The sport of bodybuilding involves grown men covered in oil posing on stage in a thong. Fans of the sport admire these grown men covered in oil posing on stage in a thong.
What do you think a normal, well adjusted member of the public would say? For more tolerant people, it would probably be something like…
“Who are you/we to judge?”, “Why do you care? It doesn’t hurt anybody,” “Do what you love,”
Also, which would seem more normal? The silly antics in the video conducted as part of an advertising gimmick to engage the crowd in order to sell merchandise, or a crowd admiring grown men covered in oil posing in a thong?
I really don’t understand what the fuss is all about.
meh there’s arseholes everywhere, they’re just harder to avoid now. Internet’s meant we have to see them popping up on social media, forums etc. They’ve always been there.
“Who are you/we to judge?”, “Why do you care? It doesn’t hurt anybody,” “Do what you love,” [/quote]
I meant that they often say, “Who are we to judge?” regarding far more important matters than actual competition or the hobby/sport in itself. Same goes for “Why do you care?” I have often heard this one too. Same goes for the “do what you love” antic too. Where I see that posted or hear it said does not pertain to the love of lifting weights. I love lifting, which is why I do it.
I am a fan of bodybuilding, which is what you say: grown men posing in bikinis.
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Also, which would seem more normal? The silly antics in the video conducted as part of an advertising gimmick to engage the crowd in order to sell merchandise, or a crowd admiring grown men covered in oil posing in a thong?
I really don’t understand what the fuss is all about. [/quote]
I believe people here are simply saying they don’t like the flavor of what they read, see, and hear these days. That’s all, not really a fuss. I think people should be able to express their dislike or fondness of whatever the please.
“Who are you/we to judge?”, “Why do you care? It doesn’t hurt anybody,” “Do what you love,” [/quote]
I meant that they often say, “Who are we to judge?” regarding far more important matters than actual competition or the hobby/sport in itself. Same goes for “Why do you care?” I have often heard this one too. Same goes for the “do what you love” antic too. Where I see that posted or hear it said does not pertain to the love of lifting weights. I love lifting, which is why I do it.
I am a fan of bodybuilding, which is what you say: grown men posing in bikinis.
Yeah, I’m just saying that what we like is still considered ridiculous and even degenerate to the majority of the public so perhaps getting riled up over some silly antics for publicity is not the way to go since getting a wider audience will lead to more acceptance of this sport itself in the long run.
Look, these clowns actually managed to make people PAY to get smacked lol. That’s not an easy feat to accomplish.
[quote]Yogi wrote:
meh there’s arseholes everywhere, they’re just harder to avoid now. Internet’s meant we have to see them popping up on social media, forums etc. They’ve always been there.[/quote]
Yup. Reading too much into stuff posted on social media these days is seriously not advisable.
[quote]Yogi wrote:
meh there’s arseholes everywhere, they’re just harder to avoid now. Internet’s meant we have to see them popping up on social media, forums etc. They’ve always been there.[/quote]
Yup. Reading too much into stuff posted on social media these days is seriously not advisable. [/quote]
mate I have to live that shit every day. The gym I run does like 90% of its marketing through facebook, so naturally I have to have a facebook (I only use it for work, none of my actual friends are “friends”) and just the fucking narcissism I have to endure every day is enough to make you sick.
Selfies, hash tags, motivational quote after motivational quote. Grown men walking around with their caps on backwards, bikini chicks trying to substitute self-esteem with facebook and instagram likes.
Suffice to say, I am a little jaded with the fitness industry.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
I agree with the original poster immaturity is apparent. But with all due respect for those who practice bodybuilding, the “sport” lost my respect years ago when they started taking boat loads of steroids.
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[quote]MinusTheColon wrote:
The subculture is in a weird state where it’s not castigated so much as viewed as perverse or freakish. I’ve been doing job interviews recently, and when I’m asked about hobbies my response relating to training is “weightlifting.” Insofar as I consider the type of weightlifting I pursue to be the subspecies relating to bodybuilding, it’s not something I’d put forward to anyone, much less being a follower of the sport.
Put one way: these days, I think that if you volunteered something like video games as a hobby, you might be thought of as less mature than a normal adult; if you put forward bodybuilding, I think you’d risk being viewed as some type of pervert. It’s hard to think of many hobbies that would be viewed as less odd than this one.[/quote]
I didn’t read the whole topic and this might be off topic
Especially since I’m nowhere near an experienced lifter. But I have enough friends from various backgrounds and in different countries and if Crossfit’s marketing made it socially acceptable, none of the other sports associated with lifting weight comes close.
Powerlifting = fat meat heads. Where is their cardio ? I just wanna tone anyway
Bodybuilding = weird flexing dudes in thongs. Also they can’t run, jump, that functional stuff. And it’s ugly, eww
Weightlifting = that weird stuff with brain dead primates slamming weights on the floor? Who does that in the real world?
Simple strength training = yeah I don’t know I don’t wanna be too big and I don’t wanna eat salads all my life I don’t care about my fat. I prefer swimming… Look at the swimmers, the surfers. So muscular and they don’t even need to lift
I’m always amazed.
But anyway, for some reason crossfit is…fine. Everywhere. Marketing magics
About weightlifting, I told one of my coworkers (who’s been lifting for a long time and is quite fit) that I went to take my first lessons. He’s te kind of guy that likes to say he doesn’t care and he’s fine maintaining, which I understand at his stage, and since it takes maybe 1% of his life, so does everybody.
So that guy reacted in an unexpected way about those weightlifting lessons. “Wow, really? Man, there are the weirdest people with you I guess… Don’t expect to talk with them Ahahaha”. He then asked where is this gym that does such strange weightlifting lessons stuff , and I told him that’s in a crossfit box. Magic. “Ahhh crossfit! That’s okay then”
[quote]tontongg wrote:
But anyway, for some reason crossfit is…fine. Everywhere. Marketing magics
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Yup. When you can get pregnant women to abandon instinct and common sense and do cleans and snatches, there’s some kind of fucking voodoo going on.
Unfortunately, bodybuilders would rather whine and moan than figure out creative ways to market themselves while others profit from their potential market share.
[quote]tontongg wrote:
But anyway, for some reason crossfit is…fine. Everywhere. Marketing magics
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Yup. When you can get pregnant women to abandon instinct and common sense and do cleans and snatches, there’s some kind of fucking voodoo going on.
Unfortunately, bodybuilders would rather whine and moan than figure out creative ways to market themselves while others profit from their potential market share.[/quote]
THIS RIGHT HERE!
There are many built men, even some on this site, who bemoan those who are making a mint on social media and writing diets, e-books and programs for people, all because they never entered a show or placed poorly or would do poorly they entered one. Meanwhile these people have the same opportunities.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
I don’t say I train in interviews anymore.
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Ha, well, at least for my part, my primary hobbies are reading and training, with some video games and television on the side. It’s good to appear well rounded, so reading and lifting comes across better than just reading.
[quote]eatliftsleep wrote:
You know whats almost just as bad? People who waste their time talking about it[/quote]
I don’t see it like that. It’s simple conversation. There’s nothing wrong with disliking something or someone and talking about it, so long as it is not excessive and does not take up emotional energy.