Thread: How can someone keep up with the BBing lifestyle? (Your struggles and suggestions)

Originally Posted by Vision

25+ years and I'm having new issues.. we all need to step back and re check things.. love to hear some feedback.. I love sharing & LEARNING!!!!!!!!!

I really haven’t been hitting it hard until the last 3 yrs. I started lifting early in high school to put on size for football. I guess I over done it over my soph summer. I ended up putting on 20 lbs and went from a wide receiver to a fullback/tight end. Every lift went way up and I fell in love with lifting. Got back into it to loose some weight and get my strength back. Started aas about 3 yrs ago. Recent promotion has sabotaged the shit out of everything. I just have to stop and make myself go to the gym. Set a certain time down and stick with it. My wife meal preps because of her job. She got me a meal prep bag. I’ve had it for 3 months now. I have never used it.


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Originally Posted by docgreen77

I really haven’t been hitting it hard until the last 3 yrs. I started lifting early in high school to put on size for football. I guess I over done it over my soph summer. I ended up putting on 20 lbs and went from a wide receiver to a fullback/tight end. Every lift went way up and I fell in love with lifting. Got back into it to loose some weight and get my strength back. Started aas about 3 yrs ago. Recent promotion has sabotaged the shit out of everything. I just have to stop and make myself go to the gym. Set a certain time down and stick with it. My wife meal preps because of her job. She got me a meal prep bag. I’ve had it for 3 months now. I have never used it.


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I am religious at going to the gym 2x day. It gets hectic, but I am good if I get into a routine. With my workouts and food. I started competing at 46 (5 years ago). The first year was all natural. I am fine as long as you don’t fuck with my schedule. Sometimes shit happens and my day off is my day on to make up. I have not missed a workout in well over a year.
The only way that I can stay on my diet is to cook all of my meals on the weekend. I eat so often that I need to have it prepared. No cooking during the week.
Up at 3 am, workout and at work by 6.
I am also taking classes so my afternoons are come home, go to the gym, do homework, and do administrative work for the day that I did not get completed.
Try to be in bed by 10.

This does take a toll on family life. I will not go out to eat because of my diet. My wife may want to go somewhere however if it interferes with my workout, I will not go.
Obviously, this sometimes causes tension and makes her dislike me competing.
I just cannot go halfway, it’s all the way in or all the way out.
The people that competed at a younger age usually have a different outlook, probably because they have been there and done that. I’m still in the doing stage.


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Nice I like this thread. Life has curveballs all the time, it is interesting to me as well to see how people adapt to the bullshit. ​

Originally Posted by T42

Nice I like this thread. Life has curveballs all the time, it is interesting to me as well to see how people adapt to the bullshit. ​

Yes I really like this thread, and it speaks volumes with the truth and reality of life and I greatly appreciate everyone's input because we can all take a little bit of something away from this..

Will be following this. Sometimes I wonder if I am spending too much time st gym and less with family

Originally Posted by HalleHood

Will be following this. Sometimes I wonder if I am spending too much time st gym and less with family

If you refuse to miss a workout and you compete.... the answer is probably yes.


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Don't mean to bring this back but I struggle too. Can't go to the gym til the kids go to bed. If they're good it's 845 when I get there and it isn't bad. If they're assholes its 945-10pm. Get in, try to get workout done by 11:15. That's hard if the wife is working out too cause we gotta load and unload weights if we only have 1 rack. Cardio is a no go if we both workout. Get home and hopefully can wind down quick from the pre(need to try non stim)since I have to be up for work at 5am. I rely on my physical job to provide my cardio for the week.

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