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So I’ve been involved in the sport of bodybuilding for well over 15 years from a professional journalist standpoint. By that I mean writing articles, covering bodybuilding shows, being a guest on shows that sort of thing. And in that time I’ve come to the realization that you have got to be able to accept criticism. Not only must you be able to accept it, you must expect it. And there is a lot of knowledge in that line and I for no point in time want you to think that I came up with it.
It is an observation made after many years doing this and it is if anything wisdom that I would like to impart on the next guy. Now that is me, a journalist, that is not me, a competitor, speaking to you. if you’re a competitor you have to be even more ready to accept criticism because of the fact that you’re competing in a subjective-based sport. It is almost nonsensical to get into bodybuilding expecting for everyone to like you and everyone to say what you want to hear when you want to hear it. That is just not how the cookie crumbles.
Now I understand I have been blocked by some of the biggest champions in the sport. I have been blocked by Phil Heath when he was at the height of his glory. I have been blocked by Nick Walker. I have been blocked by several bodybuilders that quite frankly just did not like what I had to say. I don’t think that I ever went out of my way to personally offend them, I just wrote what I believed.
If somebody came in to a competition off, I was going to write about it. If somebody had a belly that looked like they were pregnant, I was going to document it. The last thing I ever wanted to do when being a journalist was be some sort of a shill. And there are many shills in bodybuilding. Whether they do it because they want advertising money, maybe they want press passes, maybe they just want everyone to have a warm and fuzzy feeling whenever their name comes up. I have no idea what motivates them, but the last thing I ever wanted to do was write puff pieces.
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