probaly because theyre still being taught that red meat causes cancer, protein in high amounts/excess will destroy everything, fat is the antichrist, blahblahblah.
but yeah that article really didnt say anything whatsoever related to health & supplements.
[quote]lordstorm88 wrote:
everything you do will have a “healthy” and “unhealthy” side. even eating potato chips and watching tv can be more healthy in certain ways than being strong and lifting heavy stuff[/quote]
how?
injuries. i know i know its most of the time due to bad form or not being tight but if they happen thats what matters.
even the most professional athletes get injuries
[quote]Boffin wrote:
IBMS wrote:
Well, in all honesty bodybuilding isn’t the most “healthy” activity.
Sure it’s better than sitting on your ass watching TV and eating fries, but weighing 250 etc isn’t exactly “healthy.”
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Bear in mind that most medical definitions of healthy revolve around weighing 140lbs, doing cardio and eating lots of fruit and veg.
Had amedical once and the doc was happy for me to weigh ~230lb, said it was fine if “it” carried me around (muscle) but not if I had to carry “it” (i.e. fat) that was about 25 years ago.[/quote]
Pretty cool doctor. Most aren’t that open minded.
But either way, being 235lbs is stressful on your joints, not to mention the pressure of squatting and deadlifting 500lbs. Again, weight bearing exercise is healthy but extreme situations aren’t always exactly good for you. Even the most elite weightlifters get injuries, damage to their joints and spine etc
if people think that what your average bodybuilder (in reference to our ideals) I think they need to pull away from the specifics like supplementation and look at a more social/psychological stand point. Anyone in the iron brotherhood know that a good day in the gym can cure a shit load more then any medication they could offer us. I do really like that phrase Boffin said though, it depends on if your carrying weight or its carrying you.
If people started seeing that we are moving away from the insane overeating off season and moving to controlled lean gaining it would be a very different view. Lets also account for when it was being written, in 1994 it was put to slate that all baseball players be tested for steroids and there was a strike that occurred in the elite athlete circles. Now correlate that to every time some noob asked you if creatine was going to give them roid rage, you get the picture.
And as a rebuttal to IMBS, sure, heavy lifting does cause stress to the joints and has its risk of causing injury, but look at the majority of the population at a desk job slowly atrophying with time, I would argue that the inactive lifestyle is more damaging to the body then the over active one. I have two grandfathers, one who has literally sat in a chair since retirement and another who taught me how to weight lift, and used to be a power lifter, the power lifter is almost 10 years older than the other and yet still is more mobile and healthier!
Healthy or not healthy… Depends on how healthy is defined. Massive eating is hard on the heart, and I am sure half a pound of protien powder a day isn’t great for you(Shouldn’t be using half pound btw). I don’t think it will affect who dies first though.
I watched some pussy on the discovery channel who eight in between 1600-1900 cals a day. The concept behind it was it slows down your heart rate and a slower heart rate results in a longer life. This same guy didn’t eat meat and probably wears a helmet when he drives his car. But this guy had nothing appealing about himself or his life that would make me want to be him.
I mean who really cares if you die at 85 or 95…You probably won’t be tearing up too much ass at that age anyways. I would rather look like Arnold than Gumby no matter how healthy I was or how long I lived.