I'm thinking of quitting!!!

[Team Diver]

This is a sad topic.

[Benny B]

My boss, the VP of Product Development will make remarks sometimes in meetings, calling me a fucking pussy for quitting and getting small.  He is joking of course, but it gets a bunch of laughs at my expense

Other people were slow to notice, my old buddies that I used to bounce with ALWAYS give me a hard time.

What I'm not really looking forward to is all the smart remarks when I do go back and muscle memory allows me to get back all of my gains within several weeks time.  

Looking back, all of that training and hard work was rooted in insecurity.  I'm not so afraid to be normal now, and it actually helps with business and women, to be normal, dress sharp, and focus on making money.

sounds like you've got your priorities right now
why will you go back to stuffing your face all day and being unhappy if this is how you feel

[Big Worm]

Bodybuilding.
Although I've thought that before, I can never just quit.
I'm thinking on doing cardio only for a while,
but I can't help pickin up my barbells at home and curling
or just droppin down and doin pushups till failure.

I'm sick of it

Send me a p.m ,asking me if I give a shit .

[stormshadow]

sounds like you've got your priorities right now
why will you go back to stuffing your face all day and being unhappy if this is how you feel

I guess because those of us that took it seriously have some attachment to it on a deep emotional level.  Growing up with He-Man, GI-Joe, Rocky Movies, etc. 

When I think of bodybuilding in the 90's it makes me want to train and I respected all those physiques.  When I think of bodybuilding from 2000 to present day, it makes me think drugs, gay-4-pay, distention, politics, and no real differences between the competitors.

[Kegdrainer]

i could give a shit about the industry.  i like keeping up on pro gossip, contest results, etc for the entertainment value.. and I work out for myself.  For my own health, improving my strength, and to feel good.  Lifting weights is a good stress reliever, helps me sleep better at night, improves my digestive health, and of course the benefits of the cardiovascular work are nice too.  I can't imagine ever not lifting.  I can see taking a few weeks at lighter weights or a week off 2-3 times a year to let my body rest and recover, but stopping completely?  Never gonna happen unless i get in some industrial accident and lose my limbs.

[tu_holmes]

As I've always told the my fellow team members at work when they start to complain.

Shut up or quit.

[Obvious Gimmick]

go ahead and quit, we wouldnt want you to hurt your pussy

[candidizzle]

hey bro do what ever makes you happiest..

[Epic_Monster]

I guess because those of us that took it seriously have some attachment to it on a deep emotional level.  Growing up with He-Man, GI-Joe, Rocky Movies, etc. 

When I think of bodybuilding in the 90's it makes me want to train and I respected all those physiques.  When I think of bodybuilding from 2000 to present day, it makes me think drugs, gay-4-pay, distention, politics, and no real differences between the competitors.

So basically getbig is responsible for your quitting?

[Chick]

Bodybuilding.
Although I've thought that before, I can never just quit.
I'm thinking on doing cardio only for a while,
but I can't help pickin up my barbells at home and curling
or just droppin down and doin pushups till failure.

I'm sick of it

QUIT??

DID WE QUIT WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR...?

[tu_holmes]

QUIT??

DID WE QUIT WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR...?

Japanese Chick... Japanese... You know them slant eyed bitches.

[WhiteCastle]

Translation:  I quit after I realized that the iron game left me with nothing but a motivational poster on my wall and the shirts that I had made by sewing together a few dishrags.

[TechnoViking]

Don't quit lifting...Just change your approach to it and life in general...

I suggest

a. Get off all hormones and stay off...If you need HRT, then so be it but if you are under 30...Clean up for good

1. never buy a supplement and/or protein from here on out...99% of the stuff is worthless...You only believe it helps because your mind believes it helps..

2. Only workout 3 days a week in the gym...Full body workouts...No squating, no deads and no benching...Nothing that is going to really test your strength and get you depressed because of what you used to be able to do...Tons of drop sets, supersets, giant sets...

3. Workout with speed...Very little rest times in between sets...

4. Think more about dropping bodyfat then putting on muscle...In fact from here on out, don't put another pound of muscle on your body...Just think about getting a healthy, lean look...3 days in the gym can do that with relative ease...

5. Still eat 4 to 7 meals a day and keep them small but now don't even worry about the protein intake...Don't worry about getting a protein meal in every meal...If you do, you do and if you don't, who the fuck cares

6. Eat a ton of fruit and still drink a ton of water...

7. Don't sweat missing a workout...You are now doing full body workouts. Even if you miss a workout, your still hitting a bodypart within a week...

8. Work the cables and the machines...These are simple and easy...esp/on days you don't feel like being there...

9. Stop talking about hormones with your buddy's who do hormones...When they start talking about the new test that is around and how its the best they have ever done, don't buy into it...Your buddies when on will start to look alot bigger then usual only because you are off...Don't let that mind fuck get the best of you...Bottom line(who gives a fuck what your buddies look like)

10. When Aholes come up to you and say "wow you lost alot of size", again don't read to much into it...Just tell them that you don't work out much anymore and are into swimming..

[candidizzle]

techno your an extreme supporter of psych drugs but not hormonal drugs? whats the difference bro?

EPIC HYPOCRISY

[Brixtonbulldog]

"Only quitters quit and tiple T's a hitter, not a quitter." 

[TechnoViking]

techno your an extreme supporter of psych drugs but not hormonal drugs? whats the difference bro?

EPIC HYPOCRISY

i don't mind hormonal drugs...I just stated to get off them because there would be no need for them anymore if the guy wanted to quit lifting...With that stated, i will say that natural psych/drugs if taking properly can reset the human mind...Sort of like how Ctrl/Alt/delete resets your computer...

And for what its worth, I do believe that hormones can make you batshit crazy...Or at the very least, help you on your way to nutville...Just go to a any bodybuilding event on the planet and take a good look at what is walking around at these events...Its 3am Walmart with muscles/and designer knock off everything

[candidizzle]

i don't mind hormonal drugs...I just stated to get off them because there would be no need for them anymore if the guy wanted to quit lifting...With that stated, i will say that natural psych/drugs if taking properly can reset the human mind...Sort of like how Ctrl/Alt/delete resets your computer...

And for what its worth, I do believe that hormones can make you batshit crazy...Or at the very least, help you on your way to nutville...Just go to a any bodybuilding event on the planet and take a good look at what is walking around at these events...Its 3am Walmart with muscles/and designer knock off everything

yes i think mushrooms are the "reset" button bro....   weed gotta be the "slow mition" button, ecstacy gotta be the " zoom in" feature..cokes gotta be the fast forward..   

people are crazy BEFORE bodybuilding, not after. 

[Chick]

Japanese Chick... Japanese... You know them slant eyed bitches.

Anyone?

[TechnoViking]

yes i think mushrooms are the "reset" button bro....   weed gotta be the "slow mition" button, ecstacy gotta be the " zoom in" feature..cokes gotta be the fast forward..   

people are crazy BEFORE bodybuilding, not after. 

Some believe that DMT is the real reset button...And every night we sleep and dream, we get a taste of it..

[gordiano]

Sounds like the reason you're doing it for, is wrong.
Do it for the feel of the weight, the pump, the leanness in the mirror, or another challenge of weight/reps with the bar.
Not for the chicks or a fucking plastic trophy.
It's funny how Bodybuilding went from a lifestyle, to what people do for money....the chick aspect of it always went along with it, but things got skewed when that was the sole purpose of the journey.

Good post.


If I did this shit (torture myself) for chicks, fuck, I'd have quit a long time ago.


Reality is, I enjoy the lifestyle, the discipline it requires, et cetera. The way I see it right now....I'll be bbing for as long as I can help it.

[TechnoViking]

[MAXX]

if you get sick of it then you can allways just take a big break. do like Levrone. train 5-6 months then take the rest of the time off completly.

but it seems like you dont want no part of bb'ing what so ever anyway so i dont know..

[DK II]

QUIT??

DID WE QUIT WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR...?

bwhahahaahahaahaha, IFBB history knowledge is as good as their drug testing!!

[Mars]

when i have these moments i say to myself. it can only get worser than it already is. go bust of your ass.

[Purple Aki]

when i have these moments i say to myself. it can only get worser than it already is. go bust of your ass.

You're quite the motivational speaker, "Mars".