What Seperates Us from Them

Great post!! Oh I' m sure each and every one of us could rant on and on....my special fave is, bieng that I' m a girl and all, is when I am asked for traing advice and all the girls are into lifting is those stupid pink fuzzy dumbells...They just about freak when they realise that I only use those as door stoppers! Most people (men and women) want what we' ve got, BUT don' t want to have to put the work that goes into getting what we' ve got...they' re the same folks who go out and buy those stupid ab eloctocutors thinking that they' ll get a six pak that way...good luck to ' em!!

When you make the lifestyle change, as with anything really (getting a job and leaving friends behind who want to live with mom and dad forever) you will lose the understanding of some and gain new friends along the way.

My (now ex) girlfriend told me I was insane.

Without knowing either of you, I' d just guess off-hand that you made a change and were entering a new stage of life and she wasn' t. People don' t like being left behind and maybe she wanted to do the same and just never did so she entered defensive mode.

Bodybuilding and fitness in general is a HUGE change. You eat differently, you think about fitness differently, you can' t miss a gym workout without feeling guilty.. while the average joe can miss a week and not care, you miss a week and you freak out.

But as there are many people who think you are nuts, there are tons of us who do not. I think it' s nuts to let your health go and eat out all the time.

Nobody will take you up on the offer to join you in the gym until they are in the same position you are. To change their life.

Women have it really tough because as Shera points out.. you pick up anything more then the pink dumbbells and suddenly you will have huge muscles and look like a man. Women have even more myths and stereotypes to combat then we do against the " Bob' s" of the world.

Good posts guys. I found this one to be one of the best stories on the net in terms of writing about what this sport is like psychologically for me. I connected it it..

Marc C. David
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I have had a couple of friends tell me "oh man, that is SO bad for you" when I describe my workout routine. In each case, the line came from a chubby, overweight guy with a beer or a soda in his hand. According to them, bodybuilding makes you gain a lot of weight that magically transforms into fat as soon as you stop working out.

I don't argue with them, what's the point. I just go home and look at myself naked in the mirror

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I have had a couple of friends tell me "oh man, that is SO bad for you" when I describe my workout routine. In each case, the line came from a chubby, overweight guy with a beer or a soda in his hand. According to them, bodybuilding makes you gain a lot of weight that magically transforms into fat as soon as you stop working out.

Hehehe. But you know, even if it were true, what's better, being fat now, and fat later, or being muscular now and fat later?

-30-

In six months, what will your t-shirt say?

My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble

very nice post, made me sign up...
i would like to give to my friends that are "bob's" but unfortunately i just feel i'm not in the "bodybuilder" stereotypical shape and therefore am often embarrassed about talking about how i workout after school... and just say instead i watched tv.
very nice post.

Welcome aboard.

No need to be a bodybuilder sterotype. The whole point is.. you are working out.

Marc C. David
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Oh my god i can't beleive this, this is the best piece of work that i ever read in my life, it is soooooooo true everything about this i the person who wrote this should get a oscar!!!! I swear to god i almost startd crying because it is so inspiring and true

" By the way, do you know what it' s like to turn the head of a beautiful woman because of the way you' re built? It feels good, Bob. Damned good. " OH hell yeah i do and i love it!!!!!!!

damn man, I have a serious question: I have to do a presentation in my English class at the Uni. of Utah in 3 weeks and i want to do it about bodybuilding and my story. Can i use this to end the presentation i will give credit to you guys !!! >???

Ps i want to include that ": I was talking to a fat idot (BOB)lol)) one time at a cafee i go to and he noticed my physique and we started talking about bodybuilding (while his daughter cheked me out all the way) he said to me that on of the guys he knew was lifting weights and had big arm's and **** like thats and he said in those words : " Yeah and now he started a job as a truck driver and wont have any time to lift weights and all his muscles/fat is going to hang from him and its gona sag..." oh my god it got me so mad i wanted to get up and spit in his face, but i didnt instead i just respected him because he was older than I. oh my god how can people be soooo stupid, i just wanna screammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Can i use this to end the presentation i will give credit to you guys !!! >???

It was originally posted and written by an author at T-Mag.com It's not DB original. But I'm sure you could use it as long as you quote the source.. which is T-Mag

I found it to be one of the best articles as well. It really hits home for a lot of bodybuilders as to why they do what they do.

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Very enjoyable post! I must honestly say that I have just turned around my life and attitude. Although I wasn't a "Bob" type person my vision and mentality was close. I can attest to the power of having someone support and focus the energy once it comes forward. I have lost 14% bodyfat in 12 weeks once I cleaned up my nutrition and focused my workouts. The Bob types are annoying but there is always a chance they may change. I am using my wife (lost 12% bf) and myself as living role models for those lacking vision. Keep the faith and spread the word!

Yes... I had the biggest smile on my face and the most adrenaline pumped maxed out euphoric feeling with in me and all over!

Looking good naked... Yes, looking naked is rad, being healthy is a bonus. lol

You know... You can go through your routine day, get crap from everyone that wants to give it because they can't be as strong willed. Then come home feeling kind of defeated. But then you come on to Discuss Bodybuilding and you know there are more of us all over the globe battling the "Bob's" everywhere.

I think it's just plain ignorance, they don't realise the hard work it takes because they are BOmBarded with LOSE 30 POUNDS IN 30 DAYS!!!!!.... NO! Not me, I like the lose 1-2 pounds per week, and gain more muscle poundage than I lost in fat!!! Oh YEAH BABY!!!

ORIGINAL: Chazz540
I think it's just plain ignorance, they don't realise the hard work it takes because they are BOmBarded with LOSE 30 POUNDS IN 30 DAYS!!!!!.... NO! Not me, I like the lose 1-2 pounds per week, and gain more muscle poundage than I lost in fat!!! Oh YEAH BABY!!!

I snort everytime I see those 'Infomercials', you know the ones, the 'I lost 60lbs in 3 months' ones. The ones that flash the following on the bottom of the screen, in small font very briefly:
'Results may vary. Proper execise and nutrition will enhance results'

Gee, how about skipping writing a check for 100/200/300 dollars and just go with the exercise and nutrition?

Me, I've just been plain ass lazy the last 7 years of so, gotten complacent and said, heck I can start up again anytime I want. Sorta true but real sad. Well I'm started up again and I ain't stopping.

I'm with you Chazz, 1-2 lbs a week net loss is just fine with me. That means it's more like 2-3 lbs of fat loss.

My diet has gone from being a complete train wreck to being just a fender bender and I'm still working on it.

Life's too short to be a Bob.

Paul

A friend helps you move, a true friend helps you move bodies.

one of the best posts ever!!!
in a way....describes exactly how i feel when my girlfriend complains about the frequency that i workout. she is a bit fat and im sure she feels bad about herself when she sees me naked or when i get off the bed every morning at 7 to go to the gym at 8.she finds it crazy and pointless!?she does not understand that if i dont workout i dont feel good about myself. so she tries to make me feel bad for being addicted to any kind of physical exercise.What kind of logic is that?

HAHAHA... nice touch up Kris

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one of the best posts ever!!!
in a way....describes exactly how i feel when my girlfriend complains about the frequency that i workout. she is a bit fat and im sure she feels bad about herself when she sees me naked or when i get off the bed every morning at 7 to go to the gym at 8.she finds it crazy and pointless!?she does not understand that if i dont workout i dont feel good about myself. so she tries to make me feel bad for being addicted to any kind of physical exercise.What kind of logic is that?

It is hard if those closest to you do not share your motivation and are out of shape or starting to get out of shape, it's all very well to dismiss people like Bob but if it is someone close to you, how can you motivate them? you certainly don't want to alienate yourself from them. Also reading this I suddenly remembered what my parents used to say when I was a kid when there were bodybuilders like Arnold on TV, they always said that as soon as they stopped working out all that muscle would turn to flab, I had totally forgotten that they used to say that.