is bodybuilding worth LIVING for?

[AshopRep]

We would all like to see a pic, but I doubt that will ever happen

I have a pic of him. Lots of them.

 

[tr]

Nice thread, JS!

Bodybuilding not competitive, dying for results but bodybuilding as a lifestyle had helped me to deal with lots of problems/stress in the past...set goal-make step by step-reach the goal - this took away and made not to think about lots of problem I have had in the past. Now I just love to train, love the lifestyle, but I am not a kinda person who lives for bodybuilding results, dies for bigger muscles (which I was in the past) I have a girl I love her and I live for our future now I am happy when she is happy, and bigger muscles with lots of health problems/bad personality caused by drug abuse wont make her happier thats is for sure, but I will always train, eat and live bodybuilding lifestyle.

 

[mphbclipse]

true and great point, bodybuilding for me has definetly realigned my values and priorities..... I don't want to party or raise hell or do anything that will compromise my path to my goals....

 

[RINO]

Now that's a much better way of looking at things. I enjoy living for it and so does my girlfriend. There may be a dark side to it, but that doesn't have to be completely consuming of your time and energy it can still be a positive endeavor.

 

[Ehren]

Sports and my Coach at the time, saved my life. It was like finding religion...I was on a very bad path as a deeply pissed young man.

Bodybuilding has given me something beyond a sports career that has to end for us all. I hope to do it some form, forever!

 

[nothuman]

wow

Sorry, I meant that in the sense that I'm blessed and lucky to have so many friends. I didn't mean that in a conceited way.

 

[ToroPharmaRep]

Bodybuilding saved me from alcoholism and a serious pain killer addiction. Those who focus on the extremely isolated incidents of the few and far between bodybuilder deaths are forgetting the fact that hundreds of thousands die every year from alcohol related deaths, and overdose. I don't speak for all but I speak for many in saying that bodybuilding has saved our lives from a behavior or habit that was taking us down a dark dark road. Few of us lived perfectly healthy and safe lives before we found bodybuilding. We usually find bodybuilding in times of trial and struggle and it becomes our way out. As I've matured in bodybuilding and through forums like this I've become an extremely conservatively dosed BBer, sure there are extremes to bodybuilding like in all things but I truly believe that BBing saved me, I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

 

[red5150]

Right on JS!!!

 

[red5150]

dble tap, JS got me excited

 

[Chode Logan]

 

[Chode Logan]

Thank you for the story and thread Johnny

 

[anarchocapitalist]

I guess you could say that I grew up in a fairly dysfunctional environment. My mother was a drug addict that would take off for weeks to years at a time. She use to make me buy drugs for her and they would get me high as a little kid. My father spent most of my early life in prison. I can remember being on my own as a young guy hitting up catering companies for expired food thats still in good shape. When I was a teenager I mostly hung out with my uncle who owned a large escort agency. I didn't really apply myself to school and no one really seemed to care if I went. But I was a very good athlete however my attendance at school held me back from athletics. One of my uncles security guys was a fairly accomplished Thai fighter and coach in town. On a slow night if there wasn't anything to do my uncle and this kickboxer would teach me how to kickbox and lift weights. I seemed to excel at bodybuilding and grew quickly. It was like a switch went off. Instead of wanting to go get into trouble on a Friday night I was in the gym doing squats. After a while I started realizing that bodybuilding is just like real life. I have a goal thats going to take me 10 years and I have to break that goal down into yearly steps, weekly workouts, set by set, meal by meal, moment to moment. If you want something you have to lay out a plan with day to day steps.

 

[sammy555]

Before bodybuilding I was a big binge eater and lived on take out and pizza. I'm now real big on diet and eating clean. Still eat a lot but it's all good stuff and im burnig a ton more calories and have a 30 inch waist currently. I would be s real mess health wise by now other wise. Fat and diabetic probably

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[GS]

Bodybuilding is like a drug or a addiction if i didn't have it i would probably be a alcoholic or a recreational drug user.
Reason being i have a addictive personalty and i think most of us do.
My friend that used to workout with me for several years tore up his back and without the lifting he went to another addiction pills .
I just hope i stay healthy enough to be evolved with the sport.

 

[matt1164]

the one thing alot of people don't seem to realize is that bodybuilding doesn't have to be all about drugs. it gives alot of us a drive and passion to constantly better ourselves.

 

[anarchocapitalist]

^ true i mean riding a bike is good for you but im sure the tour de france takes a few years off a guys lifespan. competition brings its consequences.

 

[matt1164]

^ true i mean riding a bike is good for you but im sure the tour de france takes a few years off a guys lifespan. competition brings its consequences.

well said

 

[Ironraider]

Hey JS....great thread bro...damn refreshing to see this as opposed to so many of the threads we've been forced to drive by, because quite frankly I don't even have to open them to know it will take 5 mins of my life that I'll never get back!

Like many here, I too was an addict, to coke, meth, alcohol etc. My studly weight of 132 at 5'11" damn near had me on the cover of skinniest kid alive. I ended up in the hospital because of my addiction, and the doctor was able to convince my best friend at the time, to somehow change my addictive direction from drugs, to something healthy, like weightlifting etc.

I took the bait, and 30 yrs later, never looked back. For those who say, oh yeah...well what about those steroids? Those bad, terrible steroids that you abuse?

Well bright eyes, steroids aren't narcotics...and the likelihood of dying are far smaller than recs. In fact, I would say that 90%+ of the so called "death threads" were NOT hormone related at all, but pre-existing conditions, recs, diuretics, or pain killers etc.

After YEARS of "abuse", guess what? My bloods came back fine in just about EVERY category. My cholesterol was a high, but in three weeks of changing diet, my numbers changed to very positive.

So this lifestyle is worth "living" for! Thanks again Johnny!

 

[pimpman]

Guys I mean this with the bottom of my heart im very happy to see a lot of u have beat your drug/alcohol addiction with bodybuilding CONGRATS

But I don't think bodybuilding is what saved u.what saved u was the right decision u made to make a change in your life.i think bodybuilders and drug/alcohol user have an addicting personality.not in a bad way its just when we find or do something we like we take it to the extreme.lets not Kidd our self if u are juicing that's our new addiction and its still bad for you just like drugs and alcohol just in a different way.lets be honest and u don't have to post it for everyone to know but how many that have found bodybuilding in exchange for drug/alcohol addiction can say they have never juiced and are 100% clean? Steroids are addicting drugs.if we would off picked soccer, softball, basketball, fishing ,hunting and not use any enhancing drugs then that's being clean.but I say this and im sure society would be all over me for saying this but I rather see someone abuse aas trying to look better/attractive than someone abusing drugs/alcohol to kill the pain

Again I like to say im very happy for those of u that have been able to beat the drug/alcohol addiction God bless your hearts

 

[pimpman]

Hey JS....great thread bro...damn refreshing to see this as opposed to so many of the threads we've been forced to drive by, because quite frankly I don't even have to open them to know it will take 5 mins of my life that I'll never get back!

Like many here, I too was an addict, to coke, meth, alcohol etc. My studly weight of 132 at 5'11" damn near had me on the cover of skinniest kid alive. I ended up in the hospital because of my addiction, and the doctor was able to convince my best friend at the time, to somehow change my addictive direction from drugs, to something healthy, like weightlifting etc.

I took the bait, and 30 yrs later, never looked back. For those who say, oh yeah...well what about those steroids? Those bad, terrible steroids that you abuse?

Well bright eyes, steroids aren't narcotics...and the likelihood of dying are far smaller than recs. In fact, I would say that 90%+ of the so called "death threads" were NOT hormone related at all, but pre-existing conditions, recs, diuretics, or pain killers etc.

After YEARS of "abuse", guess what? My bloods came back fine in just about EVERY category. My cholesterol was a high, but in three weeks of changing diet, my numbers changed to very positive.

So this lifestyle is worth "living" for! Thanks again Johnny!

Don't Kidd yourself steroids may or will not kill u on the spot but it will kill u eventually by shortening your life time.pay now pay later but we will pay some day.

Read what u wrote and think about it.u said 90%+ deaths were pre-existing conditions from recs,diuretics or pain killers NOW through in aas to the combo and what u think u got.big boom....if u have abused your body for years of drug or alcohol abuse then quite and start aas use u aint extending your life span that for sure