AlphaCrew: Strength and Conditioning: A quick one for the guys

When I was a kid these were the images of a Man for us, these were the images of a Hero:

Sly, from Rambo First Blood Part 2, looking Awesome

The Austrian Oak, no need to say any more

Van Damme looking chiseled

Franco Columbo, strength personified

big Lou, Anyone need to question why he was both the Hulk and Hercules

And we tried our damndest to emulate them. We worked our asses off and we grew up strong fit and healthy.

Now a days things have changed dramatically.

It scares me that I've seen the medical and scientific studies that show that the average 20 somethings have the testosterone levels of 60+ year olds. And no one seems to care.

I've actually heard guys now a days that have actually said, "I don't want to train heavy, because I don't want to get bulky."

Now, even though that's a mis-informed and untrue statement when women make it, I can at least see where they are coming from.

However, coming from a guy it's just plain insane.

Why would any self-respecting man not want to have muscle?

I don't get it.

Hmmmmm.....Maybe if we look at the "hero's" of the day.......

Really Brad, come on you can do better

fist of all, Robert, shower. Then gain about 60 pounds of muscle

Really Justin, I know you're only 18, but come on. You can do better than that

You're a cool guy Adam, but I've actually heard people say this is buff. Really?

Now, I know that some of you will say, "yeah they might not be big, but they have abs."

That's great, but abs on someone that skinny is kind of like boobs on an obese woman, they're there but they really don't count.

Come on guys, we can do so much better. I know we can. Grow a pair of testes, get under the bar and start squatting, and eat some good steak. Get your testosterone levels back to what your folks had when they were your age and become men. Get rid of this manish, boychild yet kind of girly thing and step up.

I know we can reclaim manhood again. How do I know, because I can see glimmers of our greatness in certain individuals like....