Just a bunch of Dumbbells
I am lost, I look around this site and read the posts, where people talk about drinking, loan sharks after them, masturbation, degrading women, then I look at pictures of women with there legs spread in the hay, see through panties, where is the dignity, respect for you body.
Are people that desperate for attention, I mean the best is 2,467 friends; how many of these people even know the names of 50-100 of those friends, hows there progress going, what can you tell me about them? Yea Yea, what-ever you want to tell yourself the reason is. If your selling something you would want 1,000,000 friends but what the hell are you selling, nothing what is the point other then to stroke ones ego. I keep thinking I’m on My Space, with all this little kiddy stuff. What is it about having all these friends, is it an ego thing? Do you need big numbers to make you feel good about yourself, it’s not like the people who you add mean anything to you, I’ll bet anything that 70% of the members didn’t even visit the site of 80% of the friends they added, I could guarantee if they did visit the site it was only once at the time they agreed.
I just read a blog and it was praising an icon of the sport while disrespecting the icons in the making, claiming that the body builders of today have distorted the vision of the past and made it ugly and disproportionate. They said the the body building champions of today are too big and have no symmetry. Did I really read that? The best is people where agreeing with it, HAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAH I have to laugh at the ignorance. But then again I see it everywhere, I am a very well educated person and you know what; because of my piercing, body configuration, cloths, hair, in my field the peers think I am a dumbbell while the consumer’s I serve praise me because I look like them but can logically out talk the nerds across the table trying those I serve down, I won’t allow it. You know what; the MAN has a sure fire system, an economic prison. LOOK AT IT AROUND YOU, and lack of education and willingness to change and to be more then those before us is exactly what the MAN wants, it is what keeps us a people as dumbbells.
It reminds me of a few things; first is how people need to cling on to the past and put down the things they can’t understand or can’t compete with. Of course people would aspire to Frank Zane his physic is much easier to obtain in this day and age, but to be as big as,Ronnie, Cutler, Trey Brewer or any of those guys is a feat beyond comprehension, talk about educated and determined individuals.
To say something like that just shows a lack of education, of vision, Joe Wielder has been preaching change for 60 years begging society to embrace it, to reach even further as Jay and Trey have done and are doing to continue to take this sport to the next level.
If you think for a second that Frank Zane, Arnold or any of the past icons would have been any different if they had the knowledge, technology, and supplementation that could get them to where the body builders of today are in their time that they wouldn’t have done the same exact things and pushed themselves to be as huge as possible; then you are truly delusional.
This sport is more then just pushing weight, Arnold is not the governor of the 5th largest economy in the world because he is some dumbbell body builder. He not only built his body he built his mind, he had dignity, class and respect, as have and do all the champions in this sport.
I read an article in the NY Times that stated the education gap between the rich and poor is getting wider, that less people are reaching for a higher education. The average reading level in my County of 50,000 people is 5th grade, 90% of these people are also unhealthy, I wonder if there is any correlation with these two facts. It’s funny because it’s easy to see the posers and pros on this site and just because you look fairly good doesn’t mean much because bodybuilding can only take you so far, eventually you have to strengthen you brain, embrace change, grow open your eyes and your mind to what could be if you dream and put in the work.
February 29, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Wow, you’ve got a lot to say, and are not shy about sharing your opinion. I agree with a lot you have to say. I have 30 friends on here, and actively read their blogs and try to follow up on their goings on. When I add someone, I often think hard about removing someone else who hasn’t been spending the time to keep up with my story.
As for the people who talk off subject, or whose avatars are little more than soft core porn, I choose to ignore, I’ve given up that fight.
The most important part of your rant goes for people in all walks of life, the best way to get ahead, and stay ahead is through education. You spoke the gospel with those words.
Good luck with reaching your goals, enjoy the journey.
June 28, 2008 at 4:21 am
Good post Dave! Few people want to grapple with the dedication involved in this sport - the discipline - and how relentlessly you have to be. It is not about a bunch of shirtless photos, but about focus and achievement. It may be the "skin" that draws one in, but there is something heroic that unfolds if one continues and stays at it. Many people write off bodybuilding as "vain" … that no doubt makes the mirror easier for them to cope with.