how is bodybuilding for yourself?

[jeremys]

i used to train for mass then i started training for powerlifting. i got to thinking, how is bodybuilding for yourself? other people's opinions are what drives your motivation. that doesn't seem like a worthwile thing to pursue. all i can see is that the person
wants attention. this seems like a very ignorant way to view something so help me out here

i'd love to bodybuild if there was a good motive/reason. i have a very decent base, but i also have a very decent strength base to start powerlifting so whatever

 

[casualbb]

yeah it's pretty vain. I guess it's just mental. Say I'm gonna approach some girl...it'll certainly help me get up the nerve to do it if I can say to myself "I look good naked."

So it's not that I actually look better but moreso the confidence from knowing that I look better.

 

[BlkWS6]

Hell I like looking better for myself. I rarely go to the beach or a pool and I never really work out in wife beaters or tank tops. I just like to take my shirt off at home and look in the mirror and think "hey it kinda looks like you lift weights." In fact this type of situation was the sole reason I started to cut a while back. I was sitting in my computer chair typing away when I turned away and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I thought "wow I look awful." No one told me I looked bad, no one commented at all, I just saw the way I looked when I was all alone and decided I needed to do something about it.

 

[jeremys]

i figured it was mostly (all?) in vain. not sure i wanna take this road or not

 

[vinylgroover]

Is there really that big a difference.

At the end ofthe day we all train for size......bodybuilder or powerlifter, whether it's our explicit aim or not.

I don't bulk nor do i diet.......steady as she goes. For me as long as i keep building muscle i really don't care how long it takes.......i just enjoy lifting.

 

[spatts]

Sometimes people train a certain way because they enjoy it, not for the end to the means.

 

[jeremys]

Sometimes people train a certain way because they enjoy it, not for the end to the means.

you're referring to the people that do it for the 'pump' and stuff, no? or use training for venting their anger, etc?

 

[jeremys]

oh i see vinyl's post now. this post order problem could really get fixed. i see what you mean though.

i'm talking about competitive bodybuilding though

 

[revexrevex]

hey spatts, can there be people who just like to lift heavy weights?

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by jeremys
i figured it was mostly (all?) in vain. not sure i wanna take this road or not


Just playing devils advocate here............is there some greater "cause" to powerlifting that makes it less egotistical in your mind then bodybuilding? I mean both involve an effort to improve oneself in one way or another, right? Why is it worse to be concerned with lets say......aesthetics then how much weight one can push/pull?