Are You Obsessed???

[Flexmaster]

well, i just wanted to throw something out to you guys. are you obsessed with the bodybuilding lifestyle? if all you think about is bodybuilding, the boards, are you training right, am i plateuing, ect...you are obsessed, plain and simple. for some of the younger guys here like myself, i think we can become obsessed with things easily. but what are you missing out on? do you have a girlfriend? do have any friends? do you do anything other than lift, eat, and post on various boards? bodybuilding shouldn't consume your entire life. training shouldn't take you 2 hours everyday, the most time consuming part of bodybuilding is the eating. i don't want this to be a long post so i'll just leave you to think about your future...when you're 40 years old, will you have any regrets? i'm not saying to give up bodybuilding at all, lord willing i never want to stop training. but at the same time i have a life outside of bodybuidling that is fun! i do eat 6-7 times a day, but i don't train everyday and i've been trying to not get on the boards so much either. here's some advice for some of the guys here...stick around and ask questions and talk about ideas here on MC, but also have a life outside of the gym and the computer. you only live this life once, get huge by eating a shitload of food and enjoy life.

 

[AZ1]

it is easy to spend a lot of time on any one thing when you are young. But when I'm 40 I sure dont want to look back and say "damn i shoulda spent more time in the gym now I'm old and flabby". I know quite a few guys in their 40's and 50's who are 225-250. I want that to be me. Yes I do other things besides lifting and eating and I feel like those things get in my way cuz bodybuilding is more important to me. It's a frustrating balance between work family and gym, def not enough hours in the day. I have a girlfriend and a daughter and a shitload of friends that i have a hard time trying to spend time with, but i wont stop working out to spend time with friends, I just see it as them not having the dedication to anything like i do. And I'm proud of it. People realize what dedication it takes to look good. And you know your friends are secretly jealous. the only thing that sucks is not drinking with friends because of the bodybuilding lifestyle, but oh well, chicks tell me i look good without beer goggles.

 

[Flexmaster]

i share somewhat the same view as you AZ1, i'll be that size in the next few years, so i know i wont have that regret of wishing i would have tried harder. mainly what i'm talking about is the guys on various boards that spend HOURS every day bullshitting around on the boards. it's fine to spend time on boards, especially good ones like this, but it can get consuming. i'm serious when i say the most time consuming thing is eating 6 meals a day.

 

[Flexmaster]

this is what i'm talking about...ifbb pro Phil Hernon posted this yesterday(it is him, not someone impersonating him, i've spoke with him on a few occasions).......

How can everyone expect to win, then show no emotion when they lose. Life is about expressing ones self, why be fake and hide it. Just be realistic. Do you know how many guys on this site talk about turning pro or being a pro sometime soon? This site has been here 3 years, well, I have been on here that long. How many of these big mouths have turned pro? NONE, NADA, ZIPPO!!!!! About 20 of these guys and gals have talked about being a pro. A lot of guys are being misled by friends, family, the mirror, their unrealistic dreams. Bodybuilding is not a living, it is a hobby. There i sno such a thing as a PRO. You compete with the best in the world, then maybe be able to pay your bills back and break even. It is no lifestyle. Get an education, a job, an endorsement. Have a life. This is a hobby.Have fun with it. I could not imaging threatening to kill my children if they showed emotion in their sport. That is sad.

 

[Flexmaster]

here, i was reading through this thread and i just needed to let you guys read it. before that though i just want to say phil and vander have some of the craziest genetics ever. phil has been there, and lived as a pro, vander could be a pro very soon if he wants to. but neither view this as a lifestyle, only a hobby. there are more important things in life.
http://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8461

 

[AZ1]

well eating is the toughest to schedule in an the most time consuming part of the whole thing.

Yes, if u spend hours on the net all day then u probabaly are missing a lot of better things to do, I just check in several times a day to see whats going on. I work from home so I am lucky to be able to do this.

I can see somewhat saying it shouldnt be a lifestyle just a hobby, but the bottom line is that if u want that badass body, you pretty much do have to make it a lifestyle. Look at what it takes, I'd call that a lifestyle.

But I definitely have no plans of making a career out of it. Shit, get a good flexible job that lets you spend time in the gym and eating and I'm happy.

 

[MMX2]

it is easy to spend a lot of time on any one thing when you are young. But when I'm 40 I sure dont want to look back and say "damn i shoulda spent more time in the gym now I'm old and flabby". I know quite a few guys in their 40's and 50's who are 225-250. I want that to be me. Yes I do other things besides lifting and eating and I feel like those things get in my way cuz bodybuilding is more important to me. It's a frustrating balance between work family and gym, def not enough hours in the day. I have a girlfriend and a daughter and a shitload of friends that i have a hard time trying to spend time with, but i wont stop working out to spend time with friends, I just see it as them not having the dedication to anything like i do. And I'm proud of it. People realize what dedication it takes to look good. And you know your friends are secretly jealous. the only thing that sucks is not drinking with friends because of the bodybuilding lifestyle, but oh well, chicks tell me i look good without beer goggles.

I echo your sentiments----
It has been a part of my life for over 20 years and I will sacrifice going out or getting drunk(not that I really drink anymore) to workout.
People always say that they don't have time- you make time for what you really want. People cannot understand how I can portion my meals, diet down, do cardio and go without water or salt.
Not everyone can do it.
Flex, Phil is very correct in what he says- the head judge in my state said it best : "Your friends aren't NPC judges"
So true....

 

[jaywooly]

I would have to say so. I used to be the party boy. I honestly lock myself in a nights because I know I'll ruin the next days diet and workout. At work I'm either thinking about how much bigger I could be, or how more defined and sculpted I could be and how fast I could get there and what I have to do to get there. Or I'm thinking about ass, but that's about it.

 

[saudades]

I'd definitely say bodybuilding is a lifestyle. Even for me, and I only work out 2-3 times a week--I have to keep at it or else I lose what I've got. I had to schedule the time to work out and schedule everything else around that or I knew I wouldn't be able to do it. When I was dating my wife I told her that when we got married, I would still need to work out at specific times. She understood that, thankfully. I may never be able to compete with someone like say, Jaywooly (unless someone were to help me do a real cycle), but I'll at least look better and be more fit than most people my age (I'm 35) or a lot of people younger or older than me.