Is the shot put and discus really a sport?

So i heard someone make a comment about this about a month ago. He said something along the lines of ," yeah, ice skating isnt a sport, kinda of like shot put and discus, hahaha." Well, lets examine this a little more. So shot put and discus are in the Olympic games, along with ice skating. And yes these two are totally different sports. But what defines a sport? You have to gain more points than the opponent to win. You have to train for the sport, and you have to physically perform the sport during the game. And yes, some sports are more skill based rather than physical effort during the actual game and vice versa. So with ice skating(lets just talk about figure skating) you have to perform actual moves to win points. If you dont perform the move you dont get points. And you have to do alot of physical work to perform the move. At the end of the judging, the person who performed the most point scored physical moves wins. End of story you cant question it, with the exception of corrupt judging, but if you cant physically complete a move you dont get points, thats a sport. 

Now with shot put and discus, the goal is to beat the other opponents with the distance of your throw, its measured, theres no making it up, its good old fashioned measure it with a tape measure and the farthest throw wins. Its hard to fake this one. Its physically measured in person, theres no people going, " oh, that looks like it went further though." After its measured.. And with discus, its the same shit. And there are set rules as far as how you throw it, and where you throw it from. There is also skill and technique involved. Yes, when you see these competitors doing the throw they arent putting in the same amount of physical effort as a wide receiver during a football game or a soccer player weaving in and out of defenders while he has the ball. But, like i said its a different sport, a different game. With a win that can be physically measured and proven. Now another thing about shot put and discus, is that there is a serious amount of physical training you must do in order to perform the physical throw. This training i would say is more physically difficult than the throw itself, definitely. Which is where people begin to look at these throwing events like," oh, these guys arent doing shit." I get that, but the end of the day, the person in the game who throws it the furthest wins, its proven physically and able to be measured and recorded, and takes a physical effort to make the win, thats a sport, end of story.

The pain you feel today will be the strength you have tomorrow.

Carry on..

In comparison...

So lets talk about when FEMALES abuse male hormones. We see this not just in bodybuilding, but especially MMA! Now fellas, we already consider a man taking hormonas bad, but a girl taking testosterona, trenbolona, gh! now that is bad fellas. Side effects for the females especially bad, they dont even look like women first off. Now when the female take male hormone, first thing we see! Masculinization of jaw, thickening of tha skin! Pay attention fellas, same thing i point out to you for the male hormonized fellas, but this more obvious. You see what testosterona do to males, now look at the females, look at the enlarged clit, some of these girls packin more than the fellas in bodybuild. You see the difference, skin texture, thickening of the skin, fullness of the delt. This isnt from training fellas, this hormone. I try to tell you fellas but you dont listen. With extreme abuse women will also develop a deepened voice and facial hair growth.

How YOU lose credibilty( In my book)

So in my last post I talked about how I feel about liars, now its time to talk about how people, usually the ones who are also liars, lose credibility with me. So, if you havent figured it out yet i tend to only be friends with people who arent full of shit. Yes, a few slip through the cracks, but those people are what i call "special" no not special ed..ok, well some of them are. But anyways, lets just talk about if i meet someone and ive known them a few weeks to a few months. I basically have no idea who this person truly is but im taking the time to get to know them, or atleast i keep running into them regularly, etc. So the first thing i look out for with people i first meet is, are they a liar, do they lie alot about little things, do they actually do the things they claim they are going to do, and also are they telling the truth about the things they say they did in the past, and do they exaggerate a lot of things? For example, if they say they are becoming an engineer are they actually doing it? If they say they went to the gym earlier, did they actually go? If they claim they fucked some girl one time did they actually fuck her? If they say they beat up "so and so" did it really happen, or were they the one who got their ass beat? lol. Stuff like that ok. Oh, and also hypocrites, if youre a hypocrite that also reduces your credibilty with me.

So lets get into detail about how I find out if youre lying about this stuff and realize you arent as credible as i thought you once were. Lets start with examples.

1. You told me you were going to meet me somewhere at 4pm, but you didnt show up till 4:45, you gave an excuse blah blah, and i was like, "ok, its cool" however, they next time same shit. We agree to meet at 4 and you dont show up will 4:45. This time i say, "ok man what happened? We agreed 4pm." And again you make up an excuse. Im like ok im starting to think youre full of shit, but i try to have faith in people. Now 3rd time we agree to meet once again at 4pm, you show up at 4:42. Ok, now I know you're full of shit and not trustworthy, or just retarded plain and simple.

2. You say some offensive ass shit to me that you were serious about and then a few months to a few years later I ask you about what you said and you claim you didn't say that(and im not talking about drunk shit) i can tell you remember saying it, but youre blocking it out when i ask you. I dont care what you said, but now youre lying about it and we both know it.

3. I beat your ass and gave you a black eye, you admitted i beat your ass afterwards. Then the next day i find out you told everyone in town you beat ME up. Funny i didnt see you till a week later. LOSS OF CREDIBILTY RIGHT THERE!!! BAM.

4. You claim you're going to get a job, but you never do, ok it's been a few years since you had a job man i think we can all tell youre full of shit. (And this is directed at multiple people so dont get mad at me if you happen to be reading this lol, there's like 10 of you out there) anyways, loss of your credibility right there. *gavel slammed noise* 

5. You say the same thing over and over again. " dude im saving up for a car." "Dude im saving up for a car",   "dude im saving up for a car, yeah im saving up for a car."   Yeah i heard you the first time, and the second time i told you you told me. And the third time i told you yeah i got it man. Fourth time i was like ok man knock it the fuck off man, i dont need to hear that shit. Fifth time im just getting annoyed man. Sixth time... Ok man now were starting to have a problem, i dont need to fucking hear the same shit. Do you want me to think youre fucking retarded? Because now i do. And if you were really saving up for a car then why do you waste your time repeating yourself? You could literally be working and making more money to save up for your fucking car. Just fucking do that. I dont need to hear repeated shit people. It just shows you arent actually doing what you say youre doing. You're a fucking dumbass. And on top of that, if time goes by and you never actually get that car, now i know for a fact you're full of shit. Cred lost dumbass. And also im probably not going to want to be around you anymore.

6. You HATE proof and evidence. You hate it when i provide evidence that I'm right, and you hate it when i provide evidence that you're wrong. You cant stand it, and when i provide evidence you freeze up and just have a deer in the headlights look or you get very mad and defensive, you might quickly try to change the subject or talk over me. And the reason you do that and have that look, is because you just got caught on some bullshit and you know it. You're trying hard to escape, but you can't because you just revealed the truth. And you realize i know that.

How to tell if someone is lying to you in the gym.

Now people say alot of things in gyms. And its the perfect place for people to brag about all kinds of shit with everybody standing around acting like theyre working out. I mean, working out and going to the gym is sort of a past time, so this is all normal. But if youre someone like me whose been in gyms a long time and is actually serious about getting results, youve probably learned which people to avoid. Also, lets not pretend the bodybuilding and fitness industry itself isnt built of lies. Most gyms always have some "special deal" when you sign up. Sometimes its a good deal, and alot of times its not. No secret here. And then of course with personal training some trainers are actually good and then some are bascially con artists who will take all your money and leave you overly confident, but confused and looking all frumpy and dumpy.

And lets not even get to the supplements. Im not going to waste my time explaining that right now. Use your brain if you havent figured that out yet.

Ok, so now I get to my more focused topic of how to tell if someone is lying to you directly in conversation. And this could be outside of the gym as well. #1, if you ask someone a direct question and they freeze up, and dont want to give you an answer. Thats how you know you caught this person on some bullshit. Theres no reason why you cant answer a simple question, unless youre trying to cover something up. Or it could also be that the answer to the question would provide evidence that you are totally right in whatever point youre trying to make. #2, changing the topic right after you ask them the question. The only reason someone would do this is to avoid giving you the truth, and ontop of that they are even scared to give an answer out of fear that their lie would be to obvious, even though its already extremely obvious. And #3, watch out for the loudest people in the gym, the biggest talkers, the people always bragging. Theyre also usually the biggest liars and the biggest pussies.

So there you have it fellas, old BC's ways to spot a lie and the liar filth! Eat clean, train hard and correct, and avoid the bullshitters.

Are your shoulders too big?

The shoulders, the deltoids... Many would say, "its impossible for my shoulders to be TOO big!". Big shoulders add width to the physique, shape. Well thats not completely true guys. If your deltoids are too big for your arms you look like a fucking idiot. If you put big delts with a small chest, its not gonna work. Only chance you got is big delts and perfect arms. Now the back is going to have to be decent, if youre a physique competitor. For a bodybuilder the back has to be developed and shoulders have to match. Now, if you have big shoulders and big legs that can give you a good enough look to get somewhere, despite weak arms and chest. Take a look a Phil Heath, narrow shoulder structure but big delt, big leg. This fella built up these muscle but he dont have it. Why? Dis fella not have the structure. His arms were great,  but this fella missing the chest an have naturally narrow shoulder. His deltoid development very good, but the fella not having good structure width! Another example, Ben Pakulski, he had huge delt, huge leg, but lacking too many bodyparts to make it far in ifbb. That is the lesson fellas.

Back pain, back pain, let me give my fast advice for back pain!

Ok first of all, avoid injuring your back in The first place so you wont be fucked. Injury prevention is key. Lift with your legs! And keep that spine straight! Like you are doing a deadlift when you pick something up. Never reach for something and then try to lift it with your back! Bad! Bad! Bad! 90% chance thats going to fuck you up, dont do it!

Also, no twisting while lifting something up! Bad!

Always try to walk standing straight, posture is key for prevention!

Now, if you already fucked up your back. Rest until the pain goes down a good amount and stabilizes. Then try to see what the maximum amount of physical activity is that you can do, without making the pain worse.

Start to do plank exercises, as long as it doesnt cause the pain to increase substantially. It might aggravate the painful areas the fist time, but experiment to see what you can handle. After that, try to build up your plank time. Start by doing the plank 1 set twice and week and build up from there. By building strength in your core, this should take pressure off of the problem area, and therefore decrease pain.

Try not to take pain medication. Try to solve the problem instead of masking it.

If you manage to gain strength in the plank and pain goes down, slowly add in more physical activity, weights, running, etc. Adjust accordingly. If pain increases, back off and try again. 

One of my favorite bodybuilders when I was training in highschool

Markus Ruhl. He had some of the best motivational workout videos. His training reminded me of Ronnie and Dorian's, except he used the smith machine a lot lol. He trained hard and heavy, with lots of volume. Im still curious exactly how much of what he put in those shoulders that made them look like that... But whatever, this is bodybuilding lol.

How soon do I eat after a workout?

So i think alot of people ive trained and people who see me leave the gym after a workout dont completely believe i practice what i preach for post workout meals. They think i just leave the gym and go to a fucking party or something, or smoke a bunch of weed, and dont stick to my meal plan. This is not completely true. Do i drink alcohol right after i workout? Yes, sometimes. But if you think i dont eat multiple meals after a workout you are completely wrong. I never do a weighttraining workout and just get drunk and fall asleep till the next day. That would make the workout i did completely pointless, no stregnth gains, no muscle gains, and definitely no fatloss. After a workout i believe you can go up to an hour max without eating. Is this scientifically correct? I honestly dont know. Has it allowed me and my clients to make the progress we wanted? Yes, absolutley.

Heres how it works. After a good weightraining session your muscle fibers have been broken down, you need to give it nutrients to repair them. Last thing you want to do is fall asleep for 10hours without eating. By the time you wake up you probably lost muscle mass. So feed those motherfuckers. But that doesnt mean leave the gym and imediately cram down 2 chicken breasts and a tupperware of brown rice while you are still fucking pumped, lol. If youre somehardcore bodybuilder, sure you can slam that protein shake right after with fucking maltodetrixin. But for the normal guy you are going to be ok not eating for 30min to an hour, just dont go over 1 hour. I mean sometimes its nearly impossible to eat right after a good workout. Youre pumped, adrenaline is still flowing, you need some time to relax. 

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Now i guarantee you this fella aint natural, but godamn he looks good. This fella derserves a few beers.

Bodybuilding is like a puzzle.

Bodybuilding is like a puzzle, there isnt one exact way to solve it, there are atleast several. And not only that, there are multiple components to each solution. You have 1. Training, 2. Diet, 3. Rest. And if you are using steroids to reach your goals, that will be 4.(if not, leave that out.) And each one of these components is almost its own puzzle, sounds complicated doesnt it? Well it takes knowledge to understand what to do...

so we have these components and we have to put them in the right places in order to solve this puzzle, in this case the completely solved puzzle represents the results we want to achieve.

How do you do this? Well for 1. Training, learn how to train correctly and efficiently. Read bodybuilding books, watch youtube videos on how to perform exercises correctly, hire a trainer with real bodybuilding experience and who looks the part.

For 2. Diet, research some bodybuilding meal plans online, read about basic nutrition, what is protein, carbs, fats, etc. Find someone with good bodybuilding or fitness experience and ask them for advice. Once again make sure they look the part. If a fat person is preaching nutrition advice, stay away!

Number 3. Rest, take atleast one day full rest each week when you begin your workout routine. You wont get stronger bigger muscles if you overload your body. And your fatloss will cease too. Your workouts wont progress if youre too tired to even do the workout. Get it?

And 4. Steroids, growth hormone, and other drugs. Now many people do reach their fitness goals faster with the use of these drugs, but the results usually will go away completely if you cut down on the dosage and stop training. You need to know what the fuck you are doing with this stuff or you will take it and end up looking like shit, and then even worse when you stop taking it. Beginners stay away from this stuff. But like i said theres many solutions to this bodybuilding puzzle, you just have to find the correct solution that works best for you.

Ive been lifting weights for 17 years.

April marked my 17th year of working out. The first gym i joined was the ymca, right before i turned 13. Ive been working out in gyms for over 16 years consistently. Thats a long fucking time. Some people dont understand why i look pissed off sometimes or emotionless when im training in the gym or just in the gym in general. One time one of my clients said, " Brandon you come into the gym with a growl on your face..." and yeah i do sometimes, because ive been in the gym for over 16 fucking years. Im there to handle my business and get the fuck out, not waste my time. Sure you see me joke around sometimes, but the workouts arent a joke, well mine arent atleast, lol. And theres nothing funny about wasting your time doing shit incorrectly at the gym when you could have been doing it correctly. I mean sure if you want to pay some of the bullshit artist trainers out there to lie to you while they take your money go ahead, I see it all the time. Theres ones that will tell you everything you want to hear, and ontop of that they will make the workout fun! Fun?.. Looks more like FUNNY to me.

And also think about how many fucking annoying characters ive met in gyms over the years. Theres the staredown guys, the fakes, the liars, the loud people, the braggers, the bodybuilding "experts" who have never gained an ounce of muscle in their life, the fat trainer, the annoying front desk people, the sunnyvale stinkeye people, the gay stalker, the straight stalker, and the list goes on. Even my dad annoyed the fuck out of me at golds, i mean i was like dude shut the fuck up and do your godamn fucking workout. Introducing me to everyfucking person at the gym, fuck. What a bunch of fucking gossipers. 

And dont get me wrong ive met alot of great amazing people in the gym, you guys know who you are. I thank you for your help and knowledge you have passed on to me. But unfortunatly ive also met alot of fake, lying, annoying shit heads who arent worth knowing, and you also know who you are.

So there it is as to an explanation of my mindset when im in the gym. Since some of you are so confused about it.

And remember guys, to get good results you dont just have to do the workout correctly, you have to eat correctly at correct times, you need to fit the gym time in your schedule so it works for you, you even have to shop correctly. Everything has to be done CORRECTLY, not just some things correctly. This is a lot of fucking work, and if im doing all this fucking work, to me thats fucking serious. And when i help my clients do this work, thats also fucking serious. Sometimes they dont realize this. 

How i can tell youve done test enanthate and prOp..

Thickening of the skin. Hardening of the jaw. Musculairity despite not training hard. Fulleness of the muscles with noticeable water retention even if lean, and the typical, blow up and shrink down... After each cycle.

My own bodybuilding progress over the years.

I never reached any of my goals as soon as I wanted them to be reached. I always wanted things quick, I didn't care what I needed to know. When I first started working out at golds gym, I thought I knew everything. I read every Arnold book in existence. I figured, what else could I learn?...well actually, there was a lot I could learn. My own failures during my bodybuilding journey were my greatest lessons. I learned what wasn't working and I changed it. You should do the same. You don't want to be the guy in the gym whose been there for 30 years and never made any gains. You want to be the person who joins the gym and realizes what works and what DOESN'T. Take that knowledge and use it to make the progress you wanted.

The most impressive pro bodybuilder of all time

Ronnie Coleman. At 5'11" and 258-280lb contest weight, Ronnie was a mixture of freaky mass and great proportions, all while maintaining an aesthetic shape. He had insane vasculairity and muscle density, and also was one of the strongest bodybuilders of his time. In his prime he was usually the most shredded guy on stage. This guy's nutrition was always on point, if you ever seen videos of his meal prep and showing his meals you know this. And I haven't seen many bodybuilders who ever trained as hard as Ronnie. Another crazy thing about him most people don't know is that he had a herniated disc before he ever won his first Mr Olympia. So this guy trained for and won 8 Mr Olympias with a herniated disk, wtf. I heard him discussing this with Dave Palumbo on his rxmuscle radio show. Dave couldn't believe it.

What are the healthiest "fast food" options?

So people ask me stuff like, " Um, dude do you think this is better than mcdonalds? Or is taco bell better than this?"

So right now im going to quickly discuss the best "fast food" places to go to, in order of healthiest to least healthiest. And when i say fast food im talking about places you can get the food, fast. Not just the stereotypical places like mcdonalds or taco bell. These are places i actually go, and i will order them in the rankings i would personally choose, if i was trying to get "fast food." And im going to just list the ones i would choose so some places will be left out.

1. Off the stick. Off the stick is like chipotle, but way healthier, they grill all their meat fresh and have tons of options of rice and vegetables. They have bowls, burritos, and other stuff. Unfortunately the only one i know of is in sunnyvale.

2. Chipotle. Chipotle is pretty basic, im sure they add some stuff to their rice that makes it less healthier than if you cooked it yourself, but fuck it, you need food fast in this case. Get a fucking chicken or steak bowl with preferably the brown rice and some peppers(fajitas), salsa, and lettuce is fine. If youre trying to lose weight get the bowl and not the burrito, too much flour. And no sour cream or cheese! We just want te protein and some carbs, not extra stuff that will make us fatter! And no corn! Incase you didnt know corn has alot of sugar in it, plus its all gmo and shit.

3. Togos. I like togos. I get a large whole wheat turkey and swiss cheese sandwich, no mayo! Mustard is fine. And i get the peppers, lettuce and tomato. Good amount of protein and the whole wheat bread isnt gonna be too bad for you. Keep it simple. Dont get some crazy meatball and cheese sandwich drizzled in olive oil.

4. Mcdonalds. Ok now were going down to the lower rankings. I try not to eat mcdonalds very often, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Especially if you just did a hard workout and you realize you dont have any food at home and theres nothing else around. I usually get 3 double cheese burgers plain, thats just the meat and cheese. Theres like 25-26 grams of protein per burger, so thats like 75g protein. This will be fine for after a hard weight training session. But like i said this is a last resort!!! Sometimes i get a large fry too, but dont do that unless youve been eating good all week and have been making progress!

5. In and out. Pretty close to the same thing as mcdonalds, but try not to go crazy, no fucking animal style shit with secret animal sauce. I usually would get 2 double doubles, and maybe a fry. Like i said, this is last resort. Id choose off the stick, chipotle and togos before this!!!

6. Carls jr. Ok same thing as mcdonalds and in and out but id put it below them because i sense the quality of the meat, bread, and overall ingredients is a little lower. But same rule, get a basic burger with the meat. I think the "six dollar burger" is one. And if youre craving fries, do what you gotta do. But you better be eating healthy the rest of the week.

You People who dont get results in the gym.

Hey, you people who dont get results in the gym, you know what you could do? How about reading some books about bodybuilding, exercise, and nutrition. That way you can figure out what you're doing wrong. Pretty simple solution if you ask me. Because trust me, I know some of you don't like what I have to say about all this diet and workout stuff. Even though you know I'm right. So I'm just throwing out some other options for you. And dont get me wrong, some of those books are going to take a very, Very, long time to read. Oh god I remember it like i was reading them yesterday, but oh wait, it wasnt yesterday, it was 10 years ago. Jesus it took me a long time to understand all that science stuff. I wish some of you would just listen to my simplified version of it, but Oh well...

It's called the FITNESS industry

It's not the ugliness industry, it's not the fatness industry, it's not the weakness industry, its not the be a little scared pussy industry. Some of you need to re-adjust your fucking minds and get real, because if youre somebody in the gym who looks like shit and acts like theyre all that, you aint getting my respect(unless you own a lamborghini). And all these fucking fat and skinny ass, facially ugly front desk people who arent even cool and have zero life experience, you guys are fucking shit to me. Im just gonna say that. Acting like your living all high society and shit making 12 bucks an hour, its fucking funny and sad(if youre actually a fit front desk person who looks good, ignore this). And lets get to the personal trainers, who most these days(and especially ones in certain cities not worth mentioning) are fucking pathetic looking, and dont even know how to build muscle or lose fat(especially without the use of steroids!). In fact, most of them have never even done it themselves. I honestly feel bad for some of their naive brainwashed clients who believe these people's talk. I remember a time where if you actually looked good, you got respect, now it almost seems to be the opposite. People see someone in the gym whose in shape, and they think thats the bad guy... Lol. All you Bitches who think that shit, make some visible progress for once. Let me for once look at you and think, "yea that guy or girl is training hard, correctly, and eating right."

Hey and you ever heard of bodybuilding? Yeah that shit that started the fitness industry. You know who Arnold Schwarzenegger is? That guy didnt win mr olympia so many times because he looked the worst, he won it because he looked the best, you fucking retards.

If you ever wondered why I'm not impressed by something...

It's because.... well, im not impressed.

Alot of guys in the gym...

Alot of guys in the gym be thinkin, " haha Brandon thinks im natural and i havent taken steroids, when i actually still do, muahahaha..."       um correction, I already know you took steroids, and i can tell you still take them, im just pretending i believe youre natural so you dont get upset. Cant fool old BC fellas, I know too much. And i seriously take shits that look more impressive than some of you hormonized fellas.