Your physique does not matter

[IrishMuscle84]

I'd argue you're wrong unless talking about people who do drugs/lift purely for aesthetic purposes.

Living a fit lifestyle has tons of health and emotional benefits. It's also been shown that one's general level of health while 30ish determines how sick or well you'll be in old age.

Feeling and looking better are just side effects of regular exercise and reasonable diet.

Exactly. OBVIOUSLY, Exercise/working out is a physical thing BUT to me, its sooo much more than just a "physical" thing. Gives you self-esteem/self-worth,confidence,feel good about how you look, you feel like you can accomplish other things in other areas of your daily life, etc.....

[funk51]

Because it is an artifically maintained state.

 If you have an awesome physique, you are one illness away from totally losing it. Or for a variety of other physical reasons, it could be gone within mere months.

 And if you have a crap physique. You are just 6 months away from having a great body. If your diet, rest, training and supplementation is on key.

 So when I see guys getting slammed for having a crap body, or guys thinking they are the shit for having a great body, it's all just dust in the wind. Either guy could pull a total 180 at any time.

 For example. I was a 100 pound weaking before I started lifting. Then I became 170 pounds are hard muscle and looked pretty damn jacked. Then I stopped lifting and got into long distance bike riding and extreme outdorr sports and my life got busy, and I went back down to 130. Now after bulking up again, i'm almost back where I was at before and I'll surpass it.

 You are not your car, you are not your job, you are not your physique, and you are not your fucking khakis.

i agree all we are is dust in the wind, all your money will not another minute buy. kansas.