as you get older and gain perspective, BB becomes really comical

[dunkin donuts]

I am sure some of you fine gents can relate
Hilarious looking back how important I thought being big and swole was.

[Primemuscle]

I am sure some of you fine gents can relate
Hilarious looking back how important I thought being big and swole was.

I think there is a tendency for us to want what we don't have. When I was a rail, I wanted to get 'swole'. When I finally got big, I discovered it was uncomfortable carrying around 40 extra pounds regardless that it was mostly muscle. A lifetime later, I am pretty much back to were I started and it feels good... as good as one can feel at 78 years of age. 

[beakdoctor]

That's not what I find comical. Going to the gym , lifting, looking in the mirror, counting grams of protein and carbs and fat, packing lunches full of chicken, rice etc.... thats still fun. 

But looking at the professional side of it or the competitive side of it does seem ridiculous.... look, I have the utmost respect for the forum members here who have competed (with one obvious, shit talking, lying,  cheating,  quitting exception) but when you see Big Ramy in his glittering codpiece... it's frankly embarrassing to be a 'fan' of the sport in it's current form.

[dunkin donuts]

I think there is a tendency for us to want what we don't have. When I was a rail, I wanted to get 'swole'. When I finally got big, I discovered it was uncomfortable carrying around 40 extra pounds regardless that it was mostly muscle. A lifetime later, I am pretty much back to were I started and it feels good... as good as one can feel at 78 years of age.

As lame as it sounds, there is something to be said about selflove

[Flexacon]

I think there is a tendency for us to want what we don't have. When I was a rail, I wanted to get 'swole'. When I finally got big, I discovered it was uncomfortable carrying around 40 extra pounds regardless that it was mostly muscle. A lifetime later, I am pretty much back to were I started and it feels good... as good as one can feel at 78 years of age.

Wise words as always Prime

[Zillotch]

Wise words as always Prime

lmfao

[Irongrip400]

What I find comical, is that at 20-22 I had no real thoughts of buying a magazine with dudes in cut off daisy duke jorts, screaming at each other while lifting weights. It never occurred to me how ghey body building could be until I got older.

[webstar]

For me it the was the  diet. Thinking sticking to a plan was hardcore

Packing my meals and eating out of Tupperware at lunch meetings, weddings, sporting events etc.

Like I was doing a battle for theOlympia video , directed by mits

As you get older you realize it’s really genetics.

[ThisisOverload]

For me it the was the  diet. Thinking sticking to a plan was hardcore

Packing my meals and eating out of Tupperware at lunch meetings, weddings, sporting events etc.

Like I was doing a battle for theOlympia video , directed by mits

As you get older you realize it’s really genetics.

I remember refusing to eat certain foods at football game parties and shit.

I'd eat steak and potatoes driving to the pregame cookouts at NFL games when i had season tickets.

God forbid i ate hotdogs and burgers for 1 day.

That was so gay and i'm sure everyone was rightfully labeling me an asshat.

Because i do the same thing now.

I joke with people so much about the "anabolic window".

It's so retarded when i look back at it.

[20inch calves]

Competing for me was just a way to test myself. Motivation to stick to a diet and push myself. My first 2 competitions were fun...I came to see it what it was though. A pageant full of arrogance self loving narcissists. The women were the absolute worst. For me though I enjoy the journey of getting bigger and leaner. All in all it's truly not worth it trying to chase a dream of being a pro though

[Lartinos]

When I first going on BB message boards and for some years after my mindset wasn’t much different than Bhank in terms of the simple narcissism.

He may have just been hooked opioids since he was young and never grew up.

[beakdoctor]

What I find comical, is that at 20-22 I had no real thoughts of buying a magazine with dudes in cut off daisy duke jorts, screaming at each other while lifting weights. It never occurred to me how ghey body building could be until I got older.

This. I  really didn't think anything of it.

It was probably after I found my way to GB that the sordid truth came out....the G4P, the rec drugs, the prostituting,... once my eyes were open to it there was no unseeing it.

Yeah, it's ghey as fuck....

A few years ago I had a layover at an airport and picked up an issue of MD at the newsstand. I was about halfway through an article when my plane began to board. The woman working at checkout just looked repulsed when she scanned the barcode then conspicuously set the magazine face down as I paid.

[judochoke]

I can remember taking my kids and their friends, to the Olympia conventions in Las Vegas. We would be three cars full of my friends, kids, and coolers. We would get in the parking lot at about 8 am, to be up close so we could drop off our bags of free stuff. Popped our first beer too, at 8 am. When the doors opened, the kids went one way, and me and my friends went the other way. All day long we would go back to the car, drop off heavy bags of free stuff, and grab a cold beer or two. We had the best of times. Probally went about 4-5 years in a row.

Looking back, besides the fun we all had with the kids, (teenagers) and friends being in Vegas for the night, it was pretty silly for a grown ass man like myself to be wandering around the convention looking for free stuff.

Pro bodybuilding is stupid.

[Bevo]

I think there is a tendency for us to want what we don't have. When I was a rail, I wanted to get 'swole'. When I finally got big, I discovered it was uncomfortable carrying around 40 extra pounds regardless that it was mostly muscle. A lifetime later, I am pretty much back to were I started and it feels good... as good as one can feel at 78 years of age.

I’m sure all 40 pounds you gained was all blubber

[Humble Narcissist]

What I find comical, is that at 20-22 I had no real thoughts of buying a magazine with dudes in cut off daisy duke jorts, screaming at each other while lifting weights. It never occurred to me how ghey body building could be until I got older.

Yeah, and I wondered why girls asked if a person was gay as soon as they found out he lifted weights.

[youandme]

It’s only gay if you want it to be. The majority of lifters that wear cut off jean shirts, and either a cut off shirt or a flannel shirt with work boots aren’t gay but just overly passionate about the sport. Sometimes it’s just best to wear some sunglasses in the gym while training to block the haters.

[oldgolds]

And the single worst thing about it is taking dangerous drugs... Not to mention how phony and transitory the muscles/strength are...all dependent on weekly injections...

[Marty Champions]

I am sure some of you fine gents can relate
Hilarious looking back how important I thought being big and swole was.

What hooks people is actually how lean u can get just eating meat and low carbing and maintaining it while being natty if you have discipline

It feels so 'woth it' when your young and all u care about is chasing pussy. Then fast foward years you realize how moronic you must be to do all these epic effort workouts and your max bench and squat is still the same or even less, then you realize all the other gym goers are too afraid moronic or delusional to admit this

Very few get stronger like 2% rest are delusional , non of us are special enough to continue to gain

[dunkin donuts]

Next question then:

Would your life have turned out better or worse if  not for bb?

[affeman]

I am sure some of you fine gents can relate
Hilarious looking back how important I thought being big and swole was.

It's way better the other way round, try to become financially independent as young as possible so you can f*ck all this business and society crap and focus completely on your BB and harem goals from age 30 on

[dunkin donuts]

It's way better the other way round, try to become financially independent as young as possible so you can f*ck all this business and society crap and focus completely on your BB and harem goals from age 30 on

his lawyer story seems kind of embellished and convenient

[joswift]

I am sure some of you fine gents can relate
Hilarious looking back how important I thought being big and swole was.

hello Brian..

[dunkin donuts]

hello Brian..

hello 

[Rambone]

A few years ago I had a layover at an airport and picked up an issue of MD at the newsstand. I was about halfway through an article when my plane began to board. The woman working at checkout just looked repulsed when she scanned the barcode then conspicuously set the magazine face down as I paid.

[IroNat]

Bodybuilding is gay.