The general populace are idiots, and will continue to believe the stereotypes until they actually get under a barbell. Its as much the belief that as soon as you start weightlifting you become some bulky muscle-meathead.
Till then they will continue to flock to machine workouts, shitty tafe qualified personal trainers, do endless cardio and seek to get toned.
Even those in the fitness industry still have no idea. This is from another forum. Mind you, he is a young kid although believes he knows everything.
DREADLIFT, on 05 May 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:
Do you even lift.
no i don't lift, i am not a weight lifter i am just looking to get very fit. I guess you could say i am an aspiring body builder. But i don't want to get ridiculously big i want the fitness look.
If you don't know the difference watch this video mate.
Pretty sure argueably some of the fittest people on the planet (Rich Froning, Graham Holmberg etc. Crossfit games winners) incoroporate a fair amount of weightlifting (although not to the extent of powerlifters, the top competitors is still substantial).
[My apologies for tainting this thread with the dreaded C word.]