trying to achieve bruce's physique

[dragonwarrior99]

squatting your own bodyweight is actually pretty good for a normal person, but if you're talking for a bodybuilder its not a lot.

[dfissionr]

hahaha Thai Bri,

your comment at the end was hilarious. I'm going to have to go with Jubaji on this, do you live in Weakville? For people who are overweight yes squatting your own weight is going to be hard. Same goes for the extremely skinny guy but, the average person shouldn't have trouble squatting their own weight because there aren't any weight irregularities. I'm of average weight and the first day I started lifting in high school I could squat my own weight. I couldn't BENCH my own weight like many others in my class.

Damnit, I forgot to talk about Bruce. Anyways Bruce was pretty damn skinny but any weight he had was almost pure muscle. Also the pictures where he's seen extremely skinny you should know that he was sick and not eating right during that time. Because you'll notice those pictures are during the filming of Enter the Dragon. Which was a stressful time for Bruce because it was his first american movie.

[Thai Bri]

Actually I live in Runtsville.

[Great Sage]

Re: Re: trying to achieve bruce's physique

Originally posted by RobertG
A) This is like the 500th time this year this thread has been brought up. Use the search function guys.

Correction... It’s the 501st time.

Originally posted by RobertG
B) Why would you want to look like Bruce anyway? He had pencil legs and couldn't squat his own bodyweight.

Pencil legs, yes... Squatting his own weight—I’m not even going to comment on that...

Originally posted by RobertG
C) Yes, you could look like Bruce if you have a good answer to B. Its not that hard, his muscular development was not really spectacular beyond his fairly impressive lats. Besides the lack of leg development, he also lacked much of a chest. So you could actually look better than Bruce if you ate right and trained right.

Bruce Lee had a better physique than the average man yesterday and today. He was well-defined, sleek and lean. Of his many attributes that awed people, most notable was Bruce Lee’s physical appearance.

Originally posted by RobertG
D) There has been some speculation, or perhaps more than speculation, by some Bruce biographers that Bruce used 'roids at least to some degree. Given his training routine, this makes some sense--you could overtrain easily doing what Bruce did if you weren't taking anabolic supplements. If you're willing to go this route, then, yes, your ectomorph genetics aside, you can bulk up.

Again, more speculation... These so-called “Bruce Lee Biographers” are the same ones responsible for creating Super Saiyan Bruce Lee.

Originally posted by RobertG
E) I must ask again, why Bruce? Bruce's goal wasn't necessarily physique development--he simply did not get the muscular development attained by serious bodybuilders. He had the physique you'd expect of a lean guy who worked out as seriously as him. He was cut up, not big.

Hahaha... This is funny. Ofcourse Bruce Lee’s goal was physical development, but not in terms of body building. Neither was he interested in the same muscular development of serious bodybuilders. Bodybuilders lack flexibility and agility, something Bruce was very fond of. When you get as big as serious body builders, you lose speed, flexibility, agility and even stamina (on the mat). For that reason, most martial artists of note develop lean, strong muscles.

But to answer your question. It’s not unusual for people to admire physical attributes, especially when you tie some sort of athletic prowess. As I’ve stated time and again, by today’s standards Bruce Lee’s physique is similar to light-weight boxers. Boxers, at the least the ones I’ve trained with, are lean, yet pack some power. Some of them employ weight training, but use very low weights with explosive reps the same way Bruce Lee trained. Ask them about Bruce Lee and most of the time, they’ll say he had great physique.

[jubaji]

Re: Re: Re: trying to achieve bruce's physique

Originally posted by Great Sage


Bruce Lee had a better physique than the average man yesterday and today. He was well-defined, sleek and lean.

light-weight boxers, at the least the ones I’ve trained with, are lean, yet pack some power. Ask them about Bruce Lee and most of the time, they’ll say he had great physique.

Sounds like you and your 'boys' are getting all worked up...

[Ryu (JKD?)]

"Super Saiyan Bruce Lee."

Haha, that was good, I need to remember that.


Poor Bruce.

Ryu

[jules]

I don't understand people who follow the Gracie diet or copy Bruce lee's workout. These diets/workouts were devised with the information that was available during that time. Sports science and nutrition has developed by leaps and bounds so why would you do something that Bruce lee woun't do? Rely on outdated information?

[dragonwarrior99]

well you can always try his workouts and see if they work for you, if your goal is to have a similar physique...

[jules]

why? Why would you want somone else's physique? Why not try to get the best physique that you can have instead?

[dragonwarrior99]

um yeah... you can use his excercises and see what they do for your physical development. that's what i meant.