Mattydv,
I agree with you on multiple accounts of what you picked up on in my post.
Yes, full cardio everyones cup of tea, just as full weights isnt mine.
And yes, if you want to do weights but dont want to outlay a heap of money, the gym isnt a bad idea.
And defiantly yes, it is better that they are doing something rather than nothing.
And probably yes, it probably isnt sad in their minds, nor many others minds. So i may retract that statement
And as Richo said, body image means a lot to some peoples self confidence. I have seen some small and bigger changes in people's confidence for the better. That can't be construed as a bad thing in any way.
BUT
most people don't do anything else outside the gym. They see it as the entire solution, and may continue with a shithouse diet which does SFA to help with any fat loss or a generaly healthy body, and im assuming that it wont help with muscle gain either.
Purely doing weights probably wont lose much weight. One mate in particular who is overweight has done purely weights for the last 3-4years, and i would say he has lost a marginal amount of weight. In general, the people who 'need' (bad wording, but can't think of a better word) the gym, are the ones who are, erm, 'larger', and doing weights isn't the best way to do it. I WILL ADMIT, most of the people who are trying to gain muscle mass aren't overweight, but that isnt what this point is on about.
I'm not going to comment on how a muscly man looks (i will leave that for the fairer sex). But evolution does also say survival of the fittest, and obviously a larger person who only does weights and has poor cardio-vascular health will not survive as long as any other.
OK, il leave it at that for me. Get back to the little things other people hate.