Are muscle car drivers muscle men?

**derrinx** · 04-01-2007, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Zboner

im 6'0" prolly 240-250, used to go to the gym a lot, havent been in a year or so and can still bench 275 no problems

if you haven't been to the gym how would you know? haha jk very impressive...damn you genetic big framed bastards

Originally Posted by gppracer

every other day.45yr old,6ft& 180lb and bench 275lb.Been lifting since 18 on & off.Most people i see driving vettes are in better than average shape.I think you may be on to something.

i wish i was 6 foot and 180....but im just 5'11 170

.....but yeah thats very impressive, hopefully ill be doing that when im at your age... haha yeah lsx'ers are no civic punks!

**joerockhead** · 04-01-2007, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by derrinx

Totally random poll...but i was wondering who else spends as much time at the gym as me. I've been going hard for about two years, ever since i started REALLY wanting a ws6 (coincidence?)...so how many of you enjoy pumping iron as much as me...is it the big engine that stimulates big muscles? haha so look through the poll options, which im trying my best to make all encompassing, and BE HONEST

and include stats if you want

im 5'11, 168 max bench 225, deadlift 365 squat-havent tried

It is not the fact you go to the Gym, it is that you are nearly 20! Your want to show your power to punk kids and to hot babes.

Every man goes through that! It is a great time!! It will pass! and it sucks when it does.

Keep working out, and keep driving the muscle car!

I quit the gym, I still drive fast though.

**Zboner** · 04-01-2007, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by derrinx

if you haven't been to the gym how would you know? haha jk very impressive...damn you genetic big framed bastards

i wish i was 6 foot and 180....but im just 5'11 170

.....but yeah thats very impressive, hopefully ill be doing that when im at your age... haha yeah lsx'ers are no civic punks!

you hit the nail on the head about the farm,lol

**derrinx** · 04-02-2007, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by joerockhead

It is not the fact you go to the Gym, it is that you are nearly 20! Your want to show your power to punk kids and to hot babes.

Every man goes through that! It is a great time!! It will pass! and it sucks when it does.

Keep working out, and keep driving the muscle car!

I quit the gym, I still drive fast though.

haha thanks for the grim forecast...guess ill try more to enjoy my youth before it all goes downhill....

keep voting ppl!

**SexOnWheels** · 04-02-2007, 12:05 PM

I go to the gym 6 days/week.

I bulk in the winter and cut in the spring for summer.

Never used gas but I have really plateau'd and I now understand why some go for a cycle or two as I continue to get stronger but gains are so hard to come by!

I was 225lbs today so I am happy as I have started cutting the earliest ever this year.

Dieting really sucks though as I miss allot of foods.

**secondgearscratch** · 04-02-2007, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by derrinx

if you haven't been to the gym how would you know? haha jk very impressive...damn you genetic big framed bastards

i wish i was 6 foot and 180....but im just 5'11 170

.....but yeah thats very impressive, hopefully ill be doing that when im at your age... haha yeah lsx'ers are no civic punks!

im 5'9'' and 170s. i used to lift pretty hard in earlier parts of high school but became an asshole and quit. slowly getting back into it. but i cant stand lifting just to lift. i was cut pretty decent but i always had usable strength. i guess my point is that i believe it better to lift with strength and flexibility that you will use in a given sport. seems pointless to be jacked and not put your body up to its potential. never did the juice, but my buddy did and he almost died. i told him it was stupid. he injected wrong. pretty weird when youre buddy's sitting on your crapper shooting horse hormones into his already giant bicep (19 inches.) the asshole is 6'1'' 240 and he thinks he needs to be bigger. thats a friend for ya...

**derrinx** · 04-02-2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by SexOnWheels

I go to the gym 6 days/week.

I bulk in the winter and cut in the spring for summer.

Never used gas but I have really plateau'd and I now understand why some go for a cycle or two as I continue to get stronger but gains are so hard to come by!

I was 225lbs today so I am happy as I have started cutting the earliest ever this year.

Dieting really sucks though as I miss allot of foods.

i bulk non stop..or attempt to at least...its so hard to get your daily necessity of calories when im up at school and gaining weight is near impossible.. but i did start taking cytogainer with no-xplode and i gained about 8 pounds in three months. my body fat is always in the low 7's to 6s...as far as juicing i considered it too, but then i realized im not a professional bod builder, and i can get to the strength levels i want naturally, itll just take a lot longer. i am jealous of those big guys though who get on the bench for the first time in a yr and put up 225 like nothing...cough zboner cough...its literally taken me 6 months to get to the oint of being able to do a 1 rep max at 225....

Originally Posted by secondgearscratch

im 5'9'' and 170s. i used to lift pretty hard in earlier parts of high school but became an asshole and quit. slowly getting back into it. but i cant stand lifting just to lift. i was cut pretty decent but i always had usable strength. i guess my point is that i believe it better to lift with strength and flexibility that you will use in a given sport. seems pointless to be jacked and not put your body up to its potential. never did the juice, but my buddy did and he almost died. i told him it was stupid. he injected wrong. pretty weird when youre buddy's sitting on your crapper shooting horse hormones into his already giant bicep (19 inches.) the asshole is 6'1'' 240 and he thinks he needs to be bigger. thats a friend for ya...

yeah i dont go to be jacked, i go to be rediculously strong for my size....its kinda working id say im above average...i want to get up to 185 ish and then stay there... should take a few years lol

**1MileCrash** · 04-03-2007, 02:57 AM

well i gotta get up and do some stretching this morning...yesterday i ran 2 miles non-stop...good for me in my opinion since i haven't worked out since i got out of the army in 2001.

**jad628** · 04-03-2007, 03:47 AM

Not going to the weight room like I should. Still make it about twice a week. I cut my own grass with a walk-behind and that's about two acres. I walk a lot a work, but that's the total sum of my cardio. Used to play b-ball for about three hours every week, but we lost the gym. Hopefully, we'll get back to it.

I'm 6'3", 275. My goal is to be down to 258. My max bench is 385. I never could break 400 and my elbows got so painful trying I ended up down in the mid-200's before they healed. Now I'm good with mid-300's. I was raised country, worked for farmers, and that's a big part of the strength. Hauling hay and slopping hogs is why my arms are 37" long!!!

Here's my soon-to-be famous "man purse" pic (Easter egg hunt with my son).
See? I'm not kidding about the long arms.

**Sassy Cassie** · 04-03-2007, 04:05 AM

I work out 3-5 times a week and my husband is an Iron Man but I don't think that what we drive has much to do with it.

**Spaz** · 04-03-2007, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by jad628

Not going to the weight room like I should. Still make it about twice a week. I cut my own grass with a walk-behind and that's about two acres. I walk a lot a work, but that's the total sum of my cardio. Used to play b-ball for about three hours every week, but we lost the gym. Hopefully, we'll get back to it.

I'm 6'3", 275. My goal is to be down to 258. My max bench is 385. I never could break 400 and my elbows got so painful trying I ended up down in the mid-200's before they healed. Now I'm good with mid-300's. I was raised country, worked for farmers, and that's a big part of the strength. Hauling hay and slopping hogs is why my arms are 37" long!!!

Here's my soon-to-be famous "man purse" pic (Easter egg hunt with my son).
See? I'm not kidding about the long arms.

I'd love to get in to the habbit of working out... but i'm so lacking in motivation... i'm 6'1 170 lbs... i have no idea how much i can lift but i used to be a mover... dunno...

**jad628** · 04-03-2007, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by The Real Spaz

I'd love to get in to the habbit of working out... but i'm so lacking in motivation... i'm 6'1 170 lbs... i have no idea how much i can lift but i used to be a mover... dunno...

Spaz, if that pic becomes famous, you'll be owed a royalty!!!

Bench is just one indicator of strength. I know some pretty strong people whose bench is much less than you would think. I also know some people who can bench lots of iron, but have no lower body strength. Movers probably have good all-around strength.

**Spaz** · 04-03-2007, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by jad628

Spaz, if that pic becomes famous, you'll be owed a royalty!!!

Bench is just one indicator of strength. I know some pretty strong people whose bench is much less than you would think. I also know some people who can bench lots of iron, but have no lower body strength. Movers probably have good all-around strength.

hehe...

yeah.. i've lost all my bulk sitting on my ass in an office for the past year and a half... i think i need to start lifting to get back to where i was... i used to have a 6 pack abs but they are almost gone...

**jad628** · 04-03-2007, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by The Real Spaz

hehe...

yeah.. i've lost all my bulk sitting on my ass in an office for the past year and a half... i think i need to start lifting to get back to where i was... i used to have a 6 pack abs but they are almost gone...

Six pack abs!!! Child's play. I have an entire keg!!!

**Spaz** · 04-03-2007, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by jad628

Six pack abs!!! Child's play. I have an entire keg!!!

**camaromechanic** · 04-03-2007, 05:48 AM

i started back to the gym about a year and a half ago because of sitting in an office. I go on average 6 days a week and I am 6' 210 lbs and my max bench is 340

**secondgearscratch** · 04-03-2007, 06:01 AM

benching doesnt mean shit......how much can you all squat???? best i ever did was like 315 and that was like 4 years ago

**jad628** · 04-03-2007, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by secondgearscratch

benching doesnt mean shit......how much can you all squat???? best i ever did was like 315 and that was like 4 years ago

That's an exercise I stay away from.

I've leg-pressed over 1000. My legs are probably my strongest point.

**secondgearscratch** · 04-03-2007, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by jad628

That's an exercise I stay away from.

I've leg-pressed over 1000. My legs are probably my strongest point.

good lord man!!!! i just hate it when people can only bench and think its the greatest thing in the world. its core strength that matters, not just upperbody. your power for most sports comes from your core and legs anyway. just my 2 cents...

**jad628** · 04-03-2007, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by secondgearscratch

good lord man!!!! i just hate it when people can only bench and think its the greatest thing in the world. its core strength that matters, not just upperbody. your power for most sports comes from your core and legs anyway. just my 2 cents...

I agree. There's some guys who would kill me in arm wrestling, but standing up they lose the advantage when overall strength comes to play. I can post up pretty good in basketball. Too bad I'm mediocre at best!

I think Ronnie Coleman holds the leg press (full motion) record. Over 2000 lbs.
That guy is awesome. Used to be a cop.