That’s impressive. I only managed a max press of 205lbs @ 120 in high school. I had weightlifting as a free credit during junior and senior year. After a few days I decided to actually participate. It was pretty fun. 
All that text to basically point out that exceptions do not make the rule and that people who are ‘fit’ and relatively athletic should not try to outperform ‘professional’ level athletes and not listen to your body till you tear something.
Dwarves for endurance races, no contest.
“We’re no good over long distances! Dwarves are natural sprinters!” (Approximate) Quote by Gimli, son of Gloin
My thing is mog hunting. Its most of my game.
I want my characters to look good in the transmogs Ive collected.
Thats how I decide what Im going to play for the most part.
Meanwhile I’m 40 and can deadlift 400 with no straps or belt. The op has a point but it isn’t about body image it’s about lifestyle choices and where they lead.
the amount of non football related health problems that 350lb NFL players have compared to the general population is laughable, I can’t think of a single active NFL player that has died as a result of illness in 50 years
“healthy at any size” is ridiculous… unless you are 350lbs and can run a 40 yard dash as fast as the world’s best soccer player and can bench press 700lbs
not all pandas an kul tirans are created equal… just watch out for the ones who are
I’m sorry, are you bragging about not using safety equipment? You do you, I guess…
You know you don’t have to share every random thought that rattles around in your head, right?
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“safety” equipment should only be used for competitive lifts (if it is allowed)
one of the reasons why there are so many powerlifting injuries is because they pull way more weight than their muscular chain can handle due to using straps etc.
if you train with belts/straps etc. all you are doing is training certain muscle groups to be weak and you will probably tear half your muscles off your body like kevin hart
I’ve been finding myself asking the same question, but I’m off today and it gives me something to read.
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I don’t think the incident with Kevin is body image so much as age denial. The man is in his mid-40s, not 20s or even 30s. So he may have an attractive exterior, but the chassis is past its physical prime.
I also wonder if he warmed up before the race, or just jumped into it. With warm-up, a past prime body can handle physical stress much better. I also wonder if he periodically deloads sufficiently. (As someone who’s been working out longer than Kevin’s been alive, I know from whence I speak.)
“Age is just a number!”
There are only two kinds of people who tout this: those under 40 who don’t know any better; and those over 40 because, well, they’re over 40.
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To be fair, Kevin Hart is 44, and 5’2ish with little to no real discernable background in sports. Stevan Ridley is 5’11, and is a professional athlete- the upper echelon of physical conditioning that a human being can be in.
His athletic prowess, in particular his speed, is worth millions of dollars. The gap between the two can’t really be quantified.
I would also explode trying to keep up with an NFL Running Back going full tilt; and I WAS an athlete, and actually much FASTER than he is when I was his age. But I’m 40, and haven’t ran since my last PFT, which was 2005. I would also end up in a wheel chair.
A 40-yard under 5 is still fast for a human being. Average for a normie is well over that. 4.66 is incredibly fast. An average normie of average height, fresh out of Planet Fitness, with no time on a track, would pull something too; trying to keep up with a football player.
Kevin Hart having a much shorter stride puts him at a significant disadvantage, so trying to go all out against a professional football player in a 40 yard- a race used to gauge the speed of professional football players- is already absolute madness. Factor in the fact that he’s 44, and has no background in sports, and he’s literally, in his own words, “the dumbest man alive”.
TL;DR: While his gym bro hubris got him here, his “gym bro” body is not a very relevant factor to your point; as plenty other “gym bros”, who don’t sprint regularly, and are also old, would also likely break themselves trying to go full tilt against a pro football player.
Oh and make no mistake, I agree with your point 1000%, just not your example.
People get hurt no mater the shape. Its called BIOLOGY and LIFE.
And TMZ?? WOW
Ralph Anderson - 24 - Diabetic reaction - 1960
Ernie Davis - 23 - Leukemia - 1963
Lucien Reeberg - 21 - Heart Attack - 1964
Dave Sparks - 26 - Heart Attack - 1964
Mack Lee Hill - 25 - Pulmonary Emobolism - 1965
Brain Piccolo - 26 - Embryonal cell carcinoma - 1970
Chuck Hughes - 28 - Cardiac arrest during game
JV Cain - 28 - Heart Attack - 1979
Larry Gordon - 28 - Heart attack - 1983
Kirck Collins - 25 - Esophageal cancer - 1984
Dave Waymer - 34 - Heart Attack - 1993
Leon Bender - 22 - Seizure - 1998
Derrick Thomas - 33 - Pulmonary Embolism - 2000
Eric Turner - 31 - Stomach Cancer - 2000
Korey Stringer - 27 - Heat stroke - 2001
Thomas Herrion - 23 - Ischaemic heart disease - 2005
Damien Nash - 24 - cardiac failure - 2007
Gaines Adams - 26 - Cardiac arrest - 2010
I get the feeling someone called the OP fat so he made this thread.
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It is not realistic to have Player Characters be fat in WOW. Your character is wearing heavy armor, carrying weapons and bags overloaded with tons of stuff, plus is constantly running, climbing, swimming, fighting and doing all kinds of stupid stuff in towns. The amount of calories your character would have to eat to stay fat would require your character to spend most of it’s time eating, (even more so to be powerlifter fat).
And of course, in real life if you sit around all day and think you are “strongman fat” and not just weak, lazy and just plain fat, and then go try to compete with someone who trains constantly you are going to tear muscles and damage your heart and all that.
Yes, because when you train to be strong over a long period of time with proper form you don’t need it unless you are a competitive power lifter.
My max in my 20s was 600 no straps or belt. I was boxing 4x a week so my core was in great shape. I’m nowhere near that active now hence the lower lift @400.
Point being you can absolutely lift heavy with no belts or straps or knee sleeves etc. You have to train with progressive overload and in your 80-90% 1rm semi often to condition your connective tissue
In this logic we are using no one should even be able to do this. The amount of calorie intake just to perform these tasks for an hour would be an entire daily intake. Our heroes would be passing out half way through a dungeon, falling off rock climbs from trembling fingers, warriors would be crumbling under their weight of equipment.
Is this one of those threads where people sit around and pretend it is okay to be addicted to food or too lazy to be active? That is what it feels like the underlying message of the post is about.
Even if not for ones health, it is still unattractive to look like a Kul Tiran in general.
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