is bodybuilding another eating disorder?

[smallmovesal]

ok bear with me... i'm being a bit of a devil's advocate.

it seems that a lot of bodybuilding types had previous eating disorders... and that the control over food for bodybuilding is really not so much of an escape... it's just going to the other extreme.

there are quite a huge number of bodybuilding hopefuls on this board that are severely unhappy with his/her looks regardless of how "big" or "cut" he/she gets...

so i ask... is bodybuilding just an established and accepted eating disorder?

 

[TheYork]

no, smallmovesal, is isn't. bodybuilding isn't an eating disorder.

 

[smallmovesal]

why not?

 

[Frackal]

Absofuckinglutely NOT...I am so sick of these posts.... some people on this board may have other disorders and they deal w/ them by bodybuilding, which is fine, but just because something is against the norm does not mean it is a disorder...in fact, I think general humans who gorge themselves into fat, organ failing blobs all have fucking eating disorders....no offense to you smalls, but I am seriously tired of this bullshit.

 

[TheYork]

why not?

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!!!!

 

[havoc]

Actually, it is in a way.
Look up Orthorexia, this relates more to women. My sister is doing an entire study on this for her Masters, interesting shit. peace

 

[danielson]

no.....not yet

body building on its own isnt......just as simple and sensible dieting isnt nor never will be

there are obviously extremes to either end, people do have a distorted body image of themselves, and its conicievable someone might do something very unsensible to get big quick just as someone might do something unsensible to get small quick

but its just stereotyping to say all BB's are 'bigorexic' just as anyone who diets lower than 15% bf is anorexic

 

[starfish]

Frackal, Tell us how you really feel...

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..

 

[Frackal]

I'm just getting tired of anything that is not on the straight and narrow being labeled a fucking disorder...besides, when is the last time someone who was strictly average did anything but end up strictly average... I try to make my own life and be as independent as I can doing what I enjoy rather than attempt to clone myself after whatever various "masters" or what not dictate is correct.... That's a bit of philosophy for those of you who have read the works of Fredriche Nietszhe <sp>

 

[Jimsbbc]

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.