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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
That is why Bodybuilders today are perceived completely different than say 25 years ago ....
In fact I made a Thread about it let me see if I can bump it back for you ...
WoooOSHHHHHH BRB
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
Almost everyone gets to this point eventually. Welcome.
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Actually, it doesn't get stupid... it's just that reality sets in and you no longer can honestly believe that one day you will be on the Mr O stage "battling it out" and "tearing down the house" with a gay ass robot posing routine that you've used for the 143rd time.
You lose the starry eye vision that comes from reading too many supplements ads (for steroid like gains) and training articles (on how to build Boulder Like Shoulders In 2 Weeks) and realize that the $200 you spent on fart powder was nothing more than self induced stomach cramps that gave you the shits.
You accept the fact that there is a small percentage of people out there that have the genetics to excel at turning themselves into cartoon characters. But yet you rejoice that you have more brain cells, hair on your head, and functioning kidneys. Which as you get older seems to be a much better deal in the long run than possessing a physique that can't crack the top 3 in a 4th tier show and upon retirement your inner quads and triceps morph into these strange flatten lumps that resemble a bit of smashed assholes.
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Almost everyone gets to this point eventually. Welcome.
I tried to defend pro bodybuilding upon my first days joining this site but was quickly bashed into submission by the site elders.
Looking back it was a wake up call I desperately needed.
You have to realize you have a problem before you can fix it.
Today I can proudly say I haven't picked up a Flex magazine in 7 years.
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You also value health more with age. That affects perception for a few people.
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And you realize the entire sport is based on drugs. Drugs that might kill you.
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I haven't bought a bodybuilding magazine in well over 10 years now, maybe 15. It kind of coincides with the same time I joined Getbig (2004).
I was doing some cardio on the treadmill in the gym the other day and reached across and picked up an MD magazine that someone had discarded. Flicked through it as I did my cardio and couldn't work out where the articles began and the adverts ended or vice versa. All the nonsense in there I was thinking I can't believe I used to believe this shit.
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
Jeebus you had it easy. I used to buy Flex and Iron Man ffs. Shirtless, oiled up men in spandex in every fcukin' pic. Would even leave them around the bathroom at work and read on planes. Lookin' back, I'm certain that I looked like a tier 1 homo (not that there's anything wrong with that :/)
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The closer we come to death the more pointless EVERYTHING becomes.
I bodybuild because i enjoy it, I will only make more time for it as time goes on.
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And yet, if I am ever in the place where I don't have to work and have the somewhat unrestricted free time that I had in my youth, I will probably spend 1.5-2 hrs a day or more in the gym sculpting my physique. Doing that with a real job and family responsibilities is much harder than when I did not have any of the commitments I have chosen.
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I used to buy Flex magazine every month. I even purchased muscle-tech products.
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The closer we come to death the more pointless EVERYTHING becomes.
True
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I haven't bought a bodybuilding magazine in well over 10 years now, maybe 15. It kind of coincides with the same time I joined Getbig (2004).
Also coincides with the last time you made a list...
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I had a musclemag yearly subscription, used Trinlab MCT oil, swallowed desiccated liver, drank fart powder...so on
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Almost everyone gets to this point eventually. Welcome.
Exactly.
As you get much older (40's, 50's & 60's), you then start to appreciate classic bodybuilding (think guys like Frank Zane). You also start to appreciate the importance of a strict diet, not just to look physically better, but to also have some form of longevity. Your workouts become better (stricter form and slow movements to truly work the muscle, as opposed to momentum and ego lifting).
Bodybuilding today has become a fucking mess. Those guys are racing against each other to see who can take the most amount of drugs, coupled with injecting of oil, just to possibly edge each other out during a single night or two.
Bodybuilding has always had a cult following. I couldn't be caught dead walking around the streets with Flex or MD magazine. It looks pathetic imo and having to explain to others what my fascination is with the "sport" would be almost impossible to do.
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Exactly.
As you get much older (40's, 50's & 60's), you then start to appreciate classic bodybuilding (think guys like Frank Zane). You also start to appreciate the importance of a strict diet, not just to look physically better, but to also have some form of longevity. Your workouts become better (stricter form and slow movements to truly work the muscle, as opposed to momentum and ego lifting).
Bodybuilding today has become a fucking mess. Those guys are racing against each other to see who can take the most amount of drugs, coupled with injecting of oil, just to possibly edge each other out during a single night or two.
Bodybuilding has always had a cult following. I couldn't be caught dead walking around the streets with Flex or MD magazine. It looks pathetic imo and having to explain to others what my fascination is with the "sport" would be almost impossible to do.
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This is the most difficult part, by far.
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And yet, if I am ever in the place where I don't have to work and have the somewhat unrestricted free time that I had in my youth, I will probably spend 1.5-2 hrs a day or more in the gym sculpting my physique. Doing that with a real job and family responsibilities is much harder than when I did not have any of the commitments I have chosen.
::)
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This is the most difficult part, by far.
Absolutely.
With me, my metabolism has slowed substantially after I crossed 50 yrs of age. My diet is mostly to stay healthy and keep low levels of bodyfat.
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I'm pretty much at that point. When younger my philosophy was there is no such thing as too big, but now at 34 I think it's not the best looking thing unless you are a competitive bber. I feel satisfied with the muscle I have and am more interested in maintaining it and getting to the desired leaness and health.
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Lol!!!
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One of the most evil inventions of the World was the mirror. Billions of people who have walked the Earth fell into at trance as they gazed at themselves. I imagine hundreds of thousands of years ago cave women of the Kardashian bloodline hung out at the water hole gazing at the reflection of themselves off the water...
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Exactly.
As you get much older (40's, 50's & 60's), you then start to appreciate classic bodybuilding (think guys like Frank Zane). You also start to appreciate the importance of a strict diet, not just to look physically better, but to also have some form of longevity. Your workouts become better (stricter form and slow movements to truly work the muscle, as opposed to momentum and ego lifting).
Bodybuilding today has become a fucking mess. Those guys are racing against each other to see who can take the most amount of drugs, coupled with injecting of oil, just to possibly edge each other out during a single night or two.
Bodybuilding has always had a cult following. I couldn't be caught dead walking around the streets with Flex or MD magazine. It looks pathetic imo and having to explain to others what my fascination is with the "sport" would be almost impossible to do.
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You're better off being a flat-Earther than a bodybuilder in today's world.
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Nobody want to be a bodybuilder, and it is completely unnecessary activity. It's just that some people can't help them selves from it.
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
even just going to the gym now is hard for me to stomache. im not even old. the gym scene is full on now since its spring. 40 yr old guys in their jordans and string tank tops, all serious n shit chuggin their bcaas out of milk jugs. im really over all of that shit. would rather just fish or play golf now. im suprised that these guys are still so into it, like i was at 21-27. but these guys are 30s to 60s still playing the gym cool guy thing
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It's a sport based on drugs of oiled up guys posing wearing a thong to music before cheering men. It's a sport for the insecure. Those that needed validation and praise that they are a man when some clueless person compliments their temporary drug muscles.
A real eye opener for many was when I was taking jiu jitsu around the time of UFC one. I saw many iron warriors come in wanting to learn what Royce knows. One of the guys in my class was a small hispanic guy of around 5'8" 145lb soaking wet. He rolled on the mats and he was a runner. Saw him submit all the big guys. I think it opened a lot of eyes of the cosmetic warriors.
The older I get the more I appreciate the physiques of sprinters, lower weight class Olympic lifters, Running backs, wrestlers and MMA guys as opposed to bloated bodybuilders. I even admire the physiques of some distance runners. I'm still a fan of bodybuilding but of the old school guys. Chris Dickerson won the Olympia weighing around 185 at 5'6" or so. Zane was 5'9" and about 195lbs. Even the big guys of the time like Arnold competed between 225 and 240lbs at 6'2". Now guys who are 5'8" are competing at 240lbs. Where's the slim waists today?
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even just going to the gym now is hard for me to stomache. im not even old. the gym scene is full on now since its spring. 40 yr old guys in their jordans and string tank tops, all serious n shit chuggin their bcaas out of milk jugs. im really over all of that shit. would rather just fish or play golf now. im suprised that these guys are still so into it, like i was at 21-27. but these guys are 30s to 60s still playing the gym cool guy thing
What gym do you go to? I haven't seen a string tank top since the 80's and fortunately I see few dragging around milk jugs. The amount of drugs is what amazes me the most about modern bb. Even gym rat doses are through the roof and include slin, peptides, gh etc.
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First off I was always love bodybuilding and partake as long as my body allows it, but I have definitely changed may ways towards it.
things i have done
Every MOnth paged threw and read Flex. muscle mag, muscular development
Purchased multiple tubs of designer protein at GNC for 42.99 a piece and that was huge money for me at that time. I mixed it with skim milk and blew apart my stomach with farts and diahrea but in my mind I needed my 40 grams every three hours.
Pumped up my traps for my first drivers liscence photo.
Bought cell tech, and tons of muscle tech protein bars, and random premade drinks after my workouts
Had pics of the pros all over my college dorm wearing posing trunks with shades on oiled up
GNC Creatine buy one get one half off.
Just the walk I had alone back then was priceless, (god if i saw myself doing that today)
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
What can I say.. Agreed.
I think all pretty much all people that get in to this has some kind of mental issues or diagnose. Also when you're a young and impressionable insecure kid it's easy to get sucked in to all that.
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Actually, it doesn't get stupid... it's just that reality sets in and you no longer can honestly believe that one day you will be on the Mr O stage "battling it out" and "tearing down the house" with a gay ass robot posing routine that you've used for the 143rd time.
You lose the starry eye vision that comes from reading too many supplements ads (for steroid like gains) and training articles (on how to build Boulder Like Shoulders In 2 Weeks) and realize that the $200 you spent on fart powder was nothing more than self induced stomach cramps that gave you the shits.
You accept the fact that there is a small percentage of people out there that have the genetics to excel at turning themselves into cartoon characters. But yet you rejoice that you have more brain cells, hair on your head, and functioning kidneys. Which as you get older seems to be a much better deal in the long run than possessing a physique that can't crack the top 3 in a 4th tier show and upon retirement your inner quads and triceps morph into these strange flatten lumps that resemble a bit of smashed assholes.
Fantastic.
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Actually, it doesn't get stupid... it's just that reality sets in and you no longer can honestly believe that one day you will be on the Mr O stage "battling it out" and "tearing down the house" with a gay ass robot posing routine that you've used for the 143rd time.
You lose the starry eye vision that comes from reading too many supplements ads (for steroid like gains) and training articles (on how to build Boulder Like Shoulders In 2 Weeks) and realize that the $200 you spent on fart powder was nothing more than self induced stomach cramps that gave you the shits.
You accept the fact that there is a small percentage of people out there that have the genetics to excel at turning themselves into cartoon characters. But yet you rejoice that you have more brain cells, hair on your head, and functioning kidneys. Which as you get older seems to be a much better deal in the long run than possessing a physique that can't crack the top 3 in a 4th tier show and upon retirement your inner quads and triceps morph into these strange flatten lumps that resemble a bit of smashed assholes.
Forward this to King Kamali
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Forward this to King Kamali
i remember i really wanted to buy plazmosis back in the day lol
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as one ages it's natural go into a phase where the admiration of others overtakes the desire to further ones own physique.
such is the way of schmoedom
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(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjM2/z/mYgAAOSw8-tWbP4f/$_35.JPG)
I can't believe I once bought this issue in public. How embarrassing
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as one ages it's natural go into a phase where the admiration of others overtakes the desire to further ones own physique.
such is the way of schmoedom
ROFLMAO!
I just think you solved the mystery of Schmoes in that statement.
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Great thread! I used to buy MD every month, waste 100's on supplements, believed the likes of Liar Priest when he said he only took 500mg of test e per week. I really bought into the entire bullshit. Even went as far a cheering for other men prancing around on stage in a thong, thinking it was serious business. (outed) Once you remove yourself from it you see how crazy/totally homo it is.
I still love to train and eat well but no more buying supplements or basing my entire perception of myself on my biceps or physique. Pro bodybuilding is a mental illness thats encouraged by shmoes and bullied youths.
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ROFLMAO!
I just think you solved the mystery of Schmoes in that statement.
The Riddle of Steel. What is steel, compared to the hand that wields it?
The Riddle of the Schmoe. What is the strength of a bodybuilder, compared to the hand of the schmoe that wields him.
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As a proof of concept, though, if I were "de-aged" through some miracle process and was in perfect health, would the urge to inject myself with hormones and grow huge return to some degree?
Yes, yes it would. And I suspect I am not alone. Let's not fool ourselves that we are becoming wiser.
Merely feeble and more cautious.
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Years ago I use to go to the Barnes & Noble book store and read through muscle mags in the cozy chairs they had there. I look back now and think "Wow how fucking gay was that"...
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Years ago I use to go to the Barnes & Noble book store and read through muscle mags in the cozy chairs they had there. I look back now and think "Wow how fucking gay was that"...
13 years ago I would take a monthly trip to the mall to buy the newest copy of MD at Walden Books. Was very embarassing, couldn't even look the cashier in the eye. :-[
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Great thread! I used to buy MD every month, waste 100's on supplements, believed the likes of Liar Priest when he said he only took 500mg of test e per week. I really bought into the entire bullshit. Even went as far a cheering for other men prancing around on stage in a thong, thinking it was serious business. (outed) Once you remove yourself from it you see how crazy/totally homo it is.
I still love to train and eat well but no more buying supplements or basing my entire perception of myself on my biceps or physique. Pro bodybuilding is a mental illness thats encouraged by shmoes and bullied youths.
500mg of Test E a week?
Lee used to take 400mg of Deca maybe for 6 weeks offseason and a lick of a Winstrol tab every 2 weeks. Something an extra lick before leg day if he was feeling lucky.
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Back in the late 70's when the old Ironman was still around, early MuscleMag, and Weiders "Muscle Builder & Power" were the Mags of choice (and no internet) I used to buy them monthly.
(Never seen it as gay back then, Arnold and gang made it look cool in Pumping Iron). Little did we realize all the gay stuff (Don peters and co.) were doing until many years later.
You get a bit older and then realize:
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/283/401/9ec.jpg
After Lee Haney retired, things just went downhill faster than a barrel full of barbells...
Today, a total embarrassment, just like modern society in general.
Now I know why old folks say "Im ready to die" I know I will be when older, world is going to just keep getting much worse...
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Bodybuilding is gay. Weight training is fantastic and invigorating. I will lift for the rest of my life and enjoy me some hormones until the big fella in the sky challenges me to a posedown.
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13 years ago I would take a monthly trip to the mall to buy the newest copy of MD at Walden Books. Was very embarassing, couldn't even look the cashier in the eye. :-[
you should have just looked into the cashier's eyes and said: "It is only gay if you want it to be"
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The Riddle of Steel. What is steel, compared to the hand that wields it?
The Riddle of the Schmoe. What is the strength of a bodybuilder, compared to the hand of the schmoe that wields him.
No idea why, but this background seemed appropriate when I read this.
(https://i.imgflip.com/10zivd.jpg)
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What does that make Ron?
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Actually, it doesn't get stupid... it's just that reality sets in and you no longer can honestly believe that one day you will be on the Mr O stage "battling it out" and "tearing down the house" with a gay ass robot posing routine that you've used for the 143rd time.
You lose the starry eye vision that comes from reading too many supplements ads (for steroid like gains) and training articles (on how to build Boulder Like Shoulders In 2 Weeks) and realize that the $200 you spent on fart powder was nothing more than self induced stomach cramps that gave you the shits.
You accept the fact that there is a small percentage of people out there that have the genetics to excel at turning themselves into cartoon characters. But yet you rejoice that you have more brain cells, hair on your head, and functioning kidneys. Which as you get older seems to be a much better deal in the long run than possessing a physique that can't crack the top 3 in a 4th tier show and upon retirement your inner quads and triceps morph into these strange flatten lumps that resemble a bit of smashed assholes.
This.
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Great thread!
I bought all those flex magazines and protein shakes. I really thought if I ate right and trained hard I could be as Shawn ray
What a joke.
The best was muscle media 2000, they told it how it was. Then spent 20 years trying to get steroids. Finally got legit hrt test etc and now I wonder why the hell I use anything anymore. like if I keep going when would it end?
I think a lot of former pros said the secret to health was to cycle and avoid orals.
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No idea why, but this background seemed appropriate when I read this.
(https://i.imgflip.com/10zivd.jpg)
The Riddle of the Schmoe. What is the strength of a bodybuilder, compared to the hand of the schmoe that peels him.
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
I agree 100%.
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I'm only 21 and I've lost interest after 4 years. It's just a terrible life choice when you have to eat until you're sick, sticking needles in your ass, and in the gym 24/7. I'd rather just be decently strong and good looking. Bodybuilding died after Haneys reign.
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There was a MD left behind on my last flight and the flight attendant brought it to me as she thought I would like to read it. It was last month (or this months??? the one with Wolf and Branch leg training)... first thing I noticed is how thin it was. Used to be like a damn phone book, now it is barely thicker than a People Magazine.
Of course, they had those dazzling articles and tidbits in the front that we all can't live without and have no clue about these "secrets" otherwise.
Deca may interfere with testosterone production.
Viagra and Cialis may be used for the treatment of ED.
Oral steroids found to be harmful to the liver.
I mean... literally those are the articles in there at the front of the mag. Then you had the Wolf/Branch training article. Wolf with his mutilated calf that looks all torn to hell and gross. Branch with his whole body looking torn to hell and gross.
And can someone explain to me in these training article photos why the spotter is screaming and straining more than the person under the weight???
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I cringe that I used to buy muscle and fitness when I was 17, bodybuilders I was impressed by now look like Oompa Loompas wearing fat suits when in clothing.Prancing around in a thong for a plastic trophy while taking years of life off your vital organs.Madness.
We didn't know as much at 17.
At 17 we were inspired by the articles and followed the routines in the mags, without any knowledge whatsoever of what it takes to stand on stage, or the G4P-scene and how to afford to look like that or what was needed/required.
The more you started to learn about the scene and the more you knew, the more you saw it in a negative light.
Muscles that looked "cool" back in the teens now look weird when closing in on 50.
Branch Warren is a very good example of that.
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Maybe we are all clinically depressed...
If BB could stick to the 1970s. It would be much much better
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Exactly.
As you get much older (40's, 50's & 60's), you then start to appreciate classic bodybuilding (think guys like Frank Zane). You also start to appreciate the importance of a strict diet, not just to look physically better, but to also have some form of longevity. Your workouts become better (stricter form and slow movements to truly work the muscle, as opposed to momentum and ego lifting).
Bodybuilding today has become a fucking mess. Those guys are racing against each other to see who can take the most amount of drugs, coupled with injecting of oil, just to possibly edge each other out during a single night or two.
Bodybuilding has always had a cult following. I couldn't be caught dead walking around the streets with Flex or MD magazine. It looks pathetic imo and having to explain to others what my fascination is with the "sport" would be almost impossible to do.
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Spot on.
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Today I don't know half of the pros and I don't really know anyone in Nationals/USAs. Don't even know there is a Nationals or USAs?
I don't even know some of the top 5 in the Olympia.
Begs the question: Why are you still on this board?
Have been for years. Religious discussion. Other non bb'ing talk. That's about it. I know more about fitness folks on youtube than I do the IFBB.
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I`m doing one more contest,then I`m finito.
Way too many drugs, and it just seems stupid to me now but I want to win the NABBA NAts in my age group and get a NABBA pro card.
Then it`s just enjoyable workouts for health and to look good.
The sport has gone to shit!!
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^ Is it a sport?
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No idea why, but this background seemed appropriate when I read this.
(https://i.imgflip.com/10zivd.jpg)
This is fucking awesome, didn't see it before. Thanks
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I'm only 21 and I've lost interest after 4 years. It's just a terrible life choice when you have to eat until you're sick, sticking needles in your ass, and in the gym 24/7. I'd rather just be decently strong and good looking. Bodybuilding died after Haneys reign.
I disagree with this assessment. It was still going strong with the likes of Yates, Levrone, Ray, El Sonbaty, Priest, Coleman, Wheeler, Cormier etc. Once these guys retired, bodybuilding died.
(https://www.getbig.com/pics/olympia/1999/finals/top6-02.jpg)
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I disagree with this assessment. It was still going strong with the likes of Yates, Levrone, Ray, El Sonbaty, Priest, Coleman, Wheeler, Cormier etc. Once these guys returned, bodybuilding died.
(https://www.getbig.com/pics/olympia/1999/finals/top6-02.jpg)
(https://www.getbig.com/pics/olympia/1999/finals/top6-03.jpg)
Agreed 100%. It is officially dead now.
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Don't get me started.
I was a total bodybuilding knobjob.
Now all I care about is training for strength.
Looking back, I was always about the training. Plus, I always preferred how powerlifters like Kaz looked compared to diced physique guys like Gaspari.
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not gonna front, but i still do get jealous when ur hanging with the girl and friends on vacation at ibiza and the big shredded tren guys at age 25 walk by and all thr girls break their neck. ive always wanted to be that guy, but it wasnt in thr cards i guess. i hung into that dream well into late twenties probably. Early thirties now and i got other interests and hobbies. but deep down that insecurity is still there a little bit, where i want that "look", but yeah when i see old guys still hard at work juicing and in the gym 7 days a week, part of me still thinks its cool, but that admiration dies just a bit every day, which i think is good
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Don't get me started.
I was a total bodybuilding knobjob.
Now all I care about is training for strength.
Looking back, I was always about the training. Plus, I always preferred how powerlifters like Kaz looked compared to diced physique guys like Gaspari.
im doing the strength thing now too. reverse pyramiding and logging my reps /weight. 3 days a week, and just compound lifts (like ill just do bench on chest day). it feels good actually. do you notice your shape has changed for the better or do you not look as good?
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im doing the strength thing now too. reverse pyramiding and logging my reps /weight. 3 days a week, and just compound lifts (like ill just do bench on chest day). it feels good actually. do you notice your shape has changed for the better or do you not look as good?
Still progressing in mass. Not that that's my goal. But even as a competitive bodybuilder, I was a power-bodybuilder.
Thirty-one years on, no stopping, and I'm a reasonably-"padded" 280 pounds.
I'm now 46 and as strong and powerful as ever. Everything's built around squat, bench and deadlift. I expect world-beating numbers in my 50s.
Decades drug-free, as an aside.
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The magice faded for me at the Arnold classic in 08. My boy and I are sitting in the balcony watching prejudging chatting with the guys next to us, when Kai walks out and these guys all stop and start screaming GO KAI, SHOW EM KAI, YEAH!!!!
My boy and I look at one another like wtf is going on (and at this point this was like our 4th year going to prejudging). The rest of the prejudging the group in the balcony goes nuts for their favorite bodybuilders.
As we're leaving the show we both agreed this was probably the last one we would attend.
It was odd because I'm sure the behavior was normal, we've all yelled at sporting events, but for whatever reason the enthusiasm displayed that day when men were posing on stage killed my love affair.
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These days I only go to the gym to do core work and stretching.
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Not just the noble art of bodybuilding..
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it only seems stupid now because the physiques suck
i didn't realize it at the time but the sport stopped being cool in 2003
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im doing the strength thing now too. reverse pyramiding and logging my reps /weight. 3 days a week, and just compound lifts (like ill just do bench on chest day). it feels good actually. do you notice your shape has changed for the better or do you not look as good?
and you are worried about calories in veggies??? ???
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I find the drug use more ridiculous with age.
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Years ago I use to go to the Barnes & Noble book store and read through muscle mags in the cozy chairs they had there. I look back now and think "Wow how fucking gay was that"...
ahahah yes barnes and nobles , I spent many lunch breaks there doing the same thing
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Competed at my last show in 2011, and despite having trained the most insane, taking the most drugs i've ever taken for a show, and having my best shape to date, I remember doing my mandatory poses and knowing i was only somewhere in the middle of the pack, that the show would be over in a few hours and what the hell was all this for? I knew the answer was not to go back to the drawing board and take more drugs or train harder...because after all you have to ask yourself what for? What will this bring you in the end? Jack shit...
I tell people that guys who are in the top 10 at the olympia sometimes have a secondary income because the revenue from bodybuilding alone (prize and sponsorship) is a joke... Here I am not even at a national level and i'm ashamed to be doing so much abuse to my body...
The year after my competition I decided to get my gyno fixed with surgery. Two little grape sized lumps came out, and i specifically asked to take a picture of those things and to this day those lumps of gross shit remind me of "what else" could be growing inside. That's a hell of a wake up call in a sense, but it wasn't the only one. You'd have to be blind and retarded to not know this lifestyle is beyond weird, dangerous and never ends well.
One of my good friends is on dialysis 3x a week. (40 yrs old)
Another guy I know won his pro card with his eyes looking sickly and yellow, becasue 6 weeks prior he had been hospitalized for liver toxicity during the prep, but that did not stop him.
Someone else had an abscess drained from his bicep...
And a whole pack of guys who end up in the male-stripping milieu, and become so embarrassed that they fall into taking crystal meth to cope with all the "private sessions" they do with high paying clients. But what's that saying? It's only gay if you want it to be? lol Well it's not gay if it pays the GH i guess....
Lately the realest guy in and around bodybuilding is Luimarco. I enjoy his videos and he knows whats up. Just as soon as he is quick to praise a guys shape at a show, he will make a video to show a suspect lump in his arm or delt, and question what he shoots in there?! It's cool because at least its honest.
At the end of the day, I still train as hard as I can. I realized that you can have a 16-weeks out shape and to 99% of the population you are RIPPED and HUGE... you don't have to torture yourself with excessive dieting and cardio (and drugs) to get the approval of a milieu of a select few in the world of bodybuilding. Especially when it puts you into debt faster than a drug habit, (and likely in a hospital just the same)
(http://www.billgrant.net/images/bgclassic/trophy1.jpg)
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Competed at my last show in 2011, and despite having trained the most insane, taking the most drugs i've ever taken for a show, and having my best shape to date, I remember doing my mandatory poses and knowing i was only somewhere in the middle of the pack, that the show would be over in a few hours and what the hell was all this for? I knew the answer was not to go back to the drawing board and take more drugs or train harder...because after all you have to ask yourself what for? What will this bring you in the end? Jack shit...
I tell people that guys who are in the top 10 at the olympia sometimes have a secondary income because the revenue from bodybuilding alone (prize and sponsorship) is a joke... Here I am not even at a national level and i'm ashamed to be doing so much abuse to my body...
The year after my competition I decided to get my gyno fixed with surgery. Two little grape sized lumps came out, and i specifically asked to take a picture of those things and to this day those lumps of gross shit remind me of "what else" could be growing inside. That's a hell of a wake up call in a sense, but it wasn't the only one. You'd have to be blind and retarded to not know this lifestyle is beyond weird, dangerous and never ends well.
One of my good friends is on dialysis 3x a week. (40 yrs old)
Another guy I know won his pro card with his eyes looking sickly and yellow, becasue 6 weeks prior he had been hospitalized for liver toxicity during the prep, but that did not stop him.
Someone else had an abscess drained from his bicep...
And a whole pack of guys who end up in the male-stripping milieu, and become so embarrassed that they fall into taking crystal meth to cope with all the "private sessions" they do with high paying clients. But what's that saying? It's only gay if you want it to be? lol Well it's not gay if it pays the GH i guess....
Lately the realest guy in and around bodybuilding is Luimarco. I enjoy his videos and he knows whats up. Just as soon as he is quick to praise a guys shape at a show, he will make a video to show a suspect lump in his arm or delt, and question what he shoots in there?! It's cool because at least its honest.
At the end of the day, I still train as hard as I can. I realized that you can have a 16-weeks out shape and to 99% of the population you are RIPPED and HUGE... you don't have to torture yourself with excessive dieting and cardio (and drugs) to get the approval of a milieu of a select few in the world of bodybuilding. Especially when it puts you into debt faster than a drug habit, (and likely in a hospital just the same)
(http://www.billgrant.net/images/bgclassic/trophy1.jpg)
Fantastic post!
Very well said.
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Fantastic post!
Very well said.
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Just got the news about a guy who was recently hospitalized with a 2" abscess in his quad (you can guess the reason). His doctor advised him to never train his quads again. Dude was far from being elite-level, and I remember that he once told me that he would commit suicide when he didn't qualified for the national championships this year. Of course, he was just sarcastic here but also pretty retarded.
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Just got the news about a guy who was recently hospitalized with a 2" abscess in his quad (you can guess the reason). His doctor advised him to never train his quads again. Dude was far from being elite-level, and I remember that he once told me that he will commit suicide when he doesn't qualify for the national championships this year. Of course, he was just sarcastic here but also pretty retarded.
(http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1234443297_ken_park_suicide.gif)
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Just got the news about a guy who was recently hospitalized with a 2" abscess in his quad (you can guess the reason). His doctor advised him to never train his quads again. Dude was far from being elite-level, and I remember that he once told me that he will commit suicide when he doesn't qualify for the national championships this year. Of course, he was just sarcastic here but also pretty retarded.
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X2...
X3 Great post
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Competed at my last show in 2011, and despite having trained the most insane, taking the most drugs i've ever taken for a show, and having my best shape to date, I remember doing my mandatory poses and knowing i was only somewhere in the middle of the pack, that the show would be over in a few hours and what the hell was all this for? I knew the answer was not to go back to the drawing board and take more drugs or train harder...because after all you have to ask yourself what for? What will this bring you in the end? Jack shit...
I tell people that guys who are in the top 10 at the olympia sometimes have a secondary income because the revenue from bodybuilding alone (prize and sponsorship) is a joke... Here I am not even at a national level and i'm ashamed to be doing so much abuse to my body...
The year after my competition I decided to get my gyno fixed with surgery. Two little grape sized lumps came out, and i specifically asked to take a picture of those things and to this day those lumps of gross shit remind me of "what else" could be growing inside. That's a hell of a wake up call in a sense, but it wasn't the only one. You'd have to be blind and retarded to not know this lifestyle is beyond weird, dangerous and never ends well.
One of my good friends is on dialysis 3x a week. (40 yrs old)
Another guy I know won his pro card with his eyes looking sickly and yellow, becasue 6 weeks prior he had been hospitalized for liver toxicity during the prep, but that did not stop him.
Someone else had an abscess drained from his bicep...
And a whole pack of guys who end up in the male-stripping milieu, and become so embarrassed that they fall into taking crystal meth to cope with all the "private sessions" they do with high paying clients. But what's that saying? It's only gay if you want it to be? lol Well it's not gay if it pays the GH i guess....
Lately the realest guy in and around bodybuilding is Luimarco. I enjoy his videos and he knows whats up. Just as soon as he is quick to praise a guys shape at a show, he will make a video to show a suspect lump in his arm or delt, and question what he shoots in there?! It's cool because at least its honest.
At the end of the day, I still train as hard as I can. I realized that you can have a 16-weeks out shape and to 99% of the population you are RIPPED and HUGE... you don't have to torture yourself with excessive dieting and cardio (and drugs) to get the approval of a milieu of a select few in the world of bodybuilding. Especially when it puts you into debt faster than a drug habit, (and likely in a hospital just the same)
(http://www.billgrant.net/images/bgclassic/trophy1.jpg)
:'(
ballad of a disillusioned bodybuilder
if only getbig had an oscars ceremony...
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If you really want to be discouraged with BB, go read any steroid board... Blasting 3-4 grams and these kids are 188 pounds. Time to wake up.
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Some great stories/insight in this here thread.
And what IS with the drugged-to-fuck midgets these days?!
My gym features several seriously manlet-like fellas who are clearly gramming it (and more) and, despite having lots of drug muscle, are still barely at ride-the-ferris-wheel height.
One poor fucker is, like, barely five feet (no joke) and jacked to hell. Looks like a twat.
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I tried to defend pro bodybuilding upon my first days joining this site but was quickly bashed into submission by the site elders.
Looking back it was a wake up call I desperately needed.
You have to realize you have a problem before you can fix it.
Today I can proudly say I haven't picked up a Flex magazine in 7 years.
LOL
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