How did you start bodybuilding?

richtries · 11-02-2005, 02:16 PM

Hi everyone, iv just been looking through the internet researching my dissertation on the topic of bodybuilding. The focus of my dissertation has changed slightly form the question i posted a few weeks ago.

Im now focusing on the question - Should bodybuilding be considered deviant (mad)? As a bodybuilder myself, i dont agree with this notion. However some of the cases iv read about are prettymad!

What does everyone else think of the question - should it be considered deviant? And what do you think about bodybuilders like Greg Valentino, steroid abuse, and Snthol?

Thanks - Rich

Garry_8472 · 11-02-2005, 02:37 PM

dont think we should even mention sythol its a step too far and ye no what newbies are like in the desperate search for quick gains.

joe16 · 20-04-2005, 06:52 PM

synthonal is something that can be used by pros to add a few inches on too a weak bodyparts, people like gregg valentino have abused it too much n looks like a freak

BuCki · 21-04-2005, 05:13 AM

How did you start bodybuilding?

Personally, as a small kid I was always overeweight as other children, used to eat much more and didnt even care what I did eat... no wonder, I didnt know at that age!

By age of 14/15 I joyned a Karate Club where I did get till the orange belt by age of 16/17... then I started going to a private bodybuilding club with 2 of my friends.

The mean reason why I joined bodybuilding was to loose fat but time after time I realised that I really like it - Im not mad - but just felt much much better by every trainning I did, was a feeling like having major power.

Basically I started B.B from age 17 and till now age of 22, where I had to stop trainning for a long time and beside this... I didnt have any1 to tell me what I should be doing, and how, and how many etc etc ... I was reading articels about bodybuilding and tryed to copy with that.

Even now... I know the way how I should be training but i just need the proper motivation.
Now me and my brother go traning, where we can motivate each other!

TheGuvnor · 21-04-2005, 01:30 PM

ive had weights from as far back as i can remember, i even used to take iron plates in my school bag to school from the age of 8-9, trained wen i could be arsed, (once a week or less) until the age of 14, then from 14 i started training 4 times a week rite up until my 19th birthday, this is wen i tore my tricep and due to the fact i never really got it sorted, i stopped training for 4 years. Ive now been training 4 months properly under garrys watchful eye, everythins goin very good. thats how i started

.

kev

Anonymous · 21-04-2005, 02:56 PM

i was pissed off with smoking dope and being small,

just wanted to be big and hard

Deadpool · 21-04-2005, 03:31 PM

As a kid I was always into stuff like He-Man and Rocky and always wanted to be a big guy.

Then when I was about 12 I saw Pumping Iron on TV and that was it got a set of weights that Xmas and used to lift on and off for years then I decided to take it seriously and really go for it and I've never looked back.

themule · 21-04-2005, 05:16 PM

Hi all, it was magazines, with the likes of Nubret, Mentzer, Katz, Arnie, Robinson, Columbu, etc, that sparked an interest, also corny films like GEORDIE,and HERCULES IN NEW YORK, and THE INCREDIBLE HULK fascinated me, although i love the physical side of bodybuilding, i seem equally if not more at home with the theoretical side of the sport.

Dave.

Anonymous · 21-04-2005, 06:35 PM

"HERCULES IN NEW YORK"

man that films funny, he wrestles with a fake bear

themule · 21-04-2005, 07:19 PM

Yes Steve, it's not one of Arnies best, but i mentioned in another post, the jumper he wore in that film upstaged him i reckon.

Dave.

11-02-2005, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
richtries Under Construction Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: essex Posts: 85 Rep Power:	How did you start bodybuilding? Hi everyone, iv just been looking through the internet researching my dissertation on the topic of bodybuilding. The focus of my dissertation has changed slightly form the question i posted a few weeks ago. Im now focusing on the question - Should bodybuilding be considered deviant (mad)? As a bodybuilder myself, i dont agree with this notion. However some of the cases iv read about are prettymad! What does everyone else think of the question - should it be considered deviant? And what do you think about bodybuilders like Greg Valentino, steroid abuse, and Snthol? Thanks - Rich

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21-04-2005, 05:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
BuCki Making Progress Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: in South York Posts: 101 Rep Power:	How did you start bodybuilding? Personally, as a small kid I was always overeweight as other children, used to eat much more and didnt even care what I did eat... no wonder, I didnt know at that age! By age of 14/15 I joyned a Karate Club where I did get till the orange belt by age of 16/17... then I started going to a private bodybuilding club with 2 of my friends. The mean reason why I joined bodybuilding was to loose fat but time after time I realised that I really like it - Im not mad - but just felt much much better by every trainning I did, was a feeling like having major power. Basically I started B.B from age 17 and till now age of 22, where I had to stop trainning for a long time and beside this... I didnt have any1 to tell me what I should be doing, and how, and how many etc etc ... I was reading articels about bodybuilding and tryed to copy with that. Even now... I know the way how I should be training but i just need the proper motivation. Now me and my brother go traning, where we can motivate each other!

21-04-2005, 01:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheGuvnor Making Progress Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastmids Posts: 299 Rep Power:	ive had weights from as far back as i can remember, i even used to take iron plates in my school bag to school from the age of 8-9, trained wen i could be arsed, (once a week or less) until the age of 14, then from 14 i started training 4 times a week rite up until my 19th birthday, this is wen i tore my tricep and due to the fact i never really got it sorted, i stopped training for 4 years. Ive now been training 4 months properly under garrys watchful eye, everythins goin very good. thats how i started . kev

21-04-2005, 02:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anonymous Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 0 Rep Power:	i was pissed off with smoking dope and being small, just wanted to be big and hard

21-04-2005, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Deadpool Making Progress Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In my house Posts: 175 Rep Power:	As a kid I was always into stuff like He-Man and Rocky and always wanted to be a big guy. Then when I was about 12 I saw Pumping Iron on TV and that was it got a set of weights that Xmas and used to lift on and off for years then I decided to take it seriously and really go for it and I've never looked back.

21-04-2005, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
themule Making Progress Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: scotland Posts: 540 Rep Power:	Hi all, it was magazines, with the likes of Nubret, Mentzer, Katz, Arnie, Robinson, Columbu, etc, that sparked an interest, also corny films like GEORDIE,and HERCULES IN NEW YORK, and THE INCREDIBLE HULK fascinated me, although i love the physical side of bodybuilding, i seem equally if not more at home with the theoretical side of the sport. Dave.

21-04-2005, 06:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
Anonymous Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 0 Rep Power:	"HERCULES IN NEW YORK" man that films funny, he wrestles with a fake bear

21-04-2005, 07:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
themule Making Progress Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: scotland Posts: 540 Rep Power:	Yes Steve, it's not one of Arnies best, but i mentioned in another post, the jumper he wore in that film upstaged him i reckon. Dave.