looking in the mirror/trying to please everybody but yourself through looks.
Such is bodybuilding. TBH if there was nobody else around i wouldnt bother training. Dont kid yourself here.
What is the point of getting to sub 7% bodyfat and putting yourself in a unhealthy state walking around brain fogged/forgetting your pin code. To make yourself happy or others giving u praise to make u happy?
Every chance gets to look in a mirror?
Size up to the next guy at a party?
Beauty is worshiped in humans and even at a cost of fad diets to look good at the cost of ones health.
Do you really need to put yourself in an unhealthy state to get there?? I'm going to try to get absolutely shredded later this year and I"m fairly sure it'll be the healthiest I'll have ever been, because I will be doing some cardio (for the first time in years) and my diet will have to be even more strict.
Won't be doing keto or anything tho, as that stuff seems too extreme.
Is that what you are talking about?
Surely having 6-8% bodyfat is not unhealthy if it is achieved through hard work and good diet.
Some have questioned in the past why i just picked up strength training as a whole.
When i was in my 20's. It was about chasing the girls and looking good.
But mostly i trained it seemed for everybody else NOT for myself.
After 10 years i was getting sick of this lifestyle.
looking in the mirror/trying to please everybody but yourself through looks.
Such is bodybuilding. TBH if there was nobody else around i wouldnt bother training. Dont kid yourself here.
I visited a small garage gym in frankston 2 years ago and had a chat to the owner. Through him i realized that u can still obtain size and mass yet u lift FOR YOURSELF to make u happy. I now feel stronger in everything i do and all that muscle actually has a function.
Not just blown up balloons. Alot of u younger guys on here will not agree as your still going through the motions of being young but when your older your insight will change.
Ever since then i have been more motivated then ever to keep lifting chasing those numbers. I still care what i look like to a degree.
But i dont look at myself as much anymore like i do nor do i care what other people think about how i look like as much. If i want to shred i just change my diet - simple.
The most important part is im still lifting and LOVING it. Because without it lifting becomes a chore.
Some have questioned in the past why i just picked up strength training as a whole.
When i was in my 20's. It was about chasing the girls and looking good.
But mostly i trained it seemed for everybody else NOT for myself.
After 10 years i was getting sick of this lifestyle.
looking in the mirror/trying to please everybody but yourself through looks.
Such is bodybuilding. TBH if there was nobody else around i wouldnt bother training. Dont kid yourself here.
I visited a small garage gym in frankston 2 years ago and had a chat to the owner. Through him i realized that u can still obtain size and mass yet u lift FOR YOURSELF to make u happy. I now feel stronger in everything i do and all that muscle actually has a function.
Not just blown up balloons. Alot of u younger guys on here will not agree as your still going through the motions of being young but when your older your insight will change.
Ever since then i have been more motivated then ever to keep lifting chasing those numbers. I still care what i look like to a degree.
But i dont look at myself as much anymore like i do nor do i care what other people think about how i look like as much. If i want to shred i just change my diet - simple.
The most important part is im still lifting and LOVING it. Because without it lifting becomes a chore.
how is powerlifting functional? Since when do you need to lift 300kgs from the ground?
Doesn't have to be 300kg.
Have you ever picked up anything off the ground.
yes and i sure don't need to powerlift to do that.. lol
The term "bodybuilding" is thrown around quite loosely though.
Would you consider all the blokes in "Men's health" bodybuilders?
Would you consider all the zyzz idiots with their fluro shorts, stove pipe legs and shredded upper torso's "bodybuilders"??
This is a topic we touched on acouple weeks ago and its a topic I have seen on many forums before and it turns into a shit fight coz everyone has their own idea of what a "bodybuilder" is....
For me its someone who is looking to build their body to become more muscular and pleasing to the eye. You have 2 types of bodybuilders a
non-competitive bodybuilder and also a competitive bodybuilder.
The term "bodybuilding" is thrown around quite loosely though.
Would you consider all the blokes in "Men's health" bodybuilders?
Would you consider all the zyzz idiots with their fluro shorts, stove pipe legs and shredded upper torso's "bodybuilders"??
You don't think gaining extra strength in those muscles help you.
Just like 100m sprinters do a lot of squats in training but they don't squat in competition. They are gaining general strength in the muscles they use for sprinting.
Using your deadlift example. The deadlift is probably the most basic and functional exercise there is.
i could easily pick up a pen off the ground before training, nothings changed.
Buddy your an idiot. We are obviously talking about heavy shit.
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