I’ve talked about this kinda thing before, but it floors me how much certain circles in the fitness industry like to separate themselves from each other.
You know – powerlifters don’t like olympic lifters, and they don’t like strongman competitors, and nobody likes bodybuilders…etc.
It’s all stupid.
They all walk around with some sorta “I’m better than you” wannabe mojo going on, as if the way they train is the only way you *should* train. Worse than that, they look down on all the other training disciplines…like those kinda workouts or goals are “beneath” them.
This is *ESPECIALLY* true of bodybuilding. Man, you don’t hear more crude comments than you do about bodybuilders or how bodybuilders train.
And the funny thing is, is that all the guys talking smack not only never look as good, but they always say they don’t care. “It doesn’t matter how I look, as long as I can (insert activity here).”
I’m here to tell you that they’re full of shit.
EVERYBODY cares about how they look. If you didn’t, you would never own a mirror, care about how you dress, or brush your hair. Oh yeah, you can do that before you walk out the door so you don’t look like a total schmuck, but doing a workout that helps you look good somehow now makes you a sissy.
Get the hell outta here with that.
We all wanna look good – and there’s nothing wrong with that. Don’t let anybody tell you any different. I’m not saying you should care about looks in place of what you can do – form always follows function.
Listen, trainers and coaches (at least the ones worth a damn) have realized for YEARS that looking good can make you feel good, and when you feel good, you perform even better.
(I tell a couple quick stories about that HERE.)
We all know how important it is for your workouts to make you bigger, stronger, faster, more explosive, help you build better cardio, more endurance, higher levels of work capacity, and more.
But, if you can do all that, *and* get yourself looking better (which raises self-confidence, self-assurance, ‘swagger’, and more), then wouldn’t you wanna do that, too?
Damn right you would.