[quote]Professor X wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
I mean seriously, how much stupidity can I take?
I’ll take, “What did Julius_Caesar’s mother say right after his delivery?” for 500, Alex.[/quote]
With 12000 posts on a webboard it makes me wonder if you even work out at all or just live vicariously through this persona.
Actually, I just figured out who you really are:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
I mean seriously, how much stupidity can I take?
I’ll take, “What did Julius_Caesar’s mother say right after his delivery?” for 500, Alex.[/quote]
LOL
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
I mean seriously, how much stupidity can I take?
I’ll take, “What did Julius_Caesar’s mother say right after his delivery?” for 500, Alex.[/quote]
LMFAO!!
Touche’.
pics???
[quote]TDog305 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
I mean seriously, how much stupidity can I take?
I’ll take, “What did Julius_Caesar’s mother say right after his delivery?” for 500, Alex.
LOL[/quote]
You think that re-run is an amusing clown? I find him rather boring…
[quote]Julius_Caesar wrote:
Sure they juice, so what? At least they juice so they can get strong and not to prance around in a speedo, hanging out in tanning salons getting their bodyhair waxed to compete in male beauty pagent…
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Why is it ok to juice to be strong and not big? Your whole hang up seems to be on people who are more muscular and defined than you. Why do you care so much about other people? Are you saying it’s not narsissistic to train for strength? Your right, people who are strong dont have an ego, they are just functional.
And you dont have an ego, Mr. “I can deadlift a 140 pound dubmell!! I have more relative strength than every bodybuilder in the whole world!! I am the greatest and I dont eat fat in my diets!!”
Why blame bodybuilding when it was your choice to take it up in the first place? Why blame the magazines? Is it their fault you CHOSE to read and follow their outlines? The magazines tend to have a little disclaimer when they show the routines of champs.
They mention THAT ITS A ROUTINE THAT A ADVANCED BB SHOULD FOLLOW. Beginners typically get a routine outlined for them. If you are so smart, why couldn’t you catch on that you weren’t ready for that routine?
Good points jdrannin, as big of an idiot this guy is it’s pretty funny to just make an actually productive conversation out of his angst-filled troll posts.
Strongman or powerlifting is not any less narcissistic than bodybuilding. You can bet your ass there are a lot of guys that walk around thinking how sweet they are because they can bench 750 pounds (just an example) and think that they are superior to everyone else because they are stronger. Hell, there are people who think they’re superior because they’re better at math, or have a better looking face, or more money, etc.
People can find anything to act superior about, bodybuilding is just a very obvious one because their work is right there on their bodies, for everyone to look at.
Ok, I admit it, I’m confused What was your intent in starting this thread? Too much time on your hands? Maybe it’s a need to boost your fragile ego by somehow going down the well worn BBing vs Powerlifting road.
You claim BBing’ is so egocentric but it appears all this was just an excuse to tell, not show, everyone how strong you are. I bet your were just waiting to tell every one about the Inch Dumbell, because of course you assumed most wouldn’t know what it is. Well I bet most know and don’t really care. People here might say, good show, if you weren’t such an ass. Get a life.
[quote]jdrannin1 wrote:
Julius_Caesar wrote:
Sure they juice, so what? At least they juice so they can get strong and not to prance around in a speedo, hanging out in tanning salons getting their bodyhair waxed to compete in male beauty pagent…
Why is it ok to juice to be strong and not big? Your whole hang up seems to be on people who are more muscular and defined than you. Why do you care so much about other people? Are you saying it’s not narsissistic to train for strength? Your right, people who are strong dont have an ego, they are just functional.
And you dont have an ego, Mr. “I can deadlift a 140 pound dubmell!! I have more relative strength than every bodybuilder in the whole world!! I am the greatest and I dont eat fat in my diets!!”
Why blame bodybuilding when it was your choice to take it up in the first place? Why blame the magazines? Is it their fault you CHOSE to read and follow their outlines? The magazines tend to have a little disclaimer when they show the routines of champs.
They mention THAT ITS A ROUTINE THAT A ADVANCED BB SHOULD FOLLOW. Beginners typically get a routine outlined for them. If you are so smart, why couldn’t you catch on that you weren’t ready for that routine?
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Actually I did follow some kind of “beginner’s routine” in one of those magazines and still had bad results.
About the only bodybuilding magazine that has decent beginner routines is maybe Ironman which wasn’t around back then. Like I also said, I know many other weightlifters who made the same mistake, especially the ones that are my age (early 30s and older) who were teenagers before the internet came out.
I have also given reasonable arguments for why these mags have an overall negative effect on bodybuilding.
Believe me, this website is my favorite one on the internet, and I appreciate it a lot, simply because I know what it was like to be into weightlifting and not have access to this kind of information or to be able to share thoughts with people all across the world like this.
Now to your other points:
I don’t do steroids myself and I never have. I won’t lie and say that I have never been tempted. Who the fuck has gone to a gym and never been tempted to try them? It would be nice if no one did them, because then there would be a level playing field, but this is not reality.
As for narcisstic, I was actually thinking of the origins of the word in Greek mythology. Narcissus was a boy who fell in love with his own reflection by staring at a pool of water. That seems to fit many bodybuilders.
I didn’t mean to say that no one besides them had an ego. I think that any man who does any endeavor has to be motivated by either ego or some kind of desire for personal gain at some level.
[quote]pbody03 wrote:
Ok, I admit it, I’m confused What was your intent in starting this thread? Too much time on your hands? Maybe it’s a need to boost your fragile ego by somehow going down the well worn BBing vs Powerlifting road.
You claim BBing’ is so egocentric but it appears all this was just an excuse to tell, not show, everyone how strong you are. I bet your were just waiting to tell every one about the Inch Dumbell, because of course you assumed most wouldn’t know what it is. Well I bet most know and don’t really care. People here might say, good show, if you weren’t such an ass. Get a life. [/quote]
Again I was just breaking some balls. Why can’t people lighten up a little bit?
I’m glad too have found out about proper training at 19! I’ve read how soooo many have wasted yrs. on the Weider/Kennedy crap.
Thank you BFS, Hardgainer & T-Nation!
[quote]teratos wrote:
When I stnd in front of a mirror, what goes through my mind isn’t “gosh, you sure are a handome devil…and so large!!!” [/quote]
When I look in the mirror, I think,
“So THAT’s what those ladies were whistling at! You handsome fellow”
And my house is wall to wall mirrors
(more likely, wall to wall padding)
[quote]Julius_Caesar wrote:
pbody03 wrote:
Ok, I admit it, I’m confused What was your intent in starting this thread? Too much time on your hands? Maybe it’s a need to boost your fragile ego by somehow going down the well worn BBing vs Powerlifting road.
You claim BBing’ is so egocentric but it appears all this was just an excuse to tell, not show, everyone how strong you are. I bet your were just waiting to tell every one about the Inch Dumbell, because of course you assumed most wouldn’t know what it is. Well I bet most know and don’t really care. People here might say, good show, if you weren’t such an ass. Get a life.
Again I was just breaking some balls. Why can’t people lighten up a little bit?
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There’s a diff between breakin balls and being an ass. Getting personal with name calling and dumb ass shit isn’t breakin balls.