Nice lighting. Not terribly appealing to me personally, but I could see it being an effective image to be hung in a gym or whatnot. Maybe in a serious with a few other similar shots. Well done.
The best lit image here - strong sense of textures in both the steel and the skin; a very human shot, I think. Strong graphically too - it doesn't quite grab me, as a subject, but there's a lot of tonality here that I really do like.
Love the humor in this shot (or forgive me if this was not your intention LOL). This is a humorous spin on this challenge which I think stands out above the other fine entries in this challenge. 10
I thought of doing something like this, but having a bodybuilder lifting a 2 lb dumbell. I went with something entirely different. nice lighting, sharp focus.