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Is bodybuilding worth it?

Would you also train on a desert island?
Yes! I absolutely would! I have never done it for admiration. I’m a corn fed 6’4 360 and there’s nothing “attractive” about my physique. People just see a really big dude.
 
Very well said. I have said it on here multiple times and it’s why I don’t keep an active log or do social media. I do this sport for nobody but myself. I would hate it any other way.
That is the best thing about it all. Do to it just for the love of it. Selfimprovement for yourself not to show up for someone.
 
I've had this thought many times...


Like do I just to CALORIES, have a protein goal of 250g say, rest of cals from wherever. Aim of 8k steps and a little cardio just for health then take TRT and 2-3iu hgh and that's it....

VS

being quite ocd, doing more of everything, taking lots of health stuff, peptides, longevity stuff....

Who knows If the second will make me live longer, but I do love the discipline, plus feeling good is great. I'm like slesh, unless I'm all in I don't look anything good at all and who doesn't want to look and feel good!
 
If I had a do-over button for my entire life, this is one of the few things I would do again, just with some adjustments. Theres a lot of shit I would chuck in the fire but this isnt one of them.
 
Anything that makes you feel good, confident and like you accomplished something is worth it. Simple as that.

I also think goal setting and the act of chasing and progressing is invaluable in life. If you play basketball, if you dig ditches, if you file papers....you should want to be the best basketball player, the best ditch digger and the best filer. It's what gives your day, your week and your month, purpose. Chasing something that miiight just out of your reach. Bodybuilding is that same endeavor. NONE of us will settle and say, "ahhh, this is it...im done, this is the best body." That is inconceivable to us. So everyday we will get up and chase something and feel good about it.
 
Anything that makes you feel good, confident and like you accomplished something is worth it. Simple as that.

I also think goal setting and the act of chasing and progressing is invaluable in life. If you play basketball, if you dig ditches, if you file papers....you should want to be the best basketball player, the best ditch digger and the best filer. It's what gives your day, your week and your month, purpose. Chasing something that miiight just out of your reach. Bodybuilding is that same endeavor. NONE of us will settle and say, "ahhh, this is it...im done, this is the best body." That is inconceivable to us. So everyday we will get up and chase something and feel good about it.
Well said… I will be forever small😔
 
Yes…it keeps me sane and that’s important.😀
This 👆👆👆
My mental well being is dependent on being able to exercise. I couldn’t exercise for a few months, and I stopped all HRT, until about 6 weeks ago. I was very depressed and not in a good place at all. The endorphins I get from a workout help stabalized my unstable mind until the next day’s workout.
 
Worth it? Monetarily? Absolutely not. It is a place of solitude, a place to heal, push yourself mentally/physically. It feels "good" (good being an odd statement when doing widowmakers)

Rollins sums it up nicely...

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Worth it? Monetarily? Absolutely not. It is a place of solitude, a place to heal, push yourself mentally/physically. It feels "good" (good being an odd statement when doing widowmakers)

Rollins sums it up nicely...

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This sport can’t be about money on any level. All you’ll have is regrets if you pursue it for that.
 
I found bodybuilding at a young age. Around 13 years old I started training. I quickly discovered prohormones and this site about 16 years ago. I had a troubled youth and got into a lot of trouble and with that drugs. Each time I came home I felt I had to make up for lost time and just chased the most extreme experiences with drugs and other stuff. The only thing that pulled me back each time was lifting, both powerlifting and bodybuilding (only competed in powerlifting). Unfortunately I was always certain there was a secret so I went extreme with dosing and hurt myself a lot. I truly believe the lifestyle allowed me to shift my focus from drugs back to lifting (still with AAS abuse but better than what I was doing).

I believe the only reason I’m alive in my early 30s now is because of going back to lifting each time and the minimum that was involved in doing somewhat okay there (clean eating and cardio). So it is hard for me to say I regret any of it as I think I would be dead, however, I regret how I went about it and the damage I’ve done to my health. I never really feel good and now with 4 children, married for ten years, and a great career I wish I had done it all healthier and think about what I could’ve accomplished.

Even though I don’t feel great often and have many aches and pains I am forever grateful for lifting being there for me. I will be yet again trying to reel it in and focus on keeping everything perfect with my diet, lifting and lifestyle while going down to my prescribed test dose of 300 a week with 3.6 iu hgh. But each time I get so worried about looking different and losing what I’ve always found to be my saving grace. I know this won’t happen if I stay strict but it is a weird mental thing for me.

I will never regret the lifestyle, just how I went about it. Sorry for the rant.
 
Bodybuilding at the end of the day is what an individual himself makes it to be

If you are trying fill the pit of insecurity, it will never be enough and might lead to an early death. Partly because that problem is deeper and bodybuilding scratches the symptom

If you see it as a positive thing, both the physicality (strength and size) and the lessons you learn from it. Then it's worth it. There's zero reason to die unreasonably early especially a recreational bodybuilder. Even as a competitor, you can draw a line for where your risk tolerance is according to genetics, and you won't be playing Russian roulette with your health

Bodybuilding is a Rorschach mask in real life. It will showcase whatever is on the inside to the world. For some it's positivity, discipline, overcoming personal adversity; for others it's insecurity, jealousy, impulsivity...

This is a great answer right here! Well said!

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I sometimes think; what if I got into painting 25 years ago instead of bodybuilding? How good would I be at painting? Would I be selling paintings for $20,000?
Ha exactly. I have several times thought what if i had directed my energy toward something else.
 
One thing I've found interesting, at least in my own journey is that while the training/work/self improvement has always been there - the reasons I pursue and continue to pursue have changed and evolved over time.

What started out as sports/performance and some vanity (or just plain wanted to look more attractive to the girls when I was a kid) morphed over time. The results stayed and I certainly got better at different elements but gradually the motivation (going through a number of middle phases over the decades) became pure joy with mind and body feeling good. It became foundational in my life as something I do for myself that enhances me and my effectiveness in all activities even just enjoying myself and chilling. I'd lift on a desert island. I'd lift with no physical or health benefits purely for the mental joy.

Friends and I have talked about the recent trends toward resistance exercise as people get older. We are grateful we've always been doing it. Pool party recently the lifter component (even natural recreational all around guys) just looked like a completely different species and a lot younger and virile than the generic 35-55 people there. Hell, we looked a lot better than the college kids. Really shocked me some to see it and like I said, not all of us use AAS, no one is a mass monster, so not a high bar by our standards here but shocking difference.
 
I found BB taught me many things beyond lifting. And transferred to most other areas of life including financial. BB taught me to read, learn and apply what i learned with consistent discipline. Look at what the winners do and apply the common thread. The amount of money i have spent on BB is a small fraction of what money i have made from the lessons it has taught me.
 
It’s helped keep me alive this long even if it takes some years off in the end I have no regrets. Pumping iron did fill a void in my life. It’s kept me focused on something rather than my faulty dark thoughts of myself. You do something consistently for 4 decades it’s part of your life.
 
You can bodybuild and do fairly well without giving it 100%. It's okay to miss meals, training sessions, pin, use less gh b/c of cost, etc. Those things have implicit and explicit costs, particularly in terms of their opportunity cost for your social relationships, family, romance, and career.

Getting 3rd instead of 6th at nationals at the cost of all those things isn't worth it for most people. But eating chicken, rice, vegetables, steak, and fruit in healthy home cooked meals along with training in the gymnasium 4-6 days per week on some testosterone is healthy and has a relatively low cost compared to somebody who is trying to optimize literally every variable 24/7/365.
 
You can bodybuild and do fairly well without giving it 100%. It's okay to miss meals, training sessions, pin, use less gh b/c of cost, etc. Those things have implicit and explicit costs, particularly in terms of their opportunity cost for your social relationships, family, romance, and career.

Getting 3rd instead of 6th at nationals at the cost of all those things isn't worth it for most people. But eating chicken, rice, vegetables, steak, and fruit in healthy home cooked meals along with training in the gymnasium 4-6 days per week on some testosterone is healthy and has a relatively low cost compared to somebody who is trying to optimize literally every variable 24/7/365.
Bolded: I don’t speak that language. 🤣

But I do agree if you want to bodybuilding as a lifestyle and not as a top level competitor you can do those things. Lol
 
Bolded: I don’t speak that language. 🤣

But I do agree if you want to bodybuilding as a lifestyle and not as a top level competitor you can do those things. Lol
If you make your living from coaching or competing or are aspiring to do so, then yes, missing those things isn't an option because it's literally your job. If your partner and social circle are all competitors too, missing those things is 'I don't speak that language' as you put it. But if doing those things makes you sacrifice things in terms of career, family, social relationships, money, time, etc, to too great of an extent then it seems like a very negative tradeoff even if you are a competitor. The question becomes 'what is "too great of an extent" and that's up to the individual.

I bodybuild hard about 8-9 months out of the year, and the rest of the time I allow myself to fk off a bit and prioritze other parts of my life. I still compete. If I were trying to win pro shows or trying to have a better physique to advertise coaching services on social media, I'd do things differently.
 
badguy’s story…and how bodybuiilding MADE the badguy…
Born a fat German Jewish kid and tormented all my years when growing up.
Abused by mostly all the kids for being a Jew, fat and mentally slow.
Punched, kicked, locked in lockers for hours on end, broken nose, broken fingers and mentally beaten down depressed.
Bodybuilding saved me.
“And here we go” as the Joker would say:
From the fatjewboy to the holy shit won’t mess with him!

Bodybuilding gave me the armor, protection and self-esteem I needed.
Bodybuilding gave me:
1) Fame-Actor working along side Hugh Jackman, Robert Deniro and Ed Norton
2) Career-ProWrestling, Law Enforcement, Health Educator to children, Trainer
3) Love-met the love of my life..her personal trainer
4) Financial-drive a $80,000 truck, wear a $5000 watch…do I do that to impress others..NO..the Badguy doesn’t give two shits what others think!
I bought these items because it was my goal and I received them because of my look, my attitude and drive.
That’s what bodybuilding did for the badguy.
The negatives to bodybuilding..yes there were and are..with goals and dreams you must sacrifice..our time and our health!
It’s up to you!
Only you can make that decision.

Could the badguy get to all the bolded points by being skinny, fat, and depressed…you answer that!
Can badguy push his wife in a wheelchair with full-blown cancer in the airport last night with 1 arm while holding “2”30lb suitcases to make it to her flight!!?

Would badguy change his past…or present..Hell No..Bodybuilding made me and without it I would’ve been the kid who committed suicide!
 

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