Anyone Stopped Competing?

[stirated]

I respect the above comments and would like to add my reasons. I got asked to prepare someone for a show and all of a sudden the fire was relit, now I had done pretty well in my early years placing at a national level 100% clean.

I look at it like this I cant control what the judges see and to be quite honest nor do give a rats arse, this is a sport not a life defining moment and if im not good enough on the day then so be it.

We need to enjoy what we do none of us is going to be the next MR O if im not mistaken.

Drug use in this sport is out of control and what I have seen worked 10 years ago would now be considered a cruise.

For most including myself we are never going to reach the top because we just are not good enough, compete because you enjoy it, don't put your relationships ,work, marriage and friendships at risk.

Just my thoughts and I hope it helps, bodybuilding is a great sport but its a sport which dose not define us.

[1992mag]

I respect the above comments and would like to add my reasons. I got asked to prepare someone for a show and all of a sudden the fire was relit, now I had done pretty well in my early years placing at a national level 100% clean.

I look at it like this I cant control what the judges see and to be quite honest nor do give a rats arse, this is a sport not a life defining moment and if im not good enough on the day then so be it.

We need to enjoy what we do none of us is going to be the next MR O if im not mistaken.

Drug use in this sport is out of control and what I have seen worked 10 years ago would now be considered a cruise.

For most including myself we are never going to reach the top because we just are not good enough, compete because you enjoy it, don't put your relationships ,work, marriage and friendships at risk.

Just my thoughts and I hope it helps, bodybuilding is a great sport but its a sport which dose not define us.

Very true. Yeah I decided what I'm going to do. My original plan was to do 2 shows this summer, back to back weekends, the second one being a national level show where'd I'd be going for my pro card. I calculated the cost to do both shows and it came out to about $685 without the cost of traveling and the hotel. So then it'd come out to probably $1,000. And I stopped and thought to myself "Why am I in such a rush just to go pro?" When really, going pro means nothing really...other than you can say, "yeah i'm a pro" cool, so what. And also I'm only 21 so i got plenty of time. So I decided to skip those two shows since I want to be all in and 100% focused if I'm going to be doing them and especially paying that kind of money. Dont want to be half assing it, second guessing myself. So instead I'm just going to do a show nearby in late August that I did last summer that qualified me for a national level. This will give me way more time to prep adn itll be a much slower relaxed prep and it'll give me another shot at competing and since its just a smaller regional show there no pressure and I see whether I want to keep doing this or not. And shit, I might not even ever really bother with a national level show and maybe just do these smaller regional shows just for fun every summer. Just to stay a little competitive. But who knows. I'm still really young and got plenty of time. I really shouldn't even be thinking about this so much in the first place cause like you said Striated, it doesnt define us its just something we really enjoy doing. Thanks for your guys responses though. Both helpful in making my decision.

[stirated]

Very true. Yeah I decided what I'm going to do. My original plan was to do 2 shows this summer, back to back weekends, the second one being a national level show where'd I'd be going for my pro card. I calculated the cost to do both shows and it came out to about $685 without the cost of traveling and the hotel. So then it'd come out to probably $1,000. And I stopped and thought to myself "Why am I in such a rush just to go pro?" When really, going pro means nothing really...other than you can say, "yeah i'm a pro" cool, so what. And also I'm only 21 so i got plenty of time. So I decided to skip those two shows since I want to be all in and 100% focused if I'm going to be doing them and especially paying that kind of money. Dont want to be half assing it, second guessing myself. So instead I'm just going to do a show nearby in late August that I did last summer that qualified me for a national level. This will give me way more time to prep adn itll be a much slower relaxed prep and it'll give me another shot at competing and since its just a smaller regional show there no pressure and I see whether I want to keep doing this or not. And shit, I might not even ever really bother with a national level show and maybe just do these smaller regional shows just for fun every summer. Just to stay a little competitive. But who knows. I'm still really young and got plenty of time. I really shouldn't even be thinking about this so much in the first place cause like you said Striated, it doesnt define us its just something we really enjoy doing. Thanks for your guys responses though. Both helpful in making my decision.

Good luck mate you seem to have a decent head on your shoulders and im sure you will make the right decision. I wish you all the best in your future endeavour's.