Is anyone else burnt out on bodybuilding/strength training?

[BachelorForLifeParticipant 483]

I tried out bodybuilding for about a year, (I’m a natural, never used steroids) and while I love the muscle I gained from it, I hate body building for a variety of reasons.

1. I hate bulking and cutting sessions. More so bulking sessions.
Bulking makes me want to vomit every time I attempt it. Every time I do attempt it, I feel bloated and I also feel like a fat f~~~. Cutting after those sessions only make me feel worse. If anything, I’d just rather cut all the time than feel the way I do after I bulk. Seriously, f~~~ bulking.

2. Bodybuilding/strength training is f~~~ing time consuming.
Having to eat every 2-3 hours is intrusive as f~~~. It’s one thing to bulk, but it’s another thing to have your whole day wasted because you’re eating like a fat slob.

3. Bodybuilding/strength training is for appearances only. Arguably for martial arts as well.
Seriously, this kind of s~~~ isn’t for health in any way. While I love the cosmetic appearances my extra muscles have given me, I have a naturally small frame. Pushing my body, especially my heart to carry around extra muscle (as well as fat) will only be a detriment to me in the future, especially in my older years.

4. Gyms f~~~ing suck unless you have your own home gym.
With all the thots and roid heads running around, gyms are disruptive as f~~~ in a lot of ways. Even if you loved bodybuilding like I used to, dealing with roid heads especially only f~~~s with your workouts even more so.

Which brings me to my next points.

As a MGTOW, especially lately, I’ve been thinking about my long term health benefits as opposed to short term/cosmetic looks. While gaining extra muscle isn’t necessarily a detriment to your short term health, long term, it can hinder it a lot. Especially in old age where you’re not as active and all that muscle turns to fat because of inactivity.

Which is why I plan on only doing traditional cardio; (running) every day or every other day out of the week for about 45-60 minutes. I’ve been getting my appetite under control after my last bulking session and I feel awesome as f~~~.

It depends on your BMI on how much calories you should consume, but currently, I’m 5’6, 163 pounds, and I’m eating close to about 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. I feel the most comfortable when I eat between 1,000 and 1,200 however; which is what I plan on adjusting them to.

If you want to bodybuild or go for strength training, then go ahead, but I see no health benefits of doing so unless you’re pursing a martial art or athletic sport of some type. Otherwise, I find it’s healthier and easier to maintain a lower calorie intake while only focusing on running for weight loss and weight maintenance.

As for me, I see bodybuilding and strength training especially, as just another attempt to gain pussy. I figure if you’re not in some athletic sport or martial art, why the f~~~ would you want all that extra muscle weighing you down in the first place? At least for me, I know no one’s ever going to see me naked or f~~~ me, so it doesn’t matter what my body looks like.

Long term health is far more important to me. Which means strength training and bodybuilding is useless to me. I used to love bodybuilding as a hobby especially, but I don’t see any need for it anymore. I’m just completely burnt out on the idea of it.

[Anonymous 6]

I’m just getting started. Gotta lose weight this year before i can join the Air force

[The Black ScorpionParticipant 2144]

DO NOT neglect strength training as part of your fitness program.

It is absolutely essential to your over all health goals.

And if you don’t use it – you lose it.

Strength training can be achieved by incorporating bodyweight exercises and isometrics into your schedule. Free of charge.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover that it was not fish you were after. - Henry David Thoreau

[Anonymous 14]

Bodybuilding is fairly Blue Pill s~~~. Now, if it is for a sport, or you are a pro, ok (wouldn’t recommend it), but most guys do it to GET CHICKS. Guess what? In the long run carrying around all that weight and stressing your joints will one day leave you dead earlier or cripple and limping around earlier, just like Ronnie Coleman and so many others. I did it for a few years when I was younger, and yes, it does attract women, but it is a lot of work and some added expense as well. For long term health maintaining a lighter weight and not going too hard on the weights is the way to go.

https://spotmebro.com/ronnie-coleman-cant-walk/

[BachelorForLifeParticipant 483]

Anonymous wrote:

https://spotmebro.com/ronnie-coleman-cant-walk/

This kind of s~~~ is why I don’t bodybuild anymore. Thankfully, I didn’t do it to where I f~~~ed up my body like he did. At most, I just gained about 30 pounds extra muscle. But, I plan on going back to my lowest ideal BMI bodyweight, which is around 115 pounds. Most of the weight I gained is muscle, which shouldn’t be too hard to lose.

I know some may say you need strength training and such, but I don’t need all that muscle I’ve gained over this past year. It’s just for show. Hell, I don’t even do sports or martial arts. Which is why I think weighing less is the ideal goal if you don’t need muscle for anything such as a job or sports.

[Anonymous 6]

Anonymous wrote:

Bodybuilding is fairly Blue Pill s~~~. Now, if it is for a sport, or you are a pro, ok (wouldn’t recommend it), but most guys do it to GET CHICKS. Guess what? In the long run carrying around all that weight and stressing your joints will one day leave you dead earlier or cripple and limping around earlier, just like Ronnie Coleman and so many others. I did it for a few years when I was younger, and yes, it does attract women, but it is a lot of work and some added expense as well. For long term health maintaining a lighter weight and not going too hard on the weights is the way to go.

https://spotmebro.com/ronnie-coleman-cant-walk/

That is just sad. It’s not that I feel sorry for him, I just find him to be an example of the tragic things that happen in today’s world. In a wheelchair and can’t see it for what it is, what a shame!

[Anonymous 14]

BachelorForLife wrote:

I plan on going back to my lowest ideal BMI bodyweight, which is around 115 pounds.

115? I guess if you are around 5’3″ or so that would be ok. The lowest weight is surely the best for longevity and wear and tear. To me the perfect body is a more trim depiction of Spiderman. I think Spidey is supposed to be 5’9″ or 5’10”, so around 165-170 is about right. Lifting and being strong is ok, but guys who try to bulk up and get huge are just crazy to me…You are only killing yourself really when you take it too far. Big horses, big dogs, and big men all die young.

[BachelorForLifeParticipant 483]

Anonymous wrote:

To me the perfect body is a more trim depiction of Spiderman.

I think so as well. But, I excel at cardio more so than strength training. Strength training to look like Spiderman is pretty cool, but I just don’t see the need for it, especially since I don’t do it for external validation like I used to.

Plus, I prefer cardio over strength training because I love the runner’s high I get. I love that feeling far more than the soreness I get with strength training or bodybuilding.

[ghostParticipant]

Just take a break or don’t go so hard all the time. You don’t want to wear your body out too quickly, especially if you are planning on living a long life.

[Anonymous 18]

Bodybuilding and strength training are two different things.

Exercise = cardio + weight/strength training.

I have never felt s~~~ty walking out the gym after a good workout. Never.

Healthy body, healthy mind. It is 100% true.

You feel better when you look better.

Weight training helps improve strength, posture, self-esteem, other’s perception of you (it matters if you are not off the grid), and your diet. Last being – the more time you in gym the more conscious you become of what you put in your mouth.

Stop weight training and you diet will also go to s~~~. No exception.

Prove me wrong. I will wait.

[BachelorForLifeParticipant 483]

Anonymous wrote:

Stop weight training and you diet will also go to s~~~. No exception.

I just prefer to be a runner that doesn’t do strength training. I get that it’s beneficial on some terms, but for the most part, it doesn’t affect me either way.

Plus, my diet was pretty good even before I did strength training and bodybuilding. Mainly because I did workouts similar to how the military trains for their physical fitness standards. Those types of workouts seemed to work the best for me.

The main reason I hate strength training is because you have to constantly bulk or eat at maintenance. While I can do those things, I prefer to eat at calorie deficits because I feel better than while eating at maintenance or bulking.

At least with cardio, I can get away with eating 1,000 calories or less a day, which I feel the most comfortable when it comes to food intake. I don’t naturally have a big appetite, so forcing myself to even eat at maintenance f~~~ing sucks.

Right now, I just keep track of how much calories I consume and do cardio about twice a day. I’d much rather run a 5k marathon or train for a 5k marathon than train to lift 400 or so pounds on a deadlift or squat rack. I don’t see the appeal.

[xanthineParticipant 4903]

Diet plays a much bigger role than people realize. Its not just about how many calories or grams of protein, the source makes a huge difference too. The best source is red meat.

I personally have always been an ectomorph, and a hard gainer. I started lifting weights when i was 12, but didnt really get any noticeable bulk until i was roughly 15, even though i was spending hours every week lifting weights in my parents basement. And honestly, most of my gains came from wrestling, i put on nearly 10 pounds in one season and did not gain a pound for years after.

Anyway it was pretty much more of the same for years, until i was about 19 or so. I decided i wanted to bulk up so i basically ate nothing but steak and worked out almost every day for several months. I went from weighing 150 to 165 pounds and increased my bench press from 185 to 275. It was the steak that really made me gain the weight. I really wasn’t eating a lot, but everytime i did i was eating steak. It was f~~~ing awesome.

Anyway after a certain point i stopped because i didn’t want to increase my mass too much. I havent done any serious lifting since then and it was almost 12 years ago but people still comment on my muscle all the time. My main workout now consists of basically just beating the hell out of a heavybag for 20 to 50 minutes, maybe a couple times a week. Even with that little activity i still notice pretty conspicuous gains if i start working out hard and eating a lot of steaks. I used this routine plus steak to bulk up to 170 lbs (5’10” for reference) and have no desire to get bigger or stronger than i am now. I am still very lean and have ripped six pack abs and all that s~~~, all my extra weight is muscle.

You don’t have to spend a ton of money on this plan either. Basically when i was 19 i was mostly eating pork steaks, which cost maybe $2-3 per pound. Now i mostly eat London broils which cost $4-6 per pound and are delicious. Pan fry or grill, either way it is an awesome meal, easy to make, and will pretty much hit the spot for the entire day.

So yeah. If you’re getting burnt out on strength training, look to your diet and make the necessary adjustments. Then get as big/strong as you want to be, and when you’re satisfied you can turn into a lazy s~~~ like me and focus more on cardio. People will still think you’re putting in a ton of time at the gym when you’re really just eating an unreasonable amount of steak. It’s awesome.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

BachelorForLife wrote:

1. I hate bulking and cutting sessions.

One extremely big mistake is, if you don’t want to be a pro, follow any “pro” tip…

Bodybuilding is a sport, and you can be really sure that 100% of it is focused on getting a better competitive body. If your goals isn’t be big as f~~~, and even the smallest category on stage is far bigger than an average human, don’t go that way.

If you just want to have a good body with a good performance, exercise, but don’t go into the bodybuilding/powerlifting world. I’ve being lifting weights for over 20 years, 3 years ago I started running, what was the result ? I BARELY WAS ABLE TO RUN 30 SECONDS ! Yes, this may sound like impossible for a guy who worked out so much, but I was heavy as f~~~, except for the gym, I don’t do nothing, I just sit on my desk working the whole day. Now I can run for almost 30 minutes, this may sound like nothing for those who run a lot, but for me is a really good improvement !

If you want to be healthy and have a good body, mix everything, cardio, stretch, lifting for mass and for strength. Usually people in the gym who “want to be a bodybuilder”, don’t have a clue of what a bodybuilder body looks like, and they will be disgusted about how a powerlifter body looks like.

For example, here is a powerlifter, in any gym people will call him “just another fat guy”. He is an epic motherf~~~er who lifts over 1ton.

And here is Dorian, one of the greatest bodybuilders that walked the earth !

See, there is a huge difference from what people in the gym think that a bodybuilder looks like (thanks for the ads on sups !), and what those athletes really look like outside the stage in their normal lives.

BachelorForLife wrote:

As a MGTOW, especially lately, I’ve been thinking about my long term health benefits as opposed to short term/cosmetic looks.

Any sport will destroy you except for chess (Yes, people consider it a sport), if you do what pros do all the time, you will have a lot of injuries. If you want health over anything else, you can keep working out, even do some strength training, but don’t push yourself too hard, or you will end up with a lesion.

BachelorForLife wrote:

It depends on your BMI on how much calories you should consume, but currently, I’m 5’6, 163 pounds, and I’m eating close to about 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day. I feel the most comfortable when I eat between 1,000 and 1,200 however;

Check it with a professional… this is really wrong. Man need far more calories than c~~~s, for example 1kkcal is my breakfast, and I ate between 4.2kkcal-5.2kkcal daily, just saying. Check your diet with a professional nutritionist, because sooner or later something very bad for your health can happen !

BachelorForLife wrote:

As for me, I see bodybuilding and strength training especially, as just another attempt to gain pussy.

Your idea is based on the ads and images that you see on the internet, c~~~s love skinny guys with 6 packs, that is the type of body that you will get if you workout in the way that you want, in the gym the most c~~~s that try to talk to me start saying “your legs are too big, they are gross, you should stop working out”. I don’t give a single s~~~, but real bodybuilders freak c~~~s even more.

BachelorForLife wrote:

Long term health is far more important to me

Health and bodybuilding/powerlifting are not mutually exclusive. You can have both, as I said about any sport taking seriously may lead to some eventual injuries, no matter what you choose (except for chess), you will have to look out to stay away from injuries, even running, if you don’t use the proper technique and some good shoes, you will destroy your body faster in a year than a professional powerlifter will do in 10 years. No matter what you choose, if you do it in a safe way, you will be fine.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

xanthine wrote:

Diet plays a much bigger role than people realize. Its not just about how many calories or grams of protein, the source makes a huge difference too. The best source is red meat.

Good point, I love red meat, besides the BS of vegan people saying that “protein is protein”, even compared to chicken breasts, I can feel some good difference using red meat on the diet. I don’t know if are the B vitamins or the creatine, or something else, but my body responds better using red meat.

[Anonymous 38]

I seriously question any MGTOW who does body building. Why?

There’s staying fit and strong, that’s healthy. But taking it further is what puzzles me, as I can’t think of a genuine motivation other than to increase your genetic fitness to women.

I’ve lost size since I stopped going to the gym but I do pull ups and push ups in the park / at home, and I’m still in good shape.

I hate the time gym takes, the fact it makes me more vain and being surrounded by douchebags.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

Anonymous wrote:

I seriously question any MGTOW who does body building. Why?

Bodybuilding is a sport, several bodybuilders that I know are in a way something similar to MGTOW, their daily routines are much different from other people, and there is no c~~~ that can endure some years of not going out to eat, or having to eat what she wants alone. Being a bodybuilder is hard not because of the workout, this is the easiest part of the day, is the other part of the day that is hard. You can be really sure that this is not something that women usually find attractive, forget “fitness models”, they are not bodybuilders.

What I can’t see is a bodybuilder who shouldn’t go his own way, this is already hard, but is impossible with a c~~~ nagging all day long in your ear. I never competed, and never will, but some years ago when I was in a relationship, those c~~~s f~~~ed my head, they nag so much about everything, try to f~~~ your diet, your training sessions, every single thing.

[Nomad82Participant 612]

If it isn’t fun, don’t do it.

I’ve build up some muscle and got lean in the past three years (now 35, 5’10” 160lb), however I discovered long distance running, and now i’m 100% dedicated to it. Competing in races and receiving medals is a lot of fun for me. This year i’ll be doing some obstacle races as well to see if I like it.

Again, working out / “bodybuilding” should be a hobby, not your entire life.

Achieve Individual Greatness!

[JVBParticipant]

BachelorForLife wrote:

Long term health is far more important to me.

Correct. That is the way to think. Whole food plant based nutrition will definitely be key here. Light weights high reps a couple of times a week to maintain some strength and bone density. The rest is cardio cardio and cardio. Good luck mate.

Peace is > piece.

[JVBParticipant]

Solid wrote:

Good point, I love red meat, besides the BS of vegan people saying that “protein is protein”, even compared to chicken breasts, I can feel some good difference using red meat on the diet. I don’t know if are the B vitamins or the creatine, or something else, but my body responds better using red meat.

I’m an ovo vegetarian. Eggs only. No milk,cheese and obviously no meat. Unless you have been vegan or vegetarian and truly know how good your body can feel, keep the “BS of vegan people” statement you yourself.

Peace is > piece.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

JVB wrote:

Unless you have been vegan or vegetarian and truly know how good your body can feel

You clearly didn’t understand what I’ve said, please read it again.

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