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bodybuilders Anonymous
what does /fit/ think of them?
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If they don't take steriods, I have nothing but respect for their drive and determination to elevate their body to such a state. The ones I know mind their own business, and of course, an asshole is an asshole regardless of anything else.

It takes years of hard work, careful planning and strict dieting. This is almost equivalent of earning a doctoral degree in higher education in terms of time and effort spent.

Inb4 a whole bunch of lardasses that migrated from /ck/ to come and disrespect a product of strong willpower.
>> Anonymous
>>171449

wow, a real answer. i didn't know if i'd get any responses --this is like my second time in /fit/ so i didn't know if this was a topic that's been done to the death. i did check past the first five pages and found nothing... so, yeah.

i've always had a strange fascination with bodybuilders. i used to think they all must have some form of BDD but what you said makes sense.
>> Anonymous
My uncle done 2 contest the year he hit 40 ( 2 years ago) because he always wanted to give it a try.

It literally became his religion, you have to check what you eat absolutely everytime of the day, you have to make sure your body is perfectly symetric... ect

I have a huge respect for what he accomplished ( won the 2 contest he attended in his division).

But it's the pre-contest prep that is really an achievement ( 2-3 days before te show). You gradually stop eating, then on the last day you don't event drink at all to be at the lowest bodyfat possible.

Then while starving and being thirsty you have to pose and do a choreography. It's really hard physically. When bodybuilders look at their strongest they're actually at their weakest
>> Anonymous
>>171463
>Then while starving and being thirsty you have to pose and do a choreography. It's really hard physically. When bodybuilders look at their strongest they're actually at their weakest

holy crap, that's really interesting! i never would have known that.

and was your uncle in ok shape before he started the bodybuilding? was it a big transformation?
>> Anonymous
I definitely have a degree of respect for them, mostly the old school BBers though. I respect powerlifters more.
>> Anonymous
>>171463
Hi Jacob.
>> Anonymous
>>171488
>>171482
Who the fuck is Jacob ?
And yes he was in ok shape ( not /fit/ standard ), normal guy but he did manual work as a living ( still does) He's an elevator repartor so he was not totally sedentary. I'll try to find some pics.
>> Anonymous
>>171482
I actually heard this quote put another way. that when bodybuilders look to be at their peak of health, they are actually really close to death.
>> Anonymous
so much for "fitness" in bodybuilding.
>> Anonymous
Why would steroids affect how much respect you have for them? I can understand if it were some young clueless idiot who didn't know what he was doing, but at the highest levels, there's no two ways about it. It's still just as hard to grow.
>> Anonymous
>>171568

>Why would steroids affect how much respect you have for them?

> young clueless idiot
> clueless idiot
> idiot

Fix'd
>> Anonymous
Functional strength > massive airbags for muscles
>> Anonymous
>>171568
Yeah people take steroids because it doesn't make it easier to get bigger.
>> Anonymous
real bodybuilding is a sport. a joke of a sport, but a sport. respect to anyone who has that much dedication to something in life.
>> Anonymous
>>171585
this

however i am more impressed by powerlifters, olympic weight lifters and strongmen
>> Anonymous
Powerlifting does not require much skill in comparison with olympic lifters.
Too afraid of a nice clean? Dunno, powerlifters don't impress me.
>> Anonymous
>>171585
Most sports are jokes.
>> Anonymous
>>171737
Everything is a joke to some people.
>> Anonymous
Bodybuilding isn't a sport. If you think comparing how good you look is a sport, than a fashion show or a presidential election is a sport.
>> Anonymous
>>171644

You can say that, but there's always a more complicated sport out there. O-lifting is itself a joke when you compare it to the complexity of team sports.
>> Anonymous
>>172221

Olympic lifting is the roughest sport i've ever done. and i've done football, martial arts, etc.

you hammer your body to shit every day
>> Anonymous
>>172237

No joke.

Every time I lift, I lift to a new max... the weight gets heavier and heavier all the damn time.

I'm constantly shot to hell on my rest days... having to hobble around because my legs are so sore (in a good way).

The lifting itself is pretty damn tough... pushing yourself through your last 5 reps of your work sets, with a lethal amount of weight held up by nothing but your body.
>> Anonymous
>>172237

It's tough, but that doesn't make it as complex. You learn the technique and up the weight, it's not like you're competing against a live opponent.
>> Anonymous
>>172255


That is why you really can't compare lifting to other sports.

Lifting is very challenging in its own right, just as team games and other sports are challenging.

Besides learning to lift properly, you have to constantly push yourself to your absolute threshold in order to progress... which is quite the test of determination and willpower.
>> Anonymous
>>172273

That's what makes powerlifting equally deserving of respect. True, it's not as complicated technique-wise as Olympic weightlifting, but those guys are lifting tremendous amounts of weight.
>> Anonymous
>>172277

Exactly. Each sport draws its own challenges for a competitor to aspire to. No matter what the sport, the person/s involved have to push themselves to the limit, in various ways, in order to suceed.

Lifters have to push themselves to lift tremendous weights... football players have to commit to the tactics and rely on their study of the game (the good ones), golfers have to put in the hours to achieve an adequate level of profficiency... and so on.

All the sports are different, but they all force people to work hard to become good.
>> Anonymous
Bodybuilding exists parallel to fitness.
The same techniques are used, but towards a different end
One is healthy, one isn't.

I don't think they belong in a health and fitness board. I think /cm/ is where they belong
>> Anonymous
>>172302
yeah it's not like lifting heavy weights and doing cardio everyday, while following a ridiculously strict diet with no crap foods at all will make you healthy
you belong in /idiot/
>> Anonymous
>>172302

More like they belong in /co/ amirite
>> Anonymous
>>172237
Contact martial arts should have been tougher if you did it anywhere decent.
>> Anonymous
>>172237

someone got ripped off my McDojo.
>> Anonymous
>>172318
Bodybuilders doing cardio? LOLOLOLOL

Of course most bodybuilders are probably healthy enough, but their aim isn't health at all - just the current image of health.
>> Anonymous
>>172481
Are you stupid? Bodybuilders do a lot of cardio in their cutting phase. Have you never seen videos of Coleman or Cutler?