Why do you care so much about what you look like?

[trialbypinoy]

i so feel you guys on this. people look strange at me when they find out i don't eat rice, being asian.

 

[calveless wonder]

I dont kno if you kno what I meant but some people will discourage you from hardwork etc and look at you different and those are the people you need to ignore and keep doing your thing sometimes if thats whats good for you

sorry though i'm obviusly not as cool as you since I havent done a cycle

that makes more sense....the way you worded it was very misleading though. And no, has nothing to do with coolness so don't get all defensive. What i was refering to was that people look at you completely differently if they suspect you of doing steroids or if look like you do steroids. This has a horrible ripple effect...especially if you're in the business world. Now if you've never done a cycle you can't understand it from this perspective...thats what i meant.

What you said earlier was a complete disrespect to everybody that has had to give up something for their bodybuilding lifestyle...but you cleared it up so no worries.

 

[mongo67]

There will always be one faster, one stronger one bigger and yes....one smarter...one gets into fitness for themselves and the lifestyle..you should be proud of that...doing what you want to, truly makes you cool...

 

[heregothere]

The reason I care is, admittedly, mostly superficial.

How many truly successful people do you see that are fat slobs? Very, very few. As unfair as this might be, it's a fact of life. Society believes that appearance transcends other qualities like 'how beautiful you are on the inside'. So if being attractive gives me an edge, I am going to try to maximize that, end of story.

I also believe that if you take care of your body, people recognize that. They might not understand or condone how seriously you take it, but they respect the fact that you care enough and have the dedication to treat your body like your temple.

That being said, there is a fine line that a lot of people don't recognize and take it to an extreme degree (anorexia nervosa, muscle dismorphia, etcetera). If you can find a balance that you are happy with, and if people give you shit for it, then you have to shrug them off because they are negative influences that you just don't need.

 

[alltraps]

Re: Re: Why do you care so much about what you look like?

Just forgot to say something before.

Never fall in the trap of thinking that just because you have a physically superior body to other people that you are better than them.

Seen way too many people act this way.

Fonz

absolutely the best statement ever!! i know a few guys like that. have a good body, and think every guy wants to be like him, and ever chick wants him.

 

[TheMuscleMonster]

i'll tell you exactly the reason i care so much, just last night me and couple friends were out at a bar, on two seperate occasions random (decent looking) girls just walked up to me and asked my how big my arms were, which led to touching them, so on and so forth, which led to me going home with one of them. and i dont like how people always say thats superficial. If you think about it lifting for health and a long life is really the selfish reasons, lifting for the pleasure of women i believe that is the most selfless and noble reason one can workout. just my opinion

 

[concordsize]

because it is the only thing I am good at. Plain and simple!!!!

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