Every once in a while I bring up this subject "ON topic"!

[ArchAngel'73]

I liked this thread so much I spent my daily allotment of greenz whenever I could.

[bodyhard]

I liked this thread so much I spent my daily allotment of greenz whenever I could.

What would the members on here do if BB.com did away with the reps system, commit suicide?

[cmoore]

What would the members on here do if BB.com did away with the reps system, commit suicide?

We'd listen to the wrong "experts" for one...greenz a good filter

[ArchAngel'73]

What would the members on here do if BB.com did away with the reps system, commit suicide?

3/4 of this site would be gone.

Just kicking back for others progress the best way I can.

[bodyhard]

We'd listen to the wrong "experts" for one...greenz a good filter

Are you sure you have been here since 05?????

Check out the reps to person ratio.......

[cmoore]

Are you sure you have been here since 05?????

Check out the reps to person ratio.......

Long time lurker, rare poster (until recently).

[TheIronMaster]

Ok here is one of me totally out of shape before i decided to do something. Im the one with the big belly.



Then 2 years later.

[MoldyGopher]

Since I sprained the hell out of my thumb joint this morning...


...I'm gonna call these progress shots from a week ago as my two year anniversary pictures:
May 1, 2010:


April 15, 2012:


I dunno, I see a lot of people working hard and getting it done around here. I'm always impressed as hell by a lot of people.

[Karl_Hungus]

Nicely done! On spread unfortunately.

Got him!

Lots of impressive results shown in this thread!

[Brackneyc]

If results alone make one an expert than that should go to my ex wife. She's a raw food vegetarian that juices and detoxes and doesn't lift weights. Yet she's leaner and stronger than most men on this site. She just has amazing 99.9th percentile genetics.

Results definitely help when one is offering advice.

[jrctherake]

I've been ban before for bringing this up because it becomes a heated discussion...

What is this topic you ask?

It is about putting up or shutting up. It is about bodybuilding/weightlifting and what you have to bring to the table besides your writing skills

Progress pics, videos IMO, beats the sh!t out of all these people who talk so much about, you have to do this, supps are just a placebo affect, your diet must be like this, yadda yadda yadda and they themselves never 1) post up a progress pic 2) A video 3) A f'cking picture of said build since they know so f'cking much.

We all know bodybuilding is not rocket science, but putting up an equation or a link doesn't mean sh!t if you don't go into the gym (or train at home) and put in the f'cking work and then show something to back up your claims.

Take a look Corbi the f'cking guy had heart surgery and look at him now, yes he not only talks the talk but he also walks the walk.

So come on people less writing and more progress pic/videos your little green dots wont help you in the gym only on this site.

I too agree. Whats that saying?.........oh yeah, "a picture is worth a thousand words".

What gets me is that every so often someone (I did it) will put up pics and people will bash them cause they used different lighting, angles.....etc.....

Some of the very same peeps that are in this thread cheering pics/vids on are the very ones that give me chit about my pics cause the pics was not pro-like.

LOL.......I'm no pro at taking pics but atleast I put them up.

BTW, your MM pose and back vid is awsome. BIG PROPS!!!!

Rake

[jrctherake]

What would the members on here do if BB.com did away with the reps system, commit suicide?

I don't get it either.

When I first joined not to long ago I was under the impression that the green dots beside everyones name spoke for how much they knew or how good they was/are at bb.ing etc....

I now know they don't mean chit. The only greens that help me are the ones that grow in the garden.

[jrctherake]

Since I sprained the hell out of my thumb joint this morning...


...I'm gonna call these progress shots from a week ago as my two year anniversary pictures:
May 1, 2010:


April 15, 2012:


I dunno, I see a lot of people working hard and getting it done around here. I'm always impressed as hell by a lot of people.

All I can say is FREAKING AWSOME!!!!!

[yakabebe]

I don't get it either.

When I first joined not to long ago I was under the impression that the green dots beside everyones name spoke for how much they knew or how good they was/are at bb.ing etc....

I now know they don't mean chit. The only greens that help me are the ones that grow in the garden.

Never quite worked out the credit system...I've been here for years and never to my knowledge offended anyone - tried to contribute where and when I could and yet the #'s after my name seem really minuscule compared to less far more junior posters.

But then again....there's lots in life I dont get as well...women, for one.

[bodyhard]

ITT we separate the do'ers from the writers.

To the people who have posted videos and pics awesome!

You guys/gals truly walk the walk and that in itself speaks volumes.

[NorwichGrad]

ITT we separate the do'ers from the writers.

To the people who have posted videos and pics awesome!

You guys/gals truly walk the walk and that in itself speaks volumes.

We gotta do what we gotta do to have accountability, man. It’s impossible to filter the BS in the entire BB.com site. But in the O-35 world we can at least police ourselves. This, of course, does not mean this section is only for junior-future senior citizens; anybody regardless of age is more than welcome to hang out here as long as they have something positive to contribute.

BTW, great job to all!! On spread.

[Do_Somethin]

Bodybuilding is not a sport.

I have to take issue with this.
Do you know what it's like to pour your heart into training for a competition and then getting on stage? How deep you sometimes have to dig? Sacrifices? Focus? Determination?
Do that then come back and post again about how it isn't a sport.

[2nd_chance]

I have to take issue with this.
Do you know what it's like to pour your heart into training for a competition and then getting on stage? How deep you sometimes have to dig? Sacrifices? Focus? Determination?
Do that then come back and post again about how it isn't a sport.

You don't have to get on stage to pour your heart into training and make sacrifices.

[Do_Somethin]

You don't have to get on stage to pour your heart into training and make sacrifices.

No but to say it isn't a sport is an insult to those who do.

[Marius_Ursus]

By that definition taking a dump when you're constipated qualifies as a sport.

[Do_Somethin]

By that definition taking a dump when you're constipated qualifies as a sport.

Then perhaps you can answer as to how bodybuilding isn't a sport?

[bodyhard]

I have to take issue with this.
Do you know what it's like to pour your heart into training for a competition and then getting on stage? How deep you sometimes have to dig? Sacrifices? Focus? Determination?
Do that then come back and post again about how it isn't a sport.

Man don't get me wrong I am not knocking bodybuilding, I love bodybuilding (not so much now since bodybuilders don't have the look I could ever hope to achieve) and everything about it.

But when you talk about dedication, sacrifices and determination you are barking up the wrong tree if you think I never done that. Try being a cripple for just a day, not being able to walk and told that you would never walk again. Then try going into a gym when the bar itself feels like a f'cking ton and the pain just lifting the bar is excruciating. Come back and talk to me then.

[tsoden]

Then perhaps you can answer as to how bodybuilding isn't a sport?

Personally I call it a LIFESTYLE or to a lesser degree... HOBBY.

[Marius_Ursus]

Then perhaps you can answer as to how bodybuilding isn't a sport?

I don't care enough about this controversy to form an opinion.

Sorry.

[2nd_chance]

Man don't get me wrong I am not knocking bodybuilding, I love bodybuilding (not so much now since bodybuilders don't have the look I could ever hope to achieve) and everything about it.

But when you talk about dedication, sacrifices and determination you are barking up the wrong tree if you think I never done that. Try being a cripple for just a day, not being able to walk and told that you would never walk again. Then try going into a gym when the bar itself feels like a f'cking ton and the pain just lifting the bar is excruciating. Come back and talk to me then.

Exactly John. I have great respect for those who compete. But just because someone diets down to look like a swimmer with abs and 14" arms doesn't make them a better bodybuilder than someone who never gets on stage. There's more to it than that.

[tobymax123]

For those of us who will not set foot on a competitive stage, bodybuilding is certainly an athletic endeavor; part of an active and athletic lifestyle. For those who compete, of course it's a sport.

Funny, until this moment the idea of me doing bodybuilding never entered my mind. I'm just a guy who works out. But maybe I'm getting where I can think of myself as a bodybuilder. If I'm gonna post pictures of myself on the interwebs maybe I ought to start thinking that way.

I have this before-and-after comparison from when I was dilly-dallying around with working out in '06 (left) at 165-ish, mostly doing cardio. Then I slacked off for a while, and then kicked it into gear in 2010 with much less cardio. The right pic is from 2011 at 152 lb. Avi is from a couple weeks ago at about 158.


I'm gonna give myself another 4-6 weeks of shoulder-focused workouts before posting a new mm pic.

[2nd_chance]

For those of us who will not set foot on a competitive stage, bodybuilding is certainly an athletic endeavor; part of an active and athletic lifestyle. For those who compete, of course it's a sport.

So if you go to the Y on Saturday and play a game of 5 on 5 pickup basketball, you are not playing a sport?

Nice build btw.

[tobymax123]

So if you go to the Y on Saturday and play a game of 5 on 5 pickup basketball, you are not playing a sport?

Nice build btw.

Yes, that's a sport. It's competitive. I don't begrudge anyone calling the individual pursuit of bodybuilding a sport. I just don't think of it that way.

[StressMonkey]

August after being benched for months



March



Cut me some slack because I was on and off with my training because I was undergoing chemo.

I don't get it either.

When I first joined not to long ago I was under the impression that the green dots beside everyones name spoke for how much they knew or how good they was/are at bb.ing etc....

I now know they don't mean chit. The only greens that help me are the ones that grow in the garden.

Yes, but the reds are a good indicator that someone is full of ****.

[moeheep]

If taking a dump is a sport....than I am the freaking GRAND MASTER !!!!!!!