Virdea Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 150... kg? Also, cool, I can tell people I have the body of a gladiator. If your weight is above 100 and you can run a mile then you are pretty close to a gladiator. They were heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Weirdly enough this guy approaches the norm for gladiators. Modern forensics on gladiator bodies show they carried quite a bit of weight - and not redneck built beefy weight but actual folds and mass, enough that their shoulder blades and hip joints showed wear patterns similar to a very heavy man. A 5' 6" gladiator who died in England could have massed just shy of 150 and would have displayed jowls, a beer belly, and a heavy below waist fat. The theory on why this is done is contained in lanista training manuals - the arms and weapons given the gladiators were fixed by precedents so no advantage could be gained there. Advantage could be gained by being fat, as most weapons were slashing weapons (to give the audience a greater thrill, as slashing weapons combined with strategic armor would have given a long contest). Someone his weight would have been unlikely to be a German soldier, but Gladiators could have eaten as much as 8000 calories a day of high fat, high carb meal and looked more like him than Kirk Douglas. (Also note the shoulders, wrists, and jowls, my wife's HOUSE MD-like office mate told me she thinks this gentleman has Hashimotos complicated by Dysthymia. She bases this on the fact that weight gain caused by overeating makes it impossible at that weight to bend the knees like this gentleman, and that his hands show water gain not weight gain. When you hear miracle stories of people loosing 100 kilos it is often because they cure Hashimotos or one of the other major thyroid conditions.) I doubt very highly that Sergeant Sugarcookie there is doing much comparable to a gladiator, other than the 8K calorie meal(s) Khand-e 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 150... kg? Also, cool, I can tell people I have the body of a gladiator. I AM STURGEONICUS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I DEEM YOU, CANTQUOTEICUS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 If your weight is above 100 and you can run a mile then you are pretty close to a gladiator. They were heavy. I have a difficult time running a mile because of health issues I've had since I was a skinny 6 year old. I can bike close to ten miles at fifteenish mph without really needing a break, though. Oedipus is sitting there giggling. Harr harr, Mr. Tour Divide, yes, you're a much better cyclist than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I DEEM YOU, CANTQUOTEICUS! Hey! Back off man! I was on my mobile device bub! Fight me in real life!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Hey! Back off man! I was on my mobile device bub! Fight me in real life!!! I'll have to send that clip to my sister in law, she runs the cadaver lab at a nearby university. I suspect that clip will make her laugh. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The brain sliding out of the skull is kinda disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 If your weight is above 100 and you can run a mile then you are pretty close to a gladiator. They were heavy. Not at 2 meters tall I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The brain sliding out of the skull is kinda disturbing. I don't even think that would be possible cutting that shallow, I mean, you'd think your brain stem/spinal cord would prevent your brain from just falling out like nothing is holding it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The brain sliding out of the skull is kinda disturbing. Having watched all four seasons of Spartacus on Starz, I can assure you that is not even in the Top Ten of disturbing scenes in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virdea Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The above CGI was dubbed the Westworld Effect in editing. It was an in joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 I only load 32 bullitz in ma clip for maximum TACTICUUL REALIZM! as ludicrous as this looks, i cant really fault the guy for getting outside and enjoying a hobby he likes i mean its not like we really have heaps of respect for the soldiers that fought under Nazi Germany and truly care if their memories are tarnished by having people of-lesser physical discipline to reenact them hell, at-least he picked the branch of the Hitlerite horde with the least warcrimes per captia and loose-fitting clothes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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