# Muscle magazine facial expressions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144 "2018-08-23T23:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/1 "2018-08-23T23:39:15Z")
For anyone who’s ever looked thru a fitness or bodybuilding magazine, the over-the-top expressions of “intensity” on the faces of the athletes lifting weights are nothing new. I’ve always found these pictures comical and a little strange but i just found one that takes the ?wtf? cake. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jIMd6Q0yF5HBH1VGk0BLtQ3z5Ma0KE6J/view?usp=drivesdk](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jIMd6Q0yF5HBH1VGk0BLtQ3z5Ma0KE6J/view?usp=drivesdk) What in the ever-loving fuck is this guy screaming about?! Is this the “hardcore” way of squirting Mio (or whatever crap he is squirting into a bottle of water)? Whatever it is, he looks fucking ridiculous doing it. “C’mon, light weight!!” “One more squeeze!!” “Light weight!” “LIGHT WEIGHT!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/2 "2018-08-24T01:54:36Z")
I love how the title is “Easy to Use” while he’s screaming in effort. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/3 "2018-08-24T02:23:29Z")
I literally laughed out loud at that. I can’t believe it’s not parody. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/4 "2018-08-24T02:28:32Z")
That little bottle is _ **really** _ hard to squeeze! ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/5 "2018-08-24T02:53:54Z")
Typical weight-lifting mentality as demonstrated in this documentary: [“I demonstrate strength in everything I do”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nSHzAE5CQ) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/6 "2018-08-24T03:19:55Z")
The massive weights dangling from his Prince Albert piercing are not visible in the picture. That’s my only take on how that pic would make sense. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/7 "2018-08-24T05:20:42Z")
Easy to use ( and abuse) He’s clearly screaming at the bottle. “Where’s my dinner biatch?” “You’re ugly and your mother dresses you funny!!” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/8 "2018-08-24T05:33:48Z")
If you are talking about ads I’m not getting the unusualness of it. I see ads for cars, washing products, hygiene where people are making funny faces. If you are referencing bodybuilders, I just googled image search for “athlete straining face” and found divers, shot putters, tennis players, gymnasts, etc making even more grotesque faces. But I guess they are not as good targets to make fun of as “meatheads”. And no, I’m not a bodybuilder. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/9 "2018-08-24T06:05:38Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > If you are talking about ads I’m not getting the unusualness of it. I see ads for cars, washing products, hygiene where people are making funny faces. > > If you are referencing bodybuilders, I just googled image search for “athlete straining face” and found divers, shot putters, tennis players, gymnasts, etc making even more grotesque faces. But I guess they are not as good targets to make fun of as “meatheads”. > > And no, I’m not a bodybuilder. You’ve got to be kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/10 "2018-08-24T06:15:05Z")
I take it more as ‘mugging for the camera in an irreverent way’ than ‘trying to look intense’…it’s far from the most ridiculous facial expression I’ve seen on a bodybuilder in a magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/11 "2018-08-24T06:29:53Z")
If an athlete is looking particularly intense in the midst of the Olympic trials, that’s one thing. Having the same face on while stirring coffee is another. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/12 "2018-08-24T06:47:34Z")
He was in the middle of a massive deadlift when someone slapped him on the back and his face got stuck that way. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/13 "2018-08-24T13:44:01Z")
Overuse of anabolics has caused the model to experience testicular atrophy. I’d be pissed too. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/14 "2018-08-24T16:05:28Z")
That bottle is made of pure titanium. You try squeezing one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/15 "2018-08-24T20:16:00Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You’ve got to be kidding. You don’t agree that it’s normal for ads to go over the top when portraying human reactions to normal events? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/16 "2018-08-24T20:34:48Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > You don’t agree that it’s normal for ads to go over the top when portraying human reactions to normal events? Not to the extent of muscle mags, no. And before you say anything more, i am a bodybuilder. I have read these mags for years. If I’m wrong about the unique ridiculousness of these mags, show me examples that rise to this level in other genres. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/17 "2018-08-24T20:40:18Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > I take it more as ‘mugging for the camera in an irreverent way’ than ‘trying to look intense’…it’s far from the most ridiculous facial expression I’ve seen on a bodybuilder in a magazine. Well sure but context is everything here. Have you seen a more ridiculous look in the context of doing something as non-exercise related as squeezing a bottle of Mio into a glass of water? And it doesn’t look like “irreverant mugging” to me, it looks like straight up screaming. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/18 "2018-08-24T22:18:24Z")
I like how he’s daintily holding the water bottle with his other hand. If you want to look tough, wrap that thing in your meaty paws, don’t hold it like Kendall Jenner trying to hold a pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/19 "2018-08-24T22:36:43Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I like how he’s daintily holding the water bottle with his other hand. If you want to look tough, wrap that thing in your meaty paws, don’t hold it like Kendall Jenner trying to hold a pepsi. Kendall Jenner is a “real” model, at least she made sure the [del]suckers[/del] consumers could see the label. I hate to be that dude, but that ad made me think of Mengele selling supplements. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144/20 "2018-08-25T02:51:32Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Not to the extent of muscle mags, no. Disagree but whatevs. It’s mildly humorous if your take is that an otherwise strong person is having trouble squeezing a small bottle. My take is more along the lines of Lamoral’s. > [@](#): > > And before you say anything more, i am a bodybuilder. Yes, yes I know. Aren’t you the guy who keeps getting getting your gym memberships revoked for obnoxious behavior? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-magazine-facial-expressions/820144.md?page=2)