I've only been into fitness for a year...so it's all a new experience..One thing that really surprises me is that some guys seem to be really bothered that I am so into it. I was reading an article this morning on T-Nation and dude stuck his nose in here and made a snide comment about the body builder pic on screen..(it's the powerful image of an awesome looking bodybuilder.) Anyway...he said something like "do you think if you stare at it long enough it will happen?" Caught me off guard. I responded "you mean this guy here...well...actually I was reading an article...but seeing guys like that does help motivate you when your throwing weights around." And he kind of left after that.
Wish I could think quicker on my feet, I'd have told him that it takes years of sweat and dedication that most wimps don't have. But alas...I was so surprised by his tude.
Got me thinking...what gives? What's his deal! Who asked him? I guess the only good thing about being PO'd is it helps with the workout...anyway...I found it kind of strange and wondered if any of you have crossed this kind of tude?
I hope he don't bug me again...cause I do have a bit of a hot temper...and he irritated me.
People who are ignorant - and I mean simply "without knowledge" of the subject - go back to whatever bits of info they have and put them together in ways that are, well... ignorant! The guy probably has a sterotype of bodybuilders that he's applied to everyone who weight trains and, since he's not interested for whatever reason, he just bad-mouths the entire group. It happens in many areas of life!
You can try to educate him or just accept his ignorance and move on. If all else fails, just kick his ass!
The other day a guy asked for me to move to do chin's on the assisted chin machine which I couldn't because it had no middle area and I was doing supinated. I said, "why do you need this one?", he goes, "oh i dont i am just going to do crucifix cable curls here." I said, "no, I have one set left, just wait 30 seconds." I cranked out 2 unexpected extra reps making it 5 with 25lbs hanging off me on the fifth set of my five by five, thanks for helping move up in weights for next week, jackass.
Thought I would also add, do your friends ever give you crap for counting your calories and eating certain amounts of certain foods? Mine do...horribly. They think I'm this food nerd or something because I won't down a bag of chips and a six pack in 30 minutes with them everytime there's football on.
My friends do that too. So does my family. Of course my family tells me it's good that I watch what I eat and they wish they could do it, which makes it a little better. The worst is at school, since I eat every couple hours it looks like I'm constantly eating, so as a joke my friends will come up to me and say geeze stop eating. Oh Oh and I also get that for drinking water, because I always have a water bottle with me. Some people huh
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
You said "Food nerd". Reminds me of other phrases I've heard young people (college-my age) use (not towards me, but in general):
"Workout geek"
"Art fag"
"Health nut"
"Math nerd"
And so forth... whenever someone's extremely dedicated or interested in something, others who don't share this love label it with something demeaning. Is this a fear of something they don't understand, or simply a "trying really hard is not cool" thing?
I think it's just a 'trying really hard is not cool' thing. Knowing what you are doing just seems to be too much effort for some people.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
I think generally there is no need to have the right comeback or disprove someone else of prove something. If you can't have a converstation that is respectful and enjoyable, just don't talk. Be polite, offer an "MMMM, hmmmm," and go do your thing.
They'll get over it after some time. People, including family, used to comment all of the time on my eating habits. Now they are used to it. EVen my parents don't try to push the bad stuff on me as much when we are over at their place.
A guy who used to work for me walked by my office one day and said, "I could never eat like you." He was headed to go pork out at the Chinese Buffet. I was eating an APPLE -- by his reaction, you would have thought I was eating a pile of dog crap.
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