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Ronnie Coleman
- Thread starter Dominiej
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Personally I'd love it if there was a drug free Bodybuilding comp. I'd be very much into that.
I think that there are possitive sides to bodybuilding, one of them being that seeing massive guys like cuttler and coleman give people inspiration to weight train.
I know that if I'd never picked up a magazine and seen the pictures of ripped guys I'd wouldn't have started weight training.
However For the people that believe all the BS about protien shakes, roids and the "easy way", they are the ones who get damaged.
I think that there are possitive sides to bodybuilding, one of them being that seeing massive guys like cuttler and coleman give people inspiration to weight train.
I know that if I'd never picked up a magazine and seen the pictures of ripped guys I'd wouldn't have started weight training.
However For the people that believe all the BS about protien shakes, roids and the "easy way", they are the ones who get damaged.
I guess that is where my own bias comes through... I have no interest in competing in any way (steroid free or not). Athletic competitions yes, but bodybuilding competitions just seem like beauty pageants on steroids (pun intended), with rampant narcissim abound. It's all about fluff and no function. I don't consider bodybuilders to even be athletes since they are not doing a sport. They are just flexing.
It also seems a little gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). You shave every inch of your body, slather down with body paint and shiney oil, and wear a little banana hammock while you pose for screaming fans. Guess I'm just getting too old to appreciate it anymore. At Coleman's age, I think he's just got to ride the wave while he can since you can't do this forever. Poor guy is still locked in the 80's though.
I admit that I had interest in it back in the 80's (showing my age here). I did do a campus contest put on the a sorority called "Greek God" (and won to for what it's worth), but at 20 I was also obsessed with myself. The person I am now would have not had much interest in the person I was back then. I suppose that is just an expected side-effect of maturing (ideally).
Interestingly enough, if you train for sport or function, you still build a great and admirable body as a side-effect. Putting form ahead of function (to me) is putting the cart before the horse.
Mind you, these are just my opinions. Don't want to knock someone interested in trying one. I'm just rambling at this point. Back to work!
It also seems a little gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). You shave every inch of your body, slather down with body paint and shiney oil, and wear a little banana hammock while you pose for screaming fans. Guess I'm just getting too old to appreciate it anymore. At Coleman's age, I think he's just got to ride the wave while he can since you can't do this forever. Poor guy is still locked in the 80's though.
I admit that I had interest in it back in the 80's (showing my age here). I did do a campus contest put on the a sorority called "Greek God" (and won to for what it's worth), but at 20 I was also obsessed with myself. The person I am now would have not had much interest in the person I was back then. I suppose that is just an expected side-effect of maturing (ideally).
Interestingly enough, if you train for sport or function, you still build a great and admirable body as a side-effect. Putting form ahead of function (to me) is putting the cart before the horse.
Mind you, these are just my opinions. Don't want to knock someone interested in trying one. I'm just rambling at this point. Back to work!
jpfitness said:You shave every inch of your body, slather down with body paint and shiney oil, and wear a little banana hammock while you pose for screaming fans.
LOL! Thats one thing that does put me off.
I respect anyone who compleatly dedicates there life to there disipline. Martial artists, gymnasts, sports persons, etc... and I do respect bodybuilders for there dedication, however I dont like what bodybuilding has become. The Olimpia is now more of a stage show than a contest. I'd never wish to look like those guys, however I'd still be over weight and unfit if i'd not seen there pictures.
But yeah, it is pretty gay!
jpfitness said:Interestingly enough, if you train for sport or function, you still build a great and admirable body as a side-effect.
I think thats quite an interesting point because most people that do bodybuilding dont have any function for it. They want to weight train, but they dont have a sport to train for and so they have no ultimate goal. Lets just say a boxer weight trains to get to a particular weight class, a sprinter will only do so much weight training as he will get too heavy. But a bodybuilder he no function so he/she can only get bigger.