How the fuck are you supposed to balance bodybuilding and a social life?

[cure]

Anytime i go out with my girl i'm always stopping somewhere to eat. She has a coffee and i'm having a steak or a grilled chicken sandwich. I make my training schedule like it's an extension of work.

4days training - wake up at 6:00AM - Cardio for 30-45 minutes - go to work from 8:00 to 4:00PM - Train from 4:00 - 4:45. Go home, eat, shower go out till 10:00PM-11:00PM then sleep.

Once the weekend rolls around i only do cardio when i wake up and take Saturday and Sunday off and include a cheat day in there. I go to bed when i want and wake up when i want. It's different if you want to party 7 days a week which i never did even when i was 21. Just too boring for me to be out all the time.

Even if i wasn't training at all i would still be going to bed early during the week because i would still need about 8 hrs of sleep a night to function.

 

[Robert Jan]

lift every day?
why?

I mean a 3 day split can work aaaight or not?

maybe 4 but why 5 or hell 7?

i agree its fucking hard... how about you try balancing bb, being on the basketball team, a social life, and schoolwork?

 

[casavant]

Well, man, let me add my two cents in here. I often ponder this question myself, but I guess what it really comes down to is WHY ARE YOU LIFTING? I love the time I spend in the gym, but if you have no time for anything else, ever, then why the hell do it? During a cycle, you need to be as focused as possible, but other than that, live a little. Bodybuilding is about enriching your life, not being its sole purpose. Just try to find your balance. Also, I agree that it would be nice to date a chick that was into working out as well, so she would be a little more understanding of your slightly altered lifestyle and maybe you could probably spend a little more time together doing bodybuilder stuff. Good luck to ya.

 

[The_Ghost]

You gotta chill Frack and take time to smell the roses, I do this to make my life better not take away from it. My first 3 months dating my GF I was on and it didn't interfere a bit with my training or eating or sleeping. The reason being is she is a passionate about the gym as I am.


Anyone who says you can't have it all is wrong. Rigth now I am up at 6:00 to head to the gym for cardio, at the office by 8:00 then I am back at the gym for my hour workout at 5:00. I workout 5-6 days a week and do my cardio 3-4 days a week. On top of that I play baseball, golf and rollerblade yet I still have lots of time for my GF and my friends. Its all a matter of managing your time.

My gf loves her gym time as much as I do. On Mon, Wed, and Fri she won't miss and I love that. When I phoned her with the details of our first date she asked me if we could go out a bit later then I planned as she didn't want to miss her class. I thought perfect!! Instead of getting annoyed like she thougth I might, I was pleased as I new she would understand.

You will run into a lot of woman who don't understand your choice of lifestyle so just bang them and forget them.

 

[casavant]

You will run into a lot of woman who don't understand your choice of lifestyle so just bang them and forget them.

LOL! They hate the lifestyle but love the results. Ain't that the truth.

 

[Frackal]

Re: Re: How the fuck are you supposed to balance bodybuilding and a social life?

You need to take yourself a little less seriously.

1 - If you are in the gym 2 hours a day every day - something is wrong with your training. Stop the chit-chat and just lift.

2 - Tell me one reason why going on a date will interfere with your nutritional regimine.

3 - You can't go out because leg day is tomorrow?? Sorry dude - that's a little whacked.


I can totally relate to being dedicated to eating, sleeping and training but you need a life.

Gee thanks for the advice. I didnt think it would matter enough to mention it but 2 hours includes driving time, I am normally there for around an hour and a half. Off gear I train with less volume, but on gear I add more sets. And I wear headphones and dont chat.

I dont know if a date will but since I need to eat a large meal roughly every 2 hours so who knows.

I dont see why you dont understand the leg day situation. If I go out until lets say midnight or 1 am, get to bed by 1:30-2, have to be up at 8 to be able to train in time for work... doesnt leave enough time for rest.

Not sure why this got you so upset corny, and obviously I realize I need a life which is the whole point of this thread...I was just looking for examples of other people who follow a similiar routine but also incorporate dating, it just seems tough to balance all of that with work, schoolwork (summer online) etc.

 

[Fonz]

You simply need to make it happen......

so you train 1-2 hours a day on average right? How does that take away from a social life? I know it can be a challenge to make sure you get enough sleep and eat enough if your hanging out with friends, but it can be done. And if you can't find a way to do both right now, don't stress about it.......

Maybe in the US. But in the UK its very, very hard.

I swear people live inside a pint glass here.

Can't wait to get to Texas next year.

Fonz

 

[Y_lifter]

Throw into the Mix a Family and see how hard it is...
This is why Me, DOT, WODIN and other's get up with the Rosters
so we can still get a Workout while the family is still snoozing in Bed.

What's a Social life ?

 

[b fold the truth]

I totally understand what you are saying. I am slightly obsessive compulsive though...lol. My father told one of my friends the other day (x-boss) that anything that I really set my mind to doing...I did till I was one of the best. That is the truth.

I get to bed early, sleep in if possible, sacrifice fun for food and training equipment, etc... Right now I continue to sacrifice things for the betterment of my dream...turning pro. For Christmas I got a Super Yoke and for my birthday I am getting a Conan's Wheel/Viking Press.

Very few women like me when they realize how I really am. When they realize that I love this sport more than I do most anything else, they run. When I told Night Fly about my real dream in this sport...she was a bit "taken away" by it initially. She then embraced it, understood that my dream is not like most other people's dream, that I put more into my dream than most people ever do theirs, and that I loved her too.

Keep your dream and someday someone will fall into your life that will accept your dream too...

B True

 

[the nature boy]

Well try working 60+ hours a week, on the road, training and a social life. Something has to give. And right now it's training.