Creatine Found to Boost Brainpower 531
Eric Ass Raymond writes "According to this BBC article, researchers from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University in Australia have found that the dietary supplement creatine - a natural compound found in muscle tissue - can improve not only your athletic performance, but also your intelligence and memory. One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour."
body odor? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:body odor? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:body odor? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:body odor? (Score:4, Insightful)
I don't want to insult anyone, but for me it's far more likely that lack of creatine (= vegetarian diet) is causing redused brain abilities than Creatine boosting brain power.
Seems more logical to me. They should have had test-groups various levels of Creatin doses, I would bet that only the lowest levels have a reduced intelligence while the rest is average.
Re:body odor? (Score:4, Funny)
I would bet that only the lowest levels have a reduced intelligence while the rest is average.
Did you have some creatine between sentences?
Vegetarianism doesn't reduce brain function at all (Score:4, Informative)
Doubtful. I've been a strict vegetarian since 1986, and a quasi-vegetarian for several years before that. I did not notice any coincident deterioration in memory function; I'd say if you want to preserve your memory function, the important thing is to avoid smoking too much weed - not take some weird, overpriced pills.
It's also interesting to note that India, a largely vegetarian nation, appears to be relatively geek-rich [slashdot.org].
Oh, and there are plenty of brilliant vegetarians to hold up as examples, from Pythagoras and Plato to Tolstoy and Einstein.
Re:Vegetarianism doesn't reduce brain function at (Score:4, Informative)
Most people can make their own creatine from other amino acids in the diet; creatine is non-essential. So, it is not really possible to be creatine-deficient unless you have an absorption/anabolism deficiency in respect to creatine. If you don't consume enough creatine over a period of time, normal people will make their own.
Note on India (Score:3, Interesting)
Because of this, there is a scary increase in heart disease amongst Indians that are adopting this more 'western' diet. It would be interesting to see how the plot would look if you tracked rise of tech jobs versus meat consumption. Per
Re:body odor? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:body odor? (Score:4, Funny)
StrongBad? Is that you posting?
Re:body odor? (Score:3, Funny)
It could be
"You smell funny", and by simply applying the correct amount of deo etc. you would be fine.
Or is this
"You smell like a skunk being run over by a fertilizer truck next to a wood pulp factory !!"
In which case perhaps an extended stay indoors is the order of the day ??
Re:body odor? (Score:4, Funny)
From: Jasper Spaans [email blocked]
To: Linus Torvalds
Cc: Body Odour Mailing List
Subject: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'odour' to 'odor'
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2003 20:00:32 +0200
Hello,
This patch is a followup to creatine changeset 1.1046.1.459, which changes all instances of 'body odour' to 'body odor'.
Re:What? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:body odor? (Score:5, Informative)
To counteract the foul stench caused by metabolizing creatine, take chlorophyll which is available at your local health food store. Chlorophyll is a natural internal deodorant that assists in destroying the stinky metabolites produced in our bodies, including bad breath. It does this through the chemistry of porphyrins, which are known to be very reactive when they are de-metalated (removing magnesium or copper from the porphyrin metal center in the case of chlorophyll).
On a somewhat related note, when you bruise your skin and observe yellow/brown/blue colorations in the area of the injury site, the hemoglobin (a porphyrin with iron in the metal center) is being broken down into the components of bile, which are those colors mentioned. In fact, some medications have porphyrins in them, so don't get exposed to direct sunlight when taking these meds, as de-metalated porphyrins break down into radicals upon exposure to UV radiation. This is why they are also used as insecticides.
Re:body odor? (Score:5, Funny)
Can I get a peer-reviewed reference to this claim? (Score:3, Informative)
The fad ended when it was pointed out that goats practically live on chlorophyll, but they still stink.
They don't mean B.O.! (Score:3, Funny)
Insta-Geek! (Score:3, Funny)
Try Insta-Geek today!
*Not guaranteed to bestow knowledge of kernel hacking.
**Not responsible for any resulting physical abuse.
In other news... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:In other news... (Score:5, Informative)
Besides, people have been experimenting with the various "smart drugs" [erowid.org] for years and years, and the various academic testing boards couldn't care less. I don't think amount or type of chemical assitance could realiably provide an increase in the reasoning skills these exams test.
Arnold for Governor! (Score:4, Funny)
And maybe the "unpleasant body odour" will help him with his "clean out Sacremento" campaign...
Re:Arnold for Governor! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Arnold for Governor! (Score:4, Funny)
I predict... (Score:3, Funny)
Odour or Odor? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Odour or Odor? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Odour or Odor? (Score:5, Funny)
maybe we should ask Linus what HE feels is the correct spelling....
Odour (Score:2)
Rus
Re: Odour (Score:5, Funny)
> So I can intelligent and smell or stupid and smell nice. Ho hum life is full of hard decisions.
To paraphrase an old saw, "strong, intelligent, sweet-smelling: choose two".
I can't imagine how dumb they were before.. (Score:4, Funny)
Must resist... (Score:2)
Can't.
And that would be different from your sweaty unbathed basement-dwelling sysadmin how?
Nothing new (Score:2)
"Improve [...] your intelligence and memory. One of the side effects, however, is an unpleasant body odour."
This is how the slashdot geeks have been for ages!
That reminds me. (Score:5, Funny)
Re: That reminds me. (Score:5, Funny)
> Some TV show or something did a poll catering to women. They asked them, "If there were a pill that made your ass bigger, but made you way smarter, would you take it?
If you took it as a suppository, would it make you a big-headded smartass?
Re:That reminds me. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:That reminds me. (Score:2)
Yes, but... (Score:4, Interesting)
I can't understand how they all fell under this "MUST HAVE TINY ASS" spell. Is it just massive amounts of bizarre social conditioning? Do the vast majority of women suffer from some kind of targeted body dysmorphic disorder? What?
Re:Yes, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Yes, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, in fact. Americans want big breasts and small assess. Brazilians want the opposite -- down there they actually have silicone injections in their butts.
It's funny how different cultures focus on different things. Philosophically, I prefer the US version: focus on what food (life) comes from, instead of what waste (death) comes from.
Re:That reminds me. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:That reminds me. (Score:3, Funny)
As long as that is length and not width.
Maybe, (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That reminds me. (Score:3, Funny)
However, please note the reverse is not true (Score:5, Funny)
Just because you stink, it doesn't mean you're clever!
Re:However, please note the reverse is not true (Score:5, Funny)
You are correct, sir. All of the (20+ so far) "smelly nerd" jokes stink, and none are clever.
Soko
hmm.. (Score:2)
Next, they'll attribute not washing an even greater intelligence.
Then a smelly crotch will be sign of superior sex potential.
Finally, a whole bunch of stinking geeks will be a beawolf cluster of superbrains...
Re:hmm.. (Score:2)
--RJ
perpetuating the myth (Score:3, Funny)
It would be fun to be a buff geek though. "You talkin' to me?"
"poindextrose" (Score:5, Funny)
So eating more meat would improve my memory? (Score:2, Interesting)
Does anyone have any evidence proving this assertion? I would also like to know what the effects are, ie. If I eat a burger at lunch will I be more productive and smarter after lunch? Also any ideas about the creatine found in different types of meat? (fish, pork, etc) I have read many places that fish is good brain food, ma
Re:So eating more meat would improve my memory? (Score:3, Interesting)
It's also worth mentioning that you can synthesize creatine in your own body, so it's not like anyone is running around with zero creatine.
Weee! (Score:3, Insightful)
Sensationalism (Score:5, Insightful)
What annoys me about these stories is that they are always based on small (eg 45) groups and they basically amount to pseudoscience and they give a bad view of the scientific community in general.
For example, how many times have you read stories about either possible cures or causes of cancer? Journalists should stop coming out with this crap and cover real scientific stories.
Re:Sensationalism (Score:5, Insightful)
There are other issues. Because Creatine occurs naturally in meat, they used only vegetarians in the study. While I understand their motive to reduce unknown variables in the active agent, it still boils down to using a non-typical population for the sample. Is there an impact? Who knows, unless you go the full distance, using a general population and finding some way to meter and account for their meat intake. Suffice to say, a lot of preliminary studies run afoul of the sample population they use - claims for particular foods made on the basis of a genetically discrete population's traditional diet is the classic example. Is it the diet or their genes creating the particular effect? You don't know until you test a general population.
This isn't to say this is bad science. It's just very preliminary. Unfortunately, the media judges the newsworthiness of science by how interesting, not how significant or reliable, they think the results are.
Dangerous (Score:3, Informative)
The End of Dumb Jocks? (Score:3, Funny)
Hair changes too... (Score:2)
Kids these days (Score:2)
I worked my ass off in University, and never took any sort of miracle Ginseng anything. I work my ass off to keep from getting the office chair ass, too. I do not take anything like this. What happened to hard work? Why does everybody need the "magic pill?" Drugs are for the sick and injured, not the lazy and impatient.
end rant
Re:Kids these days (Score:5, Insightful)
What you're saying is similar to dismissing cars, trains and bicycles because" they're for the sick and injured not for the lazy and impatient - just walk to work like the God intended."
Re:Kids these days (Score:4, Insightful)
You worked your ass off in school but didn't learn that some are NATURALLY smarter than others? All the time with the books but didn't pay attention to others to notice some are more adept at logic, music, art, athletics, etc.*? That it can take someone hours more to grasp the same concepts as someone else? Maybe some people are tired of being genetically disadvantaged in academics or arts?
You also need to learn that hard work without spending the time correctly slows progress. What's the problem with boosting intelligence so the effort is put to better use?
Life is also about a lot of luck. And if some are luckier than others, what's wrong with trying to spread the wealth? But I'm still quite skeptical of their claims...
*These are still broad categories. There are many aspects to intelligence and this is a simplification.
Doesn't anyone believe in character anymore? (Score:3, Insightful)
But let's suppose that some drug is created that improves you significantly across the board. You grow up performing just as well as the other kids, all taking the drug and all conquering math, music, and language with ease. You've reached adulthood without any physical, mental, or, lucky you, emotional inequalities, inadequacies, or setbacks-- what happe
What's that smell? (Score:2)
Sshhh... All the coders are at work...
Obviously... (Score:2)
It seems the athletic thing didn't work too well for him though.
Take Niacin (Score:4, Informative)
A much cheaper way to boost your brain power is to take Niacin (not Niacinamide). Many people notice that their mental clarity is remarkably better when they have had 500 milligrams of Niacin.
Take Niacin only after meals to avoid skin flushing (redness and tingling which lasts about 15 minutes), and only with an equal quantity of Vitamin C.
There are flush-free Niacin compounds and timed-release versions on the market of varying quality in their ability to prevent flushing.
Niacin is a vitamin, so it is completely safe.
Re:Take Niacin (Score:5, Funny)
Sure... Mercury is a natural mineral, so it is also completely safe to injest.
Re:Take Niacin (Score:5, Informative)
High intakes of niacin can cause:
Liver Damage
Severe Gastrointestinal Problems
Moderate doses of niacin are excreted in our urine and so cause no harm. However, high doses of the vitamin used for treatment of diseases may expand the blood vessels, thereby resulting in rashes, itching and headaches. The condition may arise in connection with doses of only 10 mg, especially when they are taken on an empty stomach. The reaction can be unpleasant, but is otherwise harmless.
High doses of niacin, more than 1,000 mg per day, consumed over a long period of time, are believed to produce side-effects like indigestion, stomach ulcers, liver problems and elevated blood concentration of uric acid and glucose. Most side-effects have been reported to arise in connection with daily doses in excess of 2,000 mg. Doses of less than 500 mg are generally considered harmless.
Oh, great.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Look, the food supplements industry is not well regulated and thus the ingredients or amounts of active compounds in each of these supplements is not always known.
Re:You mean Mad Cow right? (Score:3, Informative)
Hrmmm. Disclaimer: yes, I am a neuroscientist.
Spongeoform encephalopathies (including Mad Cow disease) result, it is thought, from prions which, when present, can be found in large concentrations in nervous tissue (including the pineal gland which is located in the center of the mammalian brain). The problem with prion disorders is that they spread via contact (via touch and transfection or consumption of tissue containing them) and it is very hard to "di
creatine in meat (Score:2)
Gives a new weight to me saying that being a vegetarian is dumb.
Not Really (Score:4, Informative)
Perhaps I Should Try It? (Score:2)
So, ummm.... (Score:2)
smelling the future (Score:5, Informative)
ugh, double the odor issues.
I agree (Score:2)
I am a machine compared to where I was a year ago. My mood paterns have became much less eratic, I need less sleep, and my grades are much better. Last summer I might have read two books, and so far this summer I have tough
unpleasant odor in VICINITY of taker (Score:2)
creatine can do funny things to a persons intestines if they don't drink enough water.
Editors on DMT (Score:2)
Accepting article submissions from a pretty obvious (and known) troll, now are we?
How long till the link redirects to goatse?
So... (Score:2)
Now the athletes will have strength AND intelligence.... what is a nerd to do?!
Creatine -- (Score:3, Informative)
Not one of the vital ones to life: ie, if you don't have it, your protiens will not all mis-fold / you will not degenerate into a corpse.
Having WAYYY too much Creatine will help fuel bacterial growth & whatnot. Still, Creatine is a neat fuel, the body likes having it in muscle to fuel short-term bursts of energy.
Interested in more about amino acids/proteins and what they can mean to you? Check out Folding@Home as mentioned on [stanford.edu] Slash_ [slashdot.org] _dot [slashdot.org]
And fold for team #93 [short-media.com]
How about us meat eaters? (Score:2)
Another Side Effect... (Score:2)
I've eaten of bunch of these (Score:3, Interesting)
Be careful about unproven herbal treatments. (Score:5, Informative)
See:
Shopper's Drug Mart herbal info on Creatine [healthgate.com]
Some snippets from this link:
Re:Be careful about unproven herbal treatments. (Score:4, Informative)
You already have about 120g stored in your body, a little more or less depending on your weight, conditioning, and diet. 95% or so is in your muscles, with the rest in your brain, heart and testicles (I wonder what the research says about the latter one
Creatine increases muscle size by supposedly pulling water into your muscles. And no, it will not happen without a good exercise program. Some claim water retention, but the retention happens in "all the right places". It also supposedly prevents the buildup of lactic acid in your muscles during strenous activity. Finally, it helps protein syntehsis.
If you take too much, it get peed away as creatinine.
Some chemical geek could probably explain the difference between the synthesized creatine (creatine monohydrate) and the one in your body (creatine phosphate)
I have taken creatine for a little while, and I didn't notice a bad body odor (maybe because I wash
Not real news (Score:5, Informative)
As a personal note, I've used creatine monohydrate [muscleandfitness.com] powder off and on for about a year. I noticed somewhat increased lifting performance, but along with it a somewhat increased thirst. Be sure to drink *lots* of water if you take creatine [absolute-creatine.com]. I didn't notice any difference between a creatine/glycogen stack (CELL-TECH [muscletech.com]) versus using a plain creatine monohydrate powder mixed in water, execpt the stacked product was much more expensive.
One thing to remember that merely taking a supplement (other than anabolic steriods) is not going to make you look like this guy [bodybuilding.com]. Athletic use of creatine delays the onset of muscle fatigue by enhancing the resynthesis of ATP from ADP and creatine phosphate. In other words, it allows you to do a little more work, a little faster than you could without it. It's a subtle, but measureable effect.
Exercise, sleep and diet make muscles, not pills. (Score:5, Informative)
People should understand that taking supplements doesn't gives you muscles. The only thing that increases muscle mass is your body repairing damaged muscle tissue. That's why you lift weights. If you've ever done bar-dips, you probably know the tingling feeling of micro-muscle tears. Supplements, steroids, it's all for the same purpose: to enable you to better wear out your muscles. Of course, people are always looking for shortcuts, often to their detriment (in the case of steroids), yet overlook some of the most basic and essential needs the body requires.
This is why sleep and diet are so crucial to muscle development. A proper diet, particularly one rich in protein, not only gives you the right building blocks for new muscle material, but also gives you energy when you're working out. Sleep is just as important, because it is during sleep (not during exercise) that your body repairs itself and rebuilds muscle. I've seen too many people work out every day, and then stay up late into the evening, complaining that they aren't seeing any results. They simply never give their body a chance to heal before they're breaking it down again in the gym.
Sorry for the fitness diatrabe, I just thought I'd add my two cents for anyone interested.
So what you're saying is... (Score:3)
Let's look at this for a moment.
By being smarter and having a better memory, I'll do better at work, and there by get a better/more raises with which to buy a bigger house, more geek toys, and possibly make me attractive to women, and the only drawback is I'll smell like ass.
I guess I can forget those penis enlargement pills I keep getting mail about and go with this.
With all that extra money I'll be making, I'll just spend a little of it on some cologne.
-Goran
Proper Supplementation (Score:3, Interesting)
Creatine does not provide strength the way steroids do, if you are looking for that kind of work out, I would suggest Andro supplements. IIRC, this is what Mark Maquire was taking that got him in trouble. The problem with Andro is that even though it is legal it has the same side effects as typical anabolic steroids (acne, shrinking testicles, etc.).
Creatine is a complex amino acid that gets called upon as your fast twitch muscle fibers get closer to failure. For people who lift, these are the portion of the muscle that will grow if exercised properly. Your muscle fibers are torn or damaged during the workout, and rebuilt over the next few days. Your body will re-build these muscles much stronger than before, and in most cases, larger than before. The critical phase of the workout is the tearing of the fibers. When your body is properly loaded with creatine, it will allow you to go a little further than normally possible to tear down more than normal, which is when you will benefit the most. Creatine is a tricky supplement though, it is difficult to get your body to deliver it on ingestion. I've heard many times that insulin has something to do with it and most supplements suggest ingesting it with a natural fruit drink (grape juice, etc.). and it also suggests a loading phase for a week where you are taking a ton of the stuff.
I have used creatine off and on for quite a while, and I can say that my strength is slightly improved during periods when taking it, but if you are looking for size, the protein supplements are more important. The BO part is hard for me to understand, since people are suggested to take creatine about 30 minutes before your workout. Doesn't everyone shower after their workout? This has always been my routine, maybe that's why I have never heard of the BO. To me the bigger problem has always been that protein rich foods, as well as the protein supplements, make your breath smell and give you gas.
I guess what I am saying is that there is no easy way to get fit and look good. And I also understand that it just isn't a priority to everyone. So be it, but don't give a half-assed try to some supplement and then bitch because it didn't work the way you wanted. The first thing people need to learn is that you need to get a good workout above all else. These supplements only work if you are already getting a good workout without them, they do not turn a bad workout into a good one, they only turn a good workout into a better one.
News flash: brainy geeks and jocks have BO! (Score:3, Funny)
How long did it take them to figure this out?
My own experience with creatine (Score:4, Informative)
It's interesting that the sub-headline of the article says "The dietary supplement creatine - known to improve athletic performance..."
I seem to recall seeing in the 1990s reports of studies showing that creatine did indeed improve athletic performance. My own experience was different.
In the mid-1990s, I was basically following the recommendations of the US government: loads of carbohydrates, reasonable quantities of protein, and very, very little fat. I avoided red meat and ate a lot more chicken and turkey breast meat.
I would go to the gym twice per week and train with high intensity. I discovered that even with the massive quantities of food I was eating and the decent amount of sleep I was getting (being a grad student at the time, I had a very flexible schedule... as a result, it was almost always possible to correct any sleep deficit with a nap), my body simply could not recuperate in less time.
The personal trainers at the gym had, I'm sure, the best intentions when they designed workout programs for me, but the problem is that the programs they designed would have been good for two types of person: the genetically gifted and users of 'roids (I don't think it's a coincidence that many personal trainers fit into one of these two categories). For a normal human being, it just isn't possible for the body to recover from three days of exercise in one day (they typically designed programs of the type "three days of training and one day of rest").
Anyway, since I wasn't eating red meat, I thought I could benefit from creatine supplementation. What did I find? Well, I can summarize it like this: if creatine were as effective as a bodybuilding supplement as it is as a laxative, I would be as big now as the next Governor of California.
In my experience, creatine just made my poop (much) softer and gave it a funny color. No, I don't make a habit of checking out the contents of the toilet, but the color was so weird it caught my eye and I started paying attention. I know this is disgusting, but I am simply telling a true story.
I eventually quit creatine and designed a workout program based on the book "Brawn," i.e., on lots of squats as the main exercise and on increasing the weight lifted each time at the gym, and focused on building strength, not size. I got a lot stronger, and I gained a significant amount of muscle weight.
In my experience, a good workout program that did not force overtraining (unlike most that personal trainers at gyms will create for you) and done with sufficient intensity (gawd how my thighs used to burn toward the end of a set of 20 squats with a bar 1.5 times the weight of my body) had a much greater effect on my strength than my use or non-use of creatine did.
In 2000, I came to the conclusion that it was kind of stupid for me to put so much effort into fighting nature. If my body were meant to be larger and more muscular, it would be that way naturally, without me having to destroy it every 3 or 4 days. I haven't done any weightlifting in years, and I haven't even thought about wasting money on creatine in several years.
FWIW, I don't remember feeling smarter during my experimentation with creatine. My immediate guess is that creatine is as effective as a "smart drug" as it is as a bodybuilding supplement, i.e., not very.
YMMV.
--Mark
it protects your brain too (Score:3, Interesting)
Taking creatine could prevent you from diminished mental capacity and memory problems after suffering some kind of accidental fall. The brain is quite a bit more soft and fragile [uams.edu] than most people like to believe. It usually makes people uncomfortable to realize that the brain has a consistency not unlike jello [mcphee.com], and that the neural (axonal) connections are surprisingly easy to disrupt permanently with a sudden deceleration or impact. It is also possible that minor shocks to the head can accumulate over the years resulting in subtly reduced memory abilities, although there is no direct evidence for this.
The title could not be any more wrong (Score:5, Informative)
A test is performed. One group has creatine in their diet, the other has none in their diet (vegetarians)
The result shows that "creatine good, no creatine bad."
The reporter then reports "more creatine better."
Besides the fact that there is absolutly no evidence whatsoever to back up that claim, the reporter also extrapolates the affect on vegetarians to non vegitarians. On top of that, a single study is taken as gospel.
What's the difference between a preliminary study and an old wive's tale? The old wive's tale has history behind it.
We already have those. (Score:3, Funny)
j/k. I used creatine for a while, and I never experience any unusual b/o. Of course I bathe daily and use deodorant, excercise, play hockey...
Perhaps it only happens if you're sedentary?
Re:We already have those. (Score:2, Funny)
Supergeeks - it's a frightening concept.
Re:Odour (Score:5, Funny)
Depends... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Heh (Score:5, Insightful)
Szo
Re:Other Side Affects (Score:5, Informative)
Anyone who told you they got those side effects from "using creatine" was bullshitting you. They were using some serious gear, not just creatine. In case you didn't know, it's actually quite difficult for most people to "look like a juicer" without some form of anabolic steroids or possibly a keen stack of prohormones. Natural body builders don't generally look like body builders, and they rarely compete, because they simply cannot pack on the muscle with the same ease of a hormonally-enhanced body builder. Creatine, while it does work, does not pack on the muscle like steriods do. If it did, it would be a controlled substance. Here comes the cluestick!
Re:Other Side Affects (Score:4, Informative)
"People who use creatine have problems with losing hair..."
I used creatine for a while. I have a lot of hair.... and it's still on my head.... and I grew it myself.
"...enlarged foreheads and impotence."
No. That does not occur from creatine.
"Basically, you can expect a number of the side affects that you would from using steroids-- you start to look like a "juicer"."
The only way you can look like a juicer is if you become a juicer. I don't know where you got your information, but I can assure you it's not the boyscouts.
Having used creatine on and off for the past 5 or so years, I can say that none of what this dude says is correct or accurate in any way. If anything, creatine can make you bloated IF you don't work out while using it. Also, some studies are linking creatine to increased rates of diabetes, and are finding that creatine might be taxing on the liver. And while using it, you have to drink more water (go to any nutrtion store and look at ANY of the creatine supplements and it will always say to drink moer water). Anyway, get a fucking clue.
Decreased risk of diabetes (Score:3, Informative)
A lot of studies show that creatine, in your post workout meal, increases the transport of glucose to your muscles, increasing glycogen retention in your muscles. Translation: good for you, stronger, faster recovery, decreased diabetes.
Re:Other Side Affects (Score:5, Funny)
You know, you start working out, and all of a sudden your standards go through the roof. The chicks around you aren't pretty enough... they're not fit enough... their boobs are "inferior". Jeez.