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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.
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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.
05-17-2008, 01:55 PM steviekm3 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 49 Posts: 240 Rep Power: 186 05-17-2008, 01:58 PM TheJosh Registered User NO PROFILE ACTURE UPLOADED Join Date: May 2008 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States Age: 35 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 631 Originally Posted by mindless If I go every other day I will be at the gym 4-5 times a week, is that over training? That makes no sense. There are only 7 days in a week. If you go every other day that is 3.5 times a week. Originally Posted by steviekm3 That makes no sense. There are only 7 days in a week. If you go every other day that is 3.5 times a week. #6 #7 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. That is 4 days. How do you go 3.5 times? Do a half workout or something? lol 05-17-2008, 02:23 PM TheJosh Registered User NO PROFILE ACTURE UPLOADED Join Date: May 2008 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States Age: 35 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 631 05-17-2008, 03:25 PM steviekm3 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 49 Posts: 240 Rep Power: 186 Originally Posted by Justin-27 D 7x in 2 weeks = 3.5 times a week, genius. And yeah, 3x a week, full body workouts are good. I never said anything about going exactly 7 times, like I said, if I go every other day, that is 4 DAYS A WEEK. How hard is that to comprehend? Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. 8 DAYS IN 2 WEEKS In your terms, 8x in 2 weeks = 4 times a week, genius. All Muscle and No Brains? lol Last edited by TheJosh; 05-17-2008 at 02:25 PM. Originally Posted by TheJosh >> I never said anything about going exactly 7 times, like I said, if I go every other day, that is 4 DAYS A WEEK. How hard is that to comprehend? Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. 8 DAYS IN 2 WEEKS In your terms, 8x in 2 weeks = 4 times a week, genius. All Muscle and No Brains? lol You double counted Sunday - that is 2 weeks plus 1 day. Did you fail grade 2 math? PLUS your old post said 4 or 5 times a week. Now you just neglect to mention the 5. Grow up and admit when you are wrong. Believe me you will get a a lot further in life this way. #9 #10
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ドル? I'll pay you back 100ドル 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).
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