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ChocolateFrog said:
Heights of Mr Olympia winners through the years. The average is below the national average.
ETA. Strongman is a different matter although not many people aspire to their body image anymore.
The fact Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the few successful bodybuilders who was tall is also why he is still regarded by many to have the greatest physique of all time. Yes by today’s standards he wasn’t that big and he had crap legs but being his height and having that physique looks far more asthetically pleasing than all these 5ft8 inflated juice heads that look fat and dumpy with clothes on because they have so much mass on a short limbed frame. Arnold’s arms always looked amazing because he has longer arms than most bodybuilders. ETA. Strongman is a different matter although not many people aspire to their body image anymore.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Tuesday 23 January 14:41
ChocolateFrog said:
also funny comment about mini he-men by Focus man. they do all look fat and oddly shaped with clothes on.
do we have any angry little muscle men on here?!
RTB said:
When my dad came out of the Parachute Regiment he was 5'6 and weighed 9 stone 4lbs, but was definitely double-hard.
He's always maintained that the ones to watch in a fight are the quiet ones. The loud "alpha" blokes with a lot of gob can usually be ignored, it's the quiet serious looking fellas that you need to keep an eye on.
Indeed - like this chap who was a (US) para too.....He's always maintained that the ones to watch in a fight are the quiet ones. The loud "alpha" blokes with a lot of gob can usually be ignored, it's the quiet serious looking fellas that you need to keep an eye on.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/...
ST Ford said:
The fact Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the few successful bodybuilders who was tall is also why he is still regarded by many to have the greatest physique of all time. Yes by today’s standards he wasn’t that big and he had crap legs but being his height and having that physique looks far more asthetically pleasing than all these 5ft8 inflated juice heads that look fat and dumpy with clothes on because they have so much mass on a short limbed frame. Arnold’s arms always looked amazing because he has longer arms than most bodybuilders.
Are we absolutely certain about that height? Someone whose entire self worth is based around their size is probably going to exaggerate that measurement too. He's probably 4ft 10. And I've never really understood height equalling 'hardness'.
It does seem that height is something people have no qualms in making fun of. That said amongst blokes anything goes really, weight, height, features. We're all b*stards to each other really.
What surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
What surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
had ham said:
Indeed - like this chap who was a (US) para too.....
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/...
Audie Murphy was also short. 5'5" as far as I can find on the internet. Won the Medal of Honour and a whole clutch of other gallantry medals too.https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/...
I had a great uncle who fought in Burma during the war. He was 5’2” and said he never complained about his height after his patrol were opened up on by a Japanese machine gun nest and the two chaps next to him died from a rake of fire that went over his head.
Later in the war he was dropped into the Netherlands to help facilitate the placing of German soldiers into canals. He said being a foot shorter than the average local made it feel harder to move about in daytime without drawing unwanted attention.
Later in the war he was dropped into the Netherlands to help facilitate the placing of German soldiers into canals. He said being a foot shorter than the average local made it feel harder to move about in daytime without drawing unwanted attention.
Alex_225 said:
It does seem that height is something people have no qualms in making fun of. That said amongst blokes anything goes really, weight, height, features. We're all b*stards to each other really.
What surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
This is exactly my pointWhat surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
fouronthefloor said:
Alex_225 said:
It does seem that height is something people have no qualms in making fun of. That said amongst blokes anything goes really, weight, height, features. We're all b*stards to each other really.
What surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
This is exactly my pointWhat surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
Alex_225 said:
What surprised me was a Facebook female 'friend' shared a post which said, "What do you call a man under 6ft? Friend" which I thought was pretty harsh. Mainly as if a bloke had shared something referencing a woman's weight, boobs etc they'd have been hunted down!
Haha that reminds me of something I seen a while back of some fat ugly girl who posted a selfie pulling a sad face with the caption “when his height starts with a 5” and some guy trolled her by posting the same type of picture with “when her weight starts with a 2” referencing that she is 200+ pounds because she was fat que everyone slagging him off and her even calling him disrespectful etc talk about double standards bloomen said:
Are we absolutely certain about that height? Someone whose entire self worth is based around their size is probably going to exaggerate that measurement too. He's probably 4ft 10.
Indeed, a trip to celebheights.com will show the discrepancy between claimed height and actual size.Hollywood and the NFL are often accused of exaggerating dimensions for image and financial reasons.
ST Ford said:
Haha that reminds me of something I seen a while back of some fat ugly girl who posted a selfie pulling a sad face with the caption “when his height starts with a 5” and some guy trolled her by posting the same type of picture with “when her weight starts with a 2” referencing that she is 200+ pounds because she was fat que everyone slagging him off and her even calling him disrespectful etc talk about double standards
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