Pro Bodybuilding's Other Side?

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[quote]mazilla wrote:
Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:

My point, in case you missed it, was that they are not the same thing.

Right. You are simply…building bigger muscles and getting stronger while the bodybuilder is…building bigger muscles and getting stronger.

You’re right. I think I am “anti-semantic” also.

look, i don’t know what ya’ll got going on here, but what does hatin jews got to do with bodybuilding? and why is you two so proud of ya’lls hatred?

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We’re from the church of “anti-semanticists”.

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This was a well placed post. I almost thought you were serious for a second.

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Ya know, I just wanted to make a thread to make fun of a picture of one big muscle guy pointing at another big muscle guy’s butt. And this is where we end up? Oh well, it’s worth it, I guess.

Mutha, you can’t compartmentalize those 4 aspects of strength training because each one has varying elements of the other. Is there no “power” powerlifting, or no “strength” required for Olympic lifting? And what, [u]exactly[/u] do you mean by “Weightlifting”? I was under the impression that that was a term used to describe the activity of picking up a weight. Quite broad, yes, but I don’t know what you mean by saying it’s “functional”.

As a quick aside…do you compete in any strength sport? If not, then it’s pretty much a moot point to call yourself a “bodybuilder” or a “weightlifter”, no? Certainly feel free to let us know that you train with only strength as your main goal. Kudos, congrats, more power to you man. I have no problem with that. Whatever gets you out of bed in the morning.

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[quote]mazilla wrote:
Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:

My point, in case you missed it, was that they are not the same thing.

Right. You are simply…building bigger muscles and getting stronger while the bodybuilder is…building bigger muscles and getting stronger.

You’re right. I think I am “anti-semantic” also.

look, i don’t know what ya’ll got going on here, but what does hatin jews got to do with bodybuilding? and why is you two so proud of ya’lls hatred?

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I can’t really tell if you are being serious with this question or if my sarcasm detector is broken.

But just incase you are being serious, an “Antisemite” is someone who hates Jews.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:
Your “logic” really is killing me. I’m curious to know whether or not you actually know what semantics is. Your mistake is in your deduction:

Bodybuilders lift weights
I lift weights
I am a bodybuilder

Let’s try this:
Cats poop in litter boxes
I pooped in a litter box
I am a cat

Do you get it yet?

That’s right, keep typing. This thread will be a winner yet.

You don’t just lift weights, genius. You said you are also trying to get bigger muscles. Bigger muscles aren’t really the goal to anyone else BUT bodybuilders. While some powerlifters may ALSO lift weights to look good, the act of doing so is still called BODYBUILDING. You can give it 5,000 different names but it won’t change what it is.

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You’re right. Powerlifting, Olympic lifting, and Bodybuilding are all the same. In fact, if you have a good looking physique, you will be an excellent powerlifter. You are right.

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This is the best thread ever.

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[quote]mazilla wrote:

look, i don’t know what ya’ll got going on here, but what does hatin jews got to do with bodybuilding? and why is you two so proud of ya’lls hatred?

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Funniest thing I have read on the internet in a long while. This thread needed a bit of levity.

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Olympic champion Pyrros Dimas looking swole.

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[quote]dre wrote:
mazilla wrote:
Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:

My point, in case you missed it, was that they are not the same thing.

Right. You are simply…building bigger muscles and getting stronger while the bodybuilder is…building bigger muscles and getting stronger.

You’re right. I think I am “anti-semantic” also.

look, i don’t know what ya’ll got going on here, but what does hatin jews got to do with bodybuilding? and why is you two so proud of ya’lls hatred?

I can’t really tell if you are being serious with this question or if my sarcasm detector is broken.

But just incase you are being serious, an “Antisemite” is someone who hates Jews. [/quote]

better check the old sarcasm meter, that one should have been off the charts.

p.s. i always though an anti-semite was somebody who hated truckers (inerst pity high hat here—X)

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Quiet, LOOK! Prryos seems to be saying something!! What is it? What could it be?

STFU!!!

Sir,yes sir

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If you are lifting weights to “build your body”, then hey presto, you are a “bodybuilder”.

You may ALSO be a powerlifter or even a world-class snakes and ladders champion, but you are nevertheless a bodybuilder.

This does not mean to say that you are a bodybuilding enthusiast, like most here.

Is this not fairly evident to everyone?

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[quote]HugeMutha wrote:
Your “logic” really is killing me. I’m curious to know whether or not you actually know what semantics is. Your mistake is in your deduction:

Bodybuilders lift weights
I lift weights
I am a bodybuilder

Let’s try this:
Cats poop in litter boxes
I pooped in a litter box
I am a cat

Do you get it yet?[/quote]

I don’t think that makes you a cat, but it definitely puts you in some weird category of deviancy.

DB

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[quote]mazilla wrote:
dre wrote:
mazilla wrote:
Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:

My point, in case you missed it, was that they are not the same thing.

Right. You are simply…building bigger muscles and getting stronger while the bodybuilder is…building bigger muscles and getting stronger.

You’re right. I think I am “anti-semantic” also.

look, i don’t know what ya’ll got going on here, but what does hatin jews got to do with bodybuilding? and why is you two so proud of ya’lls hatred?

I can’t really tell if you are being serious with this question or if my sarcasm detector is broken.

But just incase you are being serious, an “Antisemite” is someone who hates Jews.

better check the old sarcasm meter, that one should have been off the charts.

p.s. i always though an anti-semite was somebody who hated truckers (inerst pity high hat here—X)
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Damnit! I just replaced the batteries in it.

This was the reading I got.

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powerlifters call it “increasing muscle cross section” so I say don’t call it bodybuilding if you don’t want to.

I’m trying to gain size and stregnth for a sport, am I body building? No because I don’t give a damn about my asthetics… but you can bet your ass I’ll be posting pics of my wheels when they’re HY000000G3 D00D. :-p

But hey, I guess if you go by the dictionary definition, every single person who excercises is a bodybuilder because they’re working thier muscles. So if that’s the case, fine I’m a bodybuilder.

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[quote]HugeMutha wrote:
To make it easier to understand

Bodybuilding - aesthetic competetion
Weightlifting - functional
O-lifting - muscular competetion(power)
Powerlifting - muscular competition(strength)

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That’s not correct… first of all, besides the US no country actually calls it ‘olympic lifting’… in all european countries it’s called weightlifting (in one word) or halterophilie (in french).

The real ‘definitions’ are:

Bodybuilding: training to improve aesthetics or muscle size

Bodybuilding competition: maximizing muscle size, definition and shape for competitive purposes

Weightlifting: the strength sport where the snatch and clean & jerk are the competed (or trained) lifts

Olympic weightlifting: North American name for competitive weightlifting

Weight lifting (in two words): the ‘hobby’ of training using resistance apparatus (free weights, machines, cables, etc.) without any competitive or performance objectives

Weight training: another expression for ‘weight lifting’

Powerlifting: strength sport in which the squat, bench press and deadlift are the competed lifts

Powerbuilding: a type of training where gaining size and strength are equally important

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[quote]Minotaur wrote:
I’d just love to know what Cutler was saying right then.

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He must have been pointing out a butt pimple. What else could it be?

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:
To make it easier to understand

Bodybuilding - aesthetic competetion
Weightlifting - functional
O-lifting - muscular competetion(power)
Powerlifting - muscular competition(strength)

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That’s not correct… first of all, besides the US no country actually calls it ‘olympic lifting’… in all european countries it’s called weightlifting (in one word) or halterophilie (in french).

The real ‘definitions’ are:

Bodybuilding: training to improve aesthetics or muscle size

Bodybuilding competition: maximizing muscle size, definition and shape for competitive purposes

Weightlifting: the strength sport where the snatch and clean & jerk are the competed (or trained) lifts

Olympic weightlifting: North American name for competitive weightlifting

Weight lifting (in two words): the ‘hobby’ of training using resistance apparatus (free weights, machines, cables, etc.) without any competitive or performance objectives

Weight training: another expression for ‘weight lifting’

Powerlifting: strength sport in which the squat, bench press and deadlift are the competed lifts

Powerbuilding: a type of training where gaining size and strength are equally important[/quote]

That “powerbuilding” one is the new one that bothers me. I train pretty much with strength and muscle size as equals. At least, I have up to this point. If I begin dieting (which I have), my strength will no doubt drop to some degree from the max weight I push when at my heaviest. That means this label no longer fits.

What gets me more than anything is that some people will see this as meaning bodybuilding and strength don’t go together at all. That is why we get these retarded questions in the forums like,

“I’m not gaining any muscle even though I have been training in the 6-10 rep range”

“How much weight are you using?”

“Well, I bench press two 20lbs dumbbells that are colored a pretty and festive autumn green color”.

As you can see, the names confuse newbies even if more serious trainers may understand them.

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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

powerlifting

SYLLABICATION: pow er lift ing
PRONUNCIATION: pour-lftng
NOUN: A weightlifting competition in which participants compete in the squat, dead lift, and bench press.

Main Entry: body?build?ing
Pronunciation: -"bil-di[ng]
Function: noun
: the developing of the body through exercise and diet; specifically : the developing of the physique for competitive exhibition

Different.

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[quote]dre wrote:
mazilla wrote:
Professor X wrote:
HugeMutha wrote:
You’re right. I think I am “anti-semantic” also.

But just in case you are being serious, an “Antisemite” is someone who hates Jews. [/quote]

I’m an Anti-Semantite!
I am against using Jewish words if they make the subject or sport harder to understand!