Todd
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Re: Tom Prince putting down Natural BBs
« Reply #24 on: August 31, 2003, 06:43:39 PM »
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John,
I find it amusing that Vince Taylor would be bitching about natural bodybuilders. As I recall, Taylor was one of the guys who was MAJORLY affected by the drug test at the 1990 Olympia. Maybe it was a little jealousy on Vince's part, as he would have experienced first hand the undeniable reality that his pro level body was completely drug dependant. There wasn't much left of him off the drugs. And that was one scheduled drug test at the time of the contest, not random testing throughout the year. Under such conditions it is likely drugs were used up to a point in preparation for the competition.
Someone mentioned golfers and other professional sportspersons. Disregarding the correctness of making such comments at all, there is a significant difference between most sports people and pro bodybuilders, and it is a difference that makes comments such as those by Prince and other pro bodybuilders regarding natural bodybuilders, all the more objectionable. And laughable. Pro golfers, football players etc possess a skill. Sure, there are necessary physical attributes, but to compete successfully, it is necessary that they master the skill of the particular sport they play. The acquisition and/or possession of such skill is, in and of itself, admirable because such mastery is rare and it indicates that the person applied themselves diligently. So if such sportspeople then make deriding comments about people of lesser abilities, they are, at worst, arrogant. Afterall, the reality is that they are better at that particular sport due, primarily, to the fact that they are more skillful.
There is no real skill in pro bodybuilding. It doesn't take much diligence to have good genetics! And in these days of injectable bodyparts and boatloads of wonderdrugs, it is debatable whether pro bodybuilders do in fact have 'rare' genetic ability. There is no skill in shoving a needle in your arse, or in throwing pills down your throat. The role that drug use plays in obtaining a pro level physique is enormous. To those who doubt this, or wish to argue otherwise, I direct your attention to the 1989, 1990 and 1991 Olympias. Examine the photos and watch the videos. If that doesn't make you see the reality, I suggest you get your eyesight checked. So when a drug riddled pro bodybuilder puts down natural bodybuilding, it is not only arrogance. It is something more. Delusional maybe. Or perhaps an expression of underlying insecurities.
