[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
What I find funny is that many of the same people in this thread who are lamenting the increase in fatties in this country are also in Squat Rack Curls, volumes 1-5, making fun of every single stupid thing they see in the gym. I think it’s beyond facetious to get on here and participate in a thread that almost solely consists of making fun of people who don’t know how to properly work out, without offering advice or doing anything to help those people, and then get on this thread and start bitching and whining about how many fat people there are.
If you care about how many fat people there are to the point where you feel the need to start a thread about what a travesty this is and how disgusting it is and how it didn’t used to be like this and blah, blah, blah, then what the fuck are you doing to help alleviate this epidemic, aside from ridiculing fat people’s appearances and ridiculing the warped, ineffective workout regimens of the fat masses you see in the gym?
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Seriously?
Be a personal trainer to the world? To random strangers? How does that work exacxtly; “excuse me miss, I couldn’t help but to notice you look disgusting in that bikini, and I was wondering if we could discuss your diet and physical routine?” LOL
C’mon man, the issue isn’t people’s ignorance, it’s apathy. And if they don’t care enough to be self-directed, you can’t help them. It’s one thing to help someone that is misdirected, but trying, it’s quite another to pretend the serial McDonald’s offenders are just ignorant. They just don’t give a fuck.[/quote]
I don’t think it’s apathy. There’s knowledge out there, and the good stuff isn’t so hard to find.
But the bad stuff is even easier, and there’s literally billions of dollars behind it.
“Healthy” foods, fad diets, gimmicks and gadgets, magazine fitness fads/trends/gimmicks, TV, unattainable bodies (literally photoshopped out of any sense of reality).
Hell, I was a reasonably fit, healthy, intelligent guy and it still took until my late 30s to discover strength training and appropriate diet. I’m stronger and fitter in my 40s than I’ve been in my life, and this is from a guy who’s trained and competed with Olympic athletes (poorly, but competed and trained ;-), climbed 13k ft. peaks, done century and double-century bike rides at the drop of a hat, etc.
Some people don’t give a fuck. Some people are brainwashed (don’t want to get all hyooge…, squats wreck your knees, etc…). Some are just plain fucking stupid or lazy. And some aren’t.
I see rock stars and heros every day at the gym or rowing club, whether it’s pro BBs, retired NFL players, ordinary guys and gals, the dude short a leg who swam Alcatraz with me, the late 50s fuckwit I can’t beat on our rowing regattas (bastard’s skinny, annoying, and fast – and that’s after a heart attack). So it goes both ways.
Answering DBCooper’s question: I’ve done what I can to get good knowledge in my head. I share it on forums (here and elsewhere). I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing something more active, but the economics of fitness really suck (why do you think we’ve got so many scammy gyms, supplement vendors (coff), and ACE “personal trainers”?).
The great thing about the IntarTubes is that it’s a lot easier to come across good, solid information (yes, and the crap). I’ve learned far more through forums than I’ve informed, I’m sure.
