# 12 year old body builder **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652 "2005-01-20T01:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cvbster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@cvbster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cvbster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/1 "2005-01-20T01:43:53Z")
[http://www.richardsandrak.com/Pictures.htm](http://www.richardsandrak.com/Pictures.htm) I just came across this site today. Click on the galleries at the top of the page (1st gallery). This kid is putting out a fitness video, and his mom is putting out a nutritional cookbook. He also acts. Doesn’t it seem like his parents are pimping him out? Just wanted to see what others though. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/2 "2005-01-20T02:52:18Z")
That body and that face do _not_ match. I find it a little disturbing, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/3 "2005-01-20T03:30:41Z")
The pics in gallery one are disturbing in that they look like cheesecake shots…but he’s 12! ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/4 "2005-01-20T03:35:13Z")
Chalk up another vote for the “this is perverse” camp. Want to start a pool now on how long it takes for the kid to die from some hideous steroid related illness? (I don’t necessarily mean he’s on steroids now. I just mean that if his body doesn’t keep up with his increasing expectations as he gets older it’s a virtual inevitability.) ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/5 "2005-01-20T03:46:06Z")
I’m more disturbed by the kid’s profile. He’s 12 years old and his parents let him listen to Ludacris, Lil’ John and Snoop Dog? Niice … ---
**Author:** ![SoupNazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SoupNazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoupNazi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/6 "2005-01-20T04:15:51Z")
Definetly very creepy. I’m curious as to how much time this kid devotes to working out, nutrition, flexing, etc,. It just seems like a foolish waste of a childhood. Plus, you can tell this kid either goes to a tanning bed or uses that vile chemical tan junk. He’s 12. Plus, he could improve his appearance tenfold if his parents would just cut his hair. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/7 "2005-01-20T05:31:33Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > I’m more disturbed by the kid’s profile. > > He’s 12 years old and his parents let him listen to Ludacris, Lil’ John and Snoop Dog? Niice … So? ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/8 "2005-01-20T05:55:39Z")
Anyone who thinks [lyrics like these](http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=Fxpy%2Bkz2UZk%3D) are appropriate for a 12 year old has a screw loose or something. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/9 "2005-01-20T06:10:25Z")
I’ve seen pictures of that kid before - I think it was in GQ or Maxim. It must have been three or four years ago, so either the website’s some sort of fossil, or the kid is in some sort of suspended animation. The amagazine article was really sad. His dad was definitely, er, selling his kid to the highest bidder and the kid didn’t seem to know any better (he was essentially never out of dad’s sight). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chaparralv8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@chaparralv8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaparralv8)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/10 "2005-01-20T06:13:16Z")
Aside from the fake tan, the silly hair, and the strange clothes, I had several friends who looked like that at 12. My younger brother is 16 and vaguely resembles Brian Urlacher. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/11 "2005-01-20T06:19:15Z")
I wonder if I could kick that kid’s ass. One the one hand, he works out a butt-load more than I do; but on the other, he _is_ only 12. Plus, while he’s frickin’ cut, there’s still not much muscle mass present. Eh, I got my money on me. Until he starts growing pubes, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/12 "2005-01-20T06:26:00Z")
Holy crap! [Check out the magazine spreads he’s done.](http://www.richardsandrak.com/Appearances.htm) The ‘Body Sport’ and ‘Flex Magazine’ spreads look _really_ freakish. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/13 "2005-01-20T07:29:46Z")
I think the thing that I find more disturbing/unsettling than the ripped body on a 12 year old is the fact that the way his face is shaped, and his hair, it looks like the pasted a girl’s head on him. :eek: Too bad it seems to be his dad putting him up to that. Those things usually never end well once the kids grow up. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/14 "2005-01-20T09:37:09Z")
DUH yeah. Waaaaaaaaaaay scary. What is that!?! Baiting the really icky people or what? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/15 "2005-01-20T11:59:13Z")
A while ago I watched a programme about that kid. The dad has been accused of feeding the kid steroids. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/16 "2005-01-20T12:05:15Z")
I first saw him on TV years ago. He was ripped then and was probably 9 or 10. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/17 "2005-01-20T17:51:44Z")
[This one](http://www.richardsandrak.com/pic%20009.htm) in particular looks photoshopped to me. The face and body aren’t even the same color. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/18 "2005-01-21T04:11:10Z")
Eeeewww…that’s seriously disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/19 "2005-01-21T05:51:25Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > [This one](http://www.richardsandrak.com/pic%20009.htm) in particular looks photoshopped to me. The face and body aren’t even the same color. I thought so too, but the next picture shows him from a side shot, and you can tell he is wearing some white powder on his face and his body has that fake tan crap on it, I think this is why it looks funny. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652/20 "2005-01-21T17:50:09Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > I thought so too, but the next picture shows him from a side shot, and you can tell he is wearing some white powder on his face and his body has that fake tan crap on it, I think this is why it looks funny. Looks like they made him up since he’s going to be on camera. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-body-builder/285652.md?page=2)