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08-27-21 01:44 PM - Post#912872
The problem is that people confuse tools with sports.
Weights are a tool. Powerlifting, bodybuilding, all the rest, are sports.
Sports are their own goal. But if employing weights, running, or whatever as a tool, one needs to clarify their own goal or standards. But that’s not easy, because developing your own goal or standards is a solo endeavor, and the tribal call of a sporting community is more enticing for most. The implicit goal isn’t self-development there, but being part of a community of people who model a way of living.
I watch these powerlifters in my gym. They’re cartoon characters, eating chalk, chilling in lawn chairs for 15 minutes between sets, and not a one of them is sniffing any higher than 40% of a world record. But they love it. It’s a hobby. A collective identity. That’s fine. Weights are the tool. The goal is implied. And for 99% of people, that’s enough. If anything, it’s probably more effective than hiring a personal trainer.
So, whatever man. We’ve all been idiots in the gym. The only real mistakes are giving up and thinking there’s one true “way.”
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