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Title: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: DanM on November 25, 2014, 08:39:05 PM
Seems like whenever I'm at the gym and someone is actually training hard and by that I mean not doing like fluff movements in-between talking for 10 minutes between sets they get visibly agitated to a extent, like the person actually being and living hardcore thru their own training somehow takes away from the wannabe hardcore persona they try and portray with their attire and gym bro dialogue. Anybody else notice this? I personally find it about hilarious how insecure some of these guys are and always chuckle in my head when I see them outside of the gym, knowing what they really are made of.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: Schnauzer on November 25, 2014, 08:40:29 PM
Sons and daughters....
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: 6 Reps on November 25, 2014, 09:17:52 PM
I've never read this book, but I understand it is all about this topic:

Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: SF1900 on November 25, 2014, 09:21:05 PM
Sons and daughters....

damn, was just about to post the full quote  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: D.O.A. on November 25, 2014, 10:11:39 PM
damn, was just about to post the full quote  ;D ;D
x2
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: SF1900 on November 25, 2014, 10:14:48 PM
x2

ill post it anyway lol


Girls and sons who have not been loved by their fathers seek attention once teens and adults to compensate for what they didn't have originally. Fathers either left them alone, or were distant most of the time and not encouraging them.

Some even despised them which would shape their personality and the way they they interact with others for the rest of their life.
They are extremistic in everything they do, always looking exaggeratly for attentionand have troubles adapting to society's rules, because they also have troubles defining their own identity and respecting authority and hierarchy.

Also boys who got picked on by others during childhood and adolescence -often sons without a father figure- try to compensate by lifting weights, to develop muscles and survive in ther male world. They're insecure because they're girly, childish, feminine having been raised by a single mom.
They lift obsessively hoping it will transform them into men, to compensate for their lack of influence from a father figure that was not there. Unfortunaltey they can get as big as they can it doesnt cure their insecurity and who they truly are, how they grew up being raised by a single mom. They re no as manly as other men whatever they do, and they often have a big lack of masculine presence they dont know how to balance, hence often being borderline homosexuals while trying to get their manhood back thru various manly activities (mma, cars, weight lifting etc).

They are often the ones that, in order to get respect from other males will go the steroids route to get even "bigger" attemptint to cure their insecurity , but being natural not being "enough", they still feel "too small", insecure, amongst other males. The lack of a father figure also often means they didnt have guidance to continue studies and are often working shitty manual jobs.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: Knooger on November 25, 2014, 10:15:10 PM
Gayer than paying attention to the other guys in the gym.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: SaintAnger on November 25, 2014, 10:20:18 PM
Just read the son's and daughter blurb.

That about summed up my life.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: SF1900 on November 25, 2014, 10:25:34 PM
Just read the son's and daughter blurb.

That about summed up my life.

While I would love to take credit for such an insight, thought provoking quote, I cannot.

Uberman graced us with that legendary quote.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: Knooger on November 25, 2014, 10:26:50 PM
Gayer than reading things you see on the Internet.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: Knooger on November 25, 2014, 10:28:07 PM
Gayer than giving credit where it's due.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: Papper on November 25, 2014, 11:08:48 PM
I've never read this book, but I understand it is all about this topic:



Did this author get pushed aside by the weight stack?
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: big barbell on November 25, 2014, 11:57:38 PM
Seems like whenever I'm at the gym and someone is actually training hard and by that I mean not doing like fluff movements in-between talking for 10 minutes between sets they get visibly agitated to a extent, like the person actually being and living hardcore thru their own training somehow takes away from the wannabe hardcore persona they try and portray with their attire and gym bro dialogue. Anybody else notice this? I personally find it about hilarious how insecure some of these guys are and always chuckle in my head when I see them outside of the gym, knowing what they really are made of.

You sound a bit of a passive nancy!
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: falco on November 26, 2014, 02:43:03 AM
Gimmicks have that special scent don't they? Specially the british ones.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: wolfrittner on November 26, 2014, 02:53:14 AM
While I would love to take credit for such an insight, thought provoking quote, I cannot.

Uberman graced us with that legendary quote.
SF- Remember the young guy who wanted a triceps evaluation and asked for an honest opinion on his looks?

we did and has never been seen since?

He had those tattoos with mini  coffee cups, moons, stars maybe a Capricorn ? lol




Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: big barbell on November 26, 2014, 02:55:03 AM
Gimmicks have that special scent don't they? Specially the british ones.

Ey mate, you look to have a solid base! Have you ever put thought to training with weights?
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: bigbadwolfe on November 26, 2014, 03:12:13 AM
Have a guy in my gym who has gotten himself really lean and looks great. Good for him he did a great job but now he has to make sure everyone see's it and walks around the gym with his shirt off looking in the mirror flexing etc etc. I have nicknamed him Pec-a-doodle-doo and call him that when he has his shirt off.

The other day I was training a couple clients who happen to be a gay couple and he came in it was 32 degrees outside and about 55 in my gym. He does a couple sets and off comes the shirt. I just laughed but these two were really loving it every time he would flex or pop do some abs. A few mins later one of my hardcore bench guys who is in pretty damn good shape himself comes in and was like WTF to me. I just shrug and shake my head but the two gay guys smiled and said well we like it hahaha!!!

So later my guy is benching and shirtless wonder comes over to hand off to him. I holler over to my guy who is trying 405 for 6 that if he took his shirt he could bench more. So shirtless wonder flexing his abs and tells me he benched 315 of a 6 board hahaha I laughed at him and said yeah but the only people impressed are the 2 gay guys. He got mad :(

Ahhhhh Poor Pec-a-doodle-doo Hahahah!!! 
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 26, 2014, 03:52:20 AM
everyone in this world has insecurities,dont care who it is,some hide it better than others but we all have them regardless. i started lifting weights cause i got tired of being bullied by the bigger kids,also i was alittle chubby and got tired of hearing about it.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: BigCyp on November 26, 2014, 03:58:16 AM
Have a guy in my gym who has gotten himself really lean and looks great. Good for him he did a great job but now he has to make sure everyone see's it and walks around the gym with his shirt off looking in the mirror flexing etc etc. I have nicknamed him Pec-a-doodle-doo and call him that when he has his shirt off.

The other day I was training a couple clients who happen to be a gay couple and he came in it was 32 degrees outside and about 55 in my gym. He does a couple sets and off comes the shirt. I just laughed but these two were really loving it every time he would flex or pop do some abs. A few mins later one of my hardcore bench guys who is in pretty damn good shape himself comes in and was like WTF to me. I just shrug and shake my head but the two gay guys smiled and said well we like it hahaha!!!

So later my guy is benching and shirtless wonder comes over to hand off to him. I holler over to my guy who is trying 405 for 6 that if he took his shirt he could bench more. So shirtless wonder flexing his abs and tells me he benched 315 of a 6 board hahaha I laughed at him and said yeah but the only people impressed are the 2 gay guys. He got mad :(

Ahhhhh Poor Pec-a-doodle-doo Hahahah!!! 

Hahahaha 'Pec-a-doodle-doo' and 'Shirtless Wonder'
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 26, 2014, 04:04:46 AM
people forget to realize that outside the gym most of these guys r lost,thats why they hang in the gym all day because they feel important. if u r making money in the gym training people thats cool but just to hang out there all day is fucking weird. theres more to life than being around abunch of sweaty ass dudes talking about the latest supplements and smelling chicken and broccolli heating up in the microwave,shits just not normal
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: BigCyp on November 26, 2014, 04:07:17 AM
people forget to realize that outside the gym most of these guys r lost,thats why they hang in the gym all day because they feel important. if u r making money in the gym training people thats cool but just to hang out there all day is fucking weird. theres more to life than being around abunch of sweaty ass dudes talking about the latest supplements and smelling chicken and broccolli heating up in the microwave,shits just not normal

I always wondered about those guys actually - you know, the blokes who are literally sitting by the front desk when you arrive and still there when you leave. Surely the science behind putting a potato in a microwave and pouring some tuna on top is not worthy of an hours chit chat
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: whitewidow on November 26, 2014, 04:16:57 AM
because bodybuilders are perfectionist! no matter how good a bodybuilder is and how many comments they might get they always think they need some kind of improvement (a bodybuilder is never 100% happy with their physique) if they are their not real bodybuilders. (it's a fucked up mindset) but I have it myself almost kind of a dissorder of some sort partly OCD.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 26, 2014, 04:30:19 AM
because bodybuilders are perfectionist! no matter how good a bodybuilder is and how many comments they might get they always think they need some kind of improvement (a bodybuilder is never 100% happy with their physique) if they are their not real bodybuilders. (it's a fucked up mindset) but I have it myself almost kind of a dissorder of some sort partly OCD.

me to and it can be used to help u but its a thin line and can drive u crazy if u let it. its kinda like what i was talking about the other day with guys who cant even let loose one day on thanksgiving and eat some (normal people food) and forget about bodybuilding food for 1 day,thats a fucking sickness man no matter how u slice it.if u have a contest in 1 or 2 months i understand but other than that its plain retarded.i used to b like that man,if i cheated one day and ate some cookies id be literally crying the next morning and doing 5 hrs of cardio,now i just say fuck it,if i mess up every once in awhile i just realize it aint the end of the worl and get right back on the horse and train and diet. guys can go into what i call (BODYBUILDING PSYCHOSIS) it can ruin a person and they will miss out on alot of good potential relationships/freindships ect cause people cant deal with a person whos so one sided in their thinking
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: whitewidow on November 26, 2014, 04:54:39 AM
me to and it can be used to help u but its a thin line and can drive u crazy if u let it. its kinda like what i was talking about the other day with guys who cant even let loose one day on thanksgiving and eat some (normal people food) and forget about bodybuilding food for 1 day,thats a fucking sickness man no matter how u slice it.if u have a contest in 1 or 2 months i understand but other than that its plain retarded.i used to b like that man,if i cheated one day and ate some cookies id be literally crying the next morning and doing 5 hrs of cardio,now i just say fuck it,if i mess up every once in awhile i just realize it aint the end of the worl and get right back on the horse and train and diet. guys can go into what i call (BODYBUILDING PSYCHOSIS) it can ruin a person and they will miss out on alot of good potential relationships/freindships ect cause people cant deal with a person whos so one sided in their thinking

LOL- somebody saw me eating chicken breasts,brown rice and spinach and asked me if I was excited for thanksgiving type foods and I said I rather eat this again it's good to me and what I'm used to plus I eat so much 99% ground turkey not to excited. I don;t even compete! I did do a prep cycle just to see how lean and shredded I could get when I was 25 years old and I couldn't hit below 5% but I didn't use any diuretics and could of done more cardio and sauna plus I wasn't even using HGH but even at 5% I still had a shot at our states title. I only have hit stage conditioning twice in my life once at 20 years old and once at 25 years old.

I'm working on pulling it off and finally competing for the state title but I'm about a year away since I took a few years off to party and fuck around. I just need a good 100% legit HGH source and I think I can grab that win next year. I won't compete unless I am sure I will win.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: BigNJ on November 26, 2014, 05:02:53 AM
Depends which "bodybuilders" you are talking about.

If you are talking about the ones who all their life revolves around bodybuilding then I have to say, those types are the most insecure pussies I've ever met.

You can tell those retards are the ones who stand still in clubs trying to look mean and shit, when everybody else is having a good time.

Those are the types who are literally addicted to Anabolics, because without the drugs they lose their self essence and persona.

Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 26, 2014, 05:21:57 AM
Depends which "bodybuilders" you are talking about.

If you are talking about the ones who all their life revolves around bodybuilding then I have to say, those types are the most insecure pussies I've ever met.

You can tell those retards are the ones who stand still in clubs trying to look mean and shit, when everybody else is having a good time.

Those are the types who are literally addicted to Anabolics, because without the drugs they lose their self essence and persona.

i remember back in the day when i used to go to CLUB ABYSS in sayreville,NJ and i used to see big sean allen there working as well as other bouncers,some of the bouncers would be having a pose off in the mirrors during the night ::) i dont remember sean allen doing that but the other ones used to do it all the time,they looked like friggin morons.


Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: DanM on November 26, 2014, 03:18:05 PM
Not to mention many of them are as lazy as can be in the gym, thinking they can replace true intensity aka weight on the bar with odd facial expressions and exaggerated grunts. Many being completely dependent on hormones as well, always funny to see the big guy who trains like a wimp either disappear from the gym all together for a few months until his next cycle or use the old wearing a sweat shirt /hoodie trick to attempt to hide all the size they've lost until their next cycle brings back in micro tank top season
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: whitewidow on November 27, 2014, 04:19:27 AM
Not to mention many of them are as lazy as can be in the gym, thinking they can replace true intensity aka weight on the bar with odd facial expressions and exaggerated grunts. Many being completely dependent on hormones as well, always funny to see the big guy who trains like a wimp either disappear from the gym all together for a few months until his next cycle or use the old wearing a sweat shirt /hoodie trick to attempt to hide all the size they've lost until their next cycle brings back in micro tank top season

not true-we were hoodies so nobody knows what we look like at a certain time. go to golds venice and many pro bodybuilder are wearing a hoodie. They do this so their competition isn't seeing how shredded they are or not shredded. Shawn Rhoden is always shredded but you barely see him not wearing his hoodie in golds. Their s afunny video actually where jay cuttler recently trained there and everybody was wearing a hoodie . cuttler says they turned into a hoodie gang! I won;t lie I wear a hoodie all the time in the winter. If I get real Hot i'll drop down to a Tank but I can handle going through a whole workout with a hoodie on.

I actually do it so people don't know I'm on juice. Once it comes off you see crazy nitrogen retenion and 3 dimesional shoulders plus the small acne patches here and there and it's pretty obvious. I can always tel if somebody is on juice. some people wear hoodies for that reason as well. some gyms don't like juicers. That's why they built metroflex
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 27, 2014, 04:29:55 AM
not true-we were hoodies so nobody knows what we look like at a certain time. go to golds venice and many pro bodybuilder are wearing a hoodie. They do this so their competition isn't seeing how shredded they are or not shredded. Shawn Rhoden is always shredded but you barely see him not wearing his hoodie in golds. Their s afunny video actually where jay cuttler recently trained there and everybody was wearing a hoodie . cuttler says they turned into a hoodie gang! I won;t lie I wear a hoodie all the time in the winter. If I get real Hot i'll drop down to a Tank but I can handle going through a whole workout with a hoodie on.

I actually do it so people don't know I'm on juice. Once it comes off you see crazy nitrogen retenion and 3 dimesional shoulders plus the small acne patches here and there and it's pretty obvious. I can always tel if somebody is on juice. some people wear hoodies for that reason as well. some gyms don't like juicers. That's why they built metroflex

true whitewidow,i used to wear hoodies even when i was totally shredded back in the 90's,people would say to me(why u wearing that hoodie big G?) they would say if i looked pretty decent like u id be wearing a tank top or something(guys im not saying i looked spectaculer or anything but i was happy with the way i looked)i just dont want anyone to think im trying to boast or anything cause i never looked good enough to boast. so anyway i would say im comfortable in my hoodie and if im covered up i dont think about looking in mirror at myself and wasting time,my moments of showing my goods came in the days i went to the beach on the weekends and the nightclubs at nights on weekends,thats when my hard work reaps it rewards. i dont think there is nothing wrong training with tank tops in the gym,thats cool also if u like it. im just a hoody guy,do i wear my hood over my head?NO I DONT,i think that looks to ghetto,ish and makes a person look like a THUG,but again,if a person likes that look thats cool with me also,to each his own and i got no problem with anyones dress codes.as long as they dont STINK from not washing their shirts or sweats,thats something thats unacceptable
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: whitewidow on November 27, 2014, 05:02:00 AM


I wear mine over my head sometimes depending on what lift I'm doing. I'm not in as good of shape as when I was 25 and juicing and peaking I still wore a hoodie but I admit If I had my tank on underneath and had a crazy pump and saw some hot chicks or some dudes who thought they were hard I would take it off and all that came from that were 5-10 minute conversations from guys wanting work out tips or a meal plan or asked what I was using. I did have some chicks say man you look awesome but it was mostly dudes asking me questions.

even the masters champ of my state got jealous when I took off my hoodie because he thought he was so great,he always fucked with me and said (I see your drinking your whey protein and creatine and give me a wink!)
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 27, 2014, 05:51:31 AM
I wear mine over my head sometimes depending on what lift I'm doing. I'm not in as good of shape as when I was 25 and juicing and peaking I still wore a hoodie but I admit If I had my tank on underneath and had a crazy pump and saw some hot chicks or some dudes who thought they were hard I would take it off and all that came from that were 5-10 minute conversations from guys wanting work out tips or a meal plan or asked what I was using. I did have some chicks say man you look awesome but it was mostly dudes asking me questions.

even the masters champ of my state got jealous when I took off my hoodie because he thought he was so great,he always fucked with me and said (I see your drinking your whey protein and creatine and give me a wink!)

thats cool man, if its really cold ill wear my hoodie up tho,my favorite head wear is my skullys,i have abunch of them,from tapout,nogi,diamond gym, golds gym,renzo gracie academy,ricardo almeida bjj ect. i even wear my skullys in the summer :D, i like to put the skully over my headphones and it makes the music sound even better, im set in my ways i guess ;)
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: whitewidow on November 27, 2014, 06:42:14 AM
alot of people train in hoodies so they do start to get to a certain degree of warmth and what that does is totally warm the muscles up and you don;t get as many joint issues are strains.
even if I was 2-3% BF 2 days out I would wear a hoodie to begin a workout. Ive never been that lean but Most pros will peal layers after certain degree of temp is felt. hell shawn ray did this way back in the day. Branch warren does it alot of guys do it.
Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: gracie bjj on November 27, 2014, 06:57:05 AM
alot of people train in hoodies so they do start to get to a certain degree of warmth and what that does is totally warm the muscles up and you don;t get as many joint issues are strains.
even if I was 2-3% BF 2 days out I would wear a hoodie to begin a workout. Ive never been that lean but Most pros will peal layers after certain degree of temp is felt. hell shawn ray did this way back in the day. Branch warren does it alot of guys do it.

my old gym in jersey had the most pro's come out of there than any other gym on the whole east coast and its like a HOODIE WONDERLAND, :D. heres a pic or 2 of the gym,i trained there since 82 or so

Title: Re: Why are bodybuilder types so insecure?
Post by: BigNJ on November 27, 2014, 07:29:13 AM
Not to mention many of them are as lazy as can be in the gym, thinking they can replace true intensity aka weight on the bar with odd facial expressions and exaggerated grunts. Many being completely dependent on hormones as well, always funny to see the big guy who trains like a wimp either disappear from the gym all together for a few months until his next cycle or use the old wearing a sweat shirt /hoodie trick to attempt to hide all the size they've lost until their next cycle brings back in micro tank top season

LOL so true