I understand what you are saying. BUT, hard work does not equal an Olympia. Many bodybuilders have worked their asses off, some died, to try and win, but did not.
Why didn't Wheeler win? Because he was in an amazing field of competitors. But, he did win many other contests. Same with Levrone.
Bodybuilding, is a combination of work, drugs, genetics. The harder you work does not mean you will win anything.
Give props to people with great physiques. Why do you care what they do to achieve it??
No, Flex admitted that he would fuck up his diet and prep and not stay on track...he would sabotage himself, because he didn't believe he deserved it! From his mouth. And when you don't believe you derserve it, you don't work as hard...he thought he could waltz in and take the 98 O, and someone else worked their asses off, and looked better
Ronnie-hard worker, won it. Dorian--hard worker, won it. Haney---hard worker, won it. Are we seeing a trend here?
Why do I care what they do to achieve it? Like anything in what American used to be---hard motherfvcking work was rewarded, you grind it out.
Sadly, you share a atitude with many here and it reflects why America has gone downhill...
"who cares", "why should I do XYZ, when it's too hard..."
do everything the easy way---well it shows...
Could have been a multiple Mr. O by now...
And Donald Trump said something about "potential"...it was something along the lines of, if you are not working up to your potential, then you are not working hard enough.