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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: deceiver on April 29, 2014, 06:04:37 AM
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Bodybuilders sparked fitness revolution that has shaped our sense of aesthetics and made "fitness" a marketing product. However, with "bodybuilding" becoming about everything BUT health and "well-being" it became totally unattractive to people aged 30+. Fact that F&H industry age target is 15-25 limited market growth - this is the age where people don't have much money to spend. For years many have tried to fill the void that F&H left by pushing useless "do it at home" products, fad diets and so on. Crossfit eventually combined everything that was important for this age group and created one, ultimate product designed for adults.
- Rich Froning and other Crossfit champions are "proud fathers", "christians", family and faith is most important to them (allegedly) as opposed to bodybuilding's bad boys.
- Crossfiters are encouraged to bring whole families and work out together.
- Older people aren't easily self-motivated, thus working out in groups.
- Older people are lazy/have other important things to do and don't want to do research on their own, thus every class has its trainer.
This and many other factors made Crossfit bigger than whole BB&Fitness industry over the past few years. When you think about it, it was pretty ingenious.
Do you think that we stand a chance or are we doomed to extinction?
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Nobody ever cared about bodybuilding and nobody ever will.
It's a niche, that's it.
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At least Bodybuilding isn't fucking gay.
Um...
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Most fitness programs, much like most diets have their moment in the sun, and then die off to just the hardcore. This will happen with Crossfit too.
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crossfitters use ped's/fatburners'stamina /energy supps.so in essence they are in the same boat as 'bber/bbing'
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Does anyone actually give a fuck if bodybuilding is popular or not?
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crossfitters use ped's/fatburners'stamina /energy supps.so in essence they are in the same boat as 'bber/bbing'
I don't think it's nearly as common though.
I'm buds With a bunch of crossfit homo's and they're good dudes, but they really "live the crossfit lifestyle" (oh brother)
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I don't think it's nearly as common though.
I'm buds With a bunch of crossfit homo's and they're good dudes, but they really "live the crossfit lifestyle" (oh brother)
I have a friend that owns a gym with pure powerlifting on one side and a CF "box" on the other. The folks go back and forth. There is quite a lot of AAS in *that* CF gym...
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I have a friend that owns a gym with pure powerlifting on one side and a CF "box" on the other. The folks go back and forth. There is quite a lot of AAS in *that* CF gym...
Damn.
My buds CF gym is clean as a whistle. Bunch of male secretaries and librarians doing power cleans with #65.
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Bodybuilders sparked fitness revolution that has shaped our sense of aesthetics and made "fitness" a marketing product. However, with "bodybuilding" becoming about everything BUT health and "well-being" it became totally unattractive to people aged 30+. Fact that F&H industry age target is 15-25 limited market growth - this is the age where people don't have much money to spend. For years many have tried to fill the void that F&H left by pushing useless "do it at home" products, fad diets and so on. Crossfit eventually combined everything that was important for this age group and created one, ultimate product designed for adults.
- Rich Froning and other Crossfit champions are "proud fathers", "christians", family and faith is most important to them (allegedly) as opposed to bodybuilding's bad boys.
- Crossfiters are encouraged to bring whole families and work out together.
- Older people aren't easily self-motivated, thus working out in groups.
Exactly why I like BB, its none of those things.BB by nature are a special breed.I'm not talking about 99% of the guys you see in gyms that take juice to compensate.I'm talking about the .01% that live it and take it all the way
- Older people are lazy/have other important things to do and don't want to do research on their own, thus every class has its trainer.
This and many other factors made Crossfit bigger than whole BB&Fitness industry over the past few years. When you think about it, it was pretty ingenious.
Do you think that we stand a chance or are we doomed to extinction?
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Of course Crossfiters are juicing, I haven't mentioned steroids anywhere. What does it have to do with anything?
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Theres no point to Bodybuilding other than BBing itself.
You will get more better looking, fit and healthy doing other stuff.
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Theres no point to Bodybuilding other than BBing itself.
You will get more better looking, fit and healthy doing other stuff.
There is no "activity" that would make you universally better looking and healthier. Running makes you better at running, bodybuilding at bodybuilding and crossfit at (surprise, surprise) crossfit. There are many ways to skin a cat, even "bodybuilding" and "crossfit" can be done in multiple ways.
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I don't think it's nearly as common though.
I'm buds With a bunch of crossfit homo's and they're good dudes, but they really "live the crossfit lifestyle" (oh brother)
Yes having your life revolve around Crossfit seems common among this ilk.
I suppose the same could be said about bodybuilders.
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Yes having your life revolve around Crossfit seems common among this ilk.
I suppose the same could be said about bodybuilders.
Live by the thong, die by the thong.
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At least Bodybuilding isn't fucking gay.
Um...
:D :D Gayish??
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Live by the thong, die by the thong.
Would love to be your thong......
Anyway.....in before Princess Know-it-all makes an appearance.
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Why is Bodybuilding a niche thing?
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There is no "activity" that would make you universally better looking and healthier. Running makes you better at running, bodybuilding at bodybuilding and crossfit at (surprise, surprise) crossfit. There are many ways to skin a cat, even "bodybuilding" and "crossfit" can be done in multiple ways.
Most would think that a light heavyweight fighter, sprinter, rugby player etc looks better than Mr Olympia.
So BBing fails where it should be no 1, when a lot of other sports produces a better look, even without looks beeing a part of those sports at all.
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Bodybuilding requires more athletic ability than professional football, or baseball.
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Bodybuilding as a mainstream interest ended around 2001 after perhaps 5 years of popularity. That's when the shows started being yanked off the sports networks one by one, until even the Olympia is now only available by webstream. Where you been?
It will never die. It's just gone back to being a niche sport. That's all.
Crossfit is mainstream. It's designed that way, so anyone can do it. Like P90X. It's just the latest fitness vogue. It'll pass.
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ppl complained for years about "well, he's big and cut.. but can he do [insert random pointless exercise to gauge athletic ability]"
now with crossfit, everybody gets on the bandwagon to hate it.
big fucking deal.
if it gets some average joe off the couch and in the gym doing SOMETHING besides siting on some Ab or Curl machine, great.
everybody complains how fat American's are... now we have something 'new' that catches the interest of ppl who'd probably NEVER workout before, and a bunch of fucking hypocrites are crying about it.
grow the fuck up. you don't like it? fine. don't do it. fucking little girls crying about shit...
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ppl complained for years about "well, he's big and cut.. but can he do [insert random pointless exercise to gauge athletic ability]"
now with crossfit, everybody gets on the bandwagon to hate it.
big fucking deal.
if it gets some average joe off the couch and in the gym doing SOMETHING besides siting on some Ab or Curl machine, great.
everybody complains how fat American's are... now we have something 'new' that catches the interest of ppl who'd probably NEVER workout before, and a bunch of fucking hypocrites are crying about it.
grow the fuck up. you don't like it? fine. don't do it. fucking little girls crying about shit...
People complained... and rightfuly so. Do you remember how bodybuilding started? Back in the days everyone was bodybuilder, weightlifter and powerlifter at the same time. We "moved on" but apparently it isn't what people wanted so we moved back. Do not mistake me for a Crossfiter. I am just happy things are moving into right direction. Every time I hear "I do not care about the weight I use, I only care about how it looks" I just roll my eyes in disbelief. How pointless and vain it is, staring in the mirror pumping your arms and chest to make it just appear bigger.
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i feel gay eating grapefruits
and i eat quite a number of those juicy bastards
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Modern bodybuilding sucks.
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People complained... and rightfuly so. Do you remember how bodybuilding started? Back in the days everyone was bodybuilder, weightlifter and powerlifter at the same time. We "moved on" but apparently it isn't what people wanted so we moved back. Do not mistake me for a Crossfiter. I am just happy things are moving into right direction. Every time I hear "I do not care about the weight I use, I only care about how it looks" I just roll my eyes in disbelief. How pointless and vain it is, staring in the mirror pumping your arms and chest to make it just appear bigger.
Just as pointless as eating way too much food, getting fat and picking up huge weights and putting them down again.
Who cares about how much weight you can lift?
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A lot of Crossfit people that look halfway decent juice.
I was just talking to a big Crossfit trainer that is scouting locations for expansion, and he admitted quite casually to using deca.
I think he may have been a closet homosexual.
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Just as pointless as eating way too much food, getting fat and picking up huge weights and putting them down again.
Who cares about how much weight you can lift?
Too much food, getting fat... What the hell are you talking about?
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A lot of Crossfit people that look halfway decent juice.
I was just talking to a big Crossfit trainer that is scouting locations for expansion, and he admitted quite casually to using deca.
I think he may have been a closet homosexual.
Obviously, because Deca use and homosexuality go hand in hand
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Too much food, getting fat... What the hell are you talking about?
Its what happens when you fail to care about how you look.
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Its what happens when you fail to care about how you look.
See, you just can't escape from the extreme. So if one does not want to train ONLY for the look and cares about his strength, endurance, power and other things then he just HAS to be fat? LOL :D
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See, you just can't escape from the extreme. So if one does not want to train ONLY for the look and cares about his strength, endurance, power and other things then he just HAS to be fat? LOL :D
I think his point is, extreme strength and extreme muscularity are both pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Do what makes you happy
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I think his point is, extreme strength and extreme muscularity are both pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Do what makes you happy
This.
Almost any activity/hobby/sport could be considered pointless depending on which way you choose to look at it.
Just do something you enjoy whatever your goals might be.
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With the internet arrival Bodybuilding die.
Plain and simple.
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ....BEYEYEE !!!
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ppl complained for years about "well, he's big and cut.. but can he do [insert random pointless exercise to gauge athletic ability]"
now with crossfit, everybody gets on the bandwagon to hate it.
big fucking deal.
if it gets some average joe off the couch and in the gym doing SOMETHING besides siting on some Ab or Curl machine, great.
everybody complains how fat American's are... now we have something 'new' that catches the interest of ppl who'd probably NEVER workout before, and a bunch of fucking hypocrites are crying about it.
grow the fuck up. you don't like it? fine. don't do it. fucking little girls crying about shit...
Agreed. Crossfit culture is silly, but it beats sitting on the couch inhaling soda and pizza.
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ppl complained for years about "well, he's big and cut.. but can he do [insert random pointless exercise to gauge athletic ability]"
now with crossfit, everybody gets on the bandwagon to hate it.
big fucking deal.
if it gets some average joe off the couch and in the gym doing SOMETHING besides siting on some Ab or Curl machine, great.
everybody complains how fat American's are... now we have something 'new' that catches the interest of ppl who'd probably NEVER workout before, and a bunch of fucking hypocrites are crying about it.
grow the fuck up. you don't like it? fine. don't do it. fucking little girls crying about shit...
Have to admit ESF has a good point there!!
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this is getting me hard
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Bodybuilders sparked fitness revolution that has shaped our sense of aesthetics and made "fitness" a marketing product. However, with "bodybuilding" becoming about everything BUT health and "well-being" it became totally unattractive to people aged 30+. Fact that F&H industry age target is 15-25 limited market growth - this is the age where people don't have much money to spend. For years many have tried to fill the void that F&H left by pushing useless "do it at home" products, fad diets and so on. Crossfit eventually combined everything that was important for this age group and created one, ultimate product designed for adults.
- Rich Froning and other Crossfit champions are "proud fathers", "christians", family and faith is most important to them (allegedly) as opposed to bodybuilding's bad boys.
- Crossfiters are encouraged to bring whole families and work out together.
- Older people aren't easily self-motivated, thus working out in groups.
- Older people are lazy/have other important things to do and don't want to do research on their own, thus every class has its trainer.
This and many other factors made Crossfit bigger than whole BB&Fitness industry over the past few years. When you think about it, it was pretty ingenious.
Do you think that we stand a chance or are we doomed to extinction?
Crossfit and bodybuilding aren't even in the same catagory BUT I will say as much as I can't stand crossfit, they have great marketing and do get people in their facilities. The more I look into crossfit, as much as they try to bring families in to workout (I don't use Xfit and train in the same sentence) they have a VERY high turnover rate with members because of injury.
If someone joins, it usually lasts a year maybe two years at best until they realize they have awesome conditioning with a fucked up shoulder, back or knees then go find other trainers (that actually know what they're doing) after they get released from an Ortho or physical therapy.
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When I started seeing more and more bodybuilders showing up in 'contest shape' with protruding bellies sticking out further than their pecs, I knew it was the beginning of the end.
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When I started seeing more and more bodybuilders showing up in 'contest shape' with protruding bellies sticking out further than their pecs, I knew it was the beginning of the end.
Pakaulsky (sp?) disagrees completely !
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHH~ BEYEYE !
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Obviously, because Deca use and homosexuality go hand in hand
I think he might have been part of that Yale thing.