This is just ridiculous.
@Parabolic33 one day you’re going to look back on this forum and think “shit I was that guy.”
1. This is bodybuilding- let your physique do the talking, not your mouth or keyboard.
2. Go step on an NPC stage and compete. And no, not a show that doesn’t even make it on FB, but a top promoted national qualifier.
3. Don’t expect things for free. Most things in life are transactional. Chase gave a lot of his time and knowledge for free… what did you expect. There’s nothing you can’t find on this board that any coach knows, but people’s time isn’t free.
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@TheOtherOne55 is absolutely right. I’m really not trying to beat you up as you seem like an eager guy and can apply that in this sport.
Just do you, what works for you and run your mouth less because I can promise you, some guy will humble you on stage some day and make you eat your words if not.
I’m kinda done with responding to the thread, but I just wanted to respond to you since I think this was completely fair and honest.
I just want to add something about point 3.
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I never would expect things for free since as a coach myself/ beginning to make content myself, I feel in my actual heart how valuable it is to contribute to people putting in the hard work to put out this information and to help people. We need to make a living, it’s just that simple and I fully more than respect that. “Hooker with a Penis” by tool is one of my all time favorite songs from my Favorite band of all time and the song is about this exact concept. “ I sold my soul to make a record…. so shut up and …..BUY- BUY…”
Our conversation over Instagram, I was actually eager to share things that I felt I’d discovered. Not ask questions so much. Which I did technically Ofcourse ask some statements that were questions. But i by and large just wanted to share. And felt like it was a discussion. Which Ofcourse, Chase has the right to not be interested in. For a good bit of time the dms were back and forth in a civil normal way about conversations like that.
I for sure asked him questions in addition to sharing my own experiences/ conversations-don’t get me wrong- But that’s prob cuz I got the wrong idea and felt like we were having a sort of back and forth conversation between two people and I felt that he would discontinue the conversation and just simply not respond to the specific statements and or questions I had to say.
the conversation then turned argumentative and insulting, chase has admitted straight up he doesn’t like me- and that’s fine. Disappointing, but it’s fine. That’s his right.So this harassing that he says I was doing, in my opinion was more like me Defending myself against comments that turned in their nature from being civil and normal to things like “ get stage lean, so you can then see how spectacularly average you are “ or like..” so you can then see how your not anymore than 160lb soaking wet “ ..And I can’t help but notice these absurdly light weights readings he keeps saying that I weight, keep increasing over time.( now it’s “all 180lb of you “ it’s not 160 anymore)….
Most of our conversation where I’m “harassing” him, at this point was me trying to politely respond to somebody who was being unnecessarily rude Imo This wasn’t like “ bodybuilding takes hard work little buddy get used to it” in an encouraging sort of “toughen up” way to look out for me. He straight up admitted he doesn’t like me. So it was more like “ you’re delusional and arrogant “ and this started over me having some theories about Shbg etc. which that conversation went normally at first.
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TLDR: I believe in paying people for their time, I misread the situation and wanted to share information he wasn’t interested in. He said some rude comments in private that weren’t true , i defended myself politely, and this was the harassment of him that I did that caused him to Block me… Sounds more like somebody who lost an argument who just doesn’t like me so then blocked me imo, but what do I know.
He lied about my weight said I’d be 165lb at best soaking wet and called me arrogant and delusional for stating a fact that i am in fact heavier. Funny how this then has now turned into a somewhat more accurate statement of “all 180lb of you “.
-Chase has actually has conceded to the ONLY POINT I was ever trying to make…. And that’s that I had a good “initial blow up “ and put on a lot of mass quickly. But, given my starting point, that’s obviously not to say I am big by any means at all. I never said this. Because I don’t believe it. Because it’s objectively not true. I’m about 200lb while In single digit bodyfat which is straight up a good weight to be for having only been lifting for 22 months and starting at 128lb with no muscle memory ( since January 2022).