Fuck off Matt.. Nobody here cares about you or what you do to support your kids
I'm not so concerned about foreleft's comment with his epic 59 post count credibility. I have been to 17 expos over the years and have actually put myself out there to meet anyone and everyone in the industry, or people on Getbig, or elsewhere. There is some respectability in doing that. Same goes for Derek Anthony back in the day - at least he did put himself out there at expos.
ratherbebig's post is fine also, although I don't get why it's wrong to post about bodybuilding...on a bodybuilding board.
The way I see it, we all train with weights to achieve certain goals so we want to find boards that cover that content - ultimately the boards that cover it are boards that cover professional bodybuilding, which get a lot of hate by Getbig posters because to enjoy weight training does not necessarily mean we want to take it to the highest levels.
I haven't figured out another reason as to why pro bodybuilding gets trashed so much...on a pro bodybuilding message board. I always found that aspect of Getbig to be strange.
At least Nether Animal's posts have been keeping them bodybuilding-related.
As for this:
Given that I have a YouTube channel with over 17 million views that I barely even update, and formally had a bodybuilding website that received 21,000 unique visitors daily, I think it's safe to say that, yes, people do care about what I have to say. And if they don't care about what I have to say, what does that say about how much or how little they care about what you have to say, MAXX?
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My point is - in life, priorities change. There is this cult-like mentality of pro bodybuilding that draws people in, and I think it's important to try to keep a distance from that. Too many competitors make bodybuilding their identity, and I think that when they retire from competitive life and potentially even from steroid use, they run the risk of losing their identity.
There was a good article on the topic, relating to powerlifting. I think the article's name was "The Price of the Podium", where it outlined the costs and benefits of being a competitive powerlifter.
I blog about my children because...get this...I love my children. I love my children, and I want to constantly remind myself that they are the most important thing to me. Even a post like this helps me to do that, and keeps things in perspective for me. It is that perspective which has prevented me from ever taking strongman to a higher level, beyond the local level. Although now thanks to the new weight classes, I will finally be able to make it to Nationals.
As for the picture of myself from the front page of the sports section, that was all ego, out of control right there. ;D
I can see why people would have a problem with THAT, or even with my reference to having the opportunity to go to Nationals. I don't see anything wrong with simply posting about how important family is, an explaining how some competitors lose sight of that. I think that is an important, and extremely valuable point.
Basically my OP was a take on this post, by Dante:
http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/141067-Greg-Kovacs-dead?p=3566538&viewfull=1#post3566538
I'm sorry for offending anyone.
I thought this was about a heated exchange by Buendia???
What the fuck has he done?
I thought this was about a heated exchange by Buendia???
What the fuck has he done?
I thought this was about a heated exchange by Buendia???
What the fuck has he done?
I think some competitors of the muscle and strength culture - be they bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters, or physique competitors - need to take a step back and realize that to most people, they are just self-absorbed gym rats on steroids. There is no polite way for me to say that.
I say that as somewhat of a competitor myself. As I said, I am qualified for Nationals next week in the Canadian amateur strongman league in the 170-lb class, but I won't be going. I'm definitely not prepared. I am confident that at my strongest, I could represent Western Ontario very well - but right now, I don't even know if I could win Thunder Bay's Strongest Woman. :-X
Fuck off Matt.. Nobody here cares about you or what you do to support your kidsMaybe you don't some may he has a voice and chooses to use this as his platform. I'm sure a big tough guy like yourself would rather see men in thong pics whenever possible And im sure intellect escapes your feeble mind but he makes some good points....
Don't get me wrong - I can see how addictive the muscle and strength culture can be. ;D
But when people treat it more importantly than anything else in their lives - sheesh. But I guess to succeed at the highest levels of anything, you sort of have to put everything else to the wayside.
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=636204.0;attach=743771;image
epic douche levels of making it about yourself and putting yourself in when you dont have to. Conceited much?
Fuck off Matt.. Nobody here cares about you or what you do to support your kidsyep
I'm not so concerned about foreleft's comment with his epic 59 post count credibility. I have been to 17 expos over the years and have actually put myself out there to meet anyone and everyone in the industry, or people on Getbig, or elsewhere. There is some respectability in doing that. Same goes for Derek Anthony back in the day - at least he did put himself out there at expos.
ratherbebig's post is fine also, although I don't get why it's wrong to post about bodybuilding...on a bodybuilding board.
The way I see it, we all train with weights to achieve certain goals so we want to find boards that cover that content - ultimately the boards that cover it are boards that cover professional bodybuilding, which get a lot of hate by Getbig posters because to enjoy weight training does not necessarily mean we want to take it to the highest levels.
I haven't figured out another reason as to why pro bodybuilding gets trashed so much...on a pro bodybuilding message board. I always found that aspect of Getbig to be strange.
At least Nether Animal's posts have been keeping them bodybuilding-related.
As for this:
Given that I have a YouTube channel with over 17 million views that I barely even update, and formally had a bodybuilding website that received 21,000 unique visitors daily, I think it's safe to say that, yes, people do care about what I have to say. And if they don't care about what I have to say, what does that say about how much or how little they care about what you have to say, MAXX?
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My point is - in life, priorities change. There is this cult-like mentality of pro bodybuilding that draws people in, and I think it's important to try to keep a distance from that. Too many competitors make bodybuilding their identity, and I think that when they retire from competitive life and potentially even from steroid use, they run the risk of losing their identity.
There was a good article on the topic, relating to powerlifting. I think the article's name was "The Price of the Podium", where it outlined the costs and benefits of being a competitive powerlifter.
I blog about my children because...get this...I love my children. I love my children, and I want to constantly remind myself that they are the most important thing to me. Even a post like this helps me to do that, and keeps things in perspective for me. It is that perspective which has prevented me from ever taking strongman to a higher level, beyond the local level. Although now thanks to the new weight classes, I will finally be able to make it to Nationals.
As for the picture of myself from the front page of the sports section, that was all ego, out of control right there. ;D
I can see why people would have a problem with THAT, or even with my reference to having the opportunity to go to Nationals. I don't see anything wrong with simply posting about how important family is, an explaining how some competitors lose sight of that. I think that is an important, and extremely valuable point.
Basically my OP was a take on this post, by Dante:
http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/141067-Greg-Kovacs-dead?p=3566538&viewfull=1#post3566538
I'm sorry for offending anyone.
I think some competitors of the muscle and strength culture - be they bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters, or physique competitors - need to take a step back and realize that to most people, they are just self-absorbed gym rats on steroids. There is no polite way for me to say that.
I say that as somewhat of a competitor myself. As I said, I am qualified for Nationals next week in the Canadian amateur strongman league in the 170-lb class, but I won't be going. I'm definitely not prepared. I am confident that at my strongest, I could represent Western Ontario very well - but right now, I don't even know if I could win Thunder Bay's Strongest Woman. :-X
My point is, there is more to life. I have three children right now, and they are the most important part of my life to me at the moment, with the second most important thing being obtaining the resources and means to support them - I think IOTA is the cryptocurrency to bet on right now. I am confident that it will go up 30x within a few years. Possibly within one year. I recommend buying it now. I honestly think that $1,000 in IOTA will be worth $30,000 at this time next year.
I like what Georges St-Pierre says in this interview - before a fight he would drive around in his car and look at random people and realize that those people didn't even know who he was, and didn't even care if he won or lost:
Sometimes we need to take a step back and ask ourselves how important this stuff is. I realize that our lives are our universes, but some things are more important than others. What can I say? With age, things change. Priorities change. My children are my universe right now. The weight room is not. Don't get me wrong - some things ARE important to me, but my three children are most important, and everything else pales in comparison. I intend to love and support them as well as their mothers for as long as I live. But when it comes to competing, it just isn't *that* important. And while I don't make millions of dollars competing, I have been on the front page of my newspaper twice, and on the front page of the sports section once. ;D
If Georges St-Pierre can realize that - as a man who made millions off his chosen sport/craft - then I would hope bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters, and physique competitors can understand this. Check out this one - are they comparing themselves to Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather? :-\
Don't get me wrong - legacy is important, and bodybuilders train hard, but I don't think you can compare bodybuilding and boxing.
Anyway, I think some people need to take a step back and realize that there is more to life. But maybe I shouldn't judge. I guess ultimately I just hate the cult-like attitudes that bodybuilding and strongman can breed. You know, when competitors think that there is nothing more to life than bodybuilding? For example, do you remember IFBB professional bodybuilder Victor DelCampo of the 212 class who was in the Raising the Bar DVDs? His signature line on here was "two types of people bodybuiders and everyone else":
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=293
Seriously? So not neurosurgeons and everyone else? Or pediatric cardiologists and everyone else? Or petroleum engineers and everyone else?
NO - bodybuilders and everyone else. Oh wait, "bodybuiders" [sic].
Forgive the rant, but there is more to life. Right? :-\
Don't get me wrong - I can see how addictive the muscle and strength culture can be. ;D
But when people treat it more importantly than anything else in their lives - sheesh. But I guess to succeed at the highest levels of anything, you sort of have to put everything else to the wayside.
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=636204.0;attach=743771;image
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ESF has some competition it seems.
Who the hell is these Jerry and Matt dudes?
Holy shit guys - yeah, I related this post to MY LIFE, because obviously as I have gotten older and family/children has displaced almost all/any interest I had in bodybuilding, which I now see was for the best.
The only regret I have was posting the photo from the news with me and Atlas Stone - but I posted that because it was just an example similar to how people becoming addicted to plastic trophies in bodybuilding. Yeah, it kind of does get addicted to have a growing collection of trophies in my weight class, and to get local news coverage.
The problem is when pro bodybuilders outside of the top 10 at the Olympia who are making peanuts for money risk their health and lifespan for the same rewards. I can understand why Phil Heath and Flex Lewis do it, but is bodybuilding at the highest level today really worth it? More and more we are going to see people come out with stories regretting it. I think the new divisions are a reflection of the growing frustration of a lot of men not wanting to juice to the max, but still wanting to compete. I think the new divisions are a good idea, even though they do sort of water down what it means to be a "pro".
I'm happy that I never pushed my body further than just doing this at the lower level. You can still have fun just competing locally and lifting weights and being involved in moderation with great personal results and none of the irreversible long term damage to your cardiovascular system, central nervous system, and organ integrity in general.
Comparisons to Howard, come on ::) I do plan to have as many ex-wives as Howard has, but Howard has literally posted the exact same post since 2011, if not earlier, LOL. If you have read one of his posts, you have read them all. His ONE post where he has "Uncle Rico Syndrome" and relives his glory days is actually a good post - it's just that he's posted it literally dozens of times.
Coach is Back - Don't you get enough flak on here to not be trashing other members? Or is it this go along to get along mentality to try to get you board credibility? Notice I have NOT been trashing anyone on this board, despite the popularity you acquire for doing so, because I see no reason to be cruel to other members just to be part of the club. It's not cool. I sort of wish this board went in the direction of Nether Animal's posts - just simple on-topic posts about professional bodybuilding and commentary from a variety of members.
Only when it comes to politics. Not bodybuilding, not training.
Pellius - You were always cool with me so I have no idea why you feel the need to trash me. Yeah, I related this post to myself - BIG DEAL. I'm giving an example of how my own life experience guided me away from bodybuilding. I remember years ago, Getbig member "Viking Power" was into bodybuilding and was pushing for more and more gains. Later down the line he read the studies on caloric restriction on rats, and decided that he wanted to stay lighter for the sake of his health. I think The True Adonis was maintaining a body weight of 160-lb also for good health.
Bodybuilders have this tendency to get caught up in a cult-like mentality and drive to be the best at something that has the potential to ultimately destroy them. Only since having children do I realize just how happy I am to have never seriously pursued it. So obviously I related it to me. I have mentioned on here maybe TEN TIMES that I have qualified for Strongman Nationals in my weight class. That's a pretty happy accomplishment for me, so why shouldn't I post it.
What are you bench pressing, Pellius? Probably not 345 at 170 if I had to guess. Yet you trash me? At least I actually work out, have gone to expos, and have competed in many, many contests. Have you?
As for my YouTube channel - I just find it funny that I'm being slammed on here, yet I have over 17 million views on YouTube, on a channel I barely update! But please, tell me more about how no one wants to hear what I have to say. ::)
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Only when it comes to politics. Not bodybuilding, not training.
allright now thats not bad
PROPS
This thread has almost 1,500 views, but no one reads what I have to say.
Right.
And the 21,000 daily readers of my website + 10,000 daily viewers of my YouTube channel must have been figments of my imagination also.
I am ONLY bringing up this point in self-defense. The comment that no one reads what I have to say is ridiculous. The view counts of the things I post anywhere on the internet speaks for itself.
If it REALLY matters so much to you guys, I won't bring up the fact that I workout and compete anymore on here - it's not like I really cared all that much anyway. And apparently working out is not allowed on Getbig. But to suggest no one reads my posts - please.
Regarding me posting about myself - POINT TAKEN. I will not do that again. There is a way to say it, and a way not to say it. There was no need to say what was said in this thread.
Pellius - I always read your posts on here with great interest and respect. Of all the posts on here, I have to say, yours are the ones that have disappointed me the most. I never knew you to be a person who commented like that. I always found you to be more respectable in how you address issues, even calling out members for obvious misbehaviour - and yeah, that newspaper upload was an example of that, and I get that.
Is that Michael Rapaport with the hat? Who is that in the window though?
thats because they open it looking for Buendias meltdown you fucking moron.
Your impression of Vince Goodrum is appalling, Matt.
You know you do a disservice to the system of giving stars to competitors by behaving like this online? Swearing is totally unprofessional, and not unlike a Mod, you are supposed to be representing professionalism when you are given your stars.
Also, if I am a moron, what does that make you, Be There? No doubt a self-absorbed gym rat on steroids, exactly as per my original post. What does that make YOU? Let's compare academic backgrounds. I'd love to sit down to an IQ test with you just so you have the sinking feeling of knowing you have a lower IQ than I do.
And obviously the title of this thread drew people in - but everyone can also see that it was posted by me. Yet people still come here to read it, just like people check out everything I post online.
How about we put $1,000 in escrow on the bet that we can both post videos to YouTube starting next week, and that my view count will blow yours away? I'm telling you right now - people would read what I have to say WAY more than anything you have to say. Videos, articles, posts, or anything else - the audience I would gain would blow yours away.
So again - if I'm a moron, what does that make you?
Be There - do me a favour: if you don't like my threads, DON'T READ THEM. I can tell you, I definitely don't read yours.
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Holy shit guys - yeah, I related this post to MY LIFE, because obviously as I have gotten older and family/children has displaced almost all/any interest I had in bodybuilding, which I now see was for the best.
The only regret I have was posting the photo from the news with me and Atlas Stone - but I posted that because it was just an example similar to how people becoming addicted to plastic trophies in bodybuilding. Yeah, it kind of does get addicting to have a growing collection of trophies in my weight class, and to get local news coverage. So I can't complain when pro bodybuilders do it - but there is a difference between the local level, and the much more heavily juice-dependent professional level. And that includes impact on health. That's my point.
The problem is when pro bodybuilders outside of the top 10 at the Olympia who are making peanuts for money risk their health and lifespan for the same rewards. I can understand why Phil Heath and Flex Lewis do it, but is bodybuilding at the highest level today really worth it? More and more we are going to see people come out with stories regretting it. I think the new divisions are a reflection of the growing frustration of a lot of men not wanting to juice to the max, but still wanting to compete. I think the new divisions are a good idea, even though they do sort of water down what it means to be a "pro".
I'm happy that I never pushed my body further than just doing this at the lower level. You can still have fun just competing locally and lifting weights and being involved in moderation with great personal results and none of the irreversible long term damage to your cardiovascular system, central nervous system, and organ integrity in general.
Comparisons to Howard, come on ::) I do plan to have as many ex-wives as Howard, but Howard has literally posted the exact same post since 2011, if not earlier, LOL. If you have read one of his threads, you have read them all. His ONE post where he has "Uncle Rico Syndrome" and relives his glory days is actually a good thread - it's just that he's posted it literally dozens of times. Although I actually like Howard. I just think it's strange that he doesn't realize he is posting the same thread over and over again, LOL.
Coach is Back! - Don't you get enough flak on here to not be trashing other members? Or is it this go along to get along mentality to try to get you board credibility? Notice I have NOT been trashing anyone on this board, despite the popularity you acquire for doing so, because I see no reason to be cruel to other members just to be part of the club. It's not cool. I sort of wish this board went in the direction of Nether Animal's posts - just simple on-topic posts about professional bodybuilding and commentary from a variety of members.
Pellius - You were always cool with me so I have no idea why you feel the need to trash me. Yeah, I related this post to myself - BIG DEAL. I'm giving an example of how my own life experience guided me away from bodybuilding. I remember years ago, Getbig member "Viking Power" was into bodybuilding and was pushing for more and more gains. Later down the line he read the studies on caloric restriction on rats, and decided that he wanted to stay lighter for the sake of his health. I think The True Adonis was maintaining a body weight of 160-lb also for good health.
Bodybuilders have this tendency to get caught up in a cult-like mentality and drive to be the best at something that has the potential to ultimately destroy them. Only since having children do I realize just how happy I am to have never seriously pursued it. So obviously I related it to me. I have mentioned on here maybe TEN TIMES that I have qualified for Strongman Nationals in my weight class. That's a pretty happy accomplishment for me, so why shouldn't I post it? People constantly trash members for not walking the walk - well, I DID. I won Regionals and Provincials in my weight class, and yet that still doesn't get Getbig's approval. ::)
What are you bench pressing, Pellius? Probably not 345 at 170 if I had to guess. Yet you trash me? At least I actually work out, have gone to expos, and have competed in many, many contests. Have you? It's just weird that I thought we were cool, yet you are so offended by my post. I could understand if I posted multiple times daily, but I read more than I write on here - the opposite of what I do on Facebook - and I just don't post enough to understand why I have caused you such grief. As someone who I thought I was cool with, I apologize. I have actually quite enjoyed my time on Getbig since returning, after promising Ron I would not post race or political discussions any more.
As for my YouTube channel - I just find it funny that I'm being slammed on here, yet I have over 17 million views on YouTube, on a channel I barely update! So obviously there are people who want to hear what I have to say. The proof is in the [InStone Vanilla] pudding.
I didn't even read all that but fuck me do you take this site too seriously.
I have Blue stars , that means I have been onstage in a show, why the fuck do you think that doing that means anything??
Representing professionalism?
I don't ever tell anyone outside the gym I am a bodybuilder, I would never admit to it, the normal, yes normal people just assume a bodybuilding is a fucking thug and moron, most of the time they are right.
Jeez, if you take this site as seriously as that post makes out you are fucked in the head.
I also don't tell anyone that I compete in strongman competitions, and I would never call myself a "strongman" - mainly because I am not a pro. But now that I have qualified for Nationals in my weight class, I think it is ok for me to say "I am a lightweight strongman" or something like that, but like you - I don't mention it in real life.
I made a mistake in including that photo of me from the newspaper. I was just super pumped about that, and having made the newspaper three years in a row now, for three different contests [including an intermediate level open weight class contest where I came last place, but still had a decent showing in - that was the one with the picture of me with the Atlas Stone].
So yeah - if I could go back, I would have not posted that picture of myself because it was out of place, and made this thread about me, and not about the topic at hand - pro bodybuilders and other competitors who take competing too seriously, and view it from almost a cult-like lens. So I apologize for that. Point taken. Do I think people needed to be that harsh on me though? No, not really. It's not like I do it all the time. And Howard, as much as I like the guy, has posted the same post about himself something like 50 times over the years. I can see why people are annoyed with that, but I haven't done that - yet. So I just think the response was a little out of proportion. There was no need for it. One of the few times where I did it before, Parker politely explained that I shouldn't do it. I can respect that.
What is so good about Getbig is that people "keep it real". We don't kiss up to the pros as they did on the now-defunct MuscleMayhem board. That's why people love Getbig. But sometimes the negativity can get out of hand, that's all. I'm a sharp guy. Just tell me something once, maybe twice, and I will listen. And I get it - I shouldn't make posts about me.
Point taken. It won't happen again. If I feel it is appropriate, I will post about myself. Otherwise, I will not.
Thank you for that insightful post Matt. Allow me to respond to that.
Girls and sons who have not been loved by their fathers seek attention once teens and adults to compensate for what they didnt 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 d interact with others for the rest of their life.
They are extremistic in everything they do, always looking exageratly for attention, and 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. You can dominate in life with studies, a good job that requires the use of all your best strenghts, which allows you to contribute fully to the specie that spawned you. By being successful socio professionnaly and by giving birth and raising happy individuals who will also contribute to mankind, to the specie. This is the benevolant, healhty way of contributing to mankind; you dominate by giving as much as you receive using your full potential. And then, there s everything else. The others main strategies of survival. For example, the uneducated loser with charisma linked to his muscles, who only exists because of his muscles, who only impress, dominate others with them. But to keep being respected -feared- and to keep impressing, the muscles must stay, and you want more, so at some point considering they re everything you have, you go the steroid route. No chance he gets an education, a good job, he didnt have a father to give him guidance, he s an atheist, he s an asshole, insecure about his own sexuality,so he survives in the gutters, the low part of the pyramid, can barely work a normal job and gets pissed by everything, always thinking about what he could have done if only his father actually invested in him, gave him soemthing instad of abandonning him.
There you have it, the roots of good and evil, where it all starts for a male in the human specie. Who raises secure kids, sons and daughters, who contribute to society, and dont fall for all the extremes, traps? The hard working faithful man. You godamn motherfucking moron , how is the medical establishment responsible for fathers abandonning their kids , sons and daughters, who will barely survive depressed all life long ? How is the medical establishment responsible for that in the first place? You re confusing the order of things. You re ignorant. You must be young! Of course they re striving on other people who come from shity families psycho behavorial troubles, developing medications that dont even work or at best keep people asleep so they dont figure they ve been fucked in the ass by their own parents, genitors, who didnt have the decency to care enough about them after giving birth to them. Moral, spiritual decline is what leads to suffering in all human beings. If psychologists, psychanalysts exist nowadays, if most people try to find a meaning to their life in pseudo philosophies from Orient, if they need steroids, anti depressants, sleeping aids, thats because love is disapearing , because families are dysfunctional, and all of this is happening because the Words of God have been abandonned.
All these bullshit pseudo medicaqtions full of side effects were developed as religion was gradually abandonned , because people fell for all the traps of modernism, and lost faith. And all these jobs, all these ''docs'' are assholes who need mentally ill people to survive, to have a job, they strive on other people problems, they strive on the disapearing of love and they give bullshit solutions to their ''customers''. And they re the biggest atheists, the most anti christian assholes on earth, you connect the dots.This is the irony of the whole thing. Again, you fail to understand the order of things. You put the consequences before the causes, which is ilogical, and ignorant. Most human beings are only caring about what tomorow will be made of. Job. Dinner. Sex. TV, Internet, workout. Bed. We re designed to do so by evolution. Tomorow i can anticipate this, this, and that. And? And that's about it. That's how our brains work. Currently we all collectively know some major shit is going to hit the fan in some weeks, months. Yet we cant do anything about it individually speaking. We re just waiting for it to happen. Says a lot about our so called free will, our "power".
We also know we re going to go thru something that alrdy happened in the past to our ancestors thanks to historians who wrote it all on paper so we can compare our current situation with theirs centuries ago. Yet we can t do shit about it even if we know it alrdy happened. We re as powerless as were our ancestors when they described the fall of the roman empire of occident. There can only be individuals solutions, no collective solutions. Nations dont exist anymore. Industrials, megacorporations use journalists , medias and politicians like pupets. And they are only following their own greed and dont give a single damn about the globalized mankind under them in the societal pyramid. They re only purpose in life is to stay at the top, and prevent people from lower positions to get to them and replace them. One can only decide to prepare himself and his loved ones to what s going to happen. He, she, cannot change the world. He cannot change the rules of nature. He can only adapt, to survive.
Fuck me mate, why are you listening to me, jeez, post what you like, I post things without even thinking 99% of the time.
Because I promised Ron that if I return to Getbig, I would not be posting anything related to race or politics. I am trying hard to keep with that, and I believe that I have. Well...sort of. There have been some exceptions, but not many. So when I get called out in a thread like this, I fear that I am violating what I promised Ron. And I take that very seriously. Ron's board, Ron's rules. And a promise is a promise - as I am a man of my word.
As for my YouTube channel - I just find it funny that I'm being slammed on here, yet I have over 17 million views on YouTube, on a channel I barely update! So obviously there are people who want to hear what I have to say. The proof is in the [InStone Vanilla] pudding.
Ron isn't all that bothered what people post on here to be fair....most of the time its a cesspit.
most people looked at your youtube channel not to hear what you have to say, but to hear what the people you interview have top say
again another example of a self proclaimed reporter/journalist trying to make themselves the story rather than going after the story
Matt is getting insulted by a bunch of jealous haters in this thread. I happen to think that he has a lovely wee physique in that lower right cover picture and I believe he could do well in ladies competition despite his modesty.
Yes, life is rough for me having a physique and face like this. Being the strongest and fittest person in literally 90% of the rooms I enter is extremely hard for me to cope with. Having so many athletic and academic awards and strength contest trophies in my weight class that I can barely fit them on my living room wall on top of the over million dollars in real estate that I make a residual living off of makes my life incredibly difficult.
I went to 17 expos, most of them between 2010 and 2014 while most people on here couldn't even afford to pay for the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight. ::)
And don't get me wrong - I'm serious when I say life is rough. Trying to correspond and communicate with people so much dumber than me on a regular basis is difficult. But otherwise - things are good.
Because I promised Ron that if I return to Getbig, I would not be posting anything related to race or politics. I am trying hard to keep with that, and I believe that I have. Well...sort of. There have been some exceptions, but not many. So when I get called out in a thread like this, I fear that I am violating what I promised Ron. And I take that very seriously. Ron's board, Ron's rules. And a promise is a promise - as I am a man of my word.
That's sad that it has become that way. See - you trashed me earlier, and now you are engaging with me. I can respect that. It's Hulkotron's posts that made me realize it was a cesspit because it was ad hominem with no trousers - just insults backed by nothing. I think it's nice to pepper a good argument with insults, but insults for the sake of it is what will make people have no respect for Getbig.
I want this board to go back to the days where people kept it real, but that actual arguments were made. That's about it - I promised Ron I would not start political debates and stuff like that, and I am a man of my word.
You would be surprised how many popular YouTubers that can be said about. For example, Rob Dyke was interviewed on YouTube, and I was shocked to see that it only had 218 views. Here is a guy who is approaching three million subscribers, yet no one cared what he had to say when he was in an interview video just speaking about himself and his personal life and preferences. :-\
But I get what you have to say - people don't watch my YouTube videos because of me, but it's harder to argue that for my website, where my supplement and video reviews got tens of thousands of views. Also, there is something to be said about being a good interviewer - Dave Palumbo is a good interviewer in that he asks intelligent question and has intelligent commentary. It's an art that can be refined, and in my case, I think I eventually became pretty good at it.
I'm just saying, for all the trash people are talking about me lately, I get a lot of views for someone so allegedly despised. When my view count drops a little, I will believe people don't care what I have to say. Also, I only say what I do in self-defense. Otherwise, I would not boast - I brought up qualifying for Nationals because obviously I was proud.
Because I promised Ron that if I return to Getbig, I would not be posting anything related to race or politics. I am trying hard to keep with that, and I believe that I have. Well...sort of. There have been some exceptions, but not many. So when I get called out in a thread like this, I fear that I am violating what I promised Ron. And I take that very seriously. Ron's board, Ron's rules. And a promise is a promise - as I am a man of my word.Its not that hard.
Matt are you supposed to be a celebrity or something?!
Who ???
Jeremy Buendia/Matt Canning.Fight?
This thread has almost 1,500 views, but no one reads what I have to say.
Right.
And the 21,000 daily readers of my website + 10,000 daily viewers of my YouTube channel must have been figments of my imagination also.
I am ONLY bringing up this point in self-defense. The comment that no one reads what I have to say is ridiculous. The view counts of the things I post anywhere on the internet speaks for itself.
If it REALLY matters so much to you guys, I won't bring up the fact that I workout and compete anymore on here - it's not like I really cared all that much anyway. And apparently working out is not allowed on Getbig. But to suggest no one reads my posts - please.
Regarding me posting about myself - POINT TAKEN. I will not do that again. There is a way to say it, and a way not to say it. There was no need to say what was said in this thread.
Pellius - I always read your posts on here with great interest and respect. Of all the posts on here, I have to say, yours are the ones that have disappointed me the most. I never knew you to be a person who commented like that. I always found you to be more respectable in how you address issues, even calling out members for obvious misbehaviour - and yeah, that newspaper upload was an example of that, and I get that.
I think some competitors of the muscle and strength culture - be they bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters, or physique competitors - need to take a step back and realize that to most people, they are just self-absorbed gym rats on steroids. There is no polite way for me to say that.So where did "call out dude" place?
I say that as somewhat of a competitor myself. As I said, I am qualified for Nationals next week in the Canadian amateur strongman league in the 170-lb class, but I won't be going. I'm definitely not prepared. I am confident that at my strongest, I could represent Western Ontario very well - but right now, I don't even know if I could win Thunder Bay's Strongest Woman. :-X
My point is, there is more to life. I have three children right now, and they are the most important part of my life to me at the moment, with the second most important thing being obtaining the resources and means to support them - I think IOTA is the cryptocurrency to bet on right now. I am confident that it will go up 30x within a few years. Possibly within one year. I recommend buying it now. I honestly think that $1,000 in IOTA will be worth $30,000 at this time next year.
I like what Georges St-Pierre says in this interview - before a fight he would drive around in his car and look at random people and realize that those people didn't even know who he was, and didn't even care if he won or lost:
Sometimes we need to take a step back and ask ourselves how important this stuff is. I realize that our lives are our universes, but some things are more important than others. What can I say? With age, things change. Priorities change. My children are my universe right now. The weight room is not. Don't get me wrong - some things ARE important to me, but my three children are most important, and everything else pales in comparison. I intend to love and support them as well as their mothers for as long as I live. But when it comes to competing, it just isn't *that* important. And while I don't make millions of dollars competing, I have been on the front page of my newspaper twice, and on the front page of the sports section once. ;D
If Georges St-Pierre can realize that - as a man who made millions off his chosen sport/craft - then I would hope bodybuilders, strongmen, powerlifters, and physique competitors can understand this. Check out this one - are they comparing themselves to Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather? :-\
Don't get me wrong - legacy is important, and bodybuilders train hard, but I don't think you can compare bodybuilding and boxing.
Anyway, I think some people need to take a step back and realize that there is more to life. But maybe I shouldn't judge. I guess ultimately I just hate the cult-like attitudes that bodybuilding and strongman can breed. You know, when competitors think that there is nothing more to life than bodybuilding? For example, do you remember IFBB professional bodybuilder Victor DelCampo of the 212 class who was in the Raising the Bar DVDs? His signature line on here was "two types of people bodybuiders and everyone else":
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=293
Seriously? So not neurosurgeons and everyone else? Or pediatric cardiologists and everyone else? Or petroleum engineers and everyone else?
NO - bodybuilders and everyone else. Oh wait, "bodybuiders" [sic].
Forgive the rant, but there is more to life. Right? :-\
Sometimes we need to take a step back and ask ourselves how important this stuff is. I realize that our lives are our universes, but some things are more important than others. What can I say? With age, things change. Priorities change. My children are my universe right now. The weight room is not. Don't get me wrong - some things ARE important to me, but my three children are most important, and everything else pales in comparison. I intend to love and support them as well as their mothers for as long as I live. But when it comes to competing, it just isn't *that* important. And while I don't make millions of dollars competing, I have been on the front page of my newspaper twice, and on the front page of the sports section once. ;D
Don't get me wrong - legacy is important, and bodybuilders train hard, but I don't think you can compare bodybuilding and boxing.
Don't get me wrong - I can see how addictive the muscle and strength culture can be. ;D
But when people treat it more importantly than anything else in their lives - sheesh. But I guess to succeed at the highest levels of anything, you sort of have to put everything else to the wayside.
Yes, life is rough for me having a physique and face like this. Being the strongest and fittest person in literally 90% of the rooms I enter is extremely hard for me to cope with. Having so many athletic and academic awards and strength contest trophies in my weight class that I can barely fit them on my living room wall on top of the over million dollars in real estate that I make a residual living off of makes my life incredibly difficult.
I went to 17 expos, most of them between 2010 and 2014 while most people on here couldn't even afford to pay for the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight. ::)
And don't get me wrong - I'm serious when I say life is rough. Trying to correspond and communicate with people so much dumber than me on a regular basis is difficult. But otherwise - things are good.
Ok, got it.
The thing is - I just don't get why guys get so absorbed in the whole culture, as if there is no more to life. Sergio Oliva Jr. was in an post-NY Pro win interview with Dave Palumbo [not the one on the day of the show, but a Skype interview from his home] where he mentioned that he basically no longer friends with the east coast guys because they hate him.
I do think that the more you get hated on, the more it's because people think you post a challenge to them. I think people tend to ignore those who would pose no challenge to them. So in Sergio Jr.'s case, he is being hated on by Juan Morel and the other east coast guys because he is now at a level to pose a competitive threat to them. They didn't like a west coast guy coming to their turf and bring crowned the King of New York.
Actually, I think everyone should watch Sergio Jr.'s content on YouTube. He has a lot of interesting things to say about his father, and his childhood, and the current state of professional bodybuilding.
BUT...at the end of the day, I understand why people get addicted, and that is why I posted that newspaper clipping of me. To continue to make the front page of the newspaper is something that I admit, I am a little addicted to. So I get it. I just try not to let competing become any more than a hobby for me - as the health consequences of taking it too seriously, especially with age, are just too high.
Oh, and lastly - I'm not trying to sound "intellectual". I just post articulately and I have good spelling and grammar. I didn't realize that was a problem on this board. I apologize in advance for future posts made, devoid of spelling errors. :-\
Would love to see you post things related to race and politics again Matty!
It's not that big deal!
you as a legendary GetBigger do remember that almost every post made by you me, and everyone else typically reeks of some kind of sarcasm right?
Since you brought it up, tired cliches are painfully inarticulate.
matt we need your race views because they're the RIGHT views, i'm betting
post as long as you want.
never mind me, i talk a lot of nonsense
Yes, they were fact-based, so Ron had a problem with them. ;D