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Wrong thread?… lolIf anyone wants free steroids and HGH for life, build one of the largest websites in the world for PED information and watch the email offers come in
Wrong thread?… lolIf anyone wants free steroids and HGH for life, build one of the largest websites in the world for PED information and watch the email offers come in
Read his signature guys… cmon. How am I the only one who got it.Wrong thread?… lol
I get it, I just have no clue what it has to do with the thread about why guys aren’t competing.Read his signature guys… cmon. How am I the only one who got it.
Read a few post back up, we got into how much we all spend on gear etc. he was referencing that little section.I get it, I just have no clue what it has to do with the thread about why guys aren’t competing.
I can’t think of one bodybuilder I know, including myself who thinks their physique is good enough. It’s what drives us.I’m turning 42 in February every year I say I will compete but back out thinking my physique isn’t good enough I think it’s in my head.
thanks for your perspective manInteresting thread. I competed almost all my life but I never turned pro. I competed not for money but because I fell in love with the sport. I easily could have but I was already signing contracts and working in the supplement industry making money. Thus look at my profile pic. I had a handful of friends that went on to get an IFBB card and turn pro but scrambled to make any money. No contracts no matter how hard they tried. They gave up and left. It's not about your card but your following on the internet and influence you have in the industry. My last show was at 43 exactly 10 years ago. I now live in Florida in an apartment my last company paid for. I finally moved on into a more stable career but I definitely spent years benefiting from the industry. The industry is unstable and rough to make a living in. A pro card doesn't guarantee you a paycheck.
I just watched the Branch Warren interview with Hany and he had some great perspective on all this.I competed on and off since 1988. I thought bodybuilding was amazing at the start - I also though most were drug free (haha).
When i got involved with Lou Zwick I became disillusioned. I felt it was a good thing as he encouraged me to write for him rather than put everything into competing. He felt it was a dead end for all but the very few and I agree.
I never liked competing really, it's not my nature. I just go to the gym and train because I love it. It is who I am.
I'm fortunate enough to have chosen the right parents so that it worked out for me.
The sport just isn’t the same without him. His knowledge and videos will serve and help others for the next decade in this sport. That’s a powerful legacy. So much respect for him.thanks for your perspective man
also, per your sig block, RIP John, a genuine man who I love and miss daily...I cherish my interactions with him, and I hate the world for taking him from us
this is the best quote ever and how I feel.“I competed because I loved to train hard. I didn’t train because I loved to compete.”
Yeah I listened to it on the step-mill as I’m just under 4 weeks out right now (digging deep) and it was exactly what I needed to hear because it’s the damn truth!this is the best quote ever and how I feel.
I say this as I’m about 8 weeks out right now.
Me personally, I was willing to do most of what was necessary to be a bodybuilder. But I wasn’t willing to do what was necessary to compete in contests. I believe bodybuilding, even with the “supplements” can be a very healthy lifestyle. It has been for me for four decades. But competitive bodybuilding, what’s necessary to get there, I don’t know anyone who thinks that is healthy.With all the critiques on here lately I thought it would be a good topic to throw out.
There are some crazy physiques on this board. Some of you have competed, some retired and others who look crazy yet never have.
I agree that if guys like Andrew Jacked are the best we get in today’s scene the sport is not what it once used to be. So why aren’t guys with killer physiques competing?
It’s no secret from the promoters that numbers are down and Lee Haney locally here is constantly trying to get people back into the sport.
This thread isn’t for the guys who are “bodybuilding fans” at home on the couch. It’s also not to start a thread on drugs and PED’s- that comes with the territory. Same for politics.
I am not the most genetically gifted bodybuilder. I love the process and discipline of prepping to step on stage the day of the show. To show what I have been doing in silence for the last 6,12 or 24 months… I don’t give two fucks about politics or think about it because I’d better look better than every guy there. Period.
So I’m curious to get everyone else’s take on this who is not a couch gym bro- why aren’t guys competing?
probably taking many years off their expected lifespans with each contest.
Valid points. No right or wrong answers as it’s all perspective.Me personally, I was willing to do most of what was necessary to be a bodybuilder. But I wasn’t willing to do what was necessary to compete in contests. I believe bodybuilding, even with the “supplements” can be a very healthy lifestyle. It has been for me for four decades. But competitive bodybuilding, what’s necessary to get there, I don’t know anyone who thinks that is healthy.
So while many non competitive bodybuilders can be very confident that they’ll live a long, healthy, strong and build life, that’s not so true for anyone competing. They know they’re risking their lives and probably taking many years off their expected lifespans with each contest.
Not for me.
Do blood work year round (on and off cycle), extensive heart testing, eat clean and be responsible.
Totally agree. Blows my mind that people still forget to manage their blood pressure. So simple.And as Justin Harris said, ‘don’t be an asshole, take your blood pressure medication’ (paraphrasing)
Blood pressure, diuretics and dehydration for contests, painkillers (NSAIDS/opiates), bad health genes, untreated OSA, and just overall self neglect/burying head in the sand IMO are the root causes of health issues that bodybuilders face
I dunno being on stage is the most addictive rewarding thing I’ve ever done no matter my placing if I got screwed, got a gift, or landed where I thought. This years shows are a joke as far as quality and depth and my guess is bc of money; prep costs a fortune and then just the show weekend travel, tan, entry, hotel is what $600-$700 so the economy has got to be why dudes aren’t right now. As to ingeneral competing that last week in particular is harder than just about everything I did in the military and most people just. Any handle it physically and even the ones that do that how many guys have you seen at the weigh in and then not the next day, a LOTWith all the critiques on here lately I thought it would be a good topic to throw out.
There are some crazy physiques on this board. Some of you have competed, some retired and others who look crazy yet never have.
I agree that if guys like Andrew Jacked are the best we get in today’s scene the sport is not what it once used to be. So why aren’t guys with killer physiques competing?
It’s no secret from the promoters that numbers are down and Lee Haney locally here is constantly trying to get people back into the sport.
This thread isn’t for the guys who are “bodybuilding fans” at home on the couch. It’s also not to start a thread on drugs and PED’s- that comes with the territory. Same for politics.
I am not the most genetically gifted bodybuilder. I love the process and discipline of prepping to step on stage the day of the show. To show what I have been doing in silence for the last 6,12 or 24 months… I don’t give two fucks about politics or think about it because I’d better look better than every guy there. Period.
So I’m curious to get everyone else’s take on this who is not a couch gym bro- why aren’t guys competing?