Benf15harp
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I don’t get out of bed unless I’m getting paid.
MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
So what is your 'why'? Of all the hobbies one might have, what makes you dedicate so much time to training, physique, nutrition, etc.?
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BuildABro
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I was surprised to not see more people admitting to the straight up vanity angle of all this. Like when I was on vacation this summer and stripped my shirt off to play sand volleyball and could almost feel the penetration of 30 sets of eyes planted firmly on me.
readalot
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You would have to eventually look good to do it for the vanity angle. With BD, one will never look good.
nightprowler7
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Nothing wrong with that, Look what you got out of it…A family.
Fattyone
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Exactly. I’m the last one to take off the shirt in those situations.
readalot
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Just a yes or no, if you like:
You don't have to say what it is/was, but do you know where the anger came from?
Sometimes one cannot pinpoint exactly where shit comes from.
Just wondering whether you knew or maybe figured out, in time, where it stemmed from.
I got into bodybuilding to help me smash guys at BJJ. I started on TRT a couple of years ago at 180 lbs, saw a relatively quick size "improvement," and started lifting, eating, and cycling about a year later. Now I'm 210 with the power of gravity behind me. My cardio has suffered a little bit, but the other performance gains more than make up for that loss.
I'm currently trying to gain about 10 more quality lbs but past that I predict diminishing returns.
I'm currently trying to gain about 10 more quality lbs but past that I predict diminishing returns.
narta
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Yes.
PermaBlastingTren
Member
Does Jesus plan on giving me free gear?
BuildABro
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I’m currently roughly 12.5% body fat. My rough goal is to get to sub 10%. Basically just because I’ve never been and want to prove to myself I can do it.
I’d like to be 200 + pounds too preferably
I got down to 8-9% over the summer, then about a month ago started my current bulking cycle. I was about 195 at the end of that. I'm 5'11"-6'.
The weight I've put on so far is mostly water due to the increased steroid load and GH.
I'm finding the cut to be far easier than the bulk. I feel like such a piece of shit when I'm just sitting around eating carbs all day long on my high days. It also just doesn't feel good to be full.
BuildABro
Well-known Member
We have similar stats it seems. I just need to further dial my diet and just commit to rip the band aid off and go for it.
I’ve been at this long enough that it’s time to take a run at it.
2025 will be my year
bigMoJo
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After dedicating so much time and effort into work and family, I had turned into a fat f*** and didn't like what I saw in the mirror. I woke up when I finally looked at my labs... lipids were through the roof. My dad had a heart attack at age 50 (survived). I wasn't going to let that happen to me, especially my kids. I made up my mind and have been hitting whatever goals I set since: lowering lipids; weight loss; strength gains; cardio; physique transformation. I still have a long way to go, as I keep adding more goals. With that, the bodybuilding attention to detail just keeps evolving.
However, I must admit, I am now consumed more by vanity. I've always, and still want to be, the baddest mutherfucker. It's just me, it's the cloth I'm cut from. I'm not a dick (at least I dont think so). But, whether it's work, family, gym, whatever, there is fire to be the best.
However, I must admit, I am now consumed more by vanity. I've always, and still want to be, the baddest mutherfucker. It's just me, it's the cloth I'm cut from. I'm not a dick (at least I dont think so). But, whether it's work, family, gym, whatever, there is fire to be the best.
bigMoJo
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I like building things. In this case a world class physique for my particular frame and genes. I think most men are builders. Unfortunately I didn’t get the construction gene. Like I’m seriously pathetic. Just doesn’t compute.
Plus I’m a perfectionist. So I wanted to make my physique look as perfect as I possibly could and found out how with resistance training.
Lastly, I don’t want any woman i sleep with ever thinking about any body on top of them other than mine. So I guess I am super jealous in that way lol
Plus I’m a perfectionist. So I wanted to make my physique look as perfect as I possibly could and found out how with resistance training.
Lastly, I don’t want any woman i sleep with ever thinking about any body on top of them other than mine. So I guess I am super jealous in that way lol
The sooner we all learn about how little women actually care about our physiques, the better. Guys are the ones who are looking and admiring. It's funny how men project their own desires onto women, as if we're nearly the same. We're not even close.
Your body has nothing to do with you being able to hold onto a woman.
From that point of view, it's been a waste of time.
You did it because you like to see yourself that way, end of.
But your physique becomes old news very, very quickly.
100% what Bjjgear wrote: you guys do this to compare yourself to other men, not because women are necessarily drawn to a body that like yours is "world class".
The look of ideal masculinity that is drilled into the male mind through the Internet, nowadays, has made this thinking even more profoundly entrenched, that it's all about the kind of body you have/want.
Still, despite how this translates into a real life concern for you guys, for us it's just a bit of ephemera, in the end.
As for the very last bit you wrote, I am not even gonna go there....
"The eyes are useless when the mind is blind”
