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post 1639722313 05-29-2021, 04:58 PM
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Does anyone else miss the days when fitness/lifting was an underground subculture?

YouTube and social media has made everyone "in the know" now. Everyone and their grandmothers now be talking about their lifting routine, diet, and supplementation.

I miss the days where everyone was dumb and ignorant regarding health and fitness. When people thought squatting below parallel was bad, for example. Pre 2010's. Now everyone knows everything.

I miss the golden era - when guys used to curl in the squat rack. Now everyone is a gay ass powerlifter wearing knee sleeves, oly shoes, and an inzer belt, gaying up the joint with their chalk. Taking 2 hours to finish with the rack.

Goddamn!
post 1639722523 05-29-2021, 05:02 PM
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Fully agree srs

Now every 2nd person has a "fitness page" and think they know everything
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post 1639722693 05-29-2021, 05:04 PM
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absolutely miss it. when i was a kid the only people that lifted were football players srs. even my first years as an adult in commercial gyms it was the same type people. very very few females.


i tell you what, cant imagine being a youth these days with so many hhnngg girls that lift.
post 1639722723 05-29-2021, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted By JuceSpringsteen⏩
YouTube and social media has made everyone "in the know" now. Everyone and their grandmothers now be talking about their lifting routine, diet, and supplementation.

I miss the days where everyone was dumb and ignorant regarding health and fitness. When people thought squatting below parallel was bad, for example. Pre 2010's. Now everyone knows everything.

I miss the golden era - when guys used to curl in the squat rack. Now everyone is a gay ass powerlifter wearing knee sleeves, oly shoes, and an inzer belt, gaying up the joint with their chalk. Taking 2 hours to finish with the rack.

Goddamn!
Negged. U mad those gay ass powerlifters outlift you even without equipment?
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post 1639723013 05-29-2021, 05:10 PM
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Yep gym used to be all dudes and only a few females, only serious lifters were there frequently and there was none of this Instagram/Youtube celeb stuff but it all changed
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post 1639723283 05-29-2021, 05:12 PM
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Squatting below parallel is bad *******
See SuperHercules' sig
post 1639723473 05-29-2021, 05:15 PM
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Yeah everyone is into fitness now, but nobody looks like it
post 1639723733 05-29-2021, 05:18 PM
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I came in around 2014-2015 but it’s completely dif today

Today everyone and every new influencer is a literal copy/clone of each other it’s not even funny

They all do the same chit, say the same ****, wear the same chit, use the same buzzwords, and try to sell the same program lmao.

There’s literally 0 originality anymore. Jonskywalker, zyzz and even Jeff seid had some originality. Even tho Jeff copied zyzz he still had his own personality

Jonskywalker is the true goat

Now dudes like that isiahmiranda ******* are here
post 1639724153 05-29-2021, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
Yep gym used to be all dudes and only a few females, only serious lifters were there frequently and there was none of this Instagram/Youtube celeb stuff but it all changed
In 2012?
Das not it mayne.
post 1639724623 05-29-2021, 05:30 PM
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man i remember the pre-instagay days. best time ever of the gym. now it's packed to the brim with try hards. instagay ruined gyms
post 1639724683 05-29-2021, 05:31 PM
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i got big into fitness and health at 13 and a half. . mostly cause my home broke up and was some where new and had to focus my energies. adhd and other **** didnt help but on the real was doing 300 sit ups before i was 14. not every night mind you. just was the number i maxed out at one night. started going. also did at least 50. wanted to see how far i could go. made it to 300 and then was telling my self got to quit sometime and by that time in was doing that akward back and fourth/side to side motion just to get make it.

i never viewed it as a sub culture. my dad bought us a weight bench and some dumb bells. had in the attic.. bought arnolds encyclopedia of modern body building and bought muscle and fitness and flex every month. pretty sure my grandparents and mom thoiught i was just wanting to check out the hot chics in bikinis back then. which did add to the appeal. most those mags were field with adds anyways. and all joe weider supplements were crap
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post 1639724713 05-29-2021, 05:31 PM
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You're a few years behind op
post 1639724743 05-29-2021, 05:32 PM
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natural physique isn’t impressive anymore
HTC is too skinny for me. Fat Girls only crew. serious
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post 1639724923 05-29-2021, 05:34 PM
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All the chit I like used to be so much cooler when it was underground. Fitness, video gaming, EDM, hip-hop, social media, youtube, ect...

The masses ruin everything.
post 1639724943 05-29-2021, 05:34 PM
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It was never really underground. Bodybuilding and going all into the competition world has been and still is a subculture.

Lifting itself has been popular for decades. Even old boomers have an old bench and some standard weights laying around in their attic.
post 1639724973 05-29-2021, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
natural physique isn’t impressive anymore
Too much truth to this. I’m 5’8 220 with abs. Down the shore rn and I feel small. If you’re 5’8 you need to be 250-260 lean these days. It’s insane
post 1639725163 05-29-2021, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
It was never really underground. Bodybuilding and going all into the competition world has been and still is a subculture.

Lifting itself has been popular for decades. Even old boomers have an old bench and some standard weights laying around in their attic.
Lifting was hot in the 80's, but cooled off in the 90's. 2000's it started to pickup late 2000's thanks to internet forums IMO. 2010's it exploded thanks to YouTube and social media.
post 1639725193 05-29-2021, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted By SmashinYoungVag⏩
Too much truth to this. I’m 5’8 220 with abs. Down the shore rn and I feel small. If you’re 5’8 you need to be 250-260 lean these days. It’s insane
it’s cause the roid physique is what people think 6 months in the gym looks like. ex. Jeff seid/ connor Murphy David laid is what women expect

I never tell women I lift for this reason
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post 1639725303 05-29-2021, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
it’s cause the roid physique is what people think 6 months in the gym looks like. ex. Jeff seid/ connor Murphy David laid is what women expect

I never tell women I lift for this reason
Those physiques don’t cut it anymore. That’s the problem.

You need to be 90s era bodybuilder. Shawn ray, levrone etc. this is what sloots expect

post 1639725463 05-29-2021, 05:44 PM
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Being fit has become a status symbol. Go to any A tier city and almost everyone young who is also a professional will be pretty fit , more so if they came from a top school
post 1639725683 05-29-2021, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
It was never really underground. Bodybuilding and going all into the competition world has been and still is a subculture.

Lifting itself has been popular for decades. Even old boomers have an old bench and some standard weights laying around in their attic.
the problem is when you say bodybuilding everyone thinks you are trying to say you are like anrold or lee haney or coleman. not everybody lifts for mass or competition. some just want strength not that lifting alone gives you strength where it matters..but many just want to have a good shape and some muscle tone.

you tell people you belong to a site called bodybuilding.com and they think wtf you dont lift or look like arnold or haney? many of us here have been here for years. ive been here since 2006. many of us were always just into health and fitness and toning.. again peoples thoughts and opinions sometimes come from ignorance cause they ASSSUME and dont take the time to actually find out the facts
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Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
Being fit has become a status symbol. Go to any A tier city and almost everyone young who is also a professional will be pretty fit , more so if they came from a top school
Pretty good observation.
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
natural physique isn’t impressive anymore
Lol physique hyper inflation is real

Remember as a kid seeing movies with “jacked” people in it. Russel Crowe gladiator, Brad Pitt fight club, 90s super hero movies. None are impressive anymore


Hell remember 300?? So much after that movie was made on their builds being insane. None of them would move the needle on Instagram today
post 1639726033 05-29-2021, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
Lol physique hyper inflation is real

Remember as a kid seeing movies with “jacked” people in it. Russel Crowe gladiator, Brad Pitt fight club, 90s super hero movies. None are impressive anymore


Hell remember 300?? So much after that movie was made on their builds being insane. None of them would move the needle on Instagram today
dude, its not a competition agAINST other people unless you are on stage in an actual competition. the fight/competition when it comes to working out/lifting is you against you.. for you to say none of those bodies are chit today is sheer nosense
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Originally Posted By latverian41⏩
the problem is when you say bodybuilding everyone thinks you are trying to say you are like anrold or lee haney or coleman. not everybody lifts for mass or competition. some just want strength not that lifting alone gives you strength where it matters..but many just want to have a good shape and some muscle tone.

you tell people you belong to a site called bodybuilding.com and they think wtf you dont lift or look like arnold or haney? many of us here have been here for years. ive been here since 2006. many of us were always just into health and fitness and toning.. again peoples thoughts and opinions sometimes come from ignorance cause they ASSSUME and dont take the time to actually find out the facts
Yeah, I’ve been here forever and while I like looking good from lifting, I don’t consider myself a bodybuilder in the traditional respect - looking like Ronnie/Jay, and competing. I consider myself a lifter. I like to lift to get stronger, and knowing that I can handle whatever physical activity comes my way, and I also like to look good while doing it.

I think CrossFit has done a lot of good for the lifting community, although I don’t do CrossFit, I at least respect a lot of what they do. I think that’s when lifting started to get a lot more popular - right when lifting started taking off, like 2009.
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Originally Posted By meanstringbean⏩
Lol physique hyper inflation is real

Remember as a kid seeing movies with “jacked” people in it. Russel Crowe gladiator, Brad Pitt fight club, 90s super hero movies. None are impressive anymore


Hell remember 300?? So much after that movie was made on their builds being insane. None of them would move the needle on Instagram today
even Spider-Man after he got bit was consider jacked in 2002. but he obviously took PEDs for the role

it’s over for naturals

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What exactly are you complaining about?
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Originally Posted By latverian41⏩
dude, its not a competition agAINST other people unless you are on stage in an actual competition. the fight/competition when it comes to working out/lifting is you against you..for you to say none of those bodies are chit today is sheer nosense
agreed.

only on the misc will you consistently find a warped sense of literally everything and anything imaginable and a lot of male miscers are unknowingly boxer dropping instead of panty dropping.
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Originally Posted By Dave22reborn⏩
What exactly are you complaining about?
The fact I can't feel superior to everyone anymore, because everyone is now "in the know."

They've attained the cheat codes

These days even anime nerds are tech'in up and getting swole as a MFer.
post 1639726803 05-29-2021, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted By JuceSpringsteen⏩
The fact I can't feel superior to everyone anymore, because everyone is now "in the know."

They've attained the cheat codes

These days even anime nerds are tech'in up and getting swole as a MFer.
You have to be like 6'2 240 lbs to be big now days. There's so many 6'2 230+ lb dudes now days for some reason and a lot of obese 6 footers on top of that. Even women are like 5'11 230 lbs now srs
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