My suspicion as to why Danta didn't compete is because he realized that he wouldn't be a 275 pound behemoth onstage like Jay Cutler. Someone once said he was dieting down and then stopped because when he reached 240 pound he didn't like how he looked.
Ah, nearly all of us who have been on a stage have had that shocking realization for our first contest: we were not as big as we thought we were going to be when dieted down, especially those who went the distance for being shredded to ribbons.
Why didn't Trevor Smith (RIP) compete? I believe for the same reason: permabulkers think they're muscularly bigger than they are.
I am kind of getting worried about you man. You are kind of creeping me out. Nobody knows me anymore. I am so 12-15 years ago, people nowadays dont know who I am yet you have made 4-5 posts about me in the last couple months. Like its getting seriously creepy. Nobody gives a crap about me anymore...but you sure seem to do. You obviously follow me around on facebook...and seem to think about me alot.....what is your deal? I am 15 years ago! Even these pictures on this thread are from 2002. Its 2017. I havent had hair on my head since the 2000's. I dont come from the Instagram society, where everyone needs to put up pics to reaffirm themselves that they are ok. Ive been lean as hell, bulked to the gills and all over the place over the last 30 years at different times...Since you dont seem to understand it and you obviously want everyone to only follow what you do and your goals Ill explain it to you.....I wanted to get big from my starting point of 137lbs...I could give a crap what you and everyone elses goals where/are.....I was incredibly skinny and I wanted to do something about it and did.....it is what it is. I achieved every single goal I set out to do in spades. To correct you on what you said above about competing.....the last 2 times I dieted down to compete....(again back in the 2000's) I dieted down from 298 to 256lbs with 3.5 weeks to go and I was ready at that point...and my father called to say he had liver cancer at that point (pulled out). The time after that I believe I was 5 weeks out...sitting in my office...263lbs if i remember right and my work was suffering so badly....I had multiple employees, people who depended on me, and nothing was getting done because I was extremely tired.....and I came to realize this is freaking stupid...I have a highly successful business here and Im chasing a 15 dollar trophy for what? Because others wanted me to compete and I felt "ok yea maybe i should do what everyone expected of me" when in reality I dont care. My love has always been the battle in the gym, I could give 2 clucks about getting onstage in posing trunks. I wasnt satisfied when i was 150, 200, 250, 300 and now even at 253lbs....thats how an individual keeps driven....if I am ever satisfied why even lift to improve?
So again you got a 50 year old man with a family and kids who is very removed from bodybuilding and you keep thinking about him and posting about him....I havent trained ANYONE since 2009....and I am still on your brain.... isnt that kind of weird to you?
