A surprising number of guys on getbig (and similar BB boards) are quick to say that they ‘don’t patronize bodybuilding’ ‘aren’t really fans of the sport’ or ‘don’t follow it too closely’. They seem very eager to distance themselves from the bodybuilding world. For those of you whom do, why do you feel the need to do this?
There is an old guy at my gym I occasionally chat with when we are next to each other on the treadmill. He has no idea who Flex Wheeler or Dorian Yates are; he goes to the gym and works out simply because he is interested in his own fitness. Sure he knows who Arnold S. is, but he can legitimately say he is not a fan of bodybuilding.
But if you can name the Mr. O winner; if you come to getbig more than thrice; if you can name more than three BB mags or have picked up a bodybuilding magazine more than once in the last year you are a
fan of bodybuilding. There is no reason to deny this yet so many of you seem to want to; there are literally billions of web pages out there… yet
this is where you have chosen to be. A couple days ago a member here with more than 7836 posts to his credit asserted that "I DON'T patronize 'bodybuilding' per se" he was just here for entertainment.
There seems to be a strange love/hate relationship between bodybuilding and its many ‘fans’ who want to pretend like they are not really interested in the sport even as they repeatedly click their mouse button to get here, debate the merits of this or that bb's physique, spend money on shows, magazines, videos, etc. Remember this guy who didn’t want to admit that he liked looking at Ronnie Coleman because he was afraid of what his friends would think?
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=128181.msg2292381#msg2292381It all seems so schizophrenic: insecurity brings so many men to the sport of bodybuilding, but it also prompts them to keep the sport at arms' length. Are you ashamed of your interest of bodybuilding? Ashamed of your hobby? Ashamed of yourself?