CNN---pill to replace exercise???

[macbeth]

hi ladies, this is Ladymacbeth, and I'm chillin in the computer lab. I posted this article on the chat and conversation board too, just thought I'd see what ya thought. Crazy stuff!

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/11/couch.potato.pill.ap/index.html

 

[Arioch]

Oh, yay. I just more people would put half as much effort into training and diet as they did into finding a short cut.

 

[Gladiola]

Thanks for sharing that. I agree with Arioch's statement. I've said that about diet too - "If only ppl would pay as much attention to what they eat as analyzing & commenting on what *I* eat!"

But it sounds as though it could have some great implications for rehab or paralyzed ppl. Won't give the benefits of stronger bones, healthier heart, nor the stress relief of exercise.

 

[NY Muscle]

Im all for it.

If you are lazy and have no drive and want to take the pill..WHO CARES, go for it...I/we may call that person lazy and unmotivated, but who cares, let the lazy AND non lazy people take this and enjoy the benefits of it.

Everyone thinks this is a quick fix..um well..look here..

Steroids = bigger muscles, more strength, leaner body FASTER than being natural. aka QUICK FIX

Supplements (glutamine/creatine/etc = same as steroids gives you FASTER results. aka QUICK FIX

Fat burners (legal or illegal) = leaner/harder bodies FASTER, than if not taken aka QUICK FIX


So lets call a spade a spade here people....EVERYONE on here would like to use a shortcut and MANY if not all of us have...if you have used ANY of the drugs/supplments I listed above then you too are guilty of a quick fix.

EVERYBODY and their grandmother will be jumping on the opportunity to get their hands on this stuff if it really works and side effects are minimal...will make viagra seem like kids play in terms of demand for a drug.

Make no mistake im sure you still need to workout, I refuse to believe you can sit on ur ass and will be ripped and jacked...i think the drug will make gaining LBM and losing fat MUCH easier than if not taken, but their has to be some sort of excerise needed to see the benefits of this drug. and lets just dream for a second and say that you can take the pill, sit on your ass and be 3% body fat all year round and huge...YEAH AND?? is that gonna stop you people from taking it? HELLLL NO....is that a crime to want a quick fix? um NO..and all of you are guilty of quick fixes in one form or another...so no one should be throwing that 1st stone... im sick and tired of busting my ass over the years and still not close to my goal......if i can take a drug that will make my efforts that much more rewarding and noticeable (as everyone on here has done with juice and fatburners and supplements)..then damn...ill put my 401k $$ into purchasing this drug.

I think lazy and non lazy serious hardcore bodybuilders will be allover this drug, and rightly so. and us veteran/non lazy lifters on here can and should be able to talk as much shit and call as many people lazy and unmotivated as we want.....and then after we feel better after we have vented...then we too can take the drug...have a coke..and a smile...and shut the fuck up!

 

[NY Muscle]

I want to add one more thing

This reminds me of my old job...I was working there for a year or so, we had a few new employees, xmas time was coming up and I was involved in helping my boss decide how much of a bonus to give to the people who have been there for a while and helped make an impact on the business and for the people who are new to the company, who have only been there a few months...well after we got the bonuses, the new employees were bitching and moaning that they got less than us *veterans*...and just like with this drug...I (and many of you serious lifters on here who have been training like me since the age of 13) have put in my damn dues, and I deserve something like this ( bigger bonus than the others or in terms of this subject..a drug that will make it easier to change my body and reach my goal)


let me close with listing some more quick fixes we ALL commonly take.

Tylenol
Allergy medicne
Anit-inflammatories.
Head ache medicine
any type of cold and flu medicine.
Antibiotics
etc etc

Quick fixes is part of being american... we want it now....we want it yesterday..and we will do whatver takes or make whatver drug, to satisfy our needs.

Is that such a crime?

 

[MS]

Hehehehe, you forgot to mention all sorts of plastic surgery. Implants, liposuction, rib removal blah blah blah. Personally I don't mind a world full of jacked looking couch potatoes. All I know is that they'll never have as much fun as me out there enjoying all the hiking, climbing, skiing, etc.... that "earned" muscles, tendons, ligaments and cardio vascular fitness allows me to enjoy, not to mention the benefits to bone density and the immune system, psychological well being and personality development. If you add in the feeling of accomplishment that comes from goal settiing, hard work and 'knowing your body' that SteelWeaver wrote about recently, you'll find that these couch potatoes will be just as impoverished as they've always been. They'll just be less un-appealling to look at when they're lying on the beach, and that's gotta be good for everyone.

 

[NY Muscle]

Hehehehe, you forgot to mention all sorts of plastic surgery. Implants, liposuction, rib removal blah blah blah.

Excellent point!

 

[Spartacus]

yeah think of all those gals we see who have nice features,but butt fat and all...hot chicks will double in numbers..yeah so will the guys too,but I can handle looking at more thinner chicks...and still,like steroids and other supplements...this will probably ned up being a situation where you still have to do some movements and a modicum of exercise to really capitalize..guess i should go read the story now.....

 

[SteelWeaver]

, you'll find that these couch potatoes will be just as impoverished as they've always been. They'll just be less un-appealling to look at when they're lying on the beach, and that's gotta be good for everyone.

LMAO

Although, I don't think people will be strolling past on the beach sayin "poor thing!" heh heh.

 

[muskles]

damn, i was looking forward to all the perfect looking girls i went to highschool with getting ugly and fat with age while i know **secrets** they don't... oh well