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joswift

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on the outside looking in
« on: November 22, 2025, 02:11:50 PM »
Since I got out of bodybuilding I cant even get through the online prep and training videos without thinking "What a fucking idiot"

One girl not having a xmas dinner because she was in prep for a show three months away because her husband told her to.

One guy talking about his pre-and post workout drinks and adding in multiple different products including upwards of 15gms of creatine


Not to mention the "almond butter brigade"

Competitors these days seem to live on supplements and pre-packed meals
They bang on about how important the nutrition is then add chocolate to their morning oats

All the emphasis on eating and training but without the copius amounts of drugs they would look like the average gym rat

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2025, 02:56:03 PM »
All I got is that I've tried 20-30 gram single doses of creatine. The influencers say megadoses of it can help mental performance after not getting much sleep. Some Novorapid insulin to help dispose of it in the muscles LOL. Only did a few times so can't evaluate yet. I did read Milos had his athletes use 80 or 100 grams of it a day LOL. I never considered higher doses, though I remember Poliquin saying 40 grams a day and 20 grams on maintenance mode LOL, and this was when it was just introduced to the market.

I did see some peptide company selling lyophilized phosphocreatine to be used before workouts but the dose was in the milligrams. I just remembered that the Bulgarian company that made Tribestan had a product called Energix and I remember it was a vial and the cap held phosphocreatine powder to be dumped in the solution before drinking it.

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2025, 03:05:18 PM »
van b ask the MD of American Victor peptides for some freebies!
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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2025, 03:55:26 PM »
Since I got out of bodybuilding I cant even get through the online prep and training videos without thinking "What a fucking idiot"

One girl not having a xmas dinner because she was in prep for a show three months away because her husband told her to.

One guy talking about his pre-and post workout drinks and adding in multiple different products including upwards of 15gms of creatine


Not to mention the "almond butter brigade"

Competitors these days seem to live on supplements and pre-packed meals
They bang on about how important the nutrition is then add chocolate to their morning oats

All the emphasis on eating and training but without the copius amounts of drugs they would look like the average gym rat

I am impressed you could even watch a minute amount of them.  Nothing about "dieting" for a show even remotely interests me anymore.  For me, just being more fit is a better reward

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2025, 04:08:12 PM »
Swifty,
Now you train for health and to maintain physical capacity as you age.
Don't let yourself go to pot.
Muscle lost at older ages is very difficult to regain.
Don't make me have Bhanky come over to England and kick your ass for not taking care of yourself.

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2025, 04:19:11 PM »
Swifty,
Now you train for health and to maintain physical capacity as you age.
Don't let yourself go to pot.
Muscle lost at older ages is very difficult to regain.
Don't make me have Bhanky come over to England and kick your ass for not taking care of yourself.

and what pray tell does an older man need big muscles for?

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2025, 04:22:08 PM »
and what pray tell does an older man need big muscles for?

You need strong muscles so you don't fall down and break your hip.
Alright, that's it...I'm sending Hankins over there.
You were warned!

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2025, 08:04:31 PM »
Since I got out of bodybuilding I cant even get through the online prep and training videos without thinking "What a fucking idiot"

One girl not having a xmas dinner because she was in prep for a show three months away because her husband told her to.

One guy talking about his pre-and post workout drinks and adding in multiple different products including upwards of 15gms of creatine


Not to mention the "almond butter brigade"

Competitors these days seem to live on supplements and pre-packed meals
They bang on about how important the nutrition is then add chocolate to their morning oats

All the emphasis on eating and training but without the copius amounts of drugs they would look like the average gym rat



Sacrifices without regrets

Pathetic

It’s a mental illness

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #8 on: Today at 01:30:56 AM »
One study said grip strength and longevity are related.

And the breaking the hip thing is relevant.

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #9 on: Today at 01:44:54 AM »
I was one of those assholes that would bring Tupperware to Christmas and birthday parties and such.......looking back I feel pretty fucking dumb........dumber than I normally am.  :(

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #10 on: Today at 02:23:23 AM »
Since I got out of bodybuilding I cant even get through the online prep and training videos without thinking "What a fucking idiot"

One girl not having a xmas dinner because she was in prep for a show three months away because her husband told her to.

One guy talking about his pre-and post workout drinks and adding in multiple different products including upwards of 15gms of creatine


Not to mention the "almond butter brigade"

Competitors these days seem to live on supplements and pre-packed meals
They bang on about how important the nutrition is then add chocolate to their morning oats

All the emphasis on eating and training but without the copius amounts of drugs they would look like the average gym rat


It's like that with all such "communities" of people who think their behaviour is completely normal. Yet to the outside world that has some common sense the fitness / bodybuilding community is bizarre, unhealthy and ridiculous.
All the fitness lifestyle fitgirls and gymdudes take everything way too seriously.
The fitness centre is a means, not a goal in itself. People who hang out there for hours per day really have no clue what they are doing.

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #11 on: Today at 02:23:51 AM »
and what pray tell does an older man need big muscles for?

to stop some young punk beating your ass  ;D but why don´t you try a martial art? not something acrobatic but say Ving Tsun or Kali/Escrima
you can still train at a late age & stay pretty active

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Re: on the outside looking in
« Reply #12 on: Today at 02:26:53 AM »
Since I got out of bodybuilding I cant even get through the online prep and training videos without thinking "What a fucking idiot"

One girl not having a xmas dinner because she was in prep for a show three months away because her husband told her to.

One guy talking about his pre-and post workout drinks and adding in multiple different products including upwards of 15gms of creatine


Not to mention the "almond butter brigade"

Competitors these days seem to live on supplements and pre-packed meals
They bang on about how important the nutrition is then add chocolate to their morning oats

All the emphasis on eating and training but without the copius amounts of drugs they would look like the average gym rat

A lot of it seems like a mix of attention seeking, "virtue" signaling, coping, and good old plain stupidity