When Is It Time To Just Quit And Move On From Bodybuilding?

[Fallsview]

This goes for all the ones taking steroids that are in their middle ages and senior years. When does one say "Enough is enough?" and move on from taking steroids and carrying on a facade, you know the ones that continuously bluff people that they are...

...saying your prayers

...taking your vitamins

...training like an animal

...getting 8 hours of sleep

...eating 6-8 small meals a day

...acting like a guru in front of people

...making sure you're not tripping over your lies

...tanning three times a day and saying its the sun and your skin tone

...putting up photos on social media with your daily affirmations and motivational memes

...making sure everyone see's you carrying around your food and always a shaker with protein in it

...explaining to your clients or friends that the reason they're not getting into shape is because they are not trying hard enough, giving it 110%, eating the right protein, carb, fats ratio's, mixing skim milk instead of water in their shakes, not going to failure when lifting, you know just making crap up as you go to get by and make them look like punks and losers.

It takes a lot to keep this going. This is why kids nowadays act the way they do, because their parents were too into themselves and selfish to worry about their spawn and how they were developing. Generation Nothingness IS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[njflex]

 

[HTexan]

Seriously though, good question. Do bbers stop only went they fuck up their life or health?

[Waller]

After multiple surgeries and your second kidney.

[mphgrove]

Seriously though, good question. Do bbers stop only went they fuck up their life or health?

It's an addiction so totally giving it up is not in the cards for most bodybuilders unless career or family place demands that make it impossible or they get stuck in prison or some other limiting factor.  Otherwise, best strategy is to go clean for long stretches in older years.  Keep in mind that the basics of weightlifting and low body fat and cardio are healthy rather than unhealthy so these factors compensate and give you strong health advantages over the general public.  It's continuing to do competitions and doing all the stuff that competitions require that pose an issue in later years.  But without the competitions, most older bodybuilders may not have the incentive to stay in shape.  So it's a dilemma.  But listen to your body and level with your doctor.

[Taffin]

[Dave D]

Is it only bodybuilders who are like this or society?

Anyone who is passionate about something is extreme. That passion becomes your focus and everything else is secondary.

Having money and a great career doesn't mean you're not self centered.

[bigbychoices]

good question. im 53 years old. i maintain a 10-12 % bodyfat level year round. winter its 12 and now its 10. im 210 lbs at 5ft 9. winter i go up to 230ish. i never carry food or protein drinks everywhere. if i miss a work out so what. i only workout 3 times a week usually anyways. i dont eat 5-8 meals a day either. i used to think you had to when i was younger cuz thats what the mags all said. smh and lol. i still use gear but only test and sometimes deca and tren and maybe some dball too nothing crazy either. i use only machines now i train smarter. i understand more now than when i was younger and hung with some pros. actually pros know very little about bodybuilding working out and eating. they have superior genetics and awesome response to drugs. i dont look as good now as when i was in my 20s but i look better than most guys in their 20s.  so what happens is we have to evolve as we get older. the days of being huge is gone. you dont have to lose it all but your body is different at 50 than 20 and 30 and 40 etc. some just quit cuz their body failed them and others just quit. if your smart you can maintain and be healthy and happy train smarter.

[dj181]

Is it only bodybuilders who are like this or society?

Anyone who is passionate about something is extreme. That passion becomes your focus and everything else is secondary.

Having money and a great career doesn't mean you're not self centered.

yes indeedy

L. Bird would practice hooping til his hands would bleed

J. West would practice hoop during winter ice storms 

[funk51]

[The_Iron_Disciple]

It's an addiction so totally giving it up is not in the cards for most bodybuilders unless career or family place demands that make it impossible or they get stuck in prison or some other limiting factor.  Otherwise, best strategy is to go clean for long stretches in older years.  Keep in mind that the basics of weightlifting and low body fat and cardio are healthy rather than unhealthy so these factors compensate and give you strong health advantages over the general public.  It's continuing to do competitions and doing all the stuff that competitions require that pose an issue in later years.  But without the competitions, most older bodybuilders may not have the incentive to stay in shape.  So it's a dilemma.  But listen to your body and level with your doctor.

This guy knows his shit. Spot on.

[Pet shop boys]

This is a very serious question ...... the one you'll never see in a bodybuilding magazine ..

Those bodybuilders that think they have a mission in the world ( most ) will simply carry on to a senseless route ...

Doctors can't tell openly, but most seasoned bodybuilders keep going after the blood work has shown signs that their organs can't take it anymore

from pro veteran bodybuilders to the cougars female all year round ripped",    they just say they will move on and quit BB, but the blood work keeps showing the same toxics over and over ....

Then you have those who do it naturally, yet, they abuse their bodies in the gym,  25 plus years training heavy in the gym, ignoring sored joints, hips, spine, lower back pain etc .... the fountain of youth my ass! its a major wear and tear.... taking pain killers, glucosamine ,oil pills icing the joints ,and who knows what else,  while their older friends/ brothers/family members have a more functional life and less expense on doctors and chiropractors  etc.....


Look at Palumbo , he's doing financially good as a guru and business man, physically speaking he has had serious organs and joints problems , now he's going to have shoulder replacement  surgery (didn't even know you can do that ) and then try to hit the gym to get big (ala Ronnie)



WoooSHHHHHHHHH

[ratherbebig]

most bodybuilders are still around

theyre not injured
not sick
not dead

this is another shitty thread by people who bitch about bodybuilders health like theyre really concerend

why dont you talk about the 10 cyclists that died since 2016

the two deaths in cricket by ball to the head in 2013 and 2014


or the three people who all died in new york marathon in 2008

[Pet shop boys]

most bodybuilders are still around

theyre not injured
not sick
not dead

this is another shitty thread by people who bitch about bodybuilders health like theyre really concerend

why dont you talk about the 10 cyclists that died since 2016

the two deaths in cricket by ball to the head in 2013 and 2014


or the three people who all died in new york marathon in 2008

yeah, let's talk about the 2 baseball super stars from the 90's  that are making a comeback to the MLB this year....  wont see it happening right ?
No one in his right mind would allow such nonsense

Only in bodybuilding there's not time to quit or move on'  that's why you have Flex and Kevin  coming back to IFBB pro stage.




WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH  Its LEVRO NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[ratherbebig]

the more people talk about levrone the better it is.

its like youre employed by him, only you dont get paid, he's getting and keeping all the money himself.

[TheShape.]

I fear for our health

[cephissus]

This is a very serious question ...... the one you'll never see in a bodybuilding magazine ..

Those bodybuilders that think they have a mission in the world ( most ) will simply carry on to a senseless route ...

Doctors can't tell openly, but most seasoned bodybuilders keep going after the blood work has shown signs that their organs can't take it anymore

from pro veteran bodybuilders to the cougars female all year round ripped",    they just say they will move on and quit BB, but the blood work keeps showing the same toxics over and over ....

Then you have those who do it naturally, yet, they abuse their bodies in the gym,  25 plus years training heavy in the gym, ignoring sored joints, hips, spine, lower back pain etc .... the fountain of youth my ass! its a major wear and tear.... taking pain killers, glucosamine ,oil pills icing the joints ,and who knows what else,  while their older friends/ brothers/family members have a more functional life and less expense on doctors and chiropractors  etc.....


Look at Palumbo , he's doing financially good as a guru and business man, physically speaking he has had serious organs and joints problems , now he's going to have shoulder replacement  surgery (didn't even know you can do that ) and then try to hit the gym to get big (ala Ronnie)



WoooSHHHHHHHHH

Yep

[Fallsview]

most bodybuilders are still around

theyre not injured
not sick
not dead

this is another shitty thread by people who bitch about bodybuilders health like theyre really concerend

why dont you talk about the 10 cyclists that died since 2016

the two deaths in cricket by ball to the head in 2013 and 2014


or the three people who all died in new york marathon in 2008

Do you have some type of developmental delay? I did not say anything about getting injured all I said is that the toll of taking steroids and being a pin cushion and lying sack of shit must wear on you. Lee Haney-looks great! Dorian-looks great. Rich Gaspari-looks horrible. So again, for the moronic teens that carry jugs of "haters tears" to World Gym: Lying everyday...with just about everything, taking steroids, cooking them up, finding a source that has legit drugs, getting all the other non-steroidal drugs, making sure your mommy doesn't find them, When is it enough and that person can finally breathe again?




STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Keto Kid]

Your best bet is to start incorporating more fitness type activities: hiking, biking, swimming, yoga, maybe some light lifting, get lean as possible. Forget about steroids and move into test and gh and maybe weed. Look at what Yates is doing, he's got the right idea, lives in a nice warm climate, big into biking, yoga, and weed. Nothing more pathetic then a 50 year old dude still running tren, wearing wife beaters and bandanas to the gym, rolling up on their Harley, still trying to hang on to the "glory days." Oh and cut the protein way down, the amount of protein intake required to put on muscle is seriously overinflated, look into tons of fresh veggies, fruits, nothing processed, focus on fiber intake and nutrient rich foods, all that protein is super acidic, creates tons of inflammation, taxes the kidneys, and is generally not healthy especially in your 50's.

[Griffith]

Early to mid 30's.

[blackpele]

This is a very serious question ...... the one you'll never see in a bodybuilding magazine ..

Those bodybuilders that think they have a mission in the world ( most ) will simply carry on to a senseless route ...

Doctors can't tell openly, but most seasoned bodybuilders keep going after the blood work has shown signs that their organs can't take it anymore

from pro veteran bodybuilders to the cougars female all year round ripped",    they just say they will move on and quit BB, but the blood work keeps showing the same toxics over and over ....

Then you have those who do it naturally, yet, they abuse their bodies in the gym,  25 plus years training heavy in the gym, ignoring sored joints, hips, spine, lower back pain etc .... the fountain of youth my ass! its a major wear and tear.... taking pain killers, glucosamine ,oil pills icing the joints ,and who knows what else,  while their older friends/ brothers/family members have a more functional life and less expense on doctors and chiropractors  etc.....


Look at Palumbo , he's doing financially good as a guru and business man, physically speaking he has had serious organs and joints problems , now he's going to have shoulder replacement  surgery (didn't even know you can do that ) and then try to hit the gym to get big (ala Ronnie)



WoooSHHHHHHHHH

Many think because you train naturally that you will have no problems............but they tend to ignore as you stated the major wear and tear of joints.........I don't care how good your form is..........eventually your joints are gonna be funcked

[polychronopolous]

Renal failure

[galain]

Many think because you train naturally that you will have no problems............but they tend to ignore as you stated the major wear and tear of joints.........I don't care how good your form is..........eventually your joints are gonna be funcked

True but what's the alternative? Bodyweight exercises? They'll fuck you up too - and in fact, I think many of them put more strain on joints than working with weights.

Just turn into a fat couch potato?  I've been thinking of doing something different for awhile now but I can't find anything that gives me the physical benefits (despite the niggles and aches) that gym work does.

[falco]

This goes for all the ones taking steroids that are in their middle ages and senior years. When does one say "Enough is enough?" and move on from taking steroids and carrying on a facade, you know the ones that continuously bluff people that they are...

It takes a lot to keep this going. This is why kids nowadays act the way they do, because their parents were too into themselves and selfish to worry about their spawn and how they were developing. Generation Nothingness IS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about the bodybuilder kids whose parents were NEVER related to bodybuilding, still they have "generation nothingness kids"? What's your argument then, Dr. Phil?

[The_Iron_Disciple]

Early to mid 30's.

I hope you're joking ??