please read, especially newbies...

[BigDogg]

hey, i just wanna say something real quick. I've come across a few questions from people tonight, that desperately need help with their routines, and so forth. Honestly, some of the answers these questions get in return really tend to piss me off. I say if you are a newbie(2 or less years of training and knowledge, or under 16 years old), you cannot offer much valuable advice. Bodybuilding is not something that you can just assume answers to. It takes years of training to find what works best to progress and get bigger. Therefore, if you are a newbie(according to my guidelines stated above), it is my opinion that you should shut da hell up and listen to what the big boys have to say before you go around giving dumbbass answers like i've seen repeatedly tonight. So get some training under your belt, learn, and you too can be one of the big boys THANK YOU, and have a wonderful night.

 

[Phemomena]

just a suggestion

It may help these "newbies" if you correct them when you think they are giving incorrect advice... how are they really going to learn if no one specifically helps them?

also remember that everyone has their own opinions on how to do things, and just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean that they are necessarily wrong... more than one way to skin a cat, ya know! (i hate that expression, but may apply here). AND hopefully no one reading these posts are taking every single word of every single person as gold...

take some time to help the thread starter as well as the person you feel is giving bad advice, everyone wins in that situation (or ya could just keep your mouth shut and deal with the 'dumbass answers' )

just a suggestion, trying to make this a better place for all of us...

 

[Abbaddon]

ok the real deal phemomena, bad advice can actually hurt someone. A 16 year old kid offering advice to someone is not a good idea no offense to the 16 year olds but you dont know shit yet. Now you do need to understand that some people come here because they just got their gym membership for the first time and need advice on what to do there. Someone can give them advice like....I just hurt my back and I have scoliosis what should I do..... the answer keep lifting it will pass. There was a post not too long ago that pretty much went that way. That could cripple someone. I will be the first person to tell a person to see a doctor and I have been training for 12 years. Bad advice could actually cripple someone. Giving advice on putting metal plates over your body should be taken seriously and only by those that have the experience and knowledge to do so. So I agree Newbies just listen and learn.

 

[BigDogg]

Re: just a suggestion

just a suggestion, trying to make this a better place for all of us...

You have to understand that a lot of people come here for help, and expect honest, correct answers. I can tell you right now that not one person on this board wants an answer from a newbie that probably hasnt even been training longer than the person asking the question.

I'm trying to make this a better place as well, and some more educated answers couldnt hurt either. ... peace

 

[BigDogg]

Someone can give them advice like....I just hurt my back and I have scoliosis what should I do..... the answer keep lifting it will pass. There was a post not too long ago that pretty much went that way. That could cripple someone. I will be the first person to tell a person to see a doctor and I have been training for 12 years

That would be my topic from a while back.. Damn... good call brotha And btw, i'm feelin pretty damn good now after that, still a little tight on the lower back, but not bad. Thanks for backin me up

 

[Abbaddon]

hey bro glad to hear your doing well and I hope you took my professional advice as a certified trainer and talked to you doctor instead of doing what that idiot told you and kept going without talking to him.

 

[Phemomena]

i couldn't agree more with both of you...

i know its frustrating, such is the way with these types of boards, but we're all trying to help each other... soooo if you see bad advise, call it out!!!! definately all the way... make sure that the poster knows that what they are saying is dangerous, harmful or not appropriate to the situation...

most newbies will just post and repost the same stuff time and time again until someone tells them that they are wrong... i mean we can't stop them from posting (regardless of how much you'd want to ), but we can help them give the right advice... and hopefully practise what they preach...

sooo... all i'm saying is call 'em out when you see 'em... as much as you don't like it, they're here and they aint going to change unless someone guides 'em... (and they are usually the ones that'll listen... its the old stubborn ones that are set in their ways that ya gotta really worry about!)

have a good nite guys...

 

[The mann]

i have also been lifting for 11 yrs straight and if i may.............i think you are all right ,because big dogg and abbaddon want people giving the right advice,not repeating things without facts, and phemomena is looking to keep it real,which is also awesome. people like you make this board great...so thank all of you

 

[6(SIC)6]

I'm a newbie and i'd just like to let you all know that i certainly wont be giving anyone any advice on something i know nothing about, thats just stupid.

As for Guitar playing, anyone want any help i'm all ears

 

[Drigo]

BigDogg,

I couldn't agree more. I too have been lifting for 15 years, and have a few certifications and I'm a trainer. But at the age of 16 I didn't know a damn thing and would never give advice to a seasoned lifer.Although I would challenge answers to some of the questions I asked, thats how I learned and grew and eventually made it my career.

-E