…to get posted on this site!
(Well, what did you think…!)
It’s all about personal preferences (Dave and I) and, if that rules out some things you’d like to see, then I’m afraid you must look elsewhere. That said, you can submit anything you would particularly like to be included by e-mail to gymacrobat@gmail.com. Offers gratefully accepted, but will be moderated. I offer some guidance in between the following pix and, if any of our likes/dislikes offend, well I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is!
Some things we don’t usually appreciate:
Toilets and urinals in the picture / dirty mirrors for selfies
Pants around the ankles while flexing muscles
Camera/phone obscuring the face or body (selfie takers, please learn!!) or dreadful camera angle (ditto!)
Moustaches and beards
Glasses (and, yes, I wear them for driving, but could you take them off for the picture?)
…some more below
Some things we DO like:
Shirts off!
Gymnasts and acrobats at all skill levels
Martial artists
Lifters/gym bunnies/street workout dudes/sweaty workouts
Buddies/besties
Tans
Stupid edits and obvious ‘Photoshopping’
…some more below
Some more things we DON’T generally like:
Excessive tattoos
Obvious porn set-ups – including guys pictured in jock straps just to show off!
Obvious underwear ads (but we relent where the model is ACE!)
Bodybuilding to ridiculous degrees
Masks (sorry, Coronavirus)
Nudity except where really artistic and destined for the permanent themed pages with genuine justification
Self-promoting models and guys making a living out of self-promotion on the web
Not overtly ‘gay’
Not ‘too young’ to be imaged in the way that they are
More LIKES:
Smiles / candid shots
Sportsmen in action
Kewl body image, sometimes featuring specific muscle groups or tailored to their sport
Unusual perspectives, groups, use of light for the image
‘Gently gay’ (like two guys looking affectionate for the blog, closer couples for the other pages)
So there we are:
Not an exhaustive list of likes and dislikes by any means, but there you are. And there are always exceptions! If it helps to explain what you see here, fine: if it offends, you are welcome to look elsewhere for what you want.
Dave and I are very much of the sporting persuasion and work in fitness promotion and (less often now – age!) in acrobatic performance. So, you see, you’ll more or less “get what it says on the tin!” Your comments are welcome, either here or via gymacrobat@gmail.com
Enjoy the rest (we hope…)
(A boy at 45 degrees. Dreadful selfie camera angle that cannot be improved by simple rotation by 90 degrees. But we liked him as well as the lake in the background!)
(Folk wrestler, we think. Odd background though…)
(Almost perfect…)
(Probably taken by a mate: the great outdoors is usually a good setting. Next one too…)
(… but this shot is almost certainly a set-up – with each admiring his own muscle, especially the guy on the right – HOWEVER: it’s the great outdoors again, nice setting, and the bodies are for sure ‘well OK’, so OK! It’s in)
(Street workout dude caught at night [possibly] – it is hard to tell here. Candid night shots can work really well – this is a bit too ‘posed’.)
(Water always makes a great background, so here’s another…)
(Adriatic coast, quiet hidden beach… don’t you just want to join him…?)
(Actually DOING the exercise [bicycle twist for oblique abdominals – much better than posing in front of the mirror in the gym and flexing! Anyway,s he’s at home!)
(Quirky shot. I leave you to figure out why!)
(Here, we allow the vest. Everything else about the shot is great – outdoor [hotel?] gym setting, big weight in the composition, smile…)
WHEREAS… … …
(…well, at least the mirror is clean, even if it’s surround obscures the quad he wants us to admire! But he could be sticking his tongue out at us for all we know [and some do – WHY?]…)
Some edits we just like for no apparent reason. That is one of them! Don’t get ‘all hung up’about it…
(Combines weights and a little simple acrobatics – NICE! The guy is a gymnast – you can tell from the toes.)
(Natural setting [messy!!, Pilates ball at the end of the bed??] – mate in the room with a camera, almost certainly with his shirt off too. So a buddy pic too. And we also a get a partial silhouette on the wall, reflected off a mirror by the flash. Fun.)
(Hmmm. Supplements. That one is OK, but prefer not…)
(An oldie – almost certainly a repeat. But the definition is amazing – every hair on his arms… we can surely forgive the weirdo hair?)
(Oh, YES! Not a somersault position so it must be mid-dive with a very short exposure time.)
(Why cut the shirtless buddy off?)
‘Playtime’ to finish. Hope you found something to like and so will return. Comments welcome, as I said, and let us know which is your favourite here. Then check out other pages on the site covering wrestling, gymnastics, handstands… we aim to please!