AWESOME ARTICLE on Bodybuilding goals, what it means and today's bloated physiques

[Mdlftr]

Great article that encapsulates a lot of the issues we debate here: pretty versus ugly faces, steroids versus natural, goals and what they mean....

http://bayesianbodybuilding.com/body...-vs-aesthetics

Take Home Messages
◾Define your goals concretely and be honest. It?s more effective to train one quality at a time than to try to be good at everything.

◾If you are training for aesthetics, mass or to generally look good, you are a bodybuilder and you should train like one. Muscle mass is muscle mass. It doesn?t matter if you want to look like Brad Pitt or Ronnie Coleman: until you reach that goal, the training focus is the same. Maximize muscle; minimize fat.

◾Be aware that your aesthetic preferences can change over time. [YES! I find that the bigger I get, the more muscle I want to be "satisfied with my development."] A goal of being 220lb at 10% body fat is completely arbitrary, as is trying to match your anthropometry to certain nonsense proportions, such as the Golden Rule. Long term goals may work for some, but in the short term the goal is always just to progress.


◾Muscle mass and body fat percentage are basically the only things you can control about your physique?s appearance. You have less control over proportions and symmetry and if you are maziming whole body hypertrophy using a balanced program, those things tend to take care of themselves. Don?t worry about your biceps peak or the shape of your abs, just train for a bigger biceps and less fat. Genetics are given. You can?t change them, so don?t worry about them.