
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).

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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).
![Body Building Forum "Days In A Week" Dispute [-] 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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/608/840/2d2.png)
![Body Building Forum "Days In A Week" Dispute [-] 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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/608/842/27b.png)
On June 19th, 2023, Twitter[3] user @ScottWamplerRIP posted a tweet noting the dispute, gathering over 30,000 likes in a day (seen below).

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