is bodybuilding another eating disorder?

[Frackal]

The pro circuit is "half circus act, half self-assisted suicide" in the words of Bill Phillips. I agree. It is addictive to say the least in terms of feeling insecure or narcisistic enough to go through tons of steroids, strict diet, pumping one's self to the point of looking like a monster. It is just another extreme. However, the diet is just means to an end.

True, the pro circuit is a mess, but that is more the fault of the judges than the athletes, most of those guys don't wish to look that way and have to go to those extremes IMO.

 

[Pamela]

Personally, I think ANYTHING can be taken to the extreme and become unhealthy/disorder. I've seen some guys/girls take AS to the extreme..

Yes I to do believe anything can be taken to extreme.

Now there doing studys saying it can be genetic. (eating disorders)!

Maybe it's all related in compulsive disorders?

 

[KAYNE]

crack smoking is a disorder

ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDICTION. A DISORDER IS AN AILMENT. I.E..........ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS, TYPE 2.


KAYNE

 

[KAYNE]

SMALLS.....TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO!!! BB IS NOT ANOTHER EATING DISORDER AND TO EVEN THINK IT IS QUITE REDICULOUS.



KAYNE

 

[MrMuscle]

Bodybuilding is about health..if you make it an disorder then you are NOT a bodybuilder..then you some dofus who doesnt know what theh hell he/she is doing.

 

[MommaKin]

If you smoke crack, chances are you're an addict....I would say it becomes more a disease then a disorder...

crack smoking is a disorder, if you smoke crack and bodybuild then you have a crack smoking disorder, not a bodybuilding disorder.

just like if you spend 24 hrs a day on ef, and smoke crack, you dont have an ef disorder, you have a crack smoking disorder.

i am a doctor, i know this stuff....glad i was of assistance!!!!

 

[bigguns7]

crack smoking is a disorder, if you smoke crack and bodybuild then you have a crack smoking disorder, not a bodybuilding disorder.

just like if you spend 24 hrs a day on ef, and smoke crack, you dont have an ef disorder, you have a crack smoking disorder.

i am a doctor, i know this stuff....glad i was of assistance!!!!

Do you graduate from the Medical School of the Lesser Antilles?

If my doctor told me that crack smoking was a disorder, i would run as fast as i could away from his office.

You weren't of any assistance.

 

[visions]

interesting. I think p60 makes a good point...I mean if your pumping 5000 calories into your body a day as an obsessive compulsive means to look a certain way. I think that could be classified as much a sickness as not eating obsessivly compusivly to look a certain way.

I understand the other end of the argument that if its not bad for you than it can not be considered a disorder. But I'm just curious as to how knowledgable we really are as to how safe consuming so much food really is for us??

Just commenting not really making any valid claims to either argument

 

[Bikini Mod]

OK - if I was "the average" hausfrau and lived on chips and fast food while watching Jerry Springer and Sally, raising my children on diet soda, non-fat ice cream and sugar-free Koolaid while sitting in front of Sega (or whatever the fuck the latest video game was) for hours on end - would I have a "disorder"?

Ummmmm, NO, because I would be AVERAGE: ie the norm.

I LOVE the fact that I am NOT AVERAGE. Did I EVER have an eating disorder? Sadly, yes. Suffered with it for MANY YEARS. Got into modeling and now support myself and my children as a dancer. One would think - yea, this broad is TOTALLY FUCKED UP!

Guess what? I have NEVER had a healthier self-image IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! I could give two shits what ANYONE thinks about my external appearance. I do not feel the need to starve or get HYUGE... Whether I am ripped up at 10%bf or living large at 24% - tanned or white as a sheet. IT IS ALL GOOD! Do you know why? It only took me hitting rock bottom and ready to GIVE EVERYTHING THAT I HOLD DEAR AND PRECIOUS for me to realize that what is on the outside doesn't amount to a hill of beans! When we die, our bodies decay and feed the earth...

My children and family and few close friends loved me and didn't give up on me when I was so low that the only direction for me was UP. I learned to ask for and accept help....

I learned that BEAUTY KNOWS NO PAIN - (This has NOTHING to do with uncomfortable shoes or time spent in the gym.)

THE ONLY TRUE BEAUTY IN THIS UNIVERSE IS THE BEAUTY OF YOUR SOUL.... THIS CAN NEVER BE "DIRTIED" OR "SULLIED" BY ANYTHING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD!

I am a wonderful human being fraught with flaws and complication... I deserve to be loved as much as everyone else.

Are there bodybuilders who do have SERIOUS issues? Of that I am sure.. But I don't think that there are any more bodybuilders with issues than there are NON-bodybuilders...

The pro-circuit like anything else in the entertainment industry or any other pro sport is ENTERTAINMENT and sadly A SHOW. There is a LOT OF MONEY involved, hence the term "occupational hazard".

....just my .02

 

[visions]

Its weird I find interesting that it seems time and time again those who bodybuilded or modeled etc. Seem to find their happiness as a person when they stop all the precuationary measures to appear their best. So is all the dedication and bodyuilding an endless pursuit of happiness with your physical appearance??