What tattoos do men with huge biceps and shoulders get: 5 top options

tattoo master, owner of Tattoo Studio by Egor Zverev

Tattoo is a body modification, as well as muscle building. One does not interfere with the other. Rather, these processes organically complement each other. Of course, there are difficulties here. I’m not talking about how difficult it is to pump up biceps, triceps and delts… Our heroes cope with these moments perfectly. It’s not easy to choose the type of image itself.

Elaborate reliefs that seem designed for decoration are not the best canvas. Why? Images can warp. Shoulders and forearms are on the list of danger zones. An increased risk occurs when an athlete wants to stuff something portrait-like. You need to be ready to have to carefully choose the location, and do not be afraid of surprises.

It is much safer in all respects to bet on ornaments and abstraction. That’s exactly what some bodybuilding adepts do. But it’s not without desperate experiments either. What exactly are most often beaten by actors and athletes, whose arms and shoulders simply cannot not be decorated (no matter what difficulties they have to endure)?

1. A variety of fauna

Images with animals are some of the most popular options not only with jocks, they are also done very often by ordinary people. Why? They seem to adopt certain qualities that are inherent in the “totem”. Of course, athletes also like the possibility of such an upgrade.

Dwayne Johnson

For example, the actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson nabbed an image of a bull on his arm. That’s exactly what his first tattoo was. Why? First of all, he is a Taurus by zodiac sign. The Rock believes he is under the patronage of this animal. But the tattoo also carries the following meanings: power, masculinity, sexual message. The bull is associated with the continuation of the family. By the way, now the Rock has modified this tattoo. The image has become larger.

John Hauck

But not only brute animal power attracts athletes in the theme of zootatu. Another top option is birds. Of course, the options here are also chosen certain – heroic. For example, American powerlifter and bodybuilder John Haack has an eagle on his shoulder. However, below there is a transition from fauna to flora – a tree appears. Plant motifs are also very popular.

2. Women and flowers

Strength does not deny romance. Often athletes imprint on their bodies portraits of lovers or abstract female images.

For example, Sylvester Stallone has the beautiful green eyes of his beautiful wife on his forearm. The actor believes that they protect him from disease and the evil eye. On the other arm is a portrait.

Sylvester Stallone got his first tattoo at the age of 60!

Note that the flora in the actor’s tattoo is also present. The female image is surrounded by roses, symbolizing their daughters. It must be said that “girls + flowers” is not an uncommon combination. Yes, strong men are not alien to romance in all its manifestations.

Sylvester Stallone

By the way, Stallone did not forget about fauna too. Women, flowers and birds – all this adorns his mighty hands. On the chest of the actor also has a zootatu. It depicts a white horse.

3. Inscriptions

This is the most universal and popular type of tattoo. The choice is great: quotes from the Bible, sayings of famous people or just beautiful phrases. Most often they are “written” on the chest or back. But there are also unusual locations.

For example, the choice of Bulgarian fitness trainer and model Lazar Angelov fell directly on the biceps. Of course, he also has other options.

Lazar Angelov

4. Skulls and bones

Such symbolism evokes mixed feelings in the public… But usually images of some skeletal parts are about fearlessness in the face of death. By the way, in Buddhism the skull is a symbol of sacred life.

Mikhail Sidorychev

Mikhail Sidorychev, two-time Russian and European bodybuilding champion, has a very nontrivial “bone symbol” on his left forearm – something resembling an animal skeleton. And once again we return to the theme of fauna….

5. Large-scale patterns and ornaments

As we said before, when there are no specifics (like portraits), things get easier. Some athletes realize this in time and continue the process of decorating themselves exactly in the direction of “organics” or ethnic ornaments.

Dwayne Johnson

The same Dwayne Johnson has a giant Polynesian-style tattoo on his left shoulder. It is she became his calling card. It is believed that ethnomotivs carry a secret sacred meaning. Each pattern has a certain meaning.

Stuart Tomlinson

Another example of a large-scale pattern is the tattoo of the footballer-slayer Stuart Tomlinson. It is such options are much safer in terms of the prospects of possible deformation.

Of course, our heroes are not afraid of difficulties, but if you can simplify your life a little, why not? Although usually one tattoo is not limited to no one. Gradually they become many. The mistakes of youth are transformed into something more. Here it is important to find a good master and stop in time.