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Post by BluntforceKeith on Apr 3, 2014 19:12:02 GMT
Recently I was asked by a local guy I know about using a creatine product whilst dieting. Now Im no PT nor am I a bodybuilder i just so happen to be in this position through my love of training. Once i voiced my opinion on the subject he said he would of asked us on the BFBB Facebook page only he had seen all the recent bullshit and school yard fighting on the site with other bodybuilders and targeted at us. Now I don't give a fuck about what people say on Facebook because the reality of it is, they are all tough behind there laptop and fake accounts. Isn't it a sad state of affairs that a guy of 17/18 can't openly ask a question on our social media for the fear that he may be targeted and berated in the public eye.
This sport IS GOING FUCKING NOWHERE FAST!! as long as theses types of people aren't put in there place. Bodybuilding breeds champions and world beaters but it also breed egotistical maniacs and false profits.
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Post by christian on Apr 4, 2014 15:19:27 GMT
Social media is a dangerous tool, we all have feelings, sometimes we feel great, sometimes we feel shit, main thing is we all have them. Social media websites such as twitter, facebook instagram, all have potentially to really fuck with someone's feelings, yes there is plenty of times we share things on facebook that we are proud of or feel like expressing so we put it online and we feel good about ourselves when others credit you for something you may have achieved or something that has happened to you. THIS DOES NOT stop spiteful nasty people from trying to put you down. Someone's dignity may be assaulted,vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered!! There are a lot of wankers out there who put others down its usually the jealous or those who don't have what you have an do not have the ambition to change their circumstances in order to get what they don't have, its the easy way out to sit back and just slate people who do have something may it be a talent a skill or just even the drive or ambition to go after something ! Let me touch on something that hopefully will give people an example of mentally what social media can do to you and how much it can fuck with you if you let it as the majority of the viewers on this forum will have heard of me, that ''posh little arrogant shitebag'' is probably how I have been described to you. In all honesty yes I hold my hand up to that! I definitely had a few issues upstairs and had way to much of an ego I had nothing to be cocky about I was a bag of shit the last show I competed in shows that, Facebook really made it worse though for well over a year I talked about what I was going to achieve and what I was going to win blah blah blah a typical keyboard wanker, when it came to show day I was hung out to dry I was no where near in good enough to be running my mouth and talking shite. You cant help somebody who doesn't want to be helped either, people used to give lots of (deserved) abuse over facebook and you know instead of thinking this makes sense I am making a fool of myself everyone's laughing at me I took it to heart and responded back the 'fuck the haters' comments which just made it even worse and made it even more embarrassing on myself. Then one day This big ginger dude in a red hoody and big assed enniscorthy friendly giant came up to me hit me with a 'cop the fuck on dickhead ' stick and took me under there wing! since then I have deleted my facebook which had become just one big profile where people could go an laugh at how much of a gobshite I was I know have a facebook account that I only have actual friends and people I know on it and don't get involved with online disputes. Those who talk the most usually achieve the least. Social media can really carve you into something you don't want to become online AND as a person day to day whats said over the internet or over androids is a good as real these days because most people don't actually have the balls to say it to someone's face anymore its all through a whats'app or a status, the actual idea of confronting someone face to face to sort your problems out seems to be as good as a myth nowadays. Lets not take away from the fact social media is a great way in promoting business, something you have achieved or that has helped you and you wish to share with others to help them. Plenty of positives to social media but for those who want to avoid little pricks giving you grief or talking shit to you here's a tip PUT YOUR PROFILES ON PRIVATE, weather its on instagram twitter, facebook whatever have all your info on private and if you don't certain people knowing your business? Easy press unfriend, block or decline ! Remember its better a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody. Oh and one last thing in relation to all the shit that's happened recently remember one thing, 'When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless' Peace
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Post by eoinvahey9 on Apr 5, 2014 8:30:00 GMT
I agree with you totally Cmac, the social media has the ability to break down, and also make a person, and Keith regarding your comment about the young lad, even for someone such as myself, I get people who ask me questions that would be laughed at most likely if posted publicly, over things like questions about training splits and diet..really simple things that im happy to help.
Now regarding myself and social media, I tend to stick the head diwn and not get involved in the fights and ego bashing online, sure its the result on stage that stands to you, and the self marketing of yourself with a positive view. Last summer, regarding prep, to social media was something I did not like, assuming the large majority of you know what, and who, happened to myself, because of social media also, I lost relationships with girls, my mates,.etc due to abuse of facebook and other social devices, without my knowing..and that in itself really really impacted my first prep, I wouldnt even have stepped on stage and I was thinking about forgetting about the first year of college, until the chap I knew from my school days, with the bigass shoulders! took control and has been a big brother to me since, helped me reestablish myself after a 4 week crash diet prior to NABBA, and he has kept me on a solid path since.
Social media can be a tool for maintaining contact with people, and keeping track of events..but it can be extremely damaging also.
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Post by dave on May 5, 2014 18:35:19 GMT
I'm not on Facebook, nor have I ever been. I only ever hear about the bullshit via third parties.
To be honest I'm not too shocked because let's face it, most bodybuilders are egoistic cunts. A perfect example is how 8 people came to me panicking between 2 - 3 days before the show. I helped out as much as I could. After the show I got 2 thank you's. Now I didn't help to obtain the adoration of others but it simply highlights how self-centered so many people in this sport are. They could never see another person's perspective or be happy for their success.
I don't like calling myself a bodybuilder as I'm eager not to be associated with this type. I tend to keep my head down and ignore most. Makes life easier!
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