Update: Miserere said:A comment on the hypertanned couple: They've been photographed on the day of competition, she as a Figure competitor, and he in bodybuilding. It is customary for contestants to apply several layers of tanning products (many designed especially for these types of uses) because they pose on stages with very heavy lighting; if they are not hypertanned their muscles will appear flat and shapeless, their figure washed out, "overexposed" in photographic terms :-)
Even dark-skinned competitors of African descent use tanning products, so imagine the need for pasty Caucasians!
That old lady I feel sorry for, but those other guys, no way. That first bodybuilder looks like The Joker really hit the weights and stayed out in the sun too long.
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ReplyDeleteor...had a fight w/a plugged sprayer at a "bronzing" booth! lol!
There's no need for a bear rug at the next dude's house! lol! (I'm trying to remember what actor - Robin Williams? - who had a wax job done on his chest. Imagine this dude having that done! UGH!!)
The guy with the bald spot on top seems very content – proud even – of his hirsute masculinity. I can't blame him for that.
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That's a thought ...
Maybe he's over-compensating. Or like the Bard would have it, "protesting too much".
ReplyDeleteA comment on the hypertanned couple: They've been photographed on the day of competition, she as a Figure competitor, and he in bodybuilding. It is customary for contestants to apply several layers of tanning products (many designed especially for these types of uses) because they pose on stages with very heavy lighting; if they are not hypertanned their muscles will appear flat and shapeless, their figure washed out, "overexposed" in photographic terms :-)
ReplyDeleteEven dark-skinned competitors of African descent use tanning products, so imagine the need for pasty Caucasians!
That does explain a lot, thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Miserere. I was starting to wonder *why* his woman wouldn't start telling him that he was starting to get a little obsessive w/the tanning thing! lol! Interesting information.
ReplyDeleteForgot I had made the "rug" comment re: the other dude; FUNNY that Carter should come up with such a thing! lol! (Is there an actual opening, in that 'Human Skin' rug?! Yeah...that'll go right over the in-law's, um, head! lol!)
I guess it's a good thing, then, that fake tanning sprays were invented, as anyone of Northern European descent would have a hard time getting a tan. I mean, what would Dorian Yates have done? A pasty English dude wouldn't have a prayer.
ReplyDeleteI still don't "get" bodybuilding, though. At least these days. Arnie probably wouldn't be competitive against the monsters of today, and he was huge.
Further to my comment, these "paint on" tans subdue after a shower and might even completely disappear if using a strong soap.
ReplyDeleteAnd like Dave said, without these tan paints, nobody of Caucasian descent would stand a chance on stage.
There are photos out there comparing Arnold in his prime to modern day bodybuilders. He's almost tiny in comparison. Personally, I don't like where bodybuilding has gone and much prefer the aesthetic it had in the 60's and 70's. Frank Zane to me epitomises the beauty of a muscular male physique:
http://athlete.ru/fotos/profi/frank_zane/frank_zane_062.jpg
http://www.musclesprod.com/wp-content/gallery/frank-zane/frank-zane-olympia-25.jpg
He might seem huge, but he weighed around 180lbs (81.5kg) in those photos, for a height of 5'9" (1.75m).
Wow! That's one horny granny, ha-cha-cha!
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I can imagine it easier by using a lawnmower!!!
The heavy lighting on stage still doesn't explain why in the Galaxy anyone would want to have buttocks like THESE.
*Not* pretty.
"There are photos out there comparing Arnold in his prime to modern day bodybuilders. He's almost tiny in comparison."
Because they make better steroids nowadays. Real MANLY stuff! :-P
At least Frank Zane's muscles didn't look like a case of terminal metastatic disseminated rhabdomyosarcoma (cancer of the striated muscles). He still had a human appearance.
Is it any wonder why Hollywood prefers to use CGI instead of bodybuilders today? :-(
In a Hulk comic, Grey and Green are fighting inside Banner's psyche. Green, who is stronger, is about to bust open the symbolic steel door that Grey is trying to keep shut. Out of the blue, Grey exclaims: "Hey, look, isn't that Lou Ferrigno over there?"
Green turns around: "Hunh? Where?"
Grey slams the door shut, and grins: "Works every time!"
P.S.: By searching Ferrigno photos, I found one from when he was really young. And it's clear that his face now bears the irreversible signs of acromegaly. Makes me strongly(!) suspect he "improved" his "incredible bulk" by using growth hormone.
Miserere, I agree. Any bigger than Frank Zane, and it's just a quantity game, which is brain-dead.
ReplyDeleteI even thing Zane is pushing it a little bit. I don't think Tarzan would have been built like that.
Consider this bodybuilder from 1953, or the Steve Reeves.
ReplyDeleteCompared to this guy from 2008.
The 1953 guy is handsome.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah Dave, we can't forget Hercules, AKA Steve Reeves. This is probably his most classic photo. Wonderful, natural physique.
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