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Post by stormshadow on Oct 20, 2021 15:49:40 GMT
Mr P that practical training will come in real handy when he is shooting under his fence at the ankles of people pillaging his melon garden. At least he is strong enough to cart the immobilized person off his property. If he was a really good shot he would not use a shotgun because the errant pellets may injure his produce. To increase his reaction speed he should shoot naked so that he does not lose precious time covering up
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Post by macky on Oct 20, 2021 19:19:28 GMT
I don't get how the Islanders mentioned are so big, we don't get many in the UK , but i'm pretty fat and I have had periods of eating junk until i'm exploding and I still have no where near as much fat as these guys and what's more shocking is how athletic they are at that weight, ofcourse that's a stereo type but my eyes don't lie . Only my theories, nothing more. As the Polynesians stopped and stayed at various Pacific Islands on their epic ocean voyages from Asia, their lifestyle would have changed. Even the Maori that reached New Zealand and the Chatham Islands became very large people depending on where they ended up. Some were seven feet high. For the Samoans and Tongans, the rich and plentiful food such as lagoons with fish, the Taro and the coconut palms etc would have provided an optimum diet right from the cradle, and the climbing and boating, plus the digging would have been the exercise which had all-round facets, the carrying of rocks etc. The noonday sun and heat would most likely have induced naps in the shade, plus the nightly sleep. The heavy work, good nutrition and strategic rest (an important training consideration) would have been the ideal body-building regimen that carried on through the generations, enabling giant size people with heavy bone structure that sometimes makes them look fatter than they really are (if they are in shape). I read somewhere several decades ago that they practiced ritual infanticide to those unfortunate babies that were born deformed or deficient in some way, thereby preserving the best possible examples of their race. Some (or all) were cannibals as well, another source of protein etc, at least in NZ. In fact cannibalism was widespread among the Fijians and other Melanesian races. In Vanuatu the last examples well into the 20th century, as an aside. About seven years ago I drove two Tongan ladies back home after a gym class that I attended for fun. One was about 5'8" and certainly not fat. But she weighed 127kg in the shade, and her cobber was about half her size bigger again, with ankles that you wouldn't be able to get your hand right around. Neither was particularly fat, they were just biiiiig. Big bones. Occasionally I would rescue a islander toddler who had strayed too close to the action, picking them up and carrying them aside. The hell, they were heavy even then. Solid little blighters. I sure I heard a groan from under the bonnet of my poor little car when they got in, and a sigh of relief when they got out at their home. They both got in the left-hand side, front and back. It's a tribute to modern car design that I didn't end up sitting up in the air with the steering wheel in my hands.
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Post by lardy on Oct 20, 2021 20:42:02 GMT
I don't get how the Islanders mentioned are so big, we don't get many in the UK , but i'm pretty fat and I have had periods of eating junk until i'm exploding and I still have no where near as much fat as these guys and what's more shocking is how athletic they are at that weight, ofcourse that's a stereo type but my eyes don't lie . Only my theories, nothing more. As the Polynesians stopped and stayed at various Pacific Islands on their epic ocean voyages from Asia, their lifestyle would have changed. Even the Maori that reached New Zealand and the Chatham Islands became very large people depending on where they ended up. Some were seven feet high. For the Samoans and Tongans, the rich and plentiful food such as lagoons with fish, the Taro and the coconut palms etc would have provided an optimum diet right from the cradle, and the climbing and boating, plus the digging would have been the exercise which had all-round facets, the carrying of rocks etc. The noonday sun and heat would most likely have induced naps in the shade, plus the nightly sleep. The heavy work, good nutrition and strategic rest (an important training consideration) would have been the ideal body-building regimen that carried on through the generations, enabling giant size people with heavy bone structure that sometimes makes them look fatter than they really are (if they are in shape). I read somewhere several decades ago that they practiced ritual infanticide to those unfortunate babies that were born deformed or deficient in some way, thereby preserving the best possible examples of their race. Some (or all) were cannibals as well, another source of protein etc, at least in NZ. In fact cannibalism was widespread among the Fijians and other Melanesian races. In Vanuatu the last examples well into the 20th century, as an aside. About seven years ago I drove two Tongan ladies back home after a gym class that I attended for fun. One was about 5'8" and certainly not fat. But she weighed 127kg in the shade, and her cobber was about half her size bigger again, with ankles that you wouldn't be able to get your hand right around. Neither was particularly fat, they were just biiiiig. Big bones. Occasionally I would rescue a islander toddler who had strayed too close to the action, picking them up and carrying them aside. The hell, they were heavy even then. Solid little blighters. I sure I heard a groan from under the bonnet of my poor little car when they got in, and a sigh of relief when they got out at their home. They both got in the left-hand side, front and back. It's a tribute to modern car design that I didn't end up sitting up in the air with the steering wheel in my hands. Haha awesome observations
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Post by carlson on Oct 20, 2021 22:17:23 GMT
Here's big boy Bud Jeffries, blasting a watermelon with a sawed-off shotgun while doing a one arm handstand: Somebody should notify the authorities. That overturned firearm wielding gastropod is a danger to himself and all in the immediate vicinity. Someone call 911, tell them to bring tranquelisers and a bug ass net, tell then old bud's up to his dosgy shit again.
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Post by macky on Oct 21, 2021 3:56:41 GMT
I can't the hell understand why anybody would get himself upside down to fire a sawn-off at a perfectly decent water-melon only 10-12 feet away.
Has Bud been on the jungle juice, or something ?
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 21, 2021 10:06:28 GMT
I can't the hell understand why anybody would get himself upside down to fire a sawn-off at a perfectly decent water-melon only 10-12 feet away. Fun?
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 21, 2021 10:54:35 GMT
I can't the hell understand why anybody would get himself upside down to fire a sawn-off at a perfectly decent water-melon only 10-12 feet away. To demonstrate he can?
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 21, 2021 11:06:11 GMT
Playing, having fun, making it feel good, enjoying the experiment ........ are good reasons for exercise. If it's a boring routine, programmed, logged or drudgery, I'm not interested. There are probably a lot of mind conditioned gym rats who would laugh at some of the things I do. That's OK, I'm not exercising to make them happy. I do it for me.
At the most basic, I pursue exercise that raises my heart and breath rate, feels good both when I do it and when I finish (enjoyment/fun) and challenges my muscles with TUT and I don't care at all what those exercises are, whether anyone else "approves" or that no one else may be doing them since I'm not exercising in order to prove anything, either to myself or others.
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Post by macky on Oct 21, 2021 19:44:36 GMT
I'm all for having fun while training, or just having fun for its own sake doing unconventional things, no question.
I'm just trying to understand why a bloke (if it IS Bud Jeffries) that trained for 16 years to squat a thousand pounds would shoot a perfectly good delicious watermelon with a sawn-off upside down, like I asked in the first place.
I mean, where's the demark line, from having good-hearted fun, and questionable behaviour with a dangerous weapon ?
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 21, 2021 21:04:22 GMT
I'm all for having fun while training, or just having fun for its own sake doing unconventional things, no question. I'm just trying to understand why a bloke (if it IS Bud Jeffries) that trained for 16 years to squat a thousand pounds would shoot a perfectly good delicious watermelon with a sawn-off upside down, like I asked in the first place. I mean, where's the demark line, from having good-hearted fun, and questionable behaviour with a dangerous weapon ? What would a weapon be if it wasn't dangerous? The 12 ga beanbag rounds I used to train Deputies with were only classed as less than lethal munitions. I guess you also don't understand such sports as fencing or throwing a javelin? Getting back to what I said earlier, Marvin Eder, one of the strongest bodybuilders pound for pound of his time period was asked why he squatted 300 for 50 reps once and simply replied "Because I Could". I think he shot the watermelon because the chickens had already run off.
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Post by stuke on Oct 22, 2021 7:51:10 GMT
Dredging up an old thread here, but during a rare, I'd much rather avoid it - trip to buy a new pair of jeans, I used the fitting room mirrors to get a snap of my calves. I was pleasantly surprised as they have always been pretty poor, but they look much better than I thought, certainly nit what you could call good calves of course. View AttachmentDefinitely superior lighting, I will admit, but if nothing else, makes me want to start training them properly again. Those are not calves Stuke they are cows. Nice Thanks, but honestly, if they are 15 inches I would be surprised. It must just be good lighting and the angle.
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Post by stuke on Oct 22, 2021 7:53:49 GMT
I'm all for having fun while training, or just having fun for its own sake doing unconventional things, no question. I'm just trying to understand why a bloke (if it IS Bud Jeffries) that trained for 16 years to squat a thousand pounds would shoot a perfectly good delicious watermelon with a sawn-off upside down, like I asked in the first place. I mean, where's the demark line, from having good-hearted fun, and questionable behaviour with a dangerous weapon ? What would a weapon be if it wasn't dangerous? The 12 ga beanbag rounds I used to train Deputies with were only classed as less than lethal munitions. I guess you also don't understand such sports as fencing or throwing a javelin? Getting back to what I said earlier, Marvin Eder, one of the strongest bodybuilders pound for pound of his time period was asked why he squatted 300 for 50 reps once and simply replied "Because I Could". I think he shot the watermelon because the chickens had already run off. Bud was, presumably still is, a performing strongman. That aside, it just sums up modern society and the need to impress, the internet is full of more and more desperate ways to get attention, look at me, see what I can do.
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Post by mr potatohead on Oct 22, 2021 12:32:19 GMT
I posted that pic of Bud in reply to lardy's post (below) about fat boys doing strong stuff and for the laughs since Bud is a showman and loves to promote the "Unconventional Life" he lives.
BTW, IMO, a "weapon" is defined by how a tool is used, not by its appearance or function. A "weapon" is anything that is used to attack or defend humans. Could be a frying pan, a shovel or a kitchen knife. Bud is playing sport, shooting a watermelon with a recreational firearm, that's all. No one uses a "weapon" to hunt turkeys, for example, since the turkeys pose no threat, are animals that are harvested for food and are not human.
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 22, 2021 20:00:37 GMT
BTW, IMO, a "weapon" is defined by how a tool is used, not by its appearance or function. A "weapon" is anything that is used to attack or defend humans. Could be a frying pan, a shovel or a kitchen knife. Bud is playing sport, shooting a watermelon with a recreational firearm, that's all. No one uses a "weapon" to hunt turkeys, for example, since the turkeys pose no threat, are animals that are harvested for food and are not human. In my state, other than firearms, nothing is a "weapon" till it is used as one. Then a charge of Using a Weapon in the Commission of a Violent Crime is tacked on to whatever level physical assault charge is made. Also by state law, municipalities are prohibited from passing local ordnances in regards to carrying weapons that are stricter than state law. I totally agree with this and never saw where it caused a problem. Nothing is a weapon until it is utilized as one.
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Post by macky on Oct 22, 2021 20:05:54 GMT
I'm wondering how the Law is going to take away the tempered hands of a Karate exponent if he "uses them as weapons" in a fight where he attacked someone.
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