your thoughts on bodybuilding

so what do you think? waste of time? mindless? great fun? sport for dummies? how big is too big? what are gamespotters 2 cents on the matter?

I like lifting weights just for the sake of not being really weak or fat. I don't really play sports or anything, I just like excersizing and lifting weights for fun... I'm wierd like that. But I think some people overdo the whole weight lifting thing. I'm not saying it's wrong to do that or anything, it just looks wierd when people get that huge and muscular.

Depends on how you go about doing it. I believe working out with weights are for the mindless and weak. Working out with your own body alone is the real challenge. It builds focus and discipline for the mind.

I like lifting weights just for the sake of not being really weak or fat. I don't really play sports or anything, I just like excersizing and lifting weights for fun... I'm wierd like that. But I think some people overdo the whole weight lifting thing. I'm not saying it's wrong to do that or anything, it just looks wierd when people get that huge and muscular.

SoNin360

Depends on how you go about doing it. I believe working out with weights are for the mindless and weak. Working out with your own body alone is the real challenge. It builds focus and discipline for the mind.

roosuu

if you've got a reason, like training for something. I don't agree with posers who just use weights and don't have the first idea wtf they are doing

I like lifting weights just for the sake of not being really weak or fat. I don't really play sports or anything, I just like excersizing and lifting weights for fun... I'm wierd like that. But I think some people overdo the whole weight lifting thing. I'm not saying it's wrong to do that or anything, it just looks wierd when people get that huge and muscular.

SoNin360

lifting weights doesnt lose fat, does it? weights are quite fun, but surely sports are a better, less mindless way of being in shape? also, its a very vain sport. what drives them? is it only to look as vascular as possible?

i think that the "perfect" physique is not that of a bodybuilder.

Body-building is completely pointless. I can understand someone trying to get fit, but building muscle for the sake of getting huge is just . . . idiotic.scorch-62

i'm more and more inclined to think this. it seems to me that the only drive is vanity. if they just wanted the benefits of being fit etc, why starve yourself?

Are we talking the chewed tootsie roll version of bodybuilding? If so, I place it on the same level as eating disorders.

I find people that have muscles bulging out of their bodies quite a turn-off.

Are we talking the chewed tootsie roll version of bodybuilding? If so, I place it on the same level as eating disorders.

Oleg_Huzwog

what do you mean? any version of bodybuilding, just a general discussion

Some become far too big, but what they choose to do with their body is for them to decide.

I enjoy going to the gym though, good times.

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I like lifting weights just for the sake of not being really weak or fat. I don't really play sports or anything, I just like excersizing and lifting weights for fun... I'm wierd like that. But I think some people overdo the whole weight lifting thing. I'm not saying it's wrong to do that or anything, it just looks wierd when people get that huge and muscular.

jpph

lifting weights doesnt lose fat, does it? weights are quite fun, but surely sports are a better, less mindless way of being in shape? also, its a very vain sport. what drives them? is it only to look as vascular as possible?

i think that the "perfect" physique is not that of a bodybuilder.

It can help turnfat into muscleI guess, but I did include just overall "exsersizing" in there which could meen like cardio which does burn fat. And by not really playing sports just means I don't play on a team but I do like playing stuff for fun like in PE class, and I do agree that it is more fun than just lifting weights in a weight room or running on a treadmill. And lol I've never thought of body building as being a sport, now that just sounds a bit strange, but maybe it's not completely pointless, people could benefit from being ridiculously strong.

If people like cracking out some weights at the gym or after work or whatever then that's fine with me. I think excess is worrying in all things, however, and people who are beefed up and all bumpy and veiny look worrying weird to me. :? It's their body though. Whaddeva.

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[QUOTE="SoNin360"]

I like lifting weights just for the sake of not being really weak or fat. I don't really play sports or anything, I just like excersizing and lifting weights for fun... I'm wierd like that. But I think some people overdo the whole weight lifting thing. I'm not saying it's wrong to do that or anything, it just looks wierd when people get that huge and muscular.

SoNin360

lifting weights doesnt lose fat, does it? weights are quite fun, but surely sports are a better, less mindless way of being in shape? also, its a very vain sport. what drives them? is it only to look as vascular as possible?

i think that the "perfect" physique is not that of a bodybuilder.

It can help turnfat into muscleI guess, but I did include just overall "exsersizing" in there which could meen like cardio which does burn fat. And by not really playing sports just means I don't play on a team but I do like playing stuff for fun like in PE class, and I do agree that it is more fun than just lifting weights in a weight room or running on a treadmill. And lol I've never thought of body building as being a sport, now that just sounds a bit strange, but maybe it's not completely pointless, people could benefit from being ridiculously strong.

perhaps they could, but i don't see how. muscle definition doesn't make you stronger than someone with no muscle definition. my martial arts trainer said they are easier to drop, because of how vascular they are, it's like they're always flexed, and if you hit a flexed muscle in the right way........ouch

steroids gone wrong

The hardcore bodybuilders are pretty unhealthy, their diets are really bad, they dehydrate themselves and don't eat before shows, then theres steroids and all that business and they tend to have a lot more size than actual strength so I think it's pretty sad that they are idolized for their physiques.Of course not all body builders are like that.

so gamespotters how big is too big?

so gamespotters how big is too big?

jpph

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so gamespotters how big is too big?

Xeros606

certain areas seem tiny next to all that muscle

Bodybuilding, like anything else in excess, is not good IMO. I do however, workout and muscle train. I don't look anything like those guys though and prefer to maintain a normal looking body, just a little bulkier than most people.:P

I'm a bodybuilder and I freaking love it. Its challenging and fun.

I'm a bodybuilder and I freaking love it. Its challenging and fun.

hedden93

What's wrong with being too powerful?

What's wrong with being too powerful?BranKetra

everyone should weight lift to get in shape but professional body building is DUMBBBBB.

Training for sports and to stay in shape are fine. The body building contests and such are a tad extreme.

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]What's wrong with being too powerful?scorch-62

The important thing is if they're strong.BranKetra

[QUOTE="BranKetra"]The important thing is if they're strong.scorch-62

This is my opinion

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Lethargika

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