Partying while bodybuilding.....................

[Mad Max]

Who finds it hard to party while maintaing a good body?i feel my training and diet has to be perfect if I want to go play in the clubs. I always say I won't do anything at the club but once i'm exposed to the enviroment and music I can't help but get CRAZY. But I refuse to give up going out because I workout to show it off and be proud of my work. It's like a catck 22. Anyone else think its a pain to try and balance the two together??
---PEACE---Mad Max

 

[YoungNHugeGuns]

Yeah, that's the idea -- you train so you can be big when you go out to the clubs, but going out will seize some of the gains!

It's like taking 10 steps forward and then 1 step back. Well worth it in the end. Because other than going out, there's really no reason to train. Unless you are a complete narcissist and love to stare at yourself in the mirror all day. And a well balanced life will put you in a better mindset for everything else, including training. So you might not even be sacrificing anything for your body in the long term.

It can't hurt to take precautions. Always drink a lot of water if you plan on doing anything speedy (esp. x). Speed and dehydration is the recipe for quick catabolism. I've lost five pounds in one night!
Also, set an absolute time to call it quits and go to sleep. It's those all nighters with one hour of sleep (in addition to the drugs) that really destroy your body. I'll have a Xanax and a Valium ready, and I call it quits at a set time, no matter how much fun I am having! Unless, of course, I am getting laid!

 

[NJstacked]

Well....I dont enter contests or anything, however I take my training and diet extremely serious....with that in mind, I allow myself one night where I go crazy and if I go out another night I will have a more relaxing evening....meaning just 84 style!!!!(DRINKING) rum & diet cokes....but I will factor that into my calories for the day

 

[Stan Azolol]

I agree with a HELL YEA! I can't do one without the other, and the fact that i used to be a skinny 8up raver doesn't make it any easier when i hear techno and see glowsticks flying everywhere. I roll lightly only once every 6 mos. i try not to drink alcohol more than one night a week (god i miss my G and Renew)and as hard as it may be, i just keep myself aware of my sleep, my meal every 4hrs. no matter when or where i am, and the penalty i will suffer the next 4 days if i don't keep things in moderation. But the battle is damn well worth it, not to mention challenging!

 

[macDbol]

your in the club to have a good time,,and if drinking helps in having a good time,,then drink...we'll all go crazy if we just trained and ate right 100 percent of the time

 

[LeviathanX]

Axe the drinking, go to dance and meet girls (if you meet one offer to buy them a drink, and just say you are driving or something to avoid them feeling awkward that you aren't drinking). More often than not, the only thing I want after in a club for a few hours is water, it gets so damn hot in there sometimes (especially Exit in NYC and Shampoo in Philly).

Of course, I know there are those out there that can't "get into it" without a little stress-relief brought on by the booze. In your case, just try to keep it light enough to get a buzz - then stop.

As far as the drug users, my only advice is to stop now - it'll kill you in the end, and it definitely isn't helping your training.

 

[Xalthus]

bro.. I party EVERYDAY and still manage to train and eat right and everything.. I been stoned for the past few months almost daily. (friends comeover and we party everyday). And im still the fastest on my football team. Party HARD bros.

 

[LeviathanX]

Xalthus... come back and talk to us a couple of years from now. You might not see any effects now, but it'll catch up to you. I don't know what quality of stuff you are smoking, but regardless of what it is it is far more potent than cigarettes and will coat your lungs full of tar and kill your alveoli very quickly. Not to mention the brain cells you are killing in mass quantities if you are smoking up everyday. It's a wonder anyone is able to have a meaningful conversation with you.

I don't understand the idea that drugs=partying=fun. When I'm at parties some people smoke up and some people don't, at 5 in the morning the people who weren't smoking up are getting laid, and the those that were smoking up are on the ground stoned not knowing what is going on.

But, I guess to each his own.

 

[YoungNHugeGuns]

Xalthus, right on! Work hard, play hard!

 

[Daeo]

Xalthus... come back and talk to us a couple of years from now. You might not see any effects now, but it'll catch up to you. I don't know what quality of stuff you are smoking, but regardless of what it is it is far more potent than cigarettes and will coat your lungs full of tar and kill your alveoli very quickly. Not to mention the brain cells you are killing in mass quantities if you are smoking up everyday. It's a wonder anyone is able to have a meaningful conversation with you.

I don't understand the idea that drugs=partying=fun. When I'm at parties some people smoke up and some people don't, at 5 in the morning the people who weren't smoking up are getting laid, and the those that were smoking up are on the ground stoned not knowing what is going on.

But, I guess to each his own.

I like the way you think. Good to see someone else around with half a brain..