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:
Fuck off Matt.. Nobody here cares about you or what you do to support your kids
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.
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#post3566538I'm sorry for offending anyone.
