# Is this necessary? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571 "2003-05-21T15:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/1 "2003-05-21T15:03:43Z")
I mean really… [http://www.bicepmania.net/index.cfm?pageID=12&picSectionID=4](http://www.bicepmania.net/index.cfm?pageID=12&picSectionID=4) ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/2 "2003-05-21T15:09:29Z")
Looks like they’ve got extra heads attached to their biceps. Sick. Any women fancy that kinda stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Arfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Arfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arfur)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/3 "2003-05-21T15:14:02Z")
Reminds me of the South Park episode with the nurse and the fetus that is attatched to her head… ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/4 "2003-05-21T15:17:50Z")
speaking strictly as a woman … ick! as in FRRRRREAKY ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/5 "2003-05-21T15:25:06Z")
I am convinced that people who disfigure themselves to such a degree as this are mentally ill. Being chiseled and sexy is an admirable goal. All men should be blessed with big sexy muscles. But taking it to this level is horrifying. I don’t know of any person of any gender or sexual orientation who finds such gross deformity attractive in either males or females. It’s extremely unhealthy to build muscle to such a degree, and I doubt many of them do it entirely naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/6 "2003-05-21T15:30:55Z")
I suspect they are bullshit, doctored pics. Can anyone confirm the contrary? ---
**Author:** ![Seldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/7 "2003-05-21T15:37:57Z")
I had no idea that this kind of muscle development was even possible. THat’s totally sick, and not the least bit attractive. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/8 "2003-05-21T15:39:05Z")
“I suspect they are bullshit, doctored pics. Can anyone confirm the contrary?” Do a web search on Gregg Valentino. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/9 "2003-05-21T16:33:11Z")
I’m gagging over here. I’ll bet this guy hates the way he looks, but he can’t stop. Kind of like anorexia or something. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/10 "2003-05-21T16:45:41Z")
Maybe he got stung by a bee. A lot. How does this guy find shirts and jackets? I will wish uncomfortable things on the first one who answers this question with “Very tight.” ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/11 "2003-05-21T17:02:45Z")
I saw him on TV (Ripley’s maybe, not sure) and all I can say is that he looks like a cartoon character even IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/12 "2003-05-21T17:07:12Z")
Is that the same guy who was shown on Comedy Central’s _The Daily Show_ getting busted for trafficking in steriods a few years back? It looks like the same type of mangled arms… ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/13 "2003-05-21T17:31:06Z")
Check this out… supposedly he injects an oil used by plumbers in his arms called Synthol to make them look huge… and one of his arms [popped](http://www.geocities.com/gregvalentinofanclub/) that is nasty… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/14 "2003-05-21T17:59:18Z")
Why is he covering himself with a towel in the first picture of **merge’s** link? I find it hard to believe that someone that size could possibly be _modest_. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/15 "2003-05-21T18:40:44Z")
BTW, he denies he uses synthol. yeah right. no roids either. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/16 "2003-05-21T19:11:37Z")
Ewwww! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/17 "2003-05-21T19:35:50Z")
merge, it’s a plum **p** ing oil not a plum **b** ing oil. I saw this dude’s picture last year sometime. I do not find his arms attractive. ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/18 "2003-05-21T20:05:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > **merge, it’s a plum** p **ing oil not a plum** b\*\*ing oil. > > I saw this dude’s picture last year sometime. I do not find his arms attractive. \*\* lol… well I am half relieved… i am glad someone would not shoot plumbers oil in their arms… but I am rather disturbed that I am such an idiot for reading an article online too fast and actually thinking someone would do such a thing…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/19 "2003-05-21T20:40:26Z")
I don’t think he would even quality for bodybuilding contests and the like, would he? From the little I’ve seen of them, the judges look for sleekness and length of muscle as well as mass bulk. Not that I care–he can do whatever he wants with his body. I don’t think the ladies (or men) would find it very attractive, though? And I would think that would be his whole point. I would _think_, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571/20 "2003-05-21T20:51:45Z")
As I recall, when I saw this guy on Ripley’s or whatever, this guy said that his arms just happened to be capable of this freakish over-development. Then it seems to me that he acted like it was an ordeal to have to have his shirts made custom. All I could think was, well, if it’s that much of a problem, stop doing arm exercises! I don’t really see what the problem is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-necessary/176571.md?page=2)