| If you're anything like me, you absolutely love weight | | | | most of the people is not on their list. |
| training. You look forward to each training session as | | | | The point is you don't have to be a competitive |
| it's the highlight of your day. If for some reason you | | | | bodybuilder to be a bodybuilder. I'm not at all |
| miss a workout, you just don't feel right and your entire | | | | discouraging competition; I'm just saying that there's |
| day is thrown off. You train hard, take supplements, | | | | something deeper that drives us. Some may find it |
| and watch your food intake religiously. You basically | | | | strange that you train as hard as you do yet do not |
| live the life of a bodybuilder. It's one of your inner | | | | have the desire to compete. Don't let that stop you |
| passions. However, you've never really had the desire | | | | from continuing on your path. If you're already head |
| to enter a bodybuilding competition. I'm with you. | | | | strong into this, that won't be an issue. The reason for |
| Although I admire those who compete, I have the | | | | mentioning this is because some struggle with falling |
| same admiration for those of you who choose not to | | | | off the wagon if they're not competing as they see no |
| compete, yet train just as hard. In fact the majority of | | | | pointing putting in all of that time, effort, and dedication. |
| people that I know that train hard core do not | | | | After all, bodybuilding is certainly goal-based. So |
| compete. And I'm not talking about people who show | | | | competing makes perfect sense. But for many of us, |
| up to the gym every now and then, or those who | | | | the real competition is within ourselves as we are |
| merely go through the motions; I'm talking about those | | | | continuously becoming better each day. You may |
| who are consistent and hit the weights with raw | | | | indeed decide to compete someday and that's |
| determination. These people lift as though their life | | | | awesome. However, I encourage you to train with just |
| depended on it. In a sense, it does because this is a | | | | as much intensity whether you compete or not. This is |
| tremendous part of who they are. But competing for | | | | a lifestyle and an extremely healthy habit. |