"Fitness" (The Industry) as a career choice is completely retarded

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Memo to the young guys here: get a real skill and get a real job. Lift, juice, have fun. But never make the mistake of thinking that you can make a living at it. You'll just end up blowing some old wrinkled schmoe and on dialysis at government expense in your late 30's.

IG fame isn't "fame". It's much better to have a real skill to fall back on.

[local hero]

I was just speaking to two guru's who were still early 20's, in clothes they look like they don't even lift, both trying to make a living selling diets and training advices, living in coo koo land totaly deluded... Of course they know more than everyone in a gym full of time served competitors also

[njflex]

gotta respect frank sepe stays lean ,reports on bbing and stays in it that way,,went from 260 ish drugged out and got done with it and looks younger in his 40's than ever before,,smart guy..

[Simple Simon]

Memo to the young guys here: get a real skill and get a real job. Lift, juice, have fun. But never make the mistake of thinking that you can make a living at it. You'll just end up blowing some old wrinkled schmoe and on dialysis at government expense in your late 30's.

IG fame isn't "fame". It's much better to have a real skill to fall back on.

back to the day job for us then?

[240 is Back]

Yep, I think that's the case for ANY profession.  Kick butt in your field but always give an hour a day to developing skillset outside of that arena. 

Way too much unpredictability in the business world, in every field.

[local hero]

gotta respect frank sepe stays lean ,reports on bbing and stays in it that way,,went from 260 ish drugged out and got done with it and looks younger in his 40's than ever before,,smart guy..

Got to respect him for sticking with it, can you imagine the urge to blow to superman proportions that he's denied him self from all these years, and despite what he will claim the urge us always there...

[Wiggs]

What is a "real" job?
Is an actor a "real" job?  They're in essence playing an expensive game of pretend.
Is an professional ball player a "real" job?

A real job is one you get paid to do. This isn't 1960's get a job at the factory or do some other menial job for the prestige of being a "hardworker". Get in where you fit in. 

[Coach is Back!]

What is a "real" job?
Is an actor a "real" job?  They're in essence playing an expensive game of pretend.
Is an professional ball player a "real" job?

A real job is one you get paid to do. This isn't 1960's get a job at the factory or do some other menial job for the prestige of being a "hardworker". Get in where you fit in. 

I think he means scammers like that Devin Phyisque dude.

[NaturalWonder83]

What is a "real" job?
Is an actor a "real" job?  They're in essence playing an expensive game of pretend.
Is an professional ball player a "real" job?

A real job is one you get paid to do. This isn't 1960's get a job at the factory or do some other menial job for the prestige of being a "hardworker". Get in where you fit in. 

real job is blast furnace operator

Memo to the young guys here: get a real skill and get a real job. Lift, juice, have fun. But never make the mistake of thinking that you can make a living at it. You'll just end up blowing some old wrinkled schmoe and on dialysis at government expense in your late 30's.

IG fame isn't "fame". It's much better to have a real skill to fall back on.

agreed-excellent thread
These YouTube and IG schmucks are the cancer of fitness industry
Friggin liars on gear who claim to be natural-they all have bmw and Mercedes, clothing companies, all do online coaching-and they lie and sucker these dumb people into paying them for coaching
And they all claim to be on the grind like their lives are grueling

The worst offenders are Guzman, online coach Raymond, Kinobody, ogus, and Chris jones

[WalterWhite]

real job is blast furnace operatoragreed-excellent thread
These YouTube and IG schmucks are the cancer of fitness industry
Friggin liars on gear who claim to be natural-they all have bmw and Mercedes, clothing companies, all do online coaching-and they lie and sucker these dumb people into paying them for coaching
And they all claim to be on the grind like their lives are grueling

The worst offenders are Guzman, online coach Raymond, Kinobody, ogus, and Chris jones

Guzman is spending like a drunken sailor. Let's not forget all natural Lex.

[Al Doggity]

What is a "real" job?
Is an actor a "real" job?  They're in essence playing an expensive game of pretend.
Is an professional ball player a "real" job?

A real job is one you get paid to do. This isn't 1960's get a job at the factory or do some other menial job for the prestige of being a "hardworker". Get in where you fit in. 

Absolutely agree. If you are getting paid and making a living, it's a "real" job. Being a scam artist is not cool, but "scam artist" is not equivalent to using social media to make a living. Social media didn't reinvent the wheel. People always chased fame, worked gig to gig, had jobs that some considered flighty. Some career paths are more practical than others, but social media didn't reinvent the career wheel.

[balzac]

[falco]

The important thing is to do what you love. Some guys love to scam others.