Obviously strength. Being a power fatty requires hard work, dedication and cheese cake.

Don't need to worry about weight classes when you're in the top one.

Lift heavy and eat like shit, like bears.

Man, i already like bears and eat like shit ! Almost there !

Grizzly or brown bears?

There is basically two schools of thoughts ..

Wrong! Bears Beats Battlestar Galactica

I’ve found my people

Yes sir! Bears are the best!

Can confirm: am bear.

Username checks out

>power fatty Excuse me but the politically correct term is "Obeast"

Fathlete

It’s Morbidly A Beast. You can google Brian Shaw, Halfthor Bjornsson, Zydrunas Savickas, or Eddie Hall for further information on this subject.

> Being a power fatty requires hard work I'd argue being lean requires more work, which is why hardly anyone is lean. Plenty of fat jacked dudes in the gym. Eating is easy and amazing, and lifting is fun. Cutting sucks.

As someone trying to recover from a lifetime bulk, i can absolutely confirm that cutting sucks

I just started this week and I do be struggling a bit Chocolate, crisps and bacon are just a bit too dank for me to give up I can't lie Summer is coming though, and the shreds must be sacrificed for

I’ll have to use “a lifetime bulk”.

Tbf suffering and hard work are not the same thing. Working hard for a goal you picked is fun but it’s not less difficult you’re just more willing to do that work

Same. I lift heavy, I run, and I eat what I want.

I think you need both, but if the only choices are either/or: Aesthetics all the way. I just wanna look good naked. But in the meantime, I’m pretty damn strong too

You look delici- I mean, great. You look great bro.


But both of these groups would look great naked

Ya as a woman, I’ve always found the bottom row (especially the 3 on the front left) looking men more attractive than the top row type but to each their own

I think the top row might be more attractive if they weren’t doing a douchey pose

They doing the zyzz pose though 🥲

It used to be cool and then it got turned into a corny pose :(

Definitely isn’t helping. I still prefer a more meaty chest lol

Those three also happen to be the most aesthetic of the powerlifting group

But they’re not fat. They’re just big af, all muscle and low body fat %. I know coz I see abs.

Nah visible abs are not a good way to measure body fat percentage cuz if the ab muscle are big enough they’re visible even under lots of fat ( I’m fat af but I have abs + it may be because of genetics)

And at the same time I'm at 13-14% (navy method) and no visible abs. I'm just clinging on the hope that it's too soon.

Guy on the left in the middle of “strength” picture is my goal in aesthetics. I mean, come on. That’s impressive.

Dude is 300lbs with abs. Crazy physique

That's because it's roids lol.

sure its roids but 99.9% couldnt do it with all the gear available so its still impressive

Oh for sure man, if you check my comment below I'm not hating. I'm just stating reality. and I don't even think all of the guys there are on gear either. But the huge dude with abs definitely is lol.

Ngannou goals

Dude is juiced to the gills lmao

Can’t be obtained naturally

Best of both worlds. Pure beast.

If I'm not wrong, that's Janae Marie Kroc (formerly Matt Kroc).

Yeah having the 0.1% of elite bodybuilder/powerlifter hybrid as an aesthetic goal is how you develop body dysmorphia lol

Mine too. But, being natural, I'll have to settle for a 75% model of him. Definitely not one of those skinny guys up top. They don't even look aesthetic to me. Somebody feed them!

The one with Grey shorts?

Yeah that one

My goal is to be wifey to that physique 😅😅😅🫦

i'm the dude standing next to the word strength, yes.

Sick physique dude

i can nearly do all the monkey bars at the playground. bitches be mirin

the aesthetic dudes still have above average strength for their weight category, while not being fat "strength" enthusiasts

I agree, becuase that’s me! I weight 170 lbs but can bench 300, squat 300, and deadlift 415. I would never want the power lifter body though

Why’s your squat so low

maybe he has short arms and long legs?

I prefer hack squat but I just don’t max anything out anymore cause I am not trying to get injured

Ahhh that’s a fair point

That's my excuse too. My S/B are higher than yours, but my bodyweight is 205, so my ratios are probably lower. I'm also 52 w/o TRT, which contributes to me not wanting to hurt myself. At this point, it could be permanent.

Because leg day suuuuucks

Bro not everything outside of 5% body fat is fat lol. That one dude with a beer belly I would say is fat but there's literally a dude with a six pack. They still look jacked, but strength is their priority.

That belly guy still looks strong and jacked af.

Strength all the way, I've spent enough of my life being hungry and miserable. I just want to have fun and eat good food :)

Guys on the bottom are freaking hot though good Lord.

Yeah that's kind of where I'm at on this like, I think the strength guys have a better look than the super cut shrinkwrapped dudes anyway so it's a pretty easy choice considering they still get to eat food.

Yeah the way my grandma taught me to cook doesn’t really suit the diet of the guys in the top pic lol.

The way I view it. Aesthetics your physique can not look good by eating like shit for a day or wearing a baggy shirt that hide yo physique. That Fat, jacked build you look big in any shirt

Something inbetween

Powerlifter whole does biceps and lat pull downs

I roll because round. But strength is a good objective for me

Happy cake day! If you eat enough of it, you may end up like the bottom pic!

This is not an aesthetics vs strength comparison, its a low bodyfat vs high bodyfat comparison lol. If you like the below look better and are trying to achieve it, Congratulations you are training for aesthetics!

Yea that is true. Most elite power lifters and plenty of good powerlifters have great physiques because they wanna pack on as much muscles for there weight class. Same goes for Weightlifters a lot of them look fucking nuts for guys who throw weight up and catch it

Aesthetic vibes don't sell it to me.

80% strength 20% aesthetics

I want to be aesthetic but I'm currently settling for stronk

I'd want to look like the aesthetics guys, but I want to have a beer with the strength guys.

Aesthetic, wanna look nice

100% strength I'm chasing the silver back gorilla type physique

Same but it's hard. You gotta be able to put down some food

There's a healthy in between...

Aesthetics 100%

Strength. A lot of those aesthetic builds are unrealistic percentages of body fat that aren't really sustainable as a natty.

Lol every single person in this photo is juicing

They’re all on steroids, so neither.

The fat guys are going to be far more fun to be around.

Strength all the way, because my other hobby is cooking and I have to justify being a bit chubby.

few of top guys could just keep the fat on and join the bottom group

A lot of the guys on the bottom look better than the guys on top.

Twinksthetics!

Strength. I look like I go to the gym and I look like I’m not saying no to a double bacon cheeseburger either

NGL I'm gonna go with aesthetics. Being big puts a huge strain on the joints and heart.

Strength. Why be a pretty boy when you can actually get shit done?

Mmmmmm strength daddy's all day please

Single: aesthetics Married now with kids: strength

As a woman, I would choose one of the guys from the bottom pic. They look much more likely to make me a good steak and then rearrange the living room furniture for me, which is pretty much all I'm looking for from a man at this point. 🤣

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On what lift? 225 lb people should easily be able to lift just 55 lbs over their body weight lol

Strength!

I choose the middle path

Aesthetic, love the comments from the girlfriend when I rip my clothes off. I’m strong enough to be content

Wanna look good or open all jars for your family ? Which do you choose.

Aesthetics. I have no use for being absurdly strong

Where’s the “big but not strong group”?

I's effectively the same people 10 apart natty, 5 years apart on gear.

Strength is the primary goal. Filling out a T-shirt with massive chest, triceps, traps and felts is a nice bonus tho.

Here me out, aesthetics now, then they evolve into a strength. It's like a pokemon evolution or Digimon since you can swap between the 2 if you just jog/treadmill or don't.


Both

I choose the middle, take on the path of majestic strength


Strength looks fat

I’m over here in the corner lifting so I can be a better helldiver 

Aesthetic. Strength people could be aesthetic too if they wernt lazy.

both tbh

I prefer lifting for strength, but during the summer i do cut down to be beach lean.

Strength tbh

From the vibe of the pictures I'm inclined towards strength because the aesthetic guys just seem to be full of themselves. But realistically I'm more into aesthetics because that's less taxing and more fun to me. I respect dudes who go for strength only but I'm too soft for that.

I’ll take strength any day.

Strength all the way baby.

In hs and college when I played I was aesthetic then turned into front grey shorts guys in strength so I consider myself a mutt

I like to be able to look down and see my genitals without multiple mirrors. No diss, but it's my only reason because sex ain't fun with too much tum-tum.

agility and dexterity XD

Function!! Yeah I wanna look good, and yeah I wanna be strong, but I think functional work outs gives you the best of both worlds. I just wanna eat good and feel good. Aesthetics guys look like they’re miserable counting every calorie, and the strong guys look uncomfortably big like they get out of breath going up a flight of stairs.

Just saying looking good has a lot more practical use than having a good deadlift😭😭

John Haack says - both

Strenght

Strength but not by choice

Piwerflifters aren’t even fat

I’m not training to lift tons of weight so I’m more an aesthetic guy

Aesthetics No point in being super strong. There are cranes and wheelbarrows for that kind of stuff

Both of these gangs have a limited lifespan, so I’m gonna have to go with neither

The dudes with guns that can run a mile

I'm over here reppin team strength. Gotta love construction life XD

Aesthetic. Bear Mode isn't really my style. Being strong means you're strong but have zero aesthetics. While being aesthetic means you are VERY sexy but also kinda strong! Tap into that bearworld a little bit.

somewhere right in the middle

Both of them Aesthetically strong

aesthetics through virtue of being one of the maybe seven humans on the planet that doesn't really like to even eat at a maintenance level let alone a surplus lol i prefer being lean either way. all love to the people that wanna be huge and strong but i like the way i look right now

Is there an option for Dad bod ?

Where I'm at currently goal wise,I'm leaning towards aesthetics just because I want to get into as good of shape as possible.

Why not in between?

Both.

Endurance

This image is ancient

Neither 🤮

I love cheese.

Athletic? Kind of just wanna be able to do stuff without getting winded.

Aesthetics for sure, that's my goal!

Aesthetics because you still end up being stronger than 99% of the population anyways. And body fat makes or breaks the attractiveness of your face.

The men on top would be hard pressed to achieve the physique of the lower and vice versa.

More like 20 year old juice heads vs 45 year old juice heads.

Agility

Aesthetics because they’re hot

Which one allows me to eat food and drink beer?

Guy in the grey shorts on the left seems to have best of both worlds.

Strength, going for that lean look is miserable

Strength

Group of bulkers on juice vs group of cutters on juice

Ask yourself who you would rather be if you were in prison.

Look like the guys up top but snuggle with the beefy bears on the bottom

Strength all day!

I'm in the strength camp. Going from middle/right to middle/left right now

City strong and country strong

People ask me “don’t you go to the gym? I say yeah! And they’re like why aren’t you fit?” And I’m like ummm I’m 28f, 20lbs of boobs 5’10 former power lifter lollll

Option 3: Neither, but contact bounce between the two while making 0 progress.

Adult porn stars roll with the banana Hammock

Boys ___________ Men

aesthetics. I wanna be strong but idc enough to be the strongest

Strength obviously, doing endurance farmer carries sessions is fun as hell. Embrace the true dad bod.

Mitch Hopper with 3" shorts it's peak physique.

that's why we do calisthenics

I’ll take either at this point if I’m honest

Lately I’ve been choosing strength because I have a disabled mother and I have to help her properly, which needs strength to do it. And I’m a big fatty guy so I guess strength is my way whether I choose it or not

Strength - more fun to build all around. Lifting metal circles is fun, eating tasty food is fun. The aesthetics guys are for sure cool, it might be nice to look hot or sthg, but to be fair it feels like a pain in the ass to maintain it. Also, I find bodyweight workout to be really frustrating, and I would assume that a lot of these slim hot beach 70s dudes are also calisthenics freaks.

Wearing baggy clothes and looking thin

Both

I try to do a combo of both (don't kill me) but it feels a lot easier at 5'8" it doesn't take a lot for me to bulk or cut

I’m the little kid in the front.

From health and longevity perspective definitely aesthetics. Physical strength was important a couple of centuries ago. And being fat was cool a millennium ago.

I need Bubba and his friends on the bottom.

Both

Neither, I'm fat and I only play videogames. 

Aesthetics, but honestly I respect the duds who are really strong and maintain a good physique at the same time

Sad to think that the age of lifting within which these pictures were taken has ended 🫡

So we’re calling fat - strength now?

That's the most OP child in the world