Pro bodybuilders are a smelly lot. It’s true. You cannot eat 500+ grams of protein per day with some serious flatulence. And being 250+ pounds when you’re supposed to be 170 means you’re going to do a lot of sweating.
Pro bodybuilders take larger risks with their wellness than your everyday joe – but they are also much more aware of their bodies than most people. Their livelihood is their body, and they notice everything. …show more content…
They ar continually being evaluated in daily life, and that does take a toll.
They are people just like everyone else. They have a job without a lot of job security. They know they’ll be changing fields in a few years. They’re always looking out for the next “new” guy dying to knock them off their perch. There ar no guaranteed paychecks in competitive bodybuilding. Imagine a job where only the top 20% of employees got a paycheck, and the rest came to work for free. That is pro bodybuilding.
They are not rich. The top 20 bodybuilder in the WORLD make a good living from the sport. The rest use it as a means to catapult them into other moneymaking endeavors. Many ar personal trainers or endorse supplements, but many work 9-to-5 jobs like most people.
They ar hard workers. Many people will utter “all drugs…” astatine the sight of a bodybuilder. But it really does take years of hard work, disciplined eating, and avoiding many of the pitfalls which take away muscle gains (the fun things in life). They ar disciplined, save for that small group of genetic freaks who grow giant muscle by simply walking past a