The Bodybuilding Forum, one of the earliest fitness online communities, was shut down recently. It's incredible looking back on it, such a wild snapshot of the recent past before the cultural revolutions that made today's clown world. Here's a thread of my favorite posts:
1. The Dreamer Bulk. A 17-year-old kid in 2007 decided to "bulk up" and posted his routine/diet. He received so much ridicule he left the forum. The term "Dreamer Bulk" (getting fat under the pretense of bulking) came from this.
This was considered an insane, comical diet back in 2007. Today a significant % of Americans eat like this without any specified goal.
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2. Another hall of famer: bodybuilders arguing about how many days are in a week. You used to encounter guys like this once in a lifetime and tell all your friends about it repeatedly. You now see people on X like this every day.
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3. Operation Ghost Bulk: guy predicts girlfriend is going to break up with him. He switches her protein powder for weight gainer to sabotage her. (can't find original thread)
4. Bodybuilder complains to forum that he can't fit pizza box in his fridge. He and many in the thread are genuinely invested in solving this critical problem.
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5. Another thread I can't find: man wonders if he can make twice the amount of gains if he doubles his sleep. Hibernation Maxxing.
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