How Bodybuilding Has Thrived Off Drama

Bodybuilding is the frequent use of resistance weight training to cause hypertrophy muscle growth in the body. The sport has evolved into thousands of competitions across the world, with the most prized one being the Mr. Olympia contest.

Any publicity is good publicity. For such a small sport, any headline is a good headline. Headlines bring clicks, and clicks bring awareness. Let the people find out about bodybuilding through some bullshit drama, and then explore the sport through online forums and fall in love with it on their own. All you gotta do is light the spark and hope that it catches. Doesn't matter if that spark comes from a lightning bolt or from a spinning stick.

Competitors' drama drives the news cycles before competitions. Normies won't care about a muscle competition, but they might care if two muscle dudes allegedly hate each other AND are both huge AND are of different races!!! Which race will gain the glory of having the biggest muscle man??? Articles basically imply this shit. And as said before, this drives clicks and plants the seeds of prospective fans.

The sport is based on superficial looks, whatdaya expect. I'd say 99% of high school drama is based on someone making fun of someone else's looks. OH MY GOD BECKY LOOK AT HER BUTT. Bodybuilding is not much different than high school. You got the nerds, the jocks, and the bullies. Only difference between the two is that bodybuilders are yoked. When you diss someone else's rear delts, all hell can break loose.

The biggest bodybuilding 'journalists' are TMZ knockoffs. I love TMZ, so that isn't a diss. If you pay attention to bodybuilding long enough, you've come across The L.U.I. His most popular platform, Instagram, is filled with posts coming out every fucking minute that largely focus on drama. He wouldn't make this shit if we didn't eat it up. We are literally eating shit.

There's not much else to talk about. There aren't 'games' every other week with insider analysis and speculation. There aren't whole teams that can be dissected and discussed in length. There aren't drafts at the beginning of every season that leads the news cycles for months prior. Bodybuilding is a 1 man beauty pageant, and the sad fact is that without drama, there would be very little news.

Don't deride the drama, delve into it. Become the drama.

Why Rich Piana and Bostin Loyd Fight Each Other

Rich Piana is the head of 5% Nutrition, a popular fitness YouTuber, and a former competitive bodybuilder. He first became known in the online fitness community for his viral 8 Hour Arm Workout video. Few people know that before injecting hamsters into his triceps, Rich was once upon a time Mr. California and had a pretty great physique. However, after falling victim to a cringeworthy tattoo artist and succumbing to crippling body dysmorphia, Rich took his body to the next level and truly left humanity behind. 

Bostin Lloyd is the CEO of Team 3CC and a former competitive bodybuilder that rose to internet fame by disclosing his entire PED regimen to anybody that would listen. His initial one year steroid transformation went viral online and triggered nattys and YouTube fitness celebrities all around the world. He’s admitted to having done every kind of steroid that he could got his hands on, with undesirable side effects (including lactating… ew). 

Bostin used to be Rich's protege and then went rogue. Basically the foundation for any Shakespearean story. Bostin used to be just a young lad sticking needles up his ass and did some vids with wise old Rich before he blew up with Bigger By The Day. Then all of a sudden Bostin started calling out Rich for some bullshit (like his Mexican surgeries, lying to his fans, etc.) The grasshopper has betrayed his master.

Rich cares about fitness 'celebs' who bitch about him. If he didn't give a fuck, there would be no beef. When some random ass dude tried to challenge him to a fight, Rich made videos about him AND THEN people took notice. No one would have cared if Rich didn't respond. Same with Bostin. Rich says he doesn't care, then he makes a 50 minute video explaining how he doesn't care. He cares.

They compete over the same fans. They're both disgustingly huge and take a ton of drugs: Bostin shows himself injecting shit and Rich has publicly posted his drug schedule. They both have a ton of muscle but are not particularly aesthetic: Bostin has a gut and Rich has ape tits. They both own supplement companies: Bostin has 3CC and Rich Piana has 5%. There are only a certain number of people who admire these types of dudes, so they gotta grab them up when they can.

They both got egos to feed. They both have an air of narcissism about them. They're both rich, but with delusions of grandeur. They think their bodies are attractive, despite their obvious flaws. As a result, they attack anybody who disrespects them as if they're the goddamn president.

Any publicity is good publicity, even if it's from beef. Bostin's fans will side with Bostin, and Rich's fans will side with Rich. People like me who don't care about either of them will still pick a side and become more invested in who comes out on top. This kind of attention will translate to sales of both their products. Not from me, but likely from someone.

It's entertaining and harmless. Still, you never know where Rich will take these things.

Why People Prefer Old School Bodybuilders

Old school bodybuilders are the competitors of the 60's, 70's, and 80's that looked softer than the monster freaks of today. Often referred to as the "Golden Age" of bodybuilding, these decades boasted heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, and Serge Nubret. 

Old school bodybuilders don't look like human dicks. They came in much softer (relative) to the new guys today. Instead of getting down to ~4-5% bodyfat, they were chilling around ~8% bodyfat. You couldn't see all the veins on their body, but they still looked great. They didn't have that dick-skin conditioning that you need today.

Old school bodybuilders didn't take as many drugs. Who REALLY knows, cause pros don't give out their entire drug regimen (only sometimes do we get that lucky). But the main reason the older guys didn't have dick-skin conditioning and didn't get as big as the top guys today are because they didn't take as many drugs. Sure, some people say their drugs were purer, but they didn't take the high doses that have become commonplace. Drugs are demonized in society, so those guys are seen as "better".

Old school bodybuilders prioritized mirror muscles over legs. This is the defining difference between old school and new school. Arnie, Serge, and Lou all had disgustingly huge chests and biceps. Arnie is known for the best chest of all time, even in today's age of all da drugs. These old school guys didn't work legs as much, cause why work legs if you wear pants most of your life?? Mirror muscles are called that for a reason: they are the only muscles that normies care about.

Old school bodybuilders didn't have unaesthetic bubble guys. No one knows exactly how these monster freaks get that strange looking bubble gut. Some say its the GH growing their internal organs. Some say its GH + slin. Some say it's because they eat a lot and their stomach stretches. No one knows, but the old school guys didn't have that. Even when relaxed, their stomachs looked normal. Nowadays, bodybuilders have to suck in their gut the entire time they're on stage or else someone will snap a pic of them at their worst. The bubble gut phenomenon is an ugly part of a sport that prioritizes looking good.

Old school bodybuilders didn't fuck grapefruits. Cheap shot? Maybe. But old schoolers didn't have to deal with that kind of weird drama. The most drama they had was Arnie mind-fucking his competitors.

They looked more 'attainable' and were what women wanted in those cheesy romantic books. It will be several more decades before humanity evolves and makes Big Lenny a sex symbol.

Why People Hate Bodybuilders

Bodybuilding is the frequent use of resistance weight training to cause hypertrophy muscle growth in the body. The sport has evolved into thousands of competitions across the world, with the most prized one being the Mr. Olympia contest.

They think bodybuilders are vain. Vain is defined as "excessively concerned over one's appearance." Most non-professional bodybuilders aren't "excessive", they just want to look good. If you're a pro, then you should be excessive about your job because that's what's making you money and that's how you live yo life.

They think bodybuilders are dumb. For whatever reason, there's this cultural connection between being smart and looking terrible. As if all nerds have to look like Erkel. What about Milhouse? People like to think themselves superior to others, and intelligence is just one standard of measurement they use. Because if you're lifting weights than you must be taking time out of your book-reading part of the day, right?

They think bodybuilders are bullies. The henchmen in your favorite superhero movies are big. Usually just fat, but clothed up so you can't really tell. In history, people have used their size to their evolutionary advantage. If you didn't have the elk meat, you go beat the guy who did and steal his elk meat. We live in a civilized society, but these stereotypes persist. End the hate. Open your mind.

They hate drug users. If you're a pro bodybuilder, and even if you're not, you probably use performance enhancing drugs of some sort (or multiple sorts!). People liken steroids to cocaine or heroin for whatever reason. Heroin and cocaine are physically addictive and incapacitate you from contributing to society. They are easy to overdose on and kill yourself with. Steroids are none of this and literally only make you bigger and stronger. Shouldn't we all be on steroids? SHOW ME THE BODIES.

They are jealous.  "Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but no one wants to lift no heavy ass weights" - Ronnie "Magic Lotion" Coleman. If people didn't want to look great, the fitness industry wouldn't be so fucking huge. This comes down to jealousy. You see somebody with a better body than you, so you hate on them to make yourself feel better. "Yeah, they might be fuckin huge, but I bet they have no life/hate their mom/still use AOL." It's primarily done by people who hate their own lives so much that they project their vile thoughts onto others.

Orrrrrr they hate us cause they ain't us. Not more complex than that.

Why The Most Popular Fitness Accessories Are Rip Offs

The fitness industry sucks, with people trying to rip off noobs left and right. Getting fit is cheap; all you need is less food and a Planet Fitness membership. But just like any hobby, you can spend as much money as you want to make yourself feel better.

Lululemon clothes. The clothes you wear account for 0% of the gains you make. Yeah, I get the look good --> feel good --> lift good connection, but you don't need to spend out the ass for clothes that look swell. Lululemon is incredibly overpriced and plain. You buy it for the logo, not the quality of clothes, and the brand is still so small that most people won't see it and think you are the bad ass bitch that you aren't.

Fat Gripz. Otherwise known as $40 PVC pipes that cost 5 cents. I understand how it might work your forearms, but wanna know what else works your forearms? FOREARM EXERCISES. Wrist curls, reverse curls, farmer walks. You don't need to spend money to make gains. Especially on products so stuck in the 90's they think replacing 's' with 'z' is cool.

Squat shoes. I get their use if you're a power lifter or squatting heavy weight. But let's get real. Most people who squat won't get over 225. And even if you do, squat shoes only help if you have poor ankle mobility. So save the $200 and just stretch ya ankles every few days.

Weight training gloves. Come on dude, you aren't going to get AIDS from a fucking barbell. Well, actually, ok I guess there's a tiny chance. But still, you can get sick wherever you are. At work. At school. At home. Even if you don't believe in god, you should believe that what is meant to happen will happen, regardless of any attempts to prevent it. So don't be a wimp and wear gloves, all that says about you is that you want your hands to remain smooth for jerking off. If you're seriously that scared of germs, you probably shouldn't be in the gym, anyway.

Extra gym memberships. YA DON'T NEED MORE THAN ONE MEMBERSHIP. Unless one of those memberships is to a jungle gym. Ho ho ho. You don't need one chain gym membership and one CrossFit membership. If you want to get fit, jacked, or strong, you only need to go to one gym multiple times a week.

Disregard this article if you're rich. If you are, buy whatever the fuck you want to buy.

Why Every Single Supplement Company Is Scamming You

Supplement companies sell nutritional dietary products that are often advertised to aid weight loss and bodybuilding. These companies include Optimum Nutrition, Cellucor, MTS, and COUNTLESS others. They often have famous fitness celebrities as product ambassadors. Every roided up good athlete likely has one or others as their sponsor, and credit their success to them in exchange for a big fat check.

All of their money is spent on marketing, not the product. Sleek packaging. Weird mascots. Commercials. Sponsored athletes. Sponsored events. If creatine is so fucking cheap, how can these companies mark it up 100 - 500%? They're not selling a product, they're selling the dream of being ripped. And people pay out the ears for that shit.

They won't reveal the ingredients in their 'proprietary blends' because they are cheap bullshit. Several supplement companies won't list the ingredients in their supplement, instead citing a "proprietary blend" in their ingredient list. They pretend that they don't want to give away their formula because then other companies will copy it and steal their customers. Really, though, they don't want to customer to know that they are paying for the same bullshit they could get off Amazon for a quarter the price.

Every company sells the exact same product under a different wrapper. They all have caffeine, creatine, beta alanine, and some kind of BCAA variant. Anything more is useless, and anything less -- you are not getting your money's worth (not like you would anyway). The biggest difference between products is not their ingredients, it's their fancy packaging. Therefore, you are ALWAYS better off buying the cheapest supplement with the ugliest packaging.

Their sponsored athletes don't benefit from supplements, they benefit from steroids. Citruline Malate won't give you a sixpack. Maybe better erections, but not a sixpack. Only diet, work, and sleep (and a little help from PED's if you're so inclined) can do that. But supp comps push this lie that you need to buy THEIR product to look like THEIR athletes. It's not true. If their athletes look like their on steroids, they probably are.

They tell you that you are not good enough. Yeah, yeah, maybe this is a shallow point. But it's true. Supplement companies tell you that you = not sexy, but you + supplement = sexy, like their athletes who supposedly take the supplement. Maybe you let your friends roast you, but not supp comps.

They are are modern day snake oil salesmen. Fuck them all, even the beloved Bradley Martyn's company.