Jodie Marsh - Bodybuilder

indeed i do understand the 24/7 mentality, with no doubt thats whats required. I'm just looking at my own set up and schedule and figure work is the biggest block of time, and junior is the next biggest and if i scrap those 2 i could achive...well anything really , i'd be willing to give up work, but not junior!!

Fair play to Jodie,ive got respect for her.I remember i was dieting for a holiday,just cut out carbs and limited calories and was ready to loaf anyone that said Hi.I can only imagine the disclipine and mental fortitude to workout intensely AND limit calorie intake.......for weeks/months on end.

And all the haters that say she looks bad..STFU! theyre the same knobs that fall out of coppers at 3am with a 3 eyed 17 stone heffer.

Watched this a while ago. She seems to have a tv crew with her, so I'm wondering if she did a doc on her prep coming up to that contest.

O.P.H wrote: »

That's why for the life of me I just don't get the attraction with competitive bodybuilding. I've seen a lot of bodybuilder doc's and the one thing I find in common with them is the hardship of the lifestyle and all for what, a "sport" that has no recognition in comparison to popular sports, in fact I would assume that the majority of people think bodybuilders are kinda odd tbh, the men become almost disabled at heavyweight size and the women look like men, and to achieve all this you have to live like a reclusive robot. At least with more mainstream sports the hard dedication is rewarded by public recognition and adulation and they are generally fun as well. I just don't get it, like I will commend the effort without doubt but baffled by the motivation.

Well its just like anything really. People find something they really really like.
Then they decide they want to be the best at and consider anything else less than being the best as failure. They get the recognition from the people who are into bodybuilding which are probably the only people they care about.

I get what you mean though, a momentus effort for little rewards.

O.P.H wrote: »

That's why for the life of me I just don't get the attraction with competitive bodybuilding.

You can see the appeal for Marsh though.
I'll start of with a disclaimer and say I have the utmost repsect for the sheer work and committment that it takes to make it as a bodybuider.
But there is no denying that narcissism and obsessiveness are two 'qualities' that are required and that suits Jodie March to. the. ground.
Best of luck to her. At least she now has some credibility backing up her cries for attention as opposed to her previous strategy of - get your tits out for the lads.

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

She was just on This Morning there talking about her training and her new show "Brawn In The USA". She's a much more likeable person than she was a few years ago. Seems really genuine. Fair play.

Agreed. I didn't see the show but I follow her on twitter, she seems okay now compared to a few years ago.

just watched the show. Was very interesting, she showed serious dedication, fair play to her.

Wouldn't have been a fan before watching the show tonight but she came across very normal, worked hard, ate right and got her rewards. Very happy for her have to say

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked.

Another thing, I was more impressed with the media coverage of her before the show. Thought she was a bit moany for someone who had no other job to do, but to train for a show and who had 2 personal trainers helping her. Like, aside from her moaning she actually argued and didn't follow her trainers instructions...I lost a bit of respect for her for those aspects.

Glitter wrote: »

Just out of curiosity - why does she need the tan to be so dark that it hides / semi-covers up her tattoos for competitions? Is ink frowned up in Body Building comps?

They mentioned in the show that she'd be docked marks if any of her tatoos were visible

O.P.H wrote: »

Ah to be fair you can totally understand how people not into bodybuilding etc could look at her and female bodybuilders alike with that opinion. They are changing their bodies to the point where they look more like men than women sure and for a lot of people thats weird and falls into the area of obsessiveness or body dismorphia etc. And I'm all for praising dedication but just because someone is dedicated and works crazy hard dosent mean I'm gonna be amazed or anythin, its all relative to what it is they are dedicated too, and if the thing they are dedicated to is something you think is odd then you're not really gonna be like full of praise etc, like what about a chess champion who spends all his time looking at chess board or thing about chess, you're probly gonna say he's weird and not that "omg he's so dedicated", its all relative.

The thing is, had the programme been about a chess player ...1. I wouldn't have bothered sitting through an hour long show about something I'd no interest in and 2. I would of thought..whatever floats your boat...and that'd be the end of my thoughts on the matter.

What I'm saying is, my friends were absolutely revolted by her transformation and thought that she was sick for ever considering something like it. When I'd mentioned that she was extremely dehydrated on stage and would soften up a bit in a day they were still overly disgusted. More so at the idea of letting people score you based on your appearance. Although I understand were they were coming from I was just a little surprised at the narrowmindedness.

TBH..the idea of bodybuilding kinda freaks me out a bit. I've read far too many blogs at this stage from female competitors who end up with serious body image issues after training for a show like that. It just seems a pity that they trained hard, competed at their best and then ended up with negative results (re: body image).

gymfreak wrote: »

They mentioned in the show that she'd be docked marks if any of her tatoos were visible

Weirdness! Why on earth would they dock a girl marks for having tats?
Does the same apply to blokes?

gymfreak wrote: »

I watched the show last night with friends. And I was quite surprised at how negative my friends' reactions to her were. I was trying to plead the case of how hard she'd trained, dieted for the contest and I thought she really looked great/impressive. (NB..great for a bb show..but not 'great' in terms of how I'd like to look appearance wise). But my friends' had really negative views on the idea of girls bodybuilding..I was actually shocked.

I had a similar conversation with work colleagues and had the same reaction.
I think if bodybuilding was purely natural and there was none of the ronseal fake tan malarkey it wouldn't be considered as grotesque by the public.

Dr.Tom wrote: »

I watched it last night with my girlfriend and her opinion of Jodie changed a lot as we both watched her first show and last nights new show. My missus always referred to her as a bit of a "gowl" but now she has total respect for her and understands the amount of hard work and dedication she put into getting where she is today plus the fact she comes across as a totally different person to the one she was at the height of her glamour modeling career a few years back as well as looking a lot hotter (minus the ronseal of course). Strange thing is though my girlfriend found Carmen Knights a total turn-off

I'm not going to lie, I thought Carmen looked a wee bit 'butch' myself. Her arms lacked any definition, they just looked bulky. I'd say she's trying to add muscle mass at the moment or something.

gymfreak wrote: »

I'm not going to lie, I thought Carmen looked a wee bit 'butch' myself. Her arms lacked any definition, they just looked bulky. I'd say she's trying to add muscle mass at the moment or something.

Your probably right but in fairness Carmen does look well when she is in or around competition time/weight :cool:

So are 'natural' body builders also taking something??? There's alot of them who look in no way 100% natural i'm just not that up to speed on this type of thing