Thread where Al tells us we should like muscular booty

[Hauldren Collider]

Here:

[IMG]{most disgusting image after goatse}[/IMG]

If you don't want to hit that, try Asher, he's probably more your type.

What the **** is that thing? Is it from H.P. Lovecraft? arrrgh I can never unsee that you douchebag.

[Docfeelgood]

You guys don't really think these women are real?

[Hauldren Collider]

Sometimes I wonder if you are real doc.

[Al B. Sure!]

About half the Maxim Philippines were like this... same squat position but the camera is in the front.












But as I note, Maxim in America doesn't use that pose very much. The Chinese and Filipinos use it but from a more frontal (really profile though most of the Urban mags were in profile as well) perspective with a bit less emphasis on the (non-existent ) booty.

Maybe White America is just out of step with the rest of the planet? That wouldn't shock me at all

[giblets]

You're obsessed with squatting. European squat toilets, squatting exercises, women squatting. Sheesh.

[Docfeelgood]

Sometimes I wonder if you are real doc.

Sorry to bust your bubble, but women do not look like that. Those pics are just jackoff material. A real women has blemishes, stretch marks, uneven breasts, callouses on her knees, elbows and feet, body hair, foul smelling yeast infections, ect, ect,.
If you did not know this, then I guess some of you have never been with a real women. Just because they look good mean they know how to fukc.

[Docfeelgood]

If you think women really look like this then you will set your expatiation so high that you are setting yourself up for a big disappointment.

[giblets]

He'll have a drink and it will be okay. Oh, wait...

[Al B. Sure!]

You're obsessed with squatting. European squat toilets, squatting exercises, women squatting. Sheesh.

gribbler, if you want to pretend to have an intelligent discussion, then do so. I just showed you how the 'presenting' pose with the lumbar extension to push out the pelvis and buttocks is utilized on magazine covers in different cultures. I presented all the Chinese-language Maxim covers from the first page of my image search as well as the Filipino covers.

The difference is that the American urban mags do seem to focus slightly more on the rear ends but that may be largely because, well, those women have larger and more noticeable buttocks than their Asian or Filipino equivalents so that's something that is more focused on in the photography. A photographer wouldn't be wise to focus on a subject's relative weakness.

[Docfeelgood]

Lyrics:

You've got me captured
I'm under your spell
I guess I'll never learn
I have your picture
Yes I know it well
Another page is turned

Are you for real?
It's so hard to tell
From just a magazine
Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells
Look what that does to me

I'll wait
'Til your love comes down
I'm coming straight for your heart
No way
You can stop me now
As fine as you are

I wrote a letter
And told her these words
That meant a lot to me
I never sent it
She wouldn't have heard
Her eyes don't follow me

And while she watches
I can never be free
Such good photography

I'll wait
'Til your love comes down
I'm coming straight for your heart
No way
You can stop me now
As fine as you are

(Guitar Solo)

You can't imagine
What your image means
The pages come alive
Your magic free
To everyone who reads
Heartbreakin' motor drive

Are you for real?
It's so hard to tell
From just a magazine
Yeah, you just smile and the picture sells
Look what that does to me

I'll wait
'Til your love comes down
I'm coming straight for your heart
No way
You can stop me now
As fine as you are

I'll wait
'Til your love comes down
I'm coming straight for your heart
No way
You can stop me now
As fine as you are

[giblets]

Albert... this discussion was never intelligent to begin with.

[Al B. Sure!]

Albert... this discussion was never intelligent to begin with.

Whatever. I think I found some interesting stuff. It's anecdotal but the prevalence of a 'butt-out' pose is interesting.

These magazine covers obviously are attempts to elicit sexual arousal in men. If there is a pattern in them, it says something about what is considered sexually arousing.

[Docfeelgood]

Whatever. I think I found some interesting stuff. It's anecdotal but the prevalence of a 'butt-out' pose is interesting.

These magazine covers obviously are attempts to elicit sexual arousal in men. If there is a pattern in them, it says something about what is considered sexually arousing.

In the animal kingdom the female will stick her asss into the males face when she is in heat.

[Al B. Sure!]

Why might glutes and that particular pelvic tilt demonstrated in those pictures be important?

From a sports performance website:

http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/noglutes.html

To have your glute activation patterns maximized you want the muscles that attach your thigh higher up on the hip controlling movement of your thighs rather than muscles that attach lower on your hip. You want the muscles that attach your thigh bone to your hip keeping the head of your femur bone "tight" in the hip socket. When you don't, you have glute activation issues. The hip flexors catch lot of flack but they too are important and here’s why:

The hip flexors (psoas) are the most important muscle for hip flexion (moving your leg forward). The most important muscle for extending your hip (moving your leg back) is the gluteus maximus. Both of these muscles obviously attach high on the hip and control the femur bone (upper thigh). When they are in balance with the proper mobility you inherently have good glute activation patterns.

Occassionally, people will have weak hip flexors, thus, when they flex their hip, the muscles that attach lower down on the hip and thigh (such as the tensor fascia lata and rectus femoris), end up doing what the hip flexors should be doing. This also often leads to a posterior pelvic posture (flat-assed posture) that negates good glute and hip flexor activation in favor of hamstring and TFL activation and allows the head of the femur to slide slightly out of the socket, often causing hip pain.

Excessively tight hip flexors with an anterior rotated pelvis, or a posture where the butt sticks, out can also inhibit glute function, but in my experience the majority of athletes with tight hip flexors DON'T tend to have glute activation issues near to the extent as someone with weak hip flexors and a swayback posture. In fact, a slight degree of anterior tilt may put the glutes at a slight leverage advantage. This is corroborated by Shirley Sahrmann in her book, “Movement Impairment Syndromes” and can also be corroborated by taking a quick look at the posture of top athletes in speed and power based sports like track and field and American football. People with tight hip flexors may have issues with hamstring strains and back pain, due to the excessive curve in the lower back, but from a glute activation standpoint it’s definitely better to have tight hip flexors than weak hip flexors and it's rather simple to correct the tightness issue.

For an example of how hip posture can influence gluteal recruitment and development check out the difference between the primitive Kalahari Bushman and typical western male:

[Elok]

Dude, you're overanalyzing. I'd say at least 98% of the allure is simply that, when a woman's butt is thrust out like that, it looks like she's suggesting you go to town (presumptively on the lower of the two holes down there). They naturally do fewer such shots when the model isn't too gifted back there, or in regions where popular tastes don't favor the pose. I imagine there'd be more shots of women posing for missionary, except

A. It's more awkward to stage a shot like that, since it's largely a passive pose, and
B. They'd run afoul of obscenity laws if the relevant area was thrown into too-sharp relief. Also,
C. While it's a very pleasant region to visit, the appearance is something of an acquired taste.