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My thoughts.... for what they're worth...

Skip

Banana
I am not coming down on anyone here at MC as everyone here is very supportive of one another, especially come contest time. However, I just want to make a point after reading some of the shit that I read on the other 4 major boards that I frequent.

I want to say that no matter what place a bro or broette takes in a show, has little do with their success or failure or what type of person they are. There are so many variables that go into a show that it just isn't fair to judge anyone on how well they do or don't do as far as placings. I mean, how many times have you seen someone with a subpar physique win a show because the competition wasn't all that great? Exactly my point. At the same time, I have seen some badasses lose to another badass and have to settle for 2nd or 3rd place.

It takes giant balls to get up on stage and even bigger balls when you pretty much know you aren't in the running to win the damned thing. I have even wondered if I, myself, could prepare for a show if I knew I didn't have much of a chance to break the top five. I am not sure I could do it mentally.

The sacrifices of getting ready for a show are endless. From leaving out extra time with your kids, wife, friends, loss of focus at work, general lack of motivation to pick up around the house to the amount of money involved in a focussed and intensive prep phase and giving up tasty foods for weeks on end. Never mind the legal gamble we all take to make sure we have all of our 'shit'. Taking all of this into consideration, I question it all and I have been relatively successful in the sport so far. I can't imagine sacrificing all of these things to not be at the top. Now, don't get me wrong, I UNDERSTAND completely that it is not about winning as much as it is the personal challenge. As much as I understand this, I still don't think I could do it if I wasn't going to be at the top. Just being honest here.

I want to say that my hat is off to ANYONE who competes - 1st place or last place. Stepping on stage and competing makes up such a small percentage of bodybuilders that you should feel proud that you have accomplished something that not just anyone can do or is even willing to do.

If you don't have giant arms, you can find consolation in the fact that you have giant balls.

Skip's out.
 
At the last show I went to there was a guy who 2 years ago or so weighed over 350 lbs. He lost all the weight and was in good shape-He still had all the skin but you got to give it up for someone who knows he couldn't win but still went through the prep and stepped on stage. He wasn't there to impress anyone only to prove something to himself. That took big balls.


I know because you could see em in those little bity shorts. JK
 
That's my biggest concern, the extra skin. I filled it almost everywhere except for my lower abs, and I'm thinking I'm going to have loose skin there... it's just a matter I guess of whether my posing trunks will cover it!
 
the man deserves a beer. I dont think i would ever be able to step on stage. For everyone who does, more power to you.

AND GO AL
 
great post skip, I have been so pissed at times while atending shows hearing guys luaghing at the guy who obviously isnt going to place. I just want to hold them down rip their fucking cloths off down to their underwear and throw them on stage under the light in front of hundreds of people then se how much they laugh,
 
Great post! I have someone right now that I am helping who has really turn peoples heads. He lacks so many things but one thing that he has that is big balls. The people in the gym see that he has what it takes to get on stage in those dam small suits and posing down for first place. I am not even sure if he will place but he has the guts and he will have some glory after the show no matter what he places. tentitan
 
Presser said:
great post skip, I have been so pissed at times while atending shows hearing guys luaghing at the guy who obviously isnt going to place. I just want to hold them down rip their fucking cloths off down to their underwear and throw them on stage under the light in front of hundreds of people then se how much they laugh,

I have seen the same thing, time and time again. The bitch of it is the phukers who are laughing, couldn't beat the guy they are laughing at. It amazes me sometimes how insensitive and insecure people can be.

Since you used an example, I can think of two that come off the top of my head:

First, there was this black guy about 12 years ago that didn't know at all how to pose, wore speedo trunks on stage and moved so slow that anyone in the house should have known that this was an extraordinary situation. Of course, a couple guys had to laugh at him who were sitting behind me. After giving out the placings, they gave this guy some award for courage and commitment for coming back from a near fatal accident that left him EXTREMELY brain damaged. He had to relearn EVERYTHING from walking and talking to working out. The accident was only 2 years and a week before that show. I turned to those phukers and they couldn't even look me in the face.

The other was a terribly overweight (by bodybuilding standards) woman who had a couple decent rolls around her waist and a bit higher all the way around her back.
Unfortunately, this one happened only last year and the person who laughed, all-be-it not loudly, was....... you guessed it..............
my WIFE. I was mortified. I couldn't even believe it. All I did was look at her with this utter disbelief on my face and she melted. She immediately knew what she did. Again, come to find out this woman had been several hundred pounds overweight, had her stomach stapled and dropped something like 250 lbs in 2 or 3 years.

She was proud to be on stage showing what she had accomplished. Success is a RELATIVE term. So, the next time you see someone on stage that seems 'subpar' or 'doesn't belong on stage', respect the fact that they are up there and proud of what they have accomplished. Oh, and you are sitting in the phuking audience without the balls to get up there in the first place.

Skip's philosophical bullshit is finished for the night.

I need some carbs. I think I want to cry.

Skip's out. *sniff* *sniff*
 
I would of throttled the guys laughing at the challenged guy. People are assholes sometimes. "Success is a Relative term" that is a beautiful statement.
 
I feel every thing you guys said WeirdAl and I went to the Metrolina in Concord NC a few months back and there were a few guys in the novice heavys that we both agreed that they needed more cut in more than a few places but they had the balls to get up on stage and that is all that matters

this is the problem I am having I think I can get my body dialed in in time but I am a little scared of going on stage I have always had a fear of standing in fornt of a large group of ppl
I competed in martial art comps all the time but that was easy cause I got to fiight and that was natural for me so I felt ok at it but to get up in theose trunks is kinda scaring me ! I mayneed a shot ov vodka to walk up there !
 
props skip. very good point. i almost competed last summer but pussed out when my diet fell apart... I just can't seem to diet without losing massive amounts of muscle... probably because I'm such a hard gainer all I do is "bulk" year-round, eating everything in sight, and I never get above 11% bf or so, so I never really learned how to diet correctly. I have enormous respect, like you said, for those that have the courage and chutzpah to step on that stage. Perhaps one day I can get past my mental barrier.
 
good post Skip... I feel what your saying all the way... It was the same thing when I started wrestling.
 
BRO!!

What's up? We have spoken a few times but I can't remember from what board. Do you? I don't think it is from here, either.

Skip



46and2aheadofme said:
props skip. very good point. i almost competed last summer but pussed out when my diet fell apart... I just can't seem to diet without losing massive amounts of muscle... probably because I'm such a hard gainer all I do is "bulk" year-round, eating everything in sight, and I never get above 11% bf or so, so I never really learned how to diet correctly. I have enormous respect, like you said, for those that have the courage and chutzpah to step on that stage. Perhaps one day I can get past my mental barrier.
 
Skip said:
BRO!!

What's up? We have spoken a few times but I can't remember from what board. Do you? I don't think it is from here, either.

Skip

Well, my personal trail of blood leads from FB to bolex to here to massmonsterz... I think i remember you from bolex...? You were skiplacour there, right?
 
46and2aheadofme said:
I think i remember you from bolex...? You were skiplacour there, right?

Yup, that must be it, then. Good to see you got away from the circus over there, too. ;)

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