When on cycle, just how serious are you?

[Izzman]

How are you guys when on cycle? Do you literaly kiss your social lives goodbye? When on, my life is literally train, eat, sleep...rinse, wash, repeat! I remember how my first cycle was and damn, talk about no life! I dread knowing Im going to have to go through that again in the future! The constant napping, eating, bloat, leathrgy......ugh!

 

[Goodfellow]

I have learned to ballance my social life with my love for bodybuilding. For years I lived like a hermit but after loosing both of my best friends reciently I had to take a step back and re-evaluate what is really important in life.

 

[Izzman]

I have learned to ballance my social life with my love for bodybuilding. For years I lived like a hermit but after loosing both of my best friends reciently I had to take a step back and re-evaluate what is really important in life.

Good for you bro, only if I could bring myself to reevaluate my BB'ing life.

 

[Goodfellow]

Its really not hard, its all about time managment. Get yourself a good time managment plan and life just becomes a little simpler. Its also a good idea to re-evaluate you training and dieting. If you are making the most out of your diet and training then it becomes easier to let some things go in order to have a decient social life.

 

[csobel]

There is a fine line between healthy obsession and unhealthy obsession--stepping back and investing in other things besides bodybuilding was the best thing I could have ever done for, interestingly, my bodybuilding. I think that bodybuilding is a sport that more so than others requires immesne attention to detail and immense discipline, often to the point that the only people who can stay invested and succeed are somewhat obessive in nature to begin with. I don't know about you all, but I definantly speak for myself on this one.

When I started to invest in a better social life--putting aside a concious hour and a half four times a week to socialize--I found myself much happier in general, and that translated to better performance in the gym. When I started to re-invest in other sports like Shotokan karate and skiing, etc. It trained many different muscles in many different ways and I ended up stronger in the gym.

But I hear you. On cycle, when I'm spending precious money on gear and lots of food I want everything to be perfect... sometimes at the cost of my life.

 

[=Viking=]

I was obsessed about a year ago spending all my time training and on these boards. It was driving my wife and kids crazy. My wife was real patient because she new how important it was to me.

I finally decided to turn off the computer limit my training, and spend time with her and the kids. My gains were much more enjoyable with them.

My kids thought I was the strongest daddy ever, and my wife loved to rub my chest.

What is the the real goal of adding size and strenght. Who are we really doing it for. For the singles is it just to impress the ladies, and cause other men to envy?

 

[JAYMAN014]

This all all true although I did it because I was sick of being 160pds and tried very hard naturally to get up in weight and couldn't do it. After 1st couple cycles I did notice it started to become an obsesive behavior, On the computer and at the gym, Always looking in the mirror and again the same thing my girl started getting pissed I started to get an attitude that I was the man and seperated from some of my friends, When I finally took a step back and realized what I was doing I worked hard over this last year to find who I was before the gear, and have gotten there. I am now starting another cycle after a year and am going to work as hard at my social life as my athletic life.

 

[NYBodyguard]

train 1 - 1 half hour max a day eat 6 meals there is time for everything

if president clinton found time for a BJ you can find time for a social life, I think his days where busier