why are people so stupid?

[Buddy_Christ]

people are just idiots. they really are.

was outside earlier and saw my neighbor. told her to pass the message along to her boyfriend that i'm working on a new routine that he might want to look into (the 5x5 that i'm trying to hash out). yeah, this guy is almost 6', bout 235lbs. think he said he can bench 305. he's about twice my size. i'm only 5'6", 160lbs, and havn't broken the 200 mark on the bench yet, but i'm close (hit 195 for 3 on wednesday, new high for me). so anyway...

i tell her to let him know i'm working on a new routine and it's something he might be interested in. she says "well, no offense, but he's a lot bigger than you are, height AND width wise." this was implied in a way of 'why should he take training tips from you?' i blew off her response, meaning, it's not getting to me. he's not an idiot like she is. we've discussed routines, and he's impressed with my leg work. if i've got something better, i know he'll give it a shot.

but why are people so stupid? why do they think you have to be 6' 245lbs just to workout on a regular basis? really, why does size matter so much? i'll be chatting with someone while working down a protein shake. they'll ask me what it is and i'll tell them, and then i get a strange look because i say "yes, i've been working out all semester, and i don't plan on stopping any time soon." i just don't get it. guess people think you've got to be huge before you can start lifting. just blows my mind.

and my neighbor didn't offend me. i don't like to talk shit about others, but she's just white trash anyway and an alcoholic. she asked me how she can lose some weight, and i told her to stop drinking, cause i know she's half drunk every night. boy did i get the death look. telling her to stop drinking and she'll start to lose weight was like telling her that she should be nice to her kids and maybe, just maybe, they'll listen to her and respect her. so really, did she offend me? absolutely not. but she did bring the "you lift weights?!" disbelief that i get from people back into my mind, and i thought i'd bring it up.

oh well, i felt like ranting a little bit and see if anyone else has had the same experiences before they were able to increase their physical size, or even current things that just make you scratch your head and think "uh, why is that so hard to believe?"

 

[NWinters]

I wouldnt take offence to it....When you are benching more than him maybe he will be the one offended.

 

[b fold the truth]

There are no absolutes, but quite often the REALLY big person does have more and better knowledge about training... In a lot of cases...they have been where you are now and have went past it.

No idea if this is the case in your case though.

B True

 

[needsize]

too many idiots think that they must know more than someone if they are bigger than them.
But if he wants to play that game, tell him/her the program was designed by someone who is not even 5'9", 250lbs, and who benches well over 400lbs

 

[Debaser]

There are no absolutes, but quite often the REALLY big person does have more and better knowledge about training... In a lot of cases...they have been where you are now and have went past it.

No idea if this is the case in your case though.

B True

If this were true it makes me wonder why so many people were arguing against DC training...Dante is like a human wall.

Hold your horses people, I'm not trying to start a flame war or a pro-DC mantra. I'm just trying to illustrate a point. Size may help someone's point be received better, but it's not the be-all-end-all of authority.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

maybe i wasn't clear enough in that post. this wasn't HIM that was tossing the idiocy. it was HER. she doesn't weight train. she does 12oz curls and screams at her kids. that's about all she does. HE is willing to talk routines all the time. obviously, what he's done so far, he has done right. i have taken tips and pointers from him when discussing my routine, and he was taking some pointers from me when it came to my leg routine. yeah, i may not be bigger than him, but i do have the better leg routine that's going to give me more in the long run than his will, and he openly acknowledged that. HER, however, she doesn't have a single clue, and she fits into that catagory of people that think you can't lift weights unless you're already huge. and that was my point...why do people think you have to be huge in order to workout?

 

[guldukat]

Dude...I've got to ask, why are you bothering to talk to your neighbor at all?

If you already know she's stupid (and doesn't sound very charming, to boot), avoid her. You don't need the strife.

Besideswhich, I doubt her glorious boyfriend came out of the chute weighing over 230. He sounds alright, but he's still attached to this "white trash" neighbor either way. Contact with him means you're just that much more likely to run into the stupid woman you dislike.

 

[b fold the truth]

maybe i wasn't clear enough in that post. this wasn't HIM that was tossing the idiocy. it was HER. she doesn't weight train. she does 12oz curls and screams at her kids. that's about all she does. HE is willing to talk routines all the time. obviously, what he's done so far, he has done right. i have taken tips and pointers from him when discussing my routine, and he was taking some pointers from me when it came to my leg routine. yeah, i may not be bigger than him, but i do have the better leg routine that's going to give me more in the long run than his will, and he openly acknowledged that. HER, however, she doesn't have a single clue, and she fits into that catagory of people that think you can't lift weights unless you're already huge. and that was my point...why do people think you have to be huge in order to workout?

I was discussing this with Cuthbert the last time he was here to train. So many times it is the 'friends' of fellow competitors which fire my attitude up towards them. It is rarely the athlete which claims to know it all, it is normally thier friends and/or family.

If they don't have a clue...don't pay them any attention. Try to explain it once or twice...then let them alone.

B True

 

[Buddy_Christ]

Gludukat - you're right, i can't stand her at all. but it so happens that i see her in passing more often than i see him. i don't care to talk to her at all, but the boyfriend is pretty cool to talk to, and sometimes i gotta pass messages through her. i really don't have many friends around here (cause most people in the area are just like her), so for me to find someone in my neighborhood that i can actually talk to and hold an intelligent conversation is nice. eventually he's gonna ditch her, cause she's an idiot.

 

[breathinbleedout]

See you have to deal trash with trash. Meaning if she pull out that white trash attitude on you, you got to pull out some getto black trash attitude on her ass. Next time she is talking shit, just shove your hand on her face and say:
Talk to the hand cause the face ain't listening.