Is bodybuilding vain?
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Yes. So what?0
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Probably. But that doesn't mean it is bad. A little vanity doesn't hurt.
I however am trying to stop focusing on the vanity aspect of lifting just because of the issues it was having on my brain. I don't judge anyone else for it.0 -
I think it definitely starts from vanity. But, nobody keeps up with it unless they get taken up with the endorphins of exercise, and the routine, and the challenge of lifting ever heavier weights, etc.
You keep doing it because you like going to the gym . . . you look forward to it.
Nobody sticks with something so hard just because they like staring at themselves in the mirror.0 -
Yes, it's vain. It's about making yourself look the best you possibly can. Won't stop me trying to build muscles, though.0
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its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest0 -
Depends on the motivation behind it. Mine is to be strong, not just a bag of bones.0
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does **** stink?
I'll have you know, my princess pebbles smell of lavender and chamomile and rainbows on a rainy day.
I s*** diamonds myself...the nerve of some people! -sic-0 -
its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
Do you even lift bro0 -
its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
you jelly bro?0 -
not if ur dreamer bulking0
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Hmmm, I'm gonna say there is a definite vanity factor. And ain't nothin' wrong with a little vanity, imo!0
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its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
Instead of dedicating your time being a broscientist, if you put this much efffort into lifting you would realize it can be done without drugs.0 -
Are kidding? I am a 65 year old female who 3 years ago could hardly walk. I needed my knees replaced but knew I also needed to loose weight. I signed up with a trainer who concentrated on building up the muscles around my knees. She also concentrated on my core for balance and strength. My recovery went well because I was prepared. It gave me back my life.
Yes people can over do and walk around showing off but that does not mean weight training is not important.0 -
o'rlyLol.....First of all let's start with the fact that bodybuilding and strength training are not the same thing...
Ya rly!
All bodybuilders participate in strength training (or should I say, size training), yet not all who strength train are interested in bodybuilding. Analogy: All residents of New Jersey live in the U.S, yet not all residents of the U.S. live in New Jersey.
To reply to you, I could post you pictures of a strongman towing a truck with a rope, a powerlifter deadlifting 700 lbs, a gymnast performing an Iron Cross on the gymnastics rings, or an Olympic weightlifter clean and jerking a huge weight overhead. In all these examples, the athletes are exhibiting a tremendous amount of strength, yet none of them are interested in how their pecs look like in front of a mirror, or in standing on a stage in tiny panties and a fake tan.
I don't care if bodybuilding is vain or not, but when we discuss such things, let's not kid ourselves by saying that strength training and bodybuilding is the same concept. :laugh:0 -
Are kidding? I am a 65 year old female who 3 years ago could hardly walk. I needed my knees replaced but knew I also needed to loose weight. I signed up with a trainer who concentrated on building up the muscles around my knees. She also concentrated on my core for balance and strength. My recovery went well because I was prepared. It gave me back my life.
Yes people can over do and walk around showing off but that does not mean weight training is not important.
You did not participate in bodybuilding. You participated in rehabilitative weight training.0 -
Thanks for everyones responses..Some were pretty cute, some sounded like haters, some were intelligent..All in all, I'm OK with it. I have caught some slack from some friends who think im "obsessed" and or "vain" for being so "dedicated" to my training but bottom-line..I really love lifting, I enjoy the challenge, I like going to the gym, I like studying about fitness and nutrition, I love the progress Ive made in body with lots of hard work and drive..Im totally motivated. Im happy ..so whatevas! oxoxox:flowerforyou:0
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It's your life my love... don't be normal. You'll never realize how amazing you really are if you try to hard to be normal.
ROCK THAT ****- and find new friends. I have found as I become more engrained- and dedicated... not obsessed mind you, that my circle of friends reflects that- outside a core group of 2-3 people that are there for WHATEVER... like my absolute besties- my other friends- they shift.
And I'm okay with that- I have very dance and weight training specific friends- because that's what I do. And I"m okay with that- they respect me and my goals and appreciate the hard work I put into both my crafts.
Don't let the haters get you down- only people who don't understand something consider you obsessed... because they just cant' see otherwise.
It's okay. Go on with your bad self
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its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
whoa hoa here.... No. For your information. Not everyone who competes is on the sauce. There are natural shows who drug test prior to competition. Training and diet are not all that horrible. It is what you make of it. You do dumb *kitten*, sure, but not every single person does. Deciding to compete has made me healthier than I've ever been in my life.0 -
o'rlyLol.....First of all let's start with the fact that bodybuilding and strength training are not the same thing...
Ya rly!
All bodybuilders participate in strength training (or should I say, size training), yet not all who strength train are interested in bodybuilding. Analogy: All residents of New Jersey live in the U.S, yet not all residents of the U.S. live in New Jersey.
To reply to you, I could post you pictures of a strongman towing a truck with a rope, a powerlifter deadlifting 700 lbs, a gymnast performing an Iron Cross on the gymnastics rings, or an Olympic weightlifter clean and jerking a huge weight overhead. In all these examples, the athletes are exhibiting a tremendous amount of strength, yet none of them are interested in how their pecs look like in front of a mirror, or in standing on a stage in tiny panties and a fake tan.
I don't care if bodybuilding is vain or not, but when we discuss such things, let's not kid ourselves by saying that strength training and bodybuilding is the same concept. :laugh:
Right on! That is true. You explained much better than I did earlier. I love lifting weights and getting strong, but I have no desire to be a body builder. (not that there's anything wrong with it, just not my thing)0 -
^^^This^^^yes, but that doesn't mean it has to be a negative thing.0 -
o'rlyLol.....First of all let's start with the fact that bodybuilding and strength training are not the same thing...
Ya rly!
All bodybuilders participate in strength training (or should I say, size training), yet not all who strength train are interested in bodybuilding. Analogy: All residents of New Jersey live in the U.S, yet not all residents of the U.S. live in New Jersey.
To reply to you, I could post you pictures of a strongman towing a truck with a rope, a powerlifter deadlifting 700 lbs, a gymnast performing an Iron Cross on the gymnastics rings, or an Olympic weightlifter clean and jerking a huge weight overhead. In all these examples, the athletes are exhibiting a tremendous amount of strength, yet none of them are interested in how their pecs look like in front of a mirror, or in standing on a stage in tiny panties and a fake tan.
I don't care if bodybuilding is vain or not, but when we discuss such things, let's not kid ourselves by saying that strength training and bodybuilding is the same concept. :laugh:
Right on! That is true. You explained much better than I did earlier. I love lifting weights and getting strong, but I have no desire to be a body builder. (not that there's anything wrong with it, just not my thing)
I like the affect that weight lifting has on my looks but if I achieve the look that I want and I lift less than some power lifter who looks like an oval then I would be thrilled. If I got to the point where I could lift 550 pounds but I didn't look good I would be very disappointed. For me the look is far more important than being able to tow a car with a rope.0 -
o'rlyLol.....First of all let's start with the fact that bodybuilding and strength training are not the same thing...
Ya rly!
All bodybuilders participate in strength training (or should I say, size training), yet not all who strength train are interested in bodybuilding. Analogy: All residents of New Jersey live in the U.S, yet not all residents of the U.S. live in New Jersey.
To reply to you, I could post you pictures of a strongman towing a truck with a rope, a powerlifter deadlifting 700 lbs, a gymnast performing an Iron Cross on the gymnastics rings, or an Olympic weightlifter clean and jerking a huge weight overhead. In all these examples, the athletes are exhibiting a tremendous amount of strength, yet none of them are interested in how their pecs look like in front of a mirror, or in standing on a stage in tiny panties and a fake tan.
I don't care if bodybuilding is vain or not, but when we discuss such things, let's not kid ourselves by saying that strength training and bodybuilding is the same concept. :laugh:
Right on! That is true. You explained much better than I did earlier. I love lifting weights and getting strong, but I have no desire to be a body builder. (not that there's anything wrong with it, just not my thing)
Except that muscles don't get bigger without getting stronger.
Sure there is some contribution by sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, but the maginitude of that is limited by muscle strength. Sarcosplasmic hypertrophy is a byproduct of strength endurance, which kinda requires the strength part.
You get good at what you train. If we measure strength with the powerlifter lifts, it is farily obvious that powerlifters are "stronger". If we measure strength with gymnastic movements, gymnasts are "stronger".0 -
Yes....its not a bad thing though. But I don't lift to be strong (well I do...but I do it for the muscle size)0
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There was a time in the past when some of what you said would have been true. Some of what you said is BS now and it was BS in the past as well. Body building today is well regulated and they competitors are drug tested rigorously. Your information is so out dated it is astonishing anyone could still believe it.its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
I guess it isn't that astonishing now that I think about it. You do have this nice little smug sense of superiority going and if you actually looked at the fact then you would lose that. Body builders are some of the most healthy people you are ever going to meet and it would serve us well to follow their example a bit more. I do realize that this would mean you would have to do a lot of work and it is easier to just insult them all but to each their own I guess. As for me I want to look amazing and I am wiling to put in the work to make it happen.0 -
its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
Oh God.0 -
Competing may be rather vain (isn't most competition rather vain in nature?) but bodybuilding itself is not.0
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o'rlyLol.....First of all let's start with the fact that bodybuilding and strength training are not the same thing...
Ya rly!
All bodybuilders participate in strength training (or should I say, size training), yet not all who strength train are interested in bodybuilding. Analogy: All residents of New Jersey live in the U.S, yet not all residents of the U.S. live in New Jersey.
To reply to you, I could post you pictures of a strongman towing a truck with a rope, a powerlifter deadlifting 700 lbs, a gymnast performing an Iron Cross on the gymnastics rings, or an Olympic weightlifter clean and jerking a huge weight overhead. In all these examples, the athletes are exhibiting a tremendous amount of strength, yet none of them are interested in how their pecs look like in front of a mirror, or in standing on a stage in tiny panties and a fake tan.
I don't care if bodybuilding is vain or not, but when we discuss such things, let's not kid ourselves by saying that strength training and bodybuilding is the same concept. :laugh:
Right on! That is true. You explained much better than I did earlier. I love lifting weights and getting strong, but I have no desire to be a body builder. (not that there's anything wrong with it, just not my thing)
I like the affect that weight lifting has on my looks but if I achieve the look that I want and I lift less than some power lifter who looks like an oval then I would be thrilled. If I got to the point where I could lift 550 pounds but I didn't look good I would be very disappointed. For me the look is far more important than being able to tow a car with a rope.
That's fair enough. It's true that we all come to fitness with our own unique goals in mind. I admit the "powerbuilder who looks like an oval" part was funny, even though I love them :bigsmile:0 -
Whats ur opinion on bodybuilding? Do you think its a totally vain thing to do?
Is it a sport of looking better and better and better.
I started it to get in shape but also to gain strength and be more athletic, not just athletic looking..however I dont strength train so I suppose I am not really getting much stronger?
I feel accomplished building my body to be more muscular and I do "feel" stronger..Idk what do you think?
No it's not. bb'ing is just you vs. you. The whole process of contest prep and competing is more of a way to commemorate your muscle, strength and powerbuilding accomplishments during the off-season. If you've competed in natural-drug-free shows or close to the scene you'll find that everyone is friendly and it's more familial than a competition.........................................even though we all want to kick each others arses
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its vain and dumb
the industry is drugged out
anyone who competes is on the gear
its really insane what they put into their body in the name of fitness?
also the training and diet is horrible
same bland foods everyday that every bodybuilder complains about eating
its neither eating to live or living to eat. its just 'well this is what i need to eat to look like that'
big water jugs. most of us sip water to stay hydrated. they chug it for a desired look.
doing insane amounts of cardio before a show so you can look ripped for those few hours
then its time to get chunky and bulk up and redo the entire process
and for what? its not a career. its not a sport.
anyone who gets paid for doing it has to dope or someone who does will take their spot
if there is someone out there who eats a natural diet, doesnt supplement
and lifts weights and calls themself a bodybuilder, than that is okay
that seems very unrealistic in this day and age though
dudes at my gym mess around with all kinds of drugs and theyre just 'dudes at the gym'
if you want to achieve an unnatural size you have to use unnatural methods
vanity is nothing. everyone wants to look good in the mirror.
its what they do to get there that is despicable about bodybuilding
during the time i wrote someone in the bodybuilding scene probably died of cardiac arrest
Do you even lift bro
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
So what if its vain? There's nothing wrong in taking pride in the way you look, and if you like the way bodybuilding makes you look, power to ya!0
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