Forum: Rants
Topic: Balley Fitness (commercials)
started by: CatKnight

Posted by CatKnight on May 01 2001,01:27
i hate those fucking commericals. they show 18 year old strippers with boob implants, super-models, and pr0nstars, dancing in nightclubish like settings to techno music. they advertise that you should join to gain self confidece, but what they are actually saying is that you need to be young with boob implants to be beautiful. fucking marketing crap. grr
Posted by Observer on May 01 2001,01:38
True enough, but I will say that a good bit of exercise does make one feel better. Why, just taking my bike over to someone's house can get me charged up. Quite a rush.

*NOTE* This message was not brought to you by Hans and Franz who are here to pump ::clap:: you up. I'm not a fitness nut, I just happen to really enjoy riding.

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Posted by solid on May 01 2001,02:33
I don't really know what I'm so deprived of, because not watching TV has benefits.. like more time on your hands to really do something as divine as:
Take a nap
Watch pr0n
Relax and mellow out in thoughts
Do yoga
Go to a fitness club (haha sorry im just messing around)
More detnet

As for balley fitness.. eh.. i dunno.. ive seen some of their commercials and it was just groups doing all these .. fitness stuff.. lotsa women sure but it didnt seem all that evident? but hey im sure balley fitness aint the worst of them.


Posted by CatKnight on May 01 2001,04:20
I agree solid. At school I hardly ever watch TV, but now I'm home with nothing else to do while waiting on my modem to download service packs and such.
Posted by PersonGuy on May 01 2001,13:52
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Originally posted by CatKnight:
what they are actually saying is that you need to be young with boob implants to be beautiful.

Don't give in and get implants Cat-man! Your boobs are fine the way they are!

BTW, this is on major reason why I like my job... I'm working out and THEY pay ME!

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Posted by Sithiee on May 01 2001,16:51
i like the commercials, if nothing else, at least theres some hot chicks
Posted by whiskey@throttle on May 01 2001,19:01
Would you sign up to a health club used fat, nasty chicks in their commercials?

Better yet, if you were a health club owner, would you advertise with fugly, obese models?

I can only imagine...


Posted by Chrissy on May 02 2001,01:28
I wish I was more health conscieous but my lifestyle sucks for it!
I finally quit smoking (yippy) and starting running again (gotta get back to that three miles a day shit that I was at last summer) Its hard though when you wake up at 6:30 every day and go to bed at 11:30 every night and when you come home you are mentally and physically exhusted! I need someone to give me an energy pill!

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Posted by CatKnight on May 03 2001,23:30
i have an energy rod. will that suffice?
Posted by porn_dealer on May 03 2001,23:45
quote:
Originally posted by Observer:
*NOTE* This message was not brought to you by Hans and Franz who are here to pump ::clap:: you up. I'm not a fitness nut, I just happen to really enjoy riding.

So do I, if you catch my flow!

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Posted by Observer on May 04 2001,01:08
I was wondering how long it would take someone to comment on my alternate meaning there.

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Posted by Ozymandias on May 06 2001,03:30
Well, since I'm already pissed off, and I've already posted once, I might as well get THIS rant out of my system while I'm venting...

I hate the idea that you have to be thin, muscular, and have some greek statue physique to be beautiful. I think that's bullshit. Personally, it makes ME feel uncomfortable that people try really really hard to look like some ideal that THEY sure didn't decide upon. I'm not saying we should all be 300 pound fatasses, but, come on! What's wrong with being a little overweight? It seems like these days, any word that has anything to do with being overweight (chubby, fat, etc.) brings immediate negative connotations to people's minds, which is pretty much wrong. My science teacher is (I hesitate to use the word fat, because even though she is, people think of it so negatively), she is very round (in her mid20s-early30s) and she is really cute. She's hot, and very untraditionally so. And I like that. She looks good without devoting a sizable amount of time to working out. I probably wouldn't even think she looked as good if she did.

I'm overweight (not much, but I have a very big frame to begin with so it makes me look pretty damn big), and you know what? I don't give a shit. I'm not about to go spend a lot of my time and energy to doing something so I'll look how OTHER people want me to. OTHER people think I should cut my hair, but fuck them. I look how I want to look. If I want to change something about myself, I'll change it. But I don't see any reason to exert myself doing something I don't want to to impress people I don't really like, when I'm already pretty comfortable in my body.

If someone needs to work out and make a huge effort to change how they look so they can feel more confident in themselves, then by all means, but... Why should someone have to conforming to someone ELSE'S idea of good looking to feel confident? I mean, they only think of that as good-looking because that's what they've been told is good looking. And even so, that's only ONE way of being more confident, and not even the best way. They're trying to gain confidence by doing something purely superficial when the truth is, they were probably very good-looking to begin with.

There ARE cases where people need to lose weight, don't get me wrong...But there is a difference between overweight and obese. Obese people are not only unattractive but unhealthy as well. Overweight people can still be very good-looking and healthy. Fuck, I'm 225 pounds, but I'm also pretty tall, still growing, and have a naturally big frame, so considering all those factors, I'm not as overweight as it would seem. And I'm pretty healthy. So I can't fucking run laps for an hour and do ninja-flips, I'm not in danger of dying of a heart attack at 30. I think I'd rather be fat, lazy and pretty much content with how I look then be constantly active, and ripped, but only like that because I have no confidence in my appearance.

This has gone on way too long, but I've been wanting to get this out for a while, and haven't had anywhere to do so.


Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on May 10 2001,12:11
I like the comercial...especially during my "personal" time..... huh huhu uh huh huh.. shake em baby.... can you make em point for me....yeahh...thats right ....jump up and down...

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Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on May 10 2001,12:12
quote:
Originally posted by CatKnight:
i have an energy rod. will that suffice?

You can have his rod or my pole.....Both will get you hot and sweaty.....

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