hello i want to look more muscle man type. how can i post a photo to show and ask for advice for clothes to wear?
how can i look more of a muscle man
gandee
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i wish i was irish but i am of english heritage. i will look up some bodybuilding forums, good idea thanks.
If you already have the physique and just want to avoid clothes that hide your shape you want an "athletic cut" or to go with MTM or probably bespoke. The problem I find is clothes are too baggy and do not have enough v-taper or as much as I already have. Simply going with separates does not solve this problem. The jacket is still cut for someone with a gut as wide as their shoulders. I don't believe that the clothes look good when they are adding the shape via padding. It doesn't look muscular, it looks like a guy in a too small padded suit. However, I don't think you can find a suit shaped like that OTR anyway.
I also think it is important to avoid simply taking in the waist and not the entire body (maybe the word is skirt?) as well. This produces an "hour glass" look compared to the chiseled look in the above photo of Mr. Hope. I personally find it hideous, but YMMV. I think Roger Moore looked like this in a lot of his jackets.
Flapless pockets (or tucking the flaps in) on the jacket help minimize the lower bulk and emphasizes the V-taper.
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I think the trick here is to work with what you have rather than trying in a couple of days to look like someone different.
suggestions: a light colored 4x2 Double Breasted sportcoat (Tan or mid grey) Cream or very lt blue shirt. Brown or charcoal slacks. The light colored top will make your torso appear bigger in relation to your legs. DB sportcoats add width to a small degree. Avoid clothes with a high button stance (3 button sport coats) as they will make you look more "sticklike"
You'll look good and realistic for New Years rather than "padded":icon_smile_wink:
suggestions: a light colored 4x2 Double Breasted sportcoat (Tan or mid grey) Cream or very lt blue shirt. Brown or charcoal slacks. The light colored top will make your torso appear bigger in relation to your legs. DB sportcoats add width to a small degree. Avoid clothes with a high button stance (3 button sport coats) as they will make you look more "sticklike"
You'll look good and realistic for New Years rather than "padded":icon_smile_wink:
ksinc -if you look above you can see that in my picture i have shoulder pads on for skating.- so you can imagine how narrow across the shoulders i really am - i have tried jackets as you so kindly suggest... but they just hang off me like a boy with his fathers overcoat on - i think double breasted is very good for me - but i think i do need that tapering in on my skirt.
Gandee there are a few things that you can do to change your appearance. But if I can be so forward you sound young and in need to impress a potential mate. However this approach will only lead you to disappointment and heartbreak. Be who you are, project to others the things that make you special and set you apart be it interests, philosophy of life, intelligence etc. Then let people be attracted to you and select from those who are attracted to you the one you like the best. But trying to impress someone else especially if the thing they want you don't have will only lead to disaster. JMHO. Best of luck.
A good tailor can accentuate your positive features and tone down your negative features. If you focus too much on hiding your physique, it becomes obvious and you wind up looking ridiculous.
If your shoulders are extremely narrow (none of your photos are coming through, so we can't tell), stay away from double breasted coats. A medium weight, single breasted coat with a trim waist and slight padding at the shoulders. Make sure your coat sleeves show at least 1/2" of cuff with your arms at your side, and make sure your dress shirt is tapered at the waist. Pleated pants will help a bit, too.
Wear is that available please? I've had a devil of a time finding a 4x2 DB that isn't notch lapeled.
'I can make you a man' Since your english I would listen to Tim Curry in this acting role that pelvic thrust him into the company of Cary Grant, David Niven and Sir Lawrence Olivier. That, or go to a midnight showing. As Tim observed at a fan gathering, " It's so nice to know there are so many of you wierd people out there to make me look normal." Once you've been to a RHPS, You realise nobody is as good looking as they think, nor as bad.
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If it's too hard to find RTW it should be an easy MTM. They are around though
do not use steroids
Just to be clear, I mentioned steroids as a way to try to suggest that you not worry too much about how you look. I was not advocating their use. I apologize if there was any misunderstanding.
I grew up terribly dissatisfied with my physical appearance. I did address my concerns by undertaking an exercise program and going out for sports. I was big enough that I wound up on the varsity track and football teams. I was not suited for sports and after two years of it I switched to the chemistry team, something for which I was better suited. I continued, however, to exercise.
I eventually figured out that I had never looked particularly bad, but had listened to people who didn't know much. I got over feeling unhappy about my physical appearance. The long term benefits of my concern were (a) all that exercise was good for me, and (b) I learned to come to terms with difficult, even painful issues about what I thought of myself.
The clothing advice here is sound. Being well dressed is a very good way to feel good about yourself. And it's fun.
Regards,
Gurdon
Just to be clear, I mentioned steroids as a way to try to suggest that you not worry too much about how you look. I was not advocating their use. I apologize if there was any misunderstanding.
I grew up terribly dissatisfied with my physical appearance. I did address my concerns by undertaking an exercise program and going out for sports. I was big enough that I wound up on the varsity track and football teams. I was not suited for sports and after two years of it I switched to the chemistry team, something for which I was better suited. I continued, however, to exercise.
I eventually figured out that I had never looked particularly bad, but had listened to people who didn't know much. I got over feeling unhappy about my physical appearance. The long term benefits of my concern were (a) all that exercise was good for me, and (b) I learned to come to terms with difficult, even painful issues about what I thought of myself.
The clothing advice here is sound. Being well dressed is a very good way to feel good about yourself. And it's fun.
Regards,
Gurdon
About weight training, I can give a little advice. During the summer of 1964, I studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, I had dysentery and my weight dropped to 165 pounds at a height of 6'3". (I don't think I had ever been more than about 185 or thereabouts previously). I got back to Oxford in early August and set about rebuilding myself. With nothing more than a pair of dumbbells, simple basic exercises and plenty of milk and protein powder and other good food, I got my weight up to 200+ pounds (mostly muscle) by the start of term at the end of September. Many of my friends marvelled at the transformation. My conversion to bodybuilding resulted ultimately in the ruin of a valuable wardrobe of suits I had inherited, but that's another story. My weight has fluctuated between 210 and 230 most of my adult life, and I'm going to be 65 shortly.
You don't need five years, or even one year to make most of the gains you are likely to make. Nor do you need fancy equipment. I was living in a one-room walk-up flat on Broad Street when I made my transformation. (I even used a couple of thick dictionaries in lieu of a weightlifter's bench!) A few pieces of advice. Don't overtrain. A lot of regimens in the magazines are for advanced bodybuilders, and I suspect there is a lot of BS as well. Just stick to good, old-fashioned heavy exercises--squats (above all), bench presses, military presses, curls--that sort of thing. Don't train more often than three times a week or every other day. Get lots of rest. Eat plenty of good food with lots of protein. Use supplements if you like. Millions of men train with weights, but few of us end up looking like an Arnold in his prime. Some men have the potential to gain a lot of muscle and be "musclemen." Most of us don't. However, if you follow a sensible regimen of exercise, diet and rest, you will unquestionably be noticeably more "buff" than you were within a very few months.
When you have trained for a year or so, I then suggest you start seriously building your wardrobe. If you have been successful enough, you may not even need garments tailored to make you look more muscular. Manton, in his aforementioned book, has a whole chapter devoted to how highly athletic, muscular men should dress--in suits and sport coats that downplay their development.
In the past, I hobnobbed with some of the top physique men of their day. It was surprising how "normal" many of them looked in long sleeved jackets and other attire that concealed their development.
You don't need five years, or even one year to make most of the gains you are likely to make. Nor do you need fancy equipment. I was living in a one-room walk-up flat on Broad Street when I made my transformation. (I even used a couple of thick dictionaries in lieu of a weightlifter's bench!) A few pieces of advice. Don't overtrain. A lot of regimens in the magazines are for advanced bodybuilders, and I suspect there is a lot of BS as well. Just stick to good, old-fashioned heavy exercises--squats (above all), bench presses, military presses, curls--that sort of thing. Don't train more often than three times a week or every other day. Get lots of rest. Eat plenty of good food with lots of protein. Use supplements if you like. Millions of men train with weights, but few of us end up looking like an Arnold in his prime. Some men have the potential to gain a lot of muscle and be "musclemen." Most of us don't. However, if you follow a sensible regimen of exercise, diet and rest, you will unquestionably be noticeably more "buff" than you were within a very few months.
When you have trained for a year or so, I then suggest you start seriously building your wardrobe. If you have been successful enough, you may not even need garments tailored to make you look more muscular. Manton, in his aforementioned book, has a whole chapter devoted to how highly athletic, muscular men should dress--in suits and sport coats that downplay their development.
In the past, I hobnobbed with some of the top physique men of their day. It was surprising how "normal" many of them looked in long sleeved jackets and other attire that concealed their development.
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yo, you wanna look like a muscle guy?!
...First, go to WalMart or your favorite big box store and load up on A shirts, the white ones. Get them a size small, not only will that make your abs and tris look bigger, you'll look even more ridiculous. Then, make a studied attempt at not pronouncing any 'G' at the end of any words. Go out and buy an SUV, preferably one of those with goofy proportions (as if some are more inelegant than others...), maybe one of those pseudo Mack trucks like Dodges, you know the ones, they look remotely crossed eyed. in red, make sure it's red. And put on those chrome wheels that look like they're going in the reverse direction when in motion. Don;t brush your teeth for a few weeks, skip bathing, and wear at least 2 gold chains on your neck. Go get a fake Rolex from a guy on the street for five bucks, too.
And eventhough none of these recommendations will make your muscles any bigger, the distraction will make others forget about that. but then again, they might think something else entirely. Which won't be such a bother since thought isn;t part of the equation anyway....
...First, go to WalMart or your favorite big box store and load up on A shirts, the white ones. Get them a size small, not only will that make your abs and tris look bigger, you'll look even more ridiculous. Then, make a studied attempt at not pronouncing any 'G' at the end of any words. Go out and buy an SUV, preferably one of those with goofy proportions (as if some are more inelegant than others...), maybe one of those pseudo Mack trucks like Dodges, you know the ones, they look remotely crossed eyed. in red, make sure it's red. And put on those chrome wheels that look like they're going in the reverse direction when in motion. Don;t brush your teeth for a few weeks, skip bathing, and wear at least 2 gold chains on your neck. Go get a fake Rolex from a guy on the street for five bucks, too.
And eventhough none of these recommendations will make your muscles any bigger, the distraction will make others forget about that. but then again, they might think something else entirely. Which won't be such a bother since thought isn;t part of the equation anyway....
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