WashboardAbs’ BodyBlog

I’m trying to get a bodybuilding club started at my college–easy enough, but I’m finding support very limited.  I’m also running into problems with people not being open to "bodybuilding," as people’s minds jump to the physiques of ronnie or jay.  Not that that’s bad to any of us, but to those not involved or as…invested in the sport as we are, the extremes they see and the negative attention from media, etc. turns them off to anything associated, like a bodybuilding club.

How do I approach these people?  How do I make the club a more welcome place for EVERYONE, thus gaining enough support to get the ball rolling and get everything started?

Eventually I’d like to plan trips through these clubs to visit nearby competitions, which would show people that not every bodybuilder or fitness competitor is a giant–making the idea more attractive.

So, I’ve been on a bulking cycle for the past few months, and it’s gone great.  I started out at around 150 pounds, and everything I had tried before wasn’t giving me any progress.  So, I revamped my training program, removed some isolation lifts, added more compound lifts, and started eating a ton more calories while changing supplements.  So far it’s worked pretty well–I’m up to around 170 and still gaining.  I’m noticing growth in areas that haven’t seen growth in 6 months, which is very refreshing!  I’m starting to bring up my arms to be proportional with the rest of my body, which is nice.  If you haven’t read any of my previous posts, I started out training with only bench, squat, and clean, which did wonders for my strength but nothing for my arms.  I started working arms by themselves sometime last year, and they’ve grown about three inches, which is exciting.

I’m also considering (really, planning and merely deciding on the "when") writing a few articles and submitting them, hoping to get published.  I’ve got some cool ideas that the staff might think are good, which would mean great things–it would start a possible career in fitness/writing, plus score me some free supplements, which are always welcome.  I’d post here what my ideas for said articles were, but I’d rather not have someone take them…sorry guys.