If you knew then what you know now would you still persue bodybodybuilding or some other sport.

[nomercy]

Even though i love the way i look and love how i feel after my workout bodybuilding damaged my joints and heart, taking the stimed out pre workouts for 30 years and the shit i did to dry out before competitions damaged my heart i love bodybuilding but not worth it

[lifepulse]

Great question, don't know that I have a great answer.


I never played any other sports -- I was a band geek, so marching band was about as physical as it got, or a pickup game of basketball with neighborhood kids. I don't know that I was "wired" for any other sport, to be honest.


I definitely would have done a lot of things differently, with how I approached bodybuilding -- mostly with how I trained, and never taking the time to properly rehab (stretching foam rolling, doing proper cardio in the offseason) -- I would have definitely slowed my roll, gone to doctors more (more musculoskeletal than internal, luckily I appear to have no real internal damage to speak of).


But same time, I was a fairly "sane", and balanced, bodybuilder -- until I got married, had a kid immediately, and relocated -- all while starting gear and starting to push my competitive career at the same time. Sort of a recipe for disaster, which I can see now in hindsight. However, at the time, I was just doing my best to keep us above water -- working like a maniac and never taking the time to take care of myself and my health. So, like, regrets? I dunno, I'm damn proud of the father I am, and what I did for my family. But it often came at my own expense. And if I had chosen to be less focused on pushing bodybuilding at the same time, I could have had better balance. But we also likely wouldn't have done as well as we did financially, etc.


Regret is fickle -- hindsight is fickle. What I did, took its toll on me -- but also allowed us to have a great ride while we did, and be secure. So, I guess "life is hard and you can't have it all" -- and I don't spend much time bemoaning the fact. I did what I did, and loved the ride, for the most part.

[bigmikecox]

I played football, basketball and baseball and to this day I love baseball as much as bbing! I was a good at baseball do wonder if I would have kept playing what would have been but no regrets!

[Beti ona]

I was never very good at team sports, nor was I strong, fast, or tough, so when I discovered weights, I just stuck with it and got addicted.

Maybe I would have liked to have learned martial arts when I was little and I signed up for classes, but I wasn't prepared to suffer or have discipline, and I was just bored.

Knowing what I know now... would have changed not having been bulking up too long and gaining too much fat, but in that moment, I enjoyed it.

I don't think about regrets because it's useless, but I also try to think too hard before taking a course of action.

[Giles]

Nope.

I was shit at every single sport, every single physical pursuit…then I found weight training and we’ve been madly in love & “goin’ steady” ever since.

We fall out every now and again, but after a few weeks we kiss and make up.

[Beti ona]

I was shit at every single sport, every single physical pursuit…then I found weight training and we’ve been madly in love & “goin’ steady” ever since..

Lol, that was me

[Bestia]

I wrestled and am very grateful for the lessons and mindset I gained from those years. A similar set of discipline and sacrifice is needed in bodybuilding so I believe one sport helped build a foundation in me for the other.

The transition point was when I wasn't able to suck down to the weights I was used to wrestling and my body was literally starving to grow. The one off season I started training with weights it was the beginning of the end. I jumped 3 weight classes and only wanted to get a big as possible at that point. By the next off season wrestling was done and it was bodybuilding from then on. Pedal down

[harmankardon]

Even though i love the way i look and love how i feel after my workout bodybuilding damaged my joints and heart, taking the stimed out pre workouts for 30 years and the shit i did to dry out before competitions damaged my heart i love bodybuilding but not worth it

hope your heart isnt too beat up!

our health is the most important thing in life!

[Big Beat]

I was good at sport, one of the best in my school and could have had a good 15 years playing team sports as an adult. I went for bodybuilding as a teen and got too big to play football (soccer) that was my main sport. I was not good enough to be a pro but was good enough to be a semi-pro. I do regret not playing more team games as an adult as bodybuilding is not really a sport.

I think a lot of people get into bodybuilding to build themselves up psychologically which is a double edged sword....good and bad. It is filled with loners and narcissists.

I am reminded of the Bob Paris quote " When I reached the top of the bodybuilding mountain I realize I had climbed the wrong mountain".

Still I am glad I trained and particularly back in the day I really enjoyed the camaraderie in the old hardcore gyms that were more like clubs than businesses. Met some crazy characters over the years.