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This post just hits on everything I beleive in about training. When you really think about it this game of ours (bodybuilding/competitive or just recreational) it is very political and almost religious. There are dozens of ideals and practicies with which we as individual bodybuilders have to sculpt our "gym philiosophy" around. Some people adhere to a training and diet regimine that prevents them from ever getting big, but allows them to be quite lean year round. Some people are mass addicts and don't mind carrying 12%bf so long as they're growing animals.
I personally have never seen the point in the perpertual cutter. Why go into the gym day in day out to not gain an ounce of muscle. Why sacrifice 5 pounds of muscle for an extra 1% reduction in bodyfat. Many people don't compete and have no need to be at ridiculously low bodyfat levels, but we see it all the time here on the board and in our gyms. Why are these people putting themselves through this? It makes you wonder whom they're doing it for and who they're really training for. Dieting to 8% or so(reasonable for most) is fine. It's a challenging new goal to keep your time in the gym exciting and fresh. But why this nonsense about going beyond that when there is no pay day involved and no judges to win over?
My philosophy since nearly day one of my training was to get f**k'n huge. Why the hell not? I'm putting a lot of my soal into this life, why not walk around and draw jaw dropping stares wherever I go. I'm putting a passionate dedication into my gym time, diet, and lifestyle, why not put all that effort and knowledge to work and get something truely remarkable to show for it. In my eyes 6%bf at 160 pounds isn't remarkable. We all went to school with kids whom already had this physique without ever touching a weight and simultaneously eating doughnuts and dorittos. If you're going to be using AS why not put them to work for you and see how muscle muscle you can grow? In my opinion that's more of a challenge than cutting.
Honesty compells me to say that if you feel you have to carry sub7-8% bodyfat in an effort to impress and even attract the opposite sex you are not only doing this for the wrong reason, but you're a weak individual and severly lacking in self-value. I think most of us know that it doesn't take much to impress people. The only person you need to impress is yourself. So if you're dieting to challenge yourself and find your pottential then more power to you, but if your the "I'm going on vacation and need to drop fat overnight" type then maybe you need to find your spine.
I personally have never seen the point in the perpertual cutter. Why go into the gym day in day out to not gain an ounce of muscle. Why sacrifice 5 pounds of muscle for an extra 1% reduction in bodyfat. Many people don't compete and have no need to be at ridiculously low bodyfat levels, but we see it all the time here on the board and in our gyms. Why are these people putting themselves through this? It makes you wonder whom they're doing it for and who they're really training for. Dieting to 8% or so(reasonable for most) is fine. It's a challenging new goal to keep your time in the gym exciting and fresh. But why this nonsense about going beyond that when there is no pay day involved and no judges to win over?
My philosophy since nearly day one of my training was to get f**k'n huge. Why the hell not? I'm putting a lot of my soal into this life, why not walk around and draw jaw dropping stares wherever I go. I'm putting a passionate dedication into my gym time, diet, and lifestyle, why not put all that effort and knowledge to work and get something truely remarkable to show for it. In my eyes 6%bf at 160 pounds isn't remarkable. We all went to school with kids whom already had this physique without ever touching a weight and simultaneously eating doughnuts and dorittos. If you're going to be using AS why not put them to work for you and see how muscle muscle you can grow? In my opinion that's more of a challenge than cutting.
Honesty compells me to say that if you feel you have to carry sub7-8% bodyfat in an effort to impress and even attract the opposite sex you are not only doing this for the wrong reason, but you're a weak individual and severly lacking in self-value. I think most of us know that it doesn't take much to impress people. The only person you need to impress is yourself. So if you're dieting to challenge yourself and find your pottential then more power to you, but if your the "I'm going on vacation and need to drop fat overnight" type then maybe you need to find your spine.
, bump for more guys to read.
