according to the forums, hard work in bodybuilding and being hardcore entails;
not drinking alcohol or ever going into social situations for fear of eating something you aren't supposed to, must stay anabolic at all times and never sacrifice gains
not having sex before your workout. only have sex as cardio, on off days.
not going out, ever. hermit status yields ultimate gains
using joint destroying amounts of weights in order to build gobs of lean muscle fibres
eating 5000 calories, clean per day because they want to have massive slin bellies and overgrown intestines
eating 10 meals per day because dedicated bodybuilders have nothing else to do all day except eat
getting 500 grams of protein per day to yield ultimate anabolic result and maintain constant ultimate anabolism
using whatever ultimate training routine is in style on the internet at the time, fst-7, mountaindog, DC, westside, rippetoe, 531, GVT, etc
using a ton of supplements at the exact right timing because it can yield extremely great results even though they are merely extracts of foods that we eat daily
foregoing holidays like new years and being on a treadmill instead because you don't like anyone
eating chicken brokli or sirloin steak with carrots all day everyday. because true bodybuilders should eat boring bland diets
using only 250mg of test and no deca or eq or tren ever, 5iu hgh only. any more than that and you are labelled as "all drugs" and "high doser".
use insane amounts of food to build muscle, rather than rely on drugs to build muscle beyond your genetic limit
spending lots of money monthly on supplements like creatine, whey protein, casein protein, super duper high technology cold filtered ion splitting protein, human protein, bcaa, eaa, glutamine, taurine, xtend, white flood, superpump250, etc etc
eating chicken that can fly since they are organic corn fed and are free roaming, grass fed cows that can sing because they are happy and free roaming and grass fed, grass fed organic asparagus, grass fed high omega fish, grass fed whey protein, etc etc...grass fed grass maybe
hard work also entails never going on high doses, relying on training instead and eating massive amounts of bland food
dieting so hard that your stomach hurts and you pass out from exhaustion and you cant sleep
preparing meals for the rest of the week because they like week old, soggy veggies and super dry chicken and dry rice
training with ultimate mind and muscle connection, mind muscle connection so strong the mental power yields ultimate peak contraction
hard work entails counting your negative reps that you can only have negatives that last for 5.69780 seconds and then 5 millisecond explosive positives
...ask the dude with the amazing physique at the gym, most likely some black fella on hormones, what hard work entails and he'll simply say, "eat good and train hard, and you will be well on your way brotha" and maybe if he is close to you and real with you, he will tell you that once you reach a certain level, you need chemical enhancement to exceed that level instead of selling you some pipe dream about anything is attainable with enough "hard work"
...if you ask some trainer what hard work entails...and he starts spouting off miracle training routines and miracle supplements that he sells...run with your wallet intact