"Bodybuilders are weak"

[WillBrink]

To the 1% of the misc who actually lifts, what is your rebuttal to the public perception that bodybuilders are weak as chit?

brb u cannot run to save your life.
brb u cannot fight to save your life.
brb no one respects you.

brb all those muscles are basically useless except for parading on stage in your underwear or some other form of pageantry.

brb u achieve nothing worthwhile with bodybuilding unless you take drugs and earn money competing as a pro bodybuilder

brb u waste money on useless placebo chit.

Folks like me who are natural triathletes, runners, boxers etc have a better physique than you and have better health. We will also outrun you and beat you in a fight.

Some of it is true, some if aint, but don't generally give a rats a$$ what the public thinks. From 10 BB-ing myths that must die:

Myth #4: “Bodybuilders can’t fight”

I’m not going to give much space to this myth other then to say bodybuilders are like everyone else: some are tough SOB’s and some are cream puffs with most somewhere in the middle. No different then the general public. I have seen a few of the tough SOB variety in action. Conversely, I was at a gym-sponsored cookout some years ago where this huge bodybuilder decided to hassle this guy half his size. Problem was, the guy happened to be the state kick boxing champion and proceeded to beat the snot out of the bodybuilder in front of a few hundred people. The lesson here is: don’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t get into fights!

The rest:

http://www.brinkzone.com/articles/bo...that-must-die/

[CraigMachine]

Its funny because its always skinny fat *******s who don't do **** other then eat Doritos and play xbox who say "Those muscle wont help you in a fight.". All while they are skinny fat.

As if lifting weights some how hinders a person in some way when it comes to that aspect. As if having muscles makes you physically lesser then being skinny fat.

Just because Joe Rogan says that **** every time about muscular fighters before they step into the Octagon. "He has all that muscle. But All that muscle requires more oxygen. How long will he last before he gets fatigued.". And these fukin skinny fats buy onto that as if that's a universal rule.

[bcop]

Here is an example of a bodybuilder with "functional strength":

[Kev1972]

Its funny because its always skinny fat *******s who don't do **** other then eat Doritos and play xbox who say "Those muscle wont help you in a fight.". All while they are skinny fat.

As if lifting weights some how hinders a person in some way when it comes to that aspect. As if having muscles makes you physically lesser then being skinny fat.

Just because Joe Rogan says that **** every time about muscular fighters before they step into the Octagon. "He has all that muscle. But All that muscle requires more oxygen. How long will he last before he gets fatigued.". And these fukin skinny fats buy onto that as if that's a universal rule.

It is true in a multi round fight especially with padded gloves and stuff. In a street fight? The bodybuilder will just grab you and rip your arms out of their sockets. Wont even break a sweat...

[Engineer_Guy]

Some of it is true, some if aint, but don't generally give a rats a$$ what the public thinks. From 10 BB-ing myths that must die:

Myth #4: “Bodybuilders can’t fight”

I’m not going to give much space to this myth other then to say bodybuilders are like everyone else: some are tough SOB’s and some are cream puffs with most somewhere in the middle. No different then the general public. I have seen a few of the tough SOB variety in action. Conversely, I was at a gym-sponsored cookout some years ago where this huge bodybuilder decided to hassle this guy half his size. Problem was, the guy happened to be the state kick boxing champion and proceeded to beat the snot out of the bodybuilder in front of a few hundred people. The lesson here is: don’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t get into fights!

The rest:

http://www.brinkzone.com/articles/bo...that-must-die/

This. A bodybuilder has a pretty good chance in most street fights considering the average person is much smaller and weaker than a BBer. The only people who could stand up to one would be someone of similar size and strength or a skilled fighter (pretty rare in the general populace). In a fight between two people untrained in fighting, it will often simply go to the guy who is bigger and stronger overall.

[metallicabrah]

It is true in a multi round fight especially with padded gloves and stuff. In a street fight? The bodybuilder will just grab you and rip your arms out of their sockets. Wont even break a sweat...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QfNHFv2...%3DQfNHFv2slMY


lmao at wont even break a sweat

[Kev1972]

Why is this tr0ll not banned yet?

Comes on bodybuilding website.

Says bodybuilders are weak...

[metallicabrah]

Why is this tr0ll not banned yet?

Comes on bodybuilding website.

Says bodybuilders are weak...

How am i trolling. I backed up my statements with proof.

The misc isnt even a bodybuilding forum

[WillBrink]

This. A bodybuilder has a pretty good chance in most street fights considering the average person is much smaller and weaker than a BBer. The only people who could stand up to one would be someone of similar size and strength or a skilled fighter (pretty rare in the general populace). In a fight between two people untrained in fighting, it will often simply go to the guy who is bigger and stronger overall.

No matter what anyone says, size matters as physics is physics, so all things being equal (which is rarely the case in a "real" fight but for sake of discussion) someone with 50lbs on the other person has an edge. But, there's so many variables to that, some of which you have no control over (you slip on a bottle, they simply catch you off guard, etc, etc) that absolutes are a bad idea in my view & experiences.

[jso200688]

but who said that all bodybuilders only weight train and nothing else?

[Engineer_Guy]

No matter what anyone says, size matters as physics is physics, so all things being equal (which is rarely the case in a "real" fight but for sake of discussion) someone with 50lbs on the other person has an edge. But, there's so many variables to that, some of which you have no control over (you slip on a bottle, they simply catch you off guard, etc, etc) that absolutes are a bad idea in my view & experiences.

Yup that's why there are weight classes in every combative sport. And yea a real life fight will always be unpredictable, and nothing at all like an organized sport like MMA. If I'm betting on the fight, knowing nothing else, I will bet on the bigger guy though.

[Kreitzm]

Nice.

so a bodybuilder finally has function according to you in the 1/500,000 chance lightning strikes a tree and he has to benchpress that tree in the unlikely event the branch lands exactly on his chest.

Yep, just like you are cherry picking situations that nobody is required to do or rarely occur to say that because a bodybuilder might not be able to do it (which you really don't have any idea and is a huge generalization) they do not have functional strength.

Oh, and OP, you should brush up on recognizing sarcasm, because that was the whole point of the tree example I cited, to point out that anybody can pick certain scenarios and then say "gee, since so and so can't do this as well as someone else, then they don't have functional strength, herp, derp"

[guest89]

How am i trolling. I backed up my statements with proof.

The misc isnt even a bodybuilding forum

You haven't provided any proof. The functional fit argument all bases around fantasy scenarios where its better to be smaller/lighter/faster with more endurance. The problem with that is, not every scenario will be cherry picked for that type of person. In the real world when sh!t happens, its utter chaos and randomness.



What happens when an earthquake, tornado, or other natural disaster strikes and you need to move a large object up/away to free a trapped person... Also applies to if a bomb goes off, a train derails, a major crash, a building fire, etc. Your functional fitness won't mean sh!t if you can get to a scene a few seconds faster then the big beefy guy but you don't have the body weight to move a heavy azz object. And yeah, in that scenario being a powerlifter or strong man would be better then being a bodybuilder. But being a bodybuilder would be FAR better then being a triathlete, fighter, crossfit guy, etc.



Now I agree. First responders need guys who can run fast, vault fences/barriers, climb buildings/trees, etc. But they also need guys who are heavy enough to move something should it need to be moved.




99% of "Bodybuilders" will be stronger/have more endurance then the average non-lifting individual. The argument that its less effective or less "Functional" assumes that ever human being on the planet is in excellent shape/is conditioned to perform. Most people are skinny fat/fat. The argument that one style of working out is better then another is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things unless you are training for a particular sport/event.

[gomango259]

brb body building


brb all time strongest man in the world


brb pro fighter


brb could destroy OP at anything and everything