BB Club at College–Help?
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.
December 21, 2007 at 1:25 am
You should strongly push the word NATURAL. Always say ‘natural’ before bodybuilding when talking about your idea with others. Also before getting into too much detail about the concept of bodybuilding, go into a little depth on the concept of ‘natural’. That way there is no confusion with steroids and the like. Hope this helps!
December 22, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Thanks, that makes sense.
July 29, 2008 at 6:25 pm
You need to make sure that you have a no tolerance drug policy in addition to just natural. I would state that in all communications. You should work to adopt a natural bodybuilding rule set that is as close to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standard as possible. That way you say you are natural and will adopt a policy to compete in only drug tested events.
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