False Body Image
Posted by PhilifeApr 21
How Can You Be Sure What You're Looking At?
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The pages of health and fitness magazines and websites are typically graced with images of larger than life bodybuilders and impossibly perfect models.
But can you really trust what you see.
Most professional athletes, fitness models, bodybuilders start of with superior genetics to make it to the top of their respective field. But it doesn’t stop there.
The images you see are typically shot by a professional photographer and then touched up and worked on for hours by a professional editor before it ever makes it to print.
The point is you can’t use an image in a magazine as a goal for your body.
If you’re looking to make a change in the look of your body you can only compare yourself with yourself.
In todays podcast we’ll discuss the various things a model will do to get ready for a photoshoot and why it’s not a realistic ideal for any of us to be shooting for, unless of course we’re prepared to do exactly as the models have.
John
8 comments
Comment by Josh B on April 21, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I googled bodybuilder off season pics and found this link:
http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/bodybuilding-gossip/59805-lee-priest-off-inn-season-pics.html
I see LOTS of guys at the gym that look just like this. Big, but fat fat fat. I can’t imagine all the drugs he must have had to take to get ready for competitions
Comment by Andrew I on April 21, 2010 at 6:53 pm
This is my favourite off-season bodybuilder pic of 2 well known BBr’s
http://www.laganafitness.com/blog/uploaded_images/Dorian-Yates-Steroids-789479.jpg
MAD!
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Comment by alex on April 22, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Most of the sites where they promise results in 6 weeks or less they photoshop them self with hours.When you see them in real life they look pretty much average.
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Comment by Greg on May 15, 2010 at 11:12 am
She looks much better in the before pick, but I get your point.
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