Reviewed 2022-12-16 l Last update on 2024-03-16
High Performance Men gives you muscled hunks, masculine guys with shaved or hairy chests, gym-fit studs and pornstars in full-on, unbridled hardcore action. It’s part of the Pride Studios Network of 12 sites, and when you join one, you join all of them. This means your recurring monthly membership is worth holding onto because although High Performance Men no longer updates, other sites in the network do. You currently have 5,178 videos in the network, and 1,206 guys to get off with.
High Performance Men was active between 2012 and 2015. During that time, it saw some of the earliest, and some say best, appearances from guys who are now top gay porn models. Billy Santoro, Max Sargent and Hunter Vance can be found among the 191 videos, and there is a team of other studly, fit jocks, bears, studs and dads to play with too. Look out for a scene with Colt Rivers and Johnny Hazzard for some classic gay hardcore.
Because these guys are so athletic, it’s not surprising that many of their movies were shot in locker rooms and around the gym, the content is that kind of high-octane, hot and sweaty hardcore where the men are men, the bottoms are powerful and the tops are alpha males. Yet it’s not over the top; you're not looking at overly muscled bodybuilders, but guys with defined physiques. Of course, they are also perfect in the pecker department, with some sporting eight or nine inches, some with cut cocks, others uncut, and most with great big balls that are stacked with jizz.
Scenes have a vague storyline to them, and very often it’s a case of a quick meet, and then a long, hard fuck. The titles of movies give you an idea of the variety within the jock and stud niche. ‘Train Me Hard’ was the last movie HPM put out in 2015, and ‘Hard Strokes’ a solo by Alessio Romero was one of the first in 2012. ‘Dirty Mouth’, ‘Bottom Boss’ are there, but ‘Tops and Robbers’ gets my vote for the classiest title. Throughout all of them, you’re guaranteed hardcore ass banging, rimming, sloppy BJs, rough and tumble and glorious cumshots.
As soon as you log in, you arrive at the most recent videos from High Performance Men. From there, you can click to view all 191, and if you ever get lost, you can return to the collection via the network’s Channels page. Movies are sampled with short trailers in large thumbnails and are listed with their stars and upload dates. Click one to find an excellent viewing page with many interactive options, links to the accompanying gallery and your download options. To stream, you simply click the screen, and from there, you can choose one of seven streaming resolutions. The auto-detect function chooses what it thinks is best for you, but you can change this. Movies stream from 160p right up to 1080p, and the content is of great quality.
Downloads come with the same options, with 1,920 x 1,080 full HD being the top resolution, and this goes for even the oldest movies. Scenes run for around 20 minutes and come with galleries, but be aware that of the 191, many of them are interviews or behind-the-scenes footage. Interesting though they are, they are not hardcore, but there’s no need to worry, there are masses more videos to see in your bonus sites.
There are 5,178 movies here in total, and the site adds around ten new videos per month. These come from the updating sites, like Family Creep, Extra Big Dicks and Men Over 30, which seem to be the only channels adding updates right now. However, the Pride Network also gives you compilations in its Pride Originals channel and some content from Next Door Studios in the bonus channel. Adding to your stock of hot vids are 4,584 image sets. These hold various numbers of images each, are excellent quality even when they are 1,920 x 1,080 px screenshots, and there’s a good mix of solo strip-and-wank posed shots and hardcore ones. You can take them in zip files, and High Performance Men videos come with their own galleries.
Navigation is no problem at this site. You have a lefthand menu that takes you directly to all videos, photos, the model index and a place where you can store your favourite movies. The model index gives you links to each guy’s videos, but no information, sadly, and the movies come with descriptions. There are ways to rearrange the content, sift through it using a search box, and you have a sub-menu that lists the channels, men and categories. There are no technical issues, but clear links to support if you run into any difficulties.
As a member, you can use linked tag words for filtering, rate the scenes, add them to the favourites area and leave comments. The video viewing pages hold these interactive functions and list similar scenes to the one you're viewing. Everything is neatly laid out, and you can tell that Pride Studios looks after its members.
As for signing up, you have four options. There’s the offer of $1.00 for a two-day trial, but this is streaming only and recurs at $39.95 per month. Better is the $14.95 per month, recurring membership, or $68.95 for three months, or the $99.95 for a year. These three are all streaming and downloading memberships, and all offer great value for money. The only thing to watch out for is a cross-sale on the payment page.
High Performance Men no longer performs in terms of updates as it is an archive, but it performs brilliantly for muscled, sexy, studly, fit and rampant hardcore men in locker room sex scenes. The content includes interviews with the guys, and all videos are available in resolutions up to 1080p HD. Your membership comes with access to 12 sites, including compilations and bonuses. As at least three of these sites add up to ten updates per month, your value for money is a high-performing asset too.
