I had to unsubscribe from the SL daily email...
mirrim52
Posts: 763 Member
When I read this:
"Because as the saying goes: a skinny-guy with a low body-fat is like a fat woman with big boobs.
Doesn't really count lol."
wtf??? Who says crap like that?
I think his "girlfriend" who lifts is a figment of his imagination, probably in response to the "girl" who beat him at arm wrestling.
Just needed to vent :P
"Because as the saying goes: a skinny-guy with a low body-fat is like a fat woman with big boobs.
Doesn't really count lol."
wtf??? Who says crap like that?
I think his "girlfriend" who lifts is a figment of his imagination, probably in response to the "girl" who beat him at arm wrestling.
Just needed to vent :P
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Off topic, but how to you subscribe to adaily email on groups? I cant find an option like that! And updates to bookmarked threads are not put into my regular forum notification list.0
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I'm guessing the email is from the SL site or app and not one from here. I know I don't get those emails and I don't mind the guy much because the only thing I've seen is the videos showing him go through workout A and B. Those were kinda amusing with some of his swearing and comments. *shrugs* The rest, I've never seen or gotten, but probably better off that way.0
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Sorry, yes! Not this site.
It is the mailing list from the stronglifts website. I knew he was very biased towards men, but that was too much, and not at all "motivating" like they were supposed to be. 0 -
I didn't realise he did emails, but with that misogynistic nonsense I don't think we're missing out.
(Nonsense wasn't my first choice of word there).0 -
Haha oh yes, Mehdi is awesome like that. I also unsubscribed a little while ago. His emails are basically the same formula:
Question
Blah blah don't be weak, do stronglifts
Stronglifts
Stronglifts
Have a mentioned you should do Stronglifts?
No excuses
Mehdi
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he's the kind of person that i'd just walk away from if it were a workplace lunchroom or a party or anywhere else. i don't even see it as rude, me. it's not like he's talking to anyone but his own manic ego anyway, so obviously the tactful thing to do is absent yourself from a person like that so the two of them can be alone together. just scanning the site itself, i saw that he relies heavily on the kind of cheapjack dishonesty i most despise.
1. yadayadayadablahblah
2. attribute little chunk of fallacious thinking to you that you weren't going to make
3. abuse/ridicule you for it
4. triumphantly re-prove how right he is.
i think i saw something on the site from that category, that just closed the door on him in my mind forever. it was one of these pieces of strawman *kitten* and the step-3 comeback was 'sure you could do that, but don't forget to bring your box of tampons with you to the gym'. in other words not only is he a bully and a manipulator, but he clearly sees 'female' by definition as an insult. that was me done.0 -
This kind of *kitten* just pisses me right off. This kind of *kitten* is exactly the kind of *kitten* that feeds that "No man will ever find me attractive at this weight -- and if he does there's something wrong with him" voice in my head that I keep trying to shut up.
What a f*cking douche-bag.
I have half a mind to write a strongly worded email to Medhi about this one.0 -
make sure you hit him in the 'customer' nerve if you do. when you get to the bottom line, he's primarily a marketer, so that's probably the only aspect that would even slightly rattle him. anyone who'd talk about women like that is already pre-wired to not give a *kitten* about women's opinions . . . although the temptation to drop to his level and get rude about his own gene-pool ranking would be pretty overwhelming.
it is a fact that nothing would ever persuade me to send a penny his way. ever.0 -
Seems like the audience is more like people who like to read the articles on T-Nation. Or there was another male based site that was all about the "masculine" and over macho malarky but I can't remember the name. That or the guys that watch youtube videos that parody women working out and will comment about how that's why they don't workout with women. Because humor is lost on them and they don't realize women don't need the bathroom every 2 minutes while they are working out. *shakes head* Some people's kids...0
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I unsubscribed on day 2 hahaha. I don't want all that junk gumming up my email. It's all on the website, except for the spreadsheet. So now I have my spreadsheet.
That's a pretty terrible comment though.0 -
Makes me kind of pissed off I gave him $1.99 when I bought the warm up pack for the app :P On the other hand, it makes me want to go out and give money to Mark Rippetoe, who, at the very least, gives the impression that he respects women, and shows videos and diagrams of women doing the lifts. My husband borrowed me a copy of Starting Strength, but I now feel compelled to go out and pay for it.0
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As they say, there's a douche born every minute. Did I get that right?
I had subscribed when I started but never got any of his emails. I then randomly started getting them several months after for a few weeks. I perused them at my leisure but the formula was obvious and gimmicky. They come across like those late night commercials for *insert bogus magical product here* that manipulate data and provide testimonials to get you to buy the product. It's just a bummer because SL is actually a good product so I hate to draw similarities between Beach Body Cleanses, Japanese foot detox pads, and God's healing water. I don't remember marking the daily emails as spam but they stopped coming one day. No tears were shed.
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Same thing happened with me, MissH. I went to find the one where mentioned in the original post and don't have it. Makes it harder to write my strongly worded response, but am still considering it. Grrr.0
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I just chalk it up to him being a douche and move on (and of course unsub because no one needs that crud in their inbox). The joy of the internet is it gives any one and every one a voice, the boo hiss of the internet is some people have *kitten* coming out of their mouths.0
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I unsubscribe do yesterday. I've been to his site and the FB page and it was pretty clear that Mehdi assumes that his audience is only male. Big mistake since there are many, many women interested in SL, as we well know. The emails don't give me anything I need and after reading his personal "before" story about how he was so weak that a "girl" beat him arm wrestling (gasp!). The image he is projecting out into the world is so juvenile. I don't need that in my inbox, thank you very much. SL is a great lifting program. Too bad Mehdi is the ambassador for it.0
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I happened to be reading a summary by Jason Blaha of Ice Cream fitness because I keep hearing about it but I never actually looked it up to see what it was. Reading along and it seems like 5x5 with some tweaks and more accessories. Then I scroll to the FAQ and I see something along the lines of, "If you don't want to squat or deadlift, then I invite you to take your tampons with you to the gym!"
Well asshat, lower body work such as squats are actually popular with women because we aren't so focused on arms like the bros you were trying to insult by claiming they are women. I invite you to shove said tampons up your rear.0 -
oh, it was him who said that. i thought it was mehdi, but i guess there's a prick born every minute.0
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canadianlbs wrote: »oh, it was him who said that. i thought it was mehdi, but i guess there's a prick born every minute.
Maybe they both said it.0 -
^^ Definitely both.0
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MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »I happened to be reading a summary by Jason Blaha of Ice Cream fitness because I keep hearing about it but I never actually looked it up to see what it was. Reading along and it seems like 5x5 with some tweaks and more accessories. Then I scroll to the FAQ and I see something along the lines of, "If you don't want to squat or deadlift, then I invite you to take your tampons with you to the gym!"
Well asshat, lower body work such as squats are actually popular with women because we aren't so focused on arms like the bros you were trying to insult by claiming they are women. I invite you to shove said tampons up your rear.
I somehow missed that part of the FAQ, but Jason Blaha is actually not that bad a macho prick (definitely not Mehdi's level from what I've seen). He just has a way of saying things that ticks the wrong boxes off of people that can't take a critic. And he does like his drama. Pretty sure that was a "don't be a p*ssy" comment more than a "don't act like a woman". You really just shouldn't take the guy too seriously because he's got that weird sense of humor, but he also has real knowledge and actually respects the people that respect him, so-to-speak.0 -
I equate, "don't be a p____" and "here are your tampons" to "don't act like a woman"; both of which reference female anatomy. I know these phrases are common and people say them without thinking but I still think they are wrong. He may not be a big D but not being familiar with him, having that on the first page of his explanation turned me off.0
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I agree, MissHoliday -- the fact that people *don't* equate them is almost a bigger problem in my book (not a criticism of you, Krok, because I know what you mean too), because that means that viewing women as weak or bad or whatever is the norm. Again, feminist scholar here, so I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about this kind of stuff.
On an semi-related note, I literally just suggested to Symba that she check out this program. In my defense, 1) if the program is good, who cares about the douche who published it? and 2) I skimmed everything but the exercises, so didn't see that comment.0 -
The program is pretty good, if not for the fact that it has a lot of volume and takes a while to get through (upwards of an hour and a half per workout). I liked it and gained a good bit of strength on it on my lower body lifts, but in the end I am more comfortable with 4-5 days a week and shorter durations. Personal preference
And I guess I'm so used to the "act MORE like a woman" talk the opposite doesn't really strike me as badly anymore, lol. I'm kind of against gender identification, so to me being a p**** or a wuss or a pansy or an excuse-giver really just equals to the same thing and doesn't really scream "woman".
Granted, there are more tactful ways to go about telling people to, erm, "man up" (as in, gather their wits and get s*** done. Nothing to do with gender, here. See? It's all these terms that have been around forever that are taken into whatever context makes people angry, apparently. It's all so confusing. Why isn't the world full of rainbows, sunshine and unicorns?)
Okay, maybe i need to sleep >_>0 -
I prefer Rippetoe's common phrase, "don't be a fool." It's only insulting to fools
And not saying the program is junk because of that. I sing SL praises and its run by Mehdi. Separate the program from the man I guess!0 -
MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »I prefer Rippetoe's common phrase, "don't be a fool." It's only insulting to fools
I am offended.0 -
Granted, there are more tactful ways to go about telling people to, erm, "man up"
um . . . ever since i read the diaries of adrian mole i've been in the habit of saying 'butch up' <where's the sheepish emoticon when i need it> . . .I'm kind of against gender identification, so to me being a p**** or a wuss or a pansy or an excuse-giver really just equals to the same thing and doesn't really scream "woman"
i can see it, in the same kind of way i don't seriously care what other people say about canadians since i don't call myself one. on the other hand, gender is more about social constructs but anatomy is a matter of, well . . . anatomy. so i have this feeling that even if i didn't think of myself as a woman in the social gendery sense, i'd still be enraged if i heard someone else using some body part that i know i have and some people don't as some implied global standard to represent not-good-enough.
and then on the third hand. trying to train myself out of the habit of using male anatomical words for people i can just as easily describe via um, orifices all humans have, but it's a bit hard to give up a couple of them. like riding on sidewalks. i know it's antisocial and illegal technically . . . not to mention unsafe. but i still love to do it just every so often, though i know it's not cool.0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »and then on the third hand. trying to train myself out of the habit of using male anatomical words for people i can just as easily describe via um, orifices all humans have, but it's a bit hard to give up a couple of them. like riding on sidewalks. i know it's antisocial and illegal technically . . . not to mention unsafe. but i still love to do it just every so often, though i know it's not cool.
I 1000% agree.
But there is something uniquely satisfying about calling someone a dick. 0 -
I am picturing you muscling walkers off the sidewalk riding an ice bike and ringing a bike bell. Like, "Move along folks, know your place."
True about referencing body parts as insults. I'm trying to get better by using more creative word association to construct insults. I really fancy douche canoe. I mean, a canoe filled with douche? Classic.
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