Body Building Forum "Days In A Week" Dispute

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Body Building Forum "Days In A Week" Dispute refers to a viral debate that took place in 2008 on BodyBuilding.com, a website featuring editorial style content as well as a web forum where people discuss bodybuilding and fitness-related topics. After a user named m1ndless asked if he would see progress after doing a "full body workout every other day," various members of the forum began to argue whether this meant working out three times a week or four. The bodybuilding forum's "days in a week" dispute has made notable appearances in internet discourse in subsequent decades.

Origin

On May 17th, 2008, Body Building forum user "m1ndless" began a thread titled, "Full Body Workout Every Other Day?" The user asked others on the forum if it's safe and productive to do full-body workouts every other day due to time constraints. "m1ndless" received a response from "all pro" on May 17th that said that working out three times a week is fine (seen below).^[1]

Subsequent replies from other BodyBuilding forum users like "Josh" and "steviekm3" gave rise to debate about what working out "every other day" entailed, given that this could mean three or four workouts any given week.

The thread continued for five pages, devolving into name-calling and debates over rudimentary math (seen below).

$05-19-2008, 11:57 AM scrawny2studly Banned NO PROFLE ACTURE UPLOADED Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Hampton, New York, United States Age: 40 Posts: 1,894 Rep Power: 0 05-19-2008, 11:58 AM Orlando1234977 MAGA NO PHOTO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin, United States Posts: 13,834 Rep Power: 84420 Originally Posted by Justin-27 >> Valid points? What? That you don't like to hear someone say they train an AVERAGE of 3.5x a week? That was a numbskull reply on your part. Truth is, Orlando, myself, and a few others that have posted have been 2000% correct, and you and Josh have looked like effing morons. Who the f-- argues that you cannot start counting a split/routine on a day off? Or that it is impossible to average 3.5 workouts a week? Or that a 2 week period has to start on a Sunday, and end the next Sunday, the 15th day? You two are the goddam dumbest people to post on a internet forum, stfu and save what little grace you have left. #121 Shut the fucck up, punk. You're a dumb piece of ****. When you can't prove that I am wrong, you resort to personal attacks . Dumb, slow pos, fucckhead. Originally Posted by SmoovJ Why are you comparing percentage to frequency? .333 is %, 3.5 times is frequency. That doesn't make sense to me. I am not accusing anyone of being a troll. Call me one if you want but I've made valid points in all my posts in this thread. #122 Simply saying that %'s and fractions are used all the time and people can figure out what it implies. Instead of saying a guy's batting 112 for 448, they simply say he's batting .250 and nobody's saying, 'wait a second, you can't get a quarter of a hit??' If you'd rather say 7 out 14 days so that fractions or decimals aren't involved, no problem. Nobody will dispute that. But if you want it in terms of a week to compare against 3 or 4 times per week, then a decimal or fraction is necessary.$

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On January 4th, 2015, Redditor @bendigedigdyl posted a link to the debate to /r/funny^[2] with the title, "Bodybuilders argue over how many days there are in a week." The post gathered over 14,000 upvotes in eight years. Various Redditors recounted their favorite parts of the thread in the replies, as seen in a comment by /u/Cromar (seen below, left) and another by /u/75elky (seen below, right).

[-] Cromar 2017 points 8 years ago Most underrated post: Hai guys. Can you critique my new routine? Sun: Legs Mon: Chest/Tris Tues: Back/bis Wed: Shoulders Thurs: Legs Fri: Chest/Tris Sat: Back/bis Sun: Shoulders What I like about this routine is, that I get to work out 8 days each week. But, is this overtraining?? permalink source embed save save-RES report give award hide child comments [-] Hobson101 395 points 8 years ago This one's my favourite That's terrific you have alot of money. Can you lend me $800? I'll pay you back $100 every other day for 2 weeks. Sound cool? permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award hide child comments load more comments (3 replies) [-] legendoflink3 370 points 8 years ago Lol if "thejosh" read that i wonder if it would click in his brain. I feel like if this post didn't do it then oh man. Pray for him. permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award hide child comments

[-] 75elky 896 points 8 years ago Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Week 3 - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday Week 4 Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday Week 5 - Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday Week 6 - Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday F------ awesome. permalink source embed save save-RES report give award hide child comments [-] HelloKidney 396 points 8 years ago That killed me too. Clearly week 1 starts on Sunday, week 2 starts on Monday, week 3 starts on Tuesday and so on... You know, cuz... calendars. Yup. Four workouts per week. Duh, bruh. permalink source embed save save-RES parent report give award hide child comments

On June 19th, 2023, Twitter^[3] user @ScottWamplerRIP posted a tweet noting the dispute, gathering over 30,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Wampler™ @ScottWampler RIP After years of only hearing about it, I finally got my hands on the 5-page bodybuilding forum thread wherein a couple dudes get into a heated argument over how many days there are in a week and I am here to tell you that it is infinitely funnier than I even imagined it would be. 3:39 PM Jun 19, 2023 · 2.5M Views 2,655 Retweets 491 Quotes 30.4K Likes : 6,946 Bookmarks

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Body Building Forum "Days In ... Uploaded by sakshi	Body Building Forum "Days In ... Uploaded by sakshi	Body Building Forum "Days In ... Uploaded by sakshi	$05-19-2008, 11:57 AM scrawny2studly Banned NO PROFLE ACTURE UPLOADED Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Hampton, New York, United States Age: 40 Posts: 1,894 Rep Power: 0 05-19-2008, 11:58 AM Orlando1234977 MAGA NO PHOTO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin, United States Posts: 13,834 Rep Power: 84420 Originally Posted by Justin-27 >> Valid points? What? That you don't like to hear someone say they train an AVERAGE of 3.5x a week? That was a numbskull reply on your part. Truth is, Orlando, myself, and a few others that have posted have been 2000% correct, and you and Josh have looked like effing morons. Who the f-- argues that you cannot start counting a split/routine on a day off? Or that it is impossible to average 3.5 workouts a week? Or that a 2 week period has to start on a Sunday, and end the next Sunday, the 15th day? You two are the goddam dumbest people to post on a internet forum, stfu and save what little grace you have left. #121 Shut the fucck up, punk. You're a dumb piece of **. When you can't prove that I am wrong, you resort to personal attacks . Dumb, slow pos, fucckhead. Originally Posted by SmoovJ Why are you comparing percentage to frequency? .333 is %, 3.5 times is frequency. That doesn't make sense to me. I am not accusing anyone of being a troll. Call me one if you want but I've made valid points in all my posts in this thread. #122 Simply saying that %'s and fractions are used all the time and people can figure out what it implies. Instead of saying a guy's batting 112 for 448, they simply say he's batting .250 and nobody's saying, 'wait a second, you can't get a quarter of a hit??' If you'd rather say 7 out 14 days so that fractions or decimals aren't involved, no problem. Nobody will dispute that. But if you want it in terms of a week to compare against 3 or 4 times per week, then a decimal or fraction is necessary.$ Body Building Forum "Days In ...** Uploaded by sakshi
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