Don't knock bodybuilders fully though. I am not accusing, this is a bit of a rant too, but people seem to think that bodybuilders are all these insecure guys who think training to be a bodybuilder will make them all tough, which isn't true. Bodybuilding is a very tough sport. You have to train EVERY muscle of your body properly and eat very stringently. Bodybuilding is a science, art, sport, and lifestyle. It takes an incredibly lot of work and dedication.
I hate it when so-called "martial artists," knock on bodybuilders, real bodybuilders, when those "martial artists" have about the discipline of a spoiled three year-old and would probably get creamated by a ballet dancer in a fight. I also hate it even when real martial artists knock on bodybuilders cuz it isn't like real bodybuilders are trying to be tough. They aren't stupid. They love the art of making their bodies beautiful and defined. And they are very disciplined.
As for bodybuilders who are super huge and freaky looking, a lot of them are very disciplined too, they just have to get super big these days because that's what people in bodybuilding like. Bodybuilding in itself is just making a beautiful body that can be like 200 pounds on a man who has a height of 5'11. Just in professional bodybuilding these days, guys 5'11 usually have to be like 400 pounds.
Bodybuilding is a sport that is the opposite of martial arts. GeorgeK says you have to forget how your body looks and focuz on its function. Well in BB, you have to forget about what your body can do and focus on its looks (as long as you develop real muscle and not implants, cuz some guys actually do that). At competitions, you will often see bodybuilders who do stuff like full splits and backflips and such as well. Many are former gymnasts and wrestlers and football players and martial artists who just decided they wanted to train for BBing.
I say all this cuz I know so many people have a disapproving point of view of bodybuilders.
Like with cardio, bodybuilders know they can run short of steam easy most likely, but that is not what they train for.
Of course, there are guys who develop super huge pecs and have these little waists and arms and legs, or guys who develop the whole upper body but have skinny legs, etc....and who do think they are tough from the bodybuilding, but I am referring to guys who take the sport of bodybuilding seriously. |