Flashback: 1980s Muscle Men

So shiny. So swollen. So intense. So totally, awesomely objectified.

Without these ridiculously wonderful caricatures of the human male form, body oil manufacturers would have had to go out of business. And thanks to the myriad muscle magazines gracing the newsstands with their throbbing, veiny presence, a good number of very creative (and semi-ridiculous) photographers and graphic designers were kept busy.

Fitness magazines still exist but they are much more wise to that objectifying gaze and don't quite go "gay as hell" in their aesthetics. It's more muscles as armor, less muscles as seductive.

You may have noticed the word "Slut" on the image of the guy working the leg machine. Unfortunately, this is Swedish for "Final" or in this context "Finish" for the end of the movement. While "Benpress" just means Leg Press. Thank you Google translate.

Or actually no thank you Google translate. I was hoping Slut meant big slut. Though with that body, I would hope he has his moments of pleasure, just to break up the 20 hours of exercise he does a day.

Perhaps he combines weightlifting with sex. I hope so.

As for the bleached-blond twins, it's possible they aren't twins at all. Maybe it's a photo trick. Or maybe they just work out so often together, they've started to look alike. Either way, keeping the flip-flops on qualifies as a choice. Flip-flop muscle stud twin fetishists rejoice!

Whoever had to clean up the set after their shoot did not rejoice however. Whatever they're resting on I'm sure ended up as oily as the paper doily on a catered tray of giant cookies.

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