this year, third place in the Olympia 'Open Class' was Samson Dauda, or
'the most aesthetic guy at 300 pounds that anyone has ever seen'

300 pounds is A LOT OF POUNDS for a human being.




 

right, well 300lb bodybuilders don't look like that either. this guy has Nigerian 'God Genetics'

What does the first guy, Vissers, weigh?

I suppose when you lose it's pretty hard not to take it personally.
It can't get more personal than your body.

successful bodybuilders need a very strong belief in their selves to withstand the deluge of criticism about, yes not just their appearance/ego/identity but the body/project that they spend every day trying to make perfect --so it's also a matter of work ethic, drive to succeed, and "doing whatever it takes"

some things are genetic and just can't be helped, so the guy just has to absorb comment after comment about having "no outer quad sweep" or "high-attached lats" or "narrow clavicles" when those are unalterable traits determined at birth

for instance Samson Dauda has thick, rubbery skin that doesn't show good definition-- it's not body fat or subcutaneous water, he's just not destined to have crisp conditioning.. he could do 8 hours of cardio a day, on a caloric deficit, and lose 100 lbs, and his skin would never, ever, get that "shrink wrap" look

 

Last edited by Flint (12/18/2023 2:04 pm)

it's a bizarre sub-culture, it truly is..

at the core of it, it's "bio-hacking" because the human body simply doesn't do these things without ... supplements