you wont understand at this point, your still riding the wave.... big, strong, competing
but what happens when you cant compete anymore, then you realise youve got to be on drugs the rest of your life to look anything like your former self, or will you be ok weighing less out of shape than your actual ripped up contest weight, only youl be smaller and fatter.... that wasnt the dream i was given by flex etc etc
Don't overthink it man, just keep lifting till your last breath. 99% of the people I know personally do not lift, and they look like shit, stooped shoulders, bad posture, 12 inch arms. They all look like shit and I've got twenty years on them. Everytime I meet someone new, it never fails, they ask me if I lift and then they ask me how old I am and they can't believe it. Besides the sensation of getting an extreme pump, it's like I'm coming ten times a day, not going to give that up, ever.