The Worst Thing About Bodybuilding

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[quote]hardgnr wrote:
CKMAN wrote:
Sometimes the fact that it’s a ‘24/7 lifestyle’ gets tiring and can make you feel depressed because there are times when you just want to go out and have a good time with your mates and not worry about missing a meal or having a drink and going to bed really late. Although there is no one to stop you from doing this, you know that it will hurt your results if it’s on a regular basis. This makes you feel guilty because you start thinking about how hard you’ve worked up until now and that you don’t want to screw up your gains. So you stay in and have that meal whilst watching TV.

It’s especially hard when you’re still young and single like me.

wtf…some of you guys need to realise that ONE missed meal isn’t going to do shit all. Do you really think in 3 years of lifting, missing ONE fucking meal will make a shit bit of difference? Are you going to look back in 10 years time and think…yea I’m glad I stayed at home and watched TV so I could eat my chicken breast instead of going out having a good time with my friends and scoring some hot pussy.

Seriously, you aren’t in the fucking IFBB.

Jesus fucking christ…
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THIS!!!

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The worst bit is having to wash so many fucking clothes if you to cardio and weights at separate times.

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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
Stuntman Mike wrote:
Hyena wrote:

-all the people who think bbing consists solely of prancing around on stage with a fake tan and a thong.

But… isn’t that a bodybuilding comp is?

Everyone always says your not a power lifter if you don’t compete, so are you really bodybuilding if you don’t prance around on stage with a fake tan and a thong?

yeah but bodybuilding contests take more prep than any other weight lifting contest. if you’re strong today you can go to a powerlifitng/strongman/oly event.

if you’re big today, it doesn’t fucking matter because you need to get to 3% bodyfat, oiled, shaved, teeth bleached, carb load, sodium load, cut water etc, etc.

bodybuilding is one or two days out of the year. i’m not saying bodybuilding is any greater than the other sports lifted but the competition itself and the prep leading to it are totally different.

bodybuilding is about a look anyway. so once you ‘look like a bodybuilder’ essentially you are competitive.

what’s bodybuilding really? having the best body. difference is that at a bodybuilding show you have higher competition. if bodybuilding was basketball it’d be a pickup street-game as soon as anyone else is near you. at the gym, it’s trying to get the heaviest numbers, the biggest weights. who can put more pounds on the barbell? or it’s a 24 hour battle against the top dog at the gym, the biggest guy there. you want to beat him you want to be number one.

bodybuilding is called a lifestyle for a reason. it doesn’t end when the buzzer sounds it’s with you every living breathing moment of your life, its a competition that doesn’t end. [/quote]

That has nothing to do with bodybuilding. The biggest bodybuilder in my gym squats less than i do. I doubt he could care less, seeing as how if we were to step on stage together he’d kick my ass.

I agree with Stuntman Mike. I’ve gotten into this on this forum before, but I’ll say it again: if you dont have to compete to be a bodybuilder, then what is the magic definition of one? when you reach a certain bodyfat? so if a guys in his off-season he’s not a bodybuilder, but when he’s a few weeks into his contest prep he is? makes no sense. you need a definitive distinction, even if some consider it arbitrary

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[quote]KBCThird wrote:

I agree with Stuntman Mike. I’ve gotten into this on this forum before, but I’ll say it again: if you dont have to compete to be a bodybuilder, then what is the magic definition of one? when you reach a certain bodyfat? so if a guys in his off-season he’s not a bodybuilder, but when he’s a few weeks into his contest prep he is? makes no sense. you need a definitive distinction, even if some consider it arbitrary[/quote]

There doesn’t need to be a definitive distinction, it can be subjective. The human mind is naturally uncomfortable thinking about things that are not pre defined but the fact is, it depends on a lot of things.

In the end we’re all going to have our own definition, anyway. It’s because it can’t be pre-defined (obviously because we don’t agree) that is has to be subjective.

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[quote]hardgnr wrote:
CKMAN wrote:
Sometimes the fact that it’s a ‘24/7 lifestyle’ gets tiring and can make you feel depressed because there are times when you just want to go out and have a good time with your mates and not worry about missing a meal or having a drink and going to bed really late. Although there is no one to stop you from doing this, you know that it will hurt your results if it’s on a regular basis. This makes you feel guilty because you start thinking about how hard you’ve worked up until now and that you don’t want to screw up your gains. So you stay in and have that meal whilst watching TV.

It’s especially hard when you’re still young and single like me.

wtf…some of you guys need to realise that ONE missed meal isn’t going to do shit all. Do you really think in 3 years of lifting, missing ONE fucking meal will make a shit bit of difference? Are you going to look back in 10 years time and think…yea I’m glad I stayed at home and watched TV so I could eat my chicken breast instead of going out having a good time with my friends and scoring some hot pussy.

Seriously, you aren’t in the fucking IFBB.

Jesus fucking christ…
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LOL!!!

I am betting most of the people who act like that don’t have the results to back it up. This may be a lifestyle, but if you are acting like a bodybuilder getting ready for a contest 365 days a year, you have missed the fucking point.

If you aren’t even that big then it makes even less sense.

Unless you make your living off of how you look, missing all social opportunities for this is stupid. Moderation in everything.

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[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
KBCThird wrote:

I agree with Stuntman Mike. I’ve gotten into this on this forum before, but I’ll say it again: if you dont have to compete to be a bodybuilder, then what is the magic definition of one? when you reach a certain bodyfat? so if a guys in his off-season he’s not a bodybuilder, but when he’s a few weeks into his contest prep he is? makes no sense. you need a definitive distinction, even if some consider it arbitrary

There doesn’t need to be a definitive distinction, it can be subjective. The human mind is naturally uncomfortable thinking about things that are not pre defined but the fact is, it depends on a lot of things.

In the end we’re all going to have our own definition, anyway. It’s because it can’t be pre-defined (obviously because we don’t agree) that is has to be subjective.[/quote]

If you have been lifting weights for 16 years and no one can even tell by looking at you, you are not a bodybuilder. You are some guy who wasted 16 years.

If you trained for 5 years yet look like you could compete in 3 short months of prep, then yes, you are a fucking bodybuilder…because you built your body up in proportion to some degree of impressive shape and size.

Yes, it is subjective…but more of it is just fucking common sense.

If you see some guy with biceps as big as your thighs and thighs as big as your car who has lifted weights regularly for several years, why the fuck would he not be a bodybuilder?

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[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
KBCThird wrote:

I agree with Stuntman Mike. I’ve gotten into this on this forum before, but I’ll say it again: if you dont have to compete to be a bodybuilder, then what is the magic definition of one? when you reach a certain bodyfat? so if a guys in his off-season he’s not a bodybuilder, but when he’s a few weeks into his contest prep he is? makes no sense. you need a definitive distinction, even if some consider it arbitrary

There doesn’t need to be a definitive distinction, it can be subjective. The human mind is naturally uncomfortable thinking about things that are not pre defined but the fact is, it depends on a lot of things.

In the end we’re all going to have our own definition, anyway. It’s because it can’t be pre-defined (obviously because we don’t agree) that is has to be subjective.[/quote]

That actually makes more sense to me than any response I’ve ever heard. I don’t necessarily agree with it, but at least it makes sense not to TRY to wrap it into a definition [edit to add] if one is going to argue that you dont have to do a show to be a bodybuilder

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
LankyMofo wrote:
KBCThird wrote:

I agree with Stuntman Mike. I’ve gotten into this on this forum before, but I’ll say it again: if you dont have to compete to be a bodybuilder, then what is the magic definition of one? when you reach a certain bodyfat? so if a guys in his off-season he’s not a bodybuilder, but when he’s a few weeks into his contest prep he is? makes no sense. you need a definitive distinction, even if some consider it arbitrary

There doesn’t need to be a definitive distinction, it can be subjective. The human mind is naturally uncomfortable thinking about things that are not pre defined but the fact is, it depends on a lot of things.

In the end we’re all going to have our own definition, anyway. It’s because it can’t be pre-defined (obviously because we don’t agree) that is has to be subjective.

If you have been lifting weights for 16 years and no one can even tell by looking at you, you are not a bodybuilder. You are some guy who wasted 16 years.[/quote]

There are plenty of people who wouldn’t know what someone who works out looks like if they were hit over the head with it. On this very site (and this is going back 2-3 years or more now) there was a thread where pictures of some pretty big friggin guys were posted and teh general consensus was “lulz what fatasses.” Now granted, they were all (i think) powerlifters and strongmen, not bodybuilders, but still, these were guys who had worked very hard for a very long time, and yet there were plenty of people who apparently couldnt tell. These people were not exactly the cognoscenti of the lifting world, but they were not far off from the average guy on the street either.

So what about Marc Bartley. He trained for his show in august of 08 for almost a year. was he not a bodybuilder until mid-may 08? what was he before then? what changed between the beginning of may and memorial day other than a handful of lbs of fat, (if that much)? What about Dave Tate? Hasnt done a bodybuilding show for probably almost 20 years, but for half the year he gets into teh single digit bodyfat and half the year he’s not. So he’s a bodybuilder Jan-July but not Aug-dec? what is he from aug-dec? [EDIT to add:] and when you write “ready to compete in 3 short months” … compete at what level? good enough not to get laughed off the stage? or to take top 3? does it matter how deep the field is? are we talking local level or qualifier?[/EDIT]

I dont think it’s as common sense as you present it here. Because what about the grey areas, the guys whose development is impressive to some, starting to get there in the opinion of others, and who looks like he needs a lot of work in the opinion of a third group of people?

Because to most people that would make Gene Rychlak a bodybuilder :wink:

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Being less functional

/sarcasm

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The fact that it interferes with my drinking

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[quote]BSC819 wrote:
The fact that fatty’s in the gym ask me if I am on the juice and I am not even that big (190lbs)[/quote]

Hey, Im 180 and got that question too! So lets just own that we’re both roided out. I’m am useing Test, Deca,Tren, Anavar, Anadrol,Dianabol,Equipoise, and HGH. I don’t train or anything, the drugs do it all. Say, what are you using?

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Trying to defend it as not being “gay” when pictures like this exist!

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And this…

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It’s tough to defend at this point haha

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the fact the most people who gets into that are not interesting

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[quote]cromwell2007 wrote:
BSC819 wrote:
The fact that fatty’s in the gym ask me if I am on the juice and I am not even that big (190lbs)

Hey, Im 180 and got that question too! So lets just own that we’re both roided out. I’m am useing Test, Deca,Tren, Anavar, Anadrol,Dianabol,Equipoise, and HGH. I don’t train or anything, the drugs do it all. Say, what are you using?[/quote]

Yup, 185 (was) and that was enough to earn me the nickname OJ the Juice man from my friends…I’m actually just injecting a concoction of mashed up bull testicles and liquified rage.

Other than that, having to defend my healthy eating 80832490398x a day

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I think many would agree with me when I say the amount of money you spend on food some times. Even if you bulk dirty. Adds up fast eating to gain. Yet I’ve learned how to find bargains left and right. I feel like a damn middle aged woman when it comes to finding sales on stuff LOL.

I can’t imagine how much people spend on food who are pushing 230-250 +/

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[quote]Stuntman Mike wrote:
CKMAN wrote:
Sometimes the fact that it’s a ‘24/7 lifestyle’ gets tiring and can make you feel depressed because there are times when you just want to go out and have a good time with your mates and not worry about missing a meal or having a drink and going to bed really late. Although there is no one to stop you from doing this, you know that it will hurt your results if it’s on a regular basis. This makes you feel guilty because you start thinking about how hard you’ve worked up until now and that you don’t want to screw up your gains. So you stay in and have that meal whilst watching TV.

It’s especially hard when you’re still young and single like me.

Have fun not living life so you can eat those chicken breasts on time.
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I don’t think there’s too much reason to flame here, I mean the guy believes this is a slippery slope for him, maybe if he goes out once it’ll become a weekly/monthly thing, and all those days add up and he would like results sooner rather than later?

Humans are creatures of habbit, and while partying monthly or bi-monthly won’t hurt I think if your getting wasted every weekend you could probably see its effects in the gym and in the mirror.

I know when I go out and have some beers and eat like shit a couple weeks in a row I kinda’ feel bad about it, especially when I’m dieting and I gain back the fat I spent all week losing, then your just spinning your wheels and it’s pretty annoying.

But yeah, in moderation s’ok. But some people have trouble keeping it to just a one time thing… coughalcoholicscough… j/k :wink:

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personally, i believe if you follow a bodybuilding lifestyle with bodybuilding type goals, you’re a bodybuilder.

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[quote]skohcl wrote:
Stuntman Mike wrote:
CKMAN wrote:
Sometimes the fact that it’s a ‘24/7 lifestyle’ gets tiring and can make you feel depressed because there are times when you just want to go out and have a good time with your mates and not worry about missing a meal or having a drink and going to bed really late. Although there is no one to stop you from doing this, you know that it will hurt your results if it’s on a regular basis. This makes you feel guilty because you start thinking about how hard you’ve worked up until now and that you don’t want to screw up your gains. So you stay in and have that meal whilst watching TV.

It’s especially hard when you’re still young and single like me.

Have fun not living life so you can eat those chicken breasts on time.

I don’t think there’s too much reason to flame here, I mean the guy believes this is a slippery slope for him, maybe if he goes out once it’ll become a weekly/monthly thing, and all those days add up and he would like results sooner rather than later?

Humans are creatures of habbit, and while partying monthly or bi-monthly won’t hurt I think if your getting wasted every weekend you could probably see its effects in the gym and in the mirror.

I know when I go out and have some beers and eat like shit a couple weeks in a row I kinda’ feel bad about it, especially when I’m dieting and I gain back the fat I spent all week losing, then your just spinning your wheels and it’s pretty annoying.

But yeah, in moderation s’ok. But some people have trouble keeping it to just a one time thing… coughalcoholicscough… j/k :wink:
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Having an addiction and not being able to control yourself when you go out with friends are two entirely different things.

It’s this splitting pubes that everyone is so concerned about. Lift a lot, eat a lot (just not like Artem). How hard is it, really?