If you're athletic.. you'll be athletic when you're heavier
So when your statement is applied to a bodybuilder, you're saying that they are no longer athletic when they gain weight? Reason being, I would have to believe that the majority of bodybuilders were athletic before they decided to take that path. Because I'm thinking that not too many full-time couch-potatoes or hardcore video gamers get up one day and decide to become bodybuilders.
And what about the WSM (World's Strongest Man) competitions? There have been plenty of bodybuilders who turned to these competitions. Yes, many of those guys are big and bulky, but they are also quick and some are very, very well-conditioned.
It's all about how you put your physique to use. Again, I'm not trying to start anything. It's just that, to me, you don't have much respect for the men and women of bodybuilding.
No matter how many BBers do Strongman comps, most Strongman competitors are ex- or current powerlifters rather than BBers. Here's the thing:
Athletes can bodybuild.
Bodybuilders can be athletic.
Powerlifters can bodybuild.
Bodybuilders can powerlift.
Etc. etc. etc.
The fact of the matter is that most bodybuilders got into the sport because they spent their time at the gym, tried various other sports, and found something they were good at: getting big and cutting fat. Have you trained with many bodybuilders? For every athletic BBer, there's ten who just don't care about anything other than how they look. For every bodybuilder that does a bench with tucked elbows, there's twenty who do it with flared elbows.
You get good at what you specialise in. For BBers, it's hypertrophy.
In general, people who choose bodybuilding as their
primary sport are not strong, are not explosive, are not enduring. They can tell you a thousand and one different programs for hypertrophy, but probably can't even name one strength training program or tell you the name of any elite powerlifter.
And those statements have nothing to do with a lack of respect. It has to do with the nature of what we or anyone else does. You get good at what you train for. I train with a lot more bodybuilders than I'd like to, and I see the dedication they put into things.. But most of them really could care less about how to develop unilateral plyometric ability or how much they can lift. Hell, one guy I know didn't know what a power rack was (and, let me tell you, his physique is more a result of genetics than training).
