@isdraugr:
@WisteriaDay:
It's a pretty specific topic but I agree with it entirely. In the video you linked, the bearded guy is clearly "showing off" more, and that's certainly a plus in my book. A bodybuilder flexing is always hot, but if he's really committed to it, then it's typically hotter. Another great example are flexing videos where the guy is dripping in sweat by the end of the session, because he flexed so damn long and hard. The concept (and reality) of showing off muscles as being a workout in and of itself is pretty fucking hot.
I was actually struggling with the wording for this thread because I wanted it address the topic in a broad sense.
We usually focus on the idea or the form and this other aspects about muscualrity are rarely (if ever) discussed so it made me interested knowing if others also read the messages associated with the display of muscularity or if they go totally unnoticed.
I have always found the flexing more appealing when the bodybuilder seems to be flexing as hard as he can to the point his body starts trembling and yet genuinely enjoying it despite the exhaustion. When they do it this way, in my eyes, it enhances this idea of strength and it makes him look more competitive. Some people say the flexing in competitions is comparable to a workout because they are trying to flex as hard as they can in order to outshine the other contestants.
I agree with you on the sweating and that is another aspect related to the flexing and posing. Sweat also suggests the bodybuilder is putting a lot of physical effort into the flexing and that certainly make the exhibition more appealing, apart, of course, from a more aesthetically pleasing image sweat can give.
I agree with you completely. I find a bodybuilder who flexes hard, demonstrated by his facial expression as well, very sexy. Sweating, as long as it isn't too much, is also really hot.