buffbong on November 20, 2007, 07:12:41 PM
i always train in a wifebeater, i personally like to see the muscles working. i notice especially when training shoulders it keeps my form stricter when  see my delt heads work on raises.. except leg day i always wear a t-shirt
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Post by: kh300 on November 20, 2007, 07:51:47 PM
so If vic started wearing pink knee high socks you'd do that too?  glad to see the young fella here has found a role model to emulate

what the fuck are you tallking about? i was just using him as an example.. that guys that actually have muscle dont feel the need to show it off. were in their to bust ass, not to get attention..

wear whatever the fuck you want to. if a sleevless shirt and mini shorts makes you feel badass then do it.
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: saucetradomous on November 20, 2007, 08:24:02 PM
what the fuck are you tallking about? i was just using him as an example.. that guys that actually have muscle dont feel the need to show it off. were in their to bust ass, not to get attention..

wear whatever the fuck you want to. if a sleevless shirt and mini shorts makes you feel badass then do it.

I might just do that smart guy! :)
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Post by: thewickedtruth on November 20, 2007, 08:29:45 PM
nope..i prefer to keep my sweat to myself and keep other people's germs on the equipment instead of it hopping onto my skin.

and i don't feel the need to show off what i've got...
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Post by: The Freakshow on November 20, 2007, 08:33:11 PM
That's just the current fashion, regardless of whether you workout or not. Personally, I never do.
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Post by: Cold on November 21, 2007, 12:34:12 AM
No. I wear thick long sleeved shirts. I take it off when I got a huge pump. Best of both worlds.  :D
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Post by: Honour on November 21, 2007, 12:55:11 AM
I wear Tshirts 90% of the time but when it's really hot i where a sleeveless or tank top or whatever i can find that keeps me cool, no Aircon at my gym.
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Post by: Mazda323 on November 21, 2007, 12:55:11 AM
Yeah i wear them!
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Post by: Mars on November 21, 2007, 01:30:03 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j4XSAX7bWg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j4XSAX7bWg)
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Post by: HTexan on November 21, 2007, 01:36:18 AM
i think its mostly to show off their tats.  :-\
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: Mars on November 21, 2007, 01:42:04 AM
i never understood why guys with horrible arms go sleeveless.
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Post by: kiwiol on November 21, 2007, 01:45:10 AM
i never understood why guys with horrible arms go sleeveless.

Because they live in the real world where most people (read girls) don't give 2 shits about arm size and such Mars.

But it's good they do, cause we here at Getbig can bash them to our hearts content ;D
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: webcake on November 21, 2007, 01:49:03 AM
I sometimes wear them, just because Aussie summers can be a bitch.
You know if you wear one most people in the gym wouldn't even notice. Why do you guys care so much about what guys wear ???
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Post by: Honour on November 21, 2007, 01:55:02 AM
I sometimes wear them, just because Aussie summers can be a bitch.

Yeah here in Melbourne it was 37 yesterday and like 14 today....the weather if all over the shop down here. I wore a singlet to gym yesterday and a long sleve top today ;D. But yeah I'm really more interested in what the girls are wearing than the guys ;).
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Post by: LatsMcGee on November 21, 2007, 02:13:22 AM
I actually like to train in heavier clothing.  I seem to get a better sweat going that way. 
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Post by: SquatsRule on November 21, 2007, 02:19:56 AM
i never understood why guys with horrible arms go sleeveless.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards should never go sleeveless.
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: gh15 on November 21, 2007, 02:57:48 AM
when you fat train with shirt on when you cut train with nothing on,,thats the rule,,see when you bulk a big shirt can make you look big muscle even though youre puffed up under and have flab on midsection while sitting,,,now when youre cut and ready for show all single digit,, you want to show as much as possible because the quality is there the waist is tight and the muscle is ripped and looked a lot bigger than your real weight and covered with shirt its hard to tell how much quality your chest or midsection have,,why work so hard and walk 6% if you dont wannas show it off,,its not something you see everyday,,you dont see 200lb+ 6% walking infront of you daily by the dozens so hell ya show it

its a mater of single digit or double
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Post by: A2daMIR on November 21, 2007, 03:09:58 AM
that guys that actually have muscle dont feel the need to show it off. were in their to bust ass, not to get attention..

wear whatever the fuck you want to. if a sleevless shirt and mini shorts makes you feel badass then do it.

totally agree, i think Gregg Valentino had a quote from Arnold in his last column and it goes something like:

"The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. you know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. you talk less about it. it's like you have a little BMW-you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it's just going 110. but if you see guys driving a ferrari or a lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. these things are the same in every field."

And i aint got small arms either, im not gonan even get into how big they are but here is a clip:


I never wear wife beater  or sleeveless by the way.
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: saucetradomous on November 21, 2007, 04:26:41 AM
totally agree, i think Gregg Valentino had a quote from rnold in his last column and it goes something like:

"The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. you know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. you talk less about it. it's like you have a little BMW-you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it's just going 110. but if you see guys driving a ferrari or a lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. these things are the same in every field."



I never wear wife beater  or sleeveless by the way.


I wouldn't put too much into what Valentino has to say.
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Post by: A2daMIR on November 21, 2007, 04:33:31 AM
I wouldn't put too much into what Valentino has to say.
Its not what Valentino says, Valentino quoted Arnold... that quote that i wrote is from Arnold
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Post by: Top Dog on November 21, 2007, 07:55:48 AM
I feel claustrophobic in long sleeves while training plus you sweat way too much. I also agree with seeing the muscles work helps the workout. Wife beaters no but cutopff is no big deal.
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Post by: The Squadfather on November 21, 2007, 07:58:04 AM
I feel claustrophobic in long sleeves while training plus you sweat way too much. I also agree with seeing the muscles work helps the workout. Wife beaters no but cutopff is no big deal.
damn dude you must be a monster.
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Post by: Bobby on November 21, 2007, 08:19:53 AM
what gh said!
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Post by: jaejonna on November 21, 2007, 08:20:21 AM
damn dude you must be a monster.
hahaha Top Dog must be a speciman or something ::) ...claustrophobia in a tee shirt, gimme a break.
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Post by: CalvinH on November 21, 2007, 08:20:56 AM
I work out in sleevless flannel shirts.I'm old school like that.
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Post by: Swedish Viking on November 21, 2007, 08:23:15 AM
I train in sleeveless shirts all the time.  One time, when I was 14 or 15 or so and thought I was a real bad ass, I walked into the gym with no shirt on at all, then the manager told me to put one on...so I did.  And it wasn't a big deal.  I think my sleeveless shirts are even less of a big deal.

ps.  Sometimes I do bb curls at the squat rack too.
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Post by: mass 04 on November 21, 2007, 08:24:12 AM
I work out in sleevless flannel shirts.I'm old school like that.

do you rock the daisy duke shorts, work boots and shades like a true warrior of the iron?
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 21, 2007, 08:29:49 AM
Its not what Valentino says, Valentino quoted Arnold... that quote that i wrote is from Arnold

Arnold trained with less on then most.. cat didn't even wear shoes.  And he was always at the beach showing off. 
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Post by: CalvinH on November 21, 2007, 08:47:31 AM
do you rock the daisy duke shorts, work boots and shades like a true warrior of the iron?



Hell yeah! us true warriors still kick the Oakleys!
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Post by: Bruffy on November 21, 2007, 09:05:01 AM
I don't even wear a shirt when I go to the gym because I'm that hardcore.
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Post by: danielson on November 21, 2007, 09:15:01 AM
Sometimes when I am doing curls the sleeves on my T shirt just rip, I can't help it, I have some big pipes. Other than that I try to cover them, I am not there to embarrass other people.
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Post by: Jujoshu on November 21, 2007, 09:35:29 AM
Sometimes when I am doing curls the sleeves on my T shirt just rip, I can't help it, I have some big pipes. Other than that I try to cover them, I am not there to embarrass other people.

lol.

Hey, if some of these people have small arms they might still want to wear sleeveless..That might give them incentive to get them bigger-having everyone looking at their arms. Arnold did the same thing with his calves. Felt they were pathetic so he showed them off as motivation...
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Post by: Doug_Steele on November 21, 2007, 10:57:38 AM
Good God, this topic is back on again...wear what you like to wear in the gym and if it is sleeveless, screw it. Fuck i live in Florida and wear whatever is clean
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Post by: Top Dog on November 21, 2007, 11:33:21 AM
hahaha Top Dog must be a speciman or something ::) ...claustrophobia in a tee shirt, gimme a break.
no, a long sleeve shirt/sweatshirt.......................why am I explaining myself
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Post by: Top Dog on November 21, 2007, 11:36:23 AM
damn dude you must be a monster.
I can see you post so much that you don't remember the thread with pics you ripped me on.  Good for me I guess......and for my wife you also dissed.
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Post by: SS on November 21, 2007, 11:39:21 AM
18" big guy
prove it.
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Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 12:18:01 PM
what the fuck are you tallking about? i was just using him as an example.. that guys that actually have muscle dont feel the need to show it off. were in their to bust ass, not to get attention..

wear whatever the fuck you want to. if a sleevless shirt and mini shorts makes you feel badass then do it.
wealthy people don't talk about their $$$....hell, most don't even carry cash
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Post by: Monster81 on November 21, 2007, 12:30:56 PM
im too big and ripped ,so i train shirtless
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Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 12:37:09 PM
when you fat train with shirt on when you cut train with nothing on,,thats the rule,,see when you bulk a big shirt can make you look big muscle even though youre puffed up under and have flab on midsection while sitting,,,now when youre cut and ready for show all single digit,, you want to show as much as possible because the quality is there the waist is tight and the muscle is ripped and looked a lot bigger than your real weight and covered with shirt its hard to tell how much quality your chest or midsection have,,why work so hard and walk 6% if you dont wannas show it off,,its not something you see everyday,,you dont see 200lb+ 6% walking infront of you daily by the dozens so hell ya show it

its a mater of single digit or double
single digit bf% + sleeveless = attention whore.....fatass + sleeveless = delusional/just plain stupid....carefully manicured spaghetti stap barely recognized as a shirt = ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!
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Post by: Bobby on November 21, 2007, 02:30:45 PM
single digit bf% + sleeveless = attention whore.....fatass + sleeveless = delusional/just plain stupid....carefully manicured spaghetti stap barely recognized as a shirt = ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!

maybe he likes attention
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Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 02:38:31 PM
maybe he likes attention
maybe he needs an ass whippin
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Post by: saucetradomous on November 21, 2007, 03:46:41 PM
maybe he needs an ass whippin

carefull now.. wouldn't want you to roll up them sleeves over them 13" arms to take care of buisness
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 03:57:21 PM
carefull now.. wouldn't want you to roll up them sleeves over them 13" arms to take care of buisness
haha..good one..but, seriously, does a grown man not look rather pathetic with his cut out spaghetti strap t-shirt.. i mean, these guys spend actual time cutting out these patterns with scissors, trying it on, model it in the mirror, ask their fat ass wives how it looks, cut the neck line a little lower, and then wear this shit in public b/c they think it looks good....you gotta be kiddin me!  OH BROTHER!
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Post by: Honour on November 21, 2007, 04:03:54 PM
Sometimes when I am doing curls the sleeves on my T shirt just rip, I can't help it, I have some big pipes. Other than that I try to cover them, I am not there to embarrass other people.

hahaha yeah danielson i hate that too ;D
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Post by: Bobby on November 21, 2007, 04:21:12 PM
haha..good one..but, seriously, does a grown man not look rather pathetic with his cut out spaghetti strap t-shirt.. i mean, these guys spend actual time cutting out these patterns with scissors, trying it on, model it in the mirror, ask their fat ass wives how it looks, cut the neck line a little lower, and then wear this shit in public b/c they think it looks good....you gotta be kiddin me!  OH BROTHER!

hahaha that sounds really bad!!! maybe they can't afford a tank top
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Post by: The Squadfather on November 21, 2007, 04:21:51 PM
haha..good one..but, seriously, does a grown man not look rather pathetic with his cut out spaghetti strap t-shirt.. i mean, these guys spend actual time cutting out these patterns with scissors, trying it on, model it in the mirror, ask their fat ass wives how it looks, cut the neck line a little lower, and then wear this shit in public b/c they think it looks good....you gotta be kiddin me!  OH BROTHER!
hahahahaha, classic. ;D
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Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 04:27:40 PM
hahahahaha, classic. ;D
u know the type, huh?
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Post by: The Squadfather on November 21, 2007, 04:28:28 PM
u know the type, huh?
hahahhaa, we've got one of those clowns in my gym.
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Post by: dovidov on November 21, 2007, 04:45:50 PM
hahahhaa, we've got one of those clowns in my gym.
wow, only ONE.......? must have a very small membership! haha
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Post by: gh15 on November 21, 2007, 07:02:27 PM
single digit bf% + sleeveless = attention whore.....fatass + sleeveless = delusional/just plain stupid....carefully manicured spaghetti stap barely recognized as a shirt = ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!

 :D
promise you if there were no females in the world every lifter would go covered ,,its the need of attention from females especially in america,,tell me you dont enjoy a hot 20 year old getting out of her car walking twards you and the closer you get the harder she try not to look but oh she looks,,womwn can see everything,,usually they think  they are the shit but then when they see a hot guy with big muscle even if not hot they get emberessed and almost always get shy and insecure in addition to loss of words,,happens all the time,,its the way it is thats why half the guys even train
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Post by: Doug_Steele on November 21, 2007, 07:14:28 PM
:D
promise you if there were no females in the world every lifter would go covered ,,its the need of attention from females especially in america,,tell me you dont enjoy a hot 20 year old getting out of her car walking twards you and the closer you get the harder she try not to look but oh she looks,,womwn can see everything,,usually they think  they are the shit but then when they see a hot guy with big muscle even if not hot they get emberessed and almost always get shy and insecure in addition to loss of words,,happens all the time,,its the way it is thats why half the guys even train

Bro, i am having a hard time reading this but i think i got it
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Post by: Cap on November 21, 2007, 07:15:07 PM
If you live in a warmer client and and only cut off the sleeves of a t-shirt then it is no big deal.  Tank tops and string tank tops are lame unless you are huge and even then it is still laughable. 

My college gym had a rule where you had to wear shirts with sleeves because:
1. Supposedly they wanted to prevent too much sweat from getting on equipment
2. They didn't want more muscular guys intimidating smaller/older people (like professors or newbs)
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Post by: kh300 on November 21, 2007, 07:37:23 PM
:D
its the way it is thats why half the guys even train

well if you think about it.. 99.9% of the things we do is to get pussy..aside from farting, i cant think of anything... if it wasnt for girls, i'd be some fatass lowlife, with no job, who lives with my parents.(no offense to you squadfather)

but you dont show all your secrets. you wear a t-shirt, she can tell you got a body, and she wants you to take it off.. just like one of those girls that has a hot body but they stay covered up. it drives you nuts, you want to take her home and strip her down.. besides that a girl doesnt want a meathead. but she wants a guy with muscle.. you gotta know how to use it to your advantage..
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: Doug_Steele on November 21, 2007, 07:48:35 PM
If you live in a warmer client and and only cut off the sleeves of a t-shirt then it is no big deal.  Tank tops and string tank tops are lame unless you are huge and even then it is still laughable. 

My college gym had a rule where you had to wear shirts with sleeves because:
1. Supposedly they wanted to prevent too much sweat from getting on equipment
2. They didn't want more muscular guys intimidating smaller/older people (like professors or newbs)


I live in Florida so it is always hot but where did you attend college at? I know rules are rules but i can see people being intimidated but they should get over it. I see guys that are 150 lbs and 6'00 tall wear National Physique Committee string tanks.
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Post by: Cap on November 21, 2007, 07:54:08 PM
I live in Florida so it is always hot but where did you attend college at? I know rules are rules but i can see people being intimidated but they should get over it. I see guys that are 150 lbs and 6'00 tall wear National Physique Committee string tanks.
On the west of the country.  I was pissed when I heard that because the gym just has ceiling fans and no AC, which made it really bad with a lot of people piled into the gym.  It sounds pussy but where I live it got really bad during the hot months especially.  If you are that pathetic to be intimidated by a 200 lb dude in a cut-off Tee then you have bigger issues.  I work with college athletes who are bigger than me and I look at as something to aspire to.
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Post by: mass 04 on November 21, 2007, 07:54:59 PM
:D
promise you if there were no females in the world every lifter would go covered ,,its the need of attention from females especially in america,,tell me you dont enjoy a hot 20 year old getting out of her car walking twards you and the closer you get the harder she try not to look but oh she looks,,womwn can see everything,,usually they think  they are the shit but then when they see a hot guy with big muscle even if not hot they get emberessed and almost always get shy and insecure in addition to loss of words,,happens all the time,,its the way it is thats why half the guys even train

hah, speaking the truth as usual
Title: Re: Sleeveless shirts in the gym...u wear em?
Post by: saucetradomous on November 21, 2007, 09:53:46 PM
This thread is gayer then wearing sleeves
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Post by: flexingtonsteele on November 21, 2007, 11:12:26 PM
This thread is pretty gay, but since im over 155lbs I dont wear sleavless shirts