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I happened to be talking to a buddy of mine today and we got to talking about times gone by, basically reminicsing (sp) about the past. We talked about how bodybuilding was like and all about in the mid to late 90's when we were in out teens and growing up.
Do you guys remeber those days when you first started out in bodybuiling and you really didnt know much about steroids or IGF or GH and dieting or anything? I remember I used to go to GNC and load up on creatine and HMB and those types of supplements and thought I was gonna grow big and huge. I was naive then but still it was a more innocent time. It seemed to be more fun to go to the gym when I was younger. Even though I was skinny as a rail and not very strong, just the idea of going and lifting the weights and trying to get bigger everyday.
It seemed to me back then people were kinder, more apt to be friendlier and help you out. Even though I am more experienced now I just dont get the same feeling of happiness when I walk into the gym. The gym when I was younger was a genuinely good time and I looked forward to being there everyday.
Granted I still have my buddies but that feeling is gone. It has been replaced with a more professional attitude towards the gym and to be truthfully honest its not as satisfying as it was. Now I am not talking about the actual training. I still love that but the whole atmosphere just seems different.
Now granted the gym I worked out at as a teenager and younger 20 something guy is no longer around and alot of the people that used to lift and work out there have moved on, but it just seems as though the people in the gym these guys arent the same type or caliber of people as there used to be. It seems to me you have alot of these young guys who are either ignorant, stupid, or a combination of the both. The women that used to be in the gym working out used to be alot freindlier to. Granted that may be because I was only a teenager back then , but the women dont seem to be as friendly as they used to be, or maybe its just me. Maybe I have grown up.
As for the message boards, do some of you guys miss the days when there was only a few message boards out there and not the sea of boards we have out there today. Where you only had Elite, Bolex, homer's supplement board, got fina, and the UG and old gade.
It was like a true brotherhood back then. I used to be actually kinda excitied to sit down to the computer and log on and get to reading the newest threads because there was always something interesting going on. We really had some colorful characters back then.
Maybe becuase alot of us including myself have been at this for such a long time the luster has been lost a bit or maybe there has just been an infuson of jackasses all over the boards, not only posting but also owning boards, open source posting etc. I remember back in the day when you had to wait a minimum 6 months to even try to get the foot in with a source and now most of the boards you just click a thread and there ya go, instant source.
Kinda takes the credibility away if ya ask me. Am I just rambiling here or does any of this make sense to the older guys?
Just my thoughts for the day.
Do you guys remeber those days when you first started out in bodybuiling and you really didnt know much about steroids or IGF or GH and dieting or anything? I remember I used to go to GNC and load up on creatine and HMB and those types of supplements and thought I was gonna grow big and huge. I was naive then but still it was a more innocent time. It seemed to be more fun to go to the gym when I was younger. Even though I was skinny as a rail and not very strong, just the idea of going and lifting the weights and trying to get bigger everyday.
It seemed to me back then people were kinder, more apt to be friendlier and help you out. Even though I am more experienced now I just dont get the same feeling of happiness when I walk into the gym. The gym when I was younger was a genuinely good time and I looked forward to being there everyday.
Granted I still have my buddies but that feeling is gone. It has been replaced with a more professional attitude towards the gym and to be truthfully honest its not as satisfying as it was. Now I am not talking about the actual training. I still love that but the whole atmosphere just seems different.
Now granted the gym I worked out at as a teenager and younger 20 something guy is no longer around and alot of the people that used to lift and work out there have moved on, but it just seems as though the people in the gym these guys arent the same type or caliber of people as there used to be. It seems to me you have alot of these young guys who are either ignorant, stupid, or a combination of the both. The women that used to be in the gym working out used to be alot freindlier to. Granted that may be because I was only a teenager back then , but the women dont seem to be as friendly as they used to be, or maybe its just me. Maybe I have grown up.
As for the message boards, do some of you guys miss the days when there was only a few message boards out there and not the sea of boards we have out there today. Where you only had Elite, Bolex, homer's supplement board, got fina, and the UG and old gade.
It was like a true brotherhood back then. I used to be actually kinda excitied to sit down to the computer and log on and get to reading the newest threads because there was always something interesting going on. We really had some colorful characters back then.
Maybe becuase alot of us including myself have been at this for such a long time the luster has been lost a bit or maybe there has just been an infuson of jackasses all over the boards, not only posting but also owning boards, open source posting etc. I remember back in the day when you had to wait a minimum 6 months to even try to get the foot in with a source and now most of the boards you just click a thread and there ya go, instant source.
Kinda takes the credibility away if ya ask me. Am I just rambiling here or does any of this make sense to the older guys?
Just my thoughts for the day.