You’re 100% right.
If anything, I’m the fuckin weird one who treats this like a job and I get paid nothing lol
I think about it like any professional. Some people live to work, other people work to live. I work in a competitive, creative industry and I have friends who obsess over work with no other hobbies or passions. I cannot do that. I have work 1 and work 2 lol and I enjoy both. And I also know that me taking BB super series for the past 10 years will decline as I age. At a certain point in time, probably in my 40s, I’ll need to downsize for my health (and fam) and need to put the brakes on my OCD “don’t miss a meal or workout” life. And I’ll still love training, that’s my MAIN love for BBing, and I’ll do that forever, but I’ll be eating more ice cream during it lol
Beast is a beast and takes his shit seriously, I know this for a fact. And think about this. I take this shit serious and 165 takes it serious serious lol. I’m a OK level big state level BBer. 165 is a serious national level contender about to get his pro card. As long as we work fuckin hard and train our ass off, I respect it.