Why Elite Bodybuilders Sacrifice Everything (It's Not Mental Illness)

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What Being the Best in the World Actually Costs

If you want to be the greatest in the world at something, the concept of balance and living a normal life should also be something that you completely remove from any thought of having. That trade is the price, and most people who say they want the outcome have never actually looked at the bill.

Earlier today, I posted a video in response to a question that we got in our community from a gentleman who was asking if I did bodybuilding coaching. And the response that I gave was basically along the lines of the experience and knowledge that I have down the line with that. But here are a couple of people who I suggest that you go to if that's something you wanna do.

Obviously my target audience is men, some women between 35 and 55 who just really wanna focus on optimizing their health. And as you guys know, if you follow me, my focus is teaching people the foundational skills that they need to learn as far as lifting, eating, and recovery in order to make sustainable lifestyle changes for their long-term health.

Now, one of the responses that I got in my community here is kind of an interesting perspective, okay? And what he said was, I saw a YouTube video of two separate young bodybuilders who both said they'd rather win Mr. Olympia, even if they died at 40, versus living a long, healthy life and not winning anything at all. And that made me realize that a lot of these guys are suffering from some type of mental illness because that shit isn't normal.

Now, I wanna be clear, and this is an important perspective that I think you guys need to take with you.

The amount of dedication and commitment and consistency and hard work that it takes in order to be the best in the world requires that you compromise and give up all of the other enjoyments, vices, and things that normal people take for granted every day.

As an example, if you wanted to go become Mr. Olympia, this is something that you were going to do nothing but focus on for the better part of a decade, if not more, before you even have a chance at stepping on stage and competing at that level. This is something that you commit every part of yourself to in every way and commit all the energy that you have towards succeeding at that. And even if you do that, the likelihood that you will succeed is so minute that you have to literally be delusional to believe that you can succeed.

And any of these professional bodybuilders who have even gone as far as stepping onto the Olympia stage will tell you that this is something that you will commit your life to and you have to be willing to give up relationships, friendships, romance, sex in a lot of cases.

You have to sacrifice your long-term health, the foods that you like, the sleep that you get, enjoy your CPAP, right? Like every facet of your life and everyone in your life will revolve around your career as a professional bodybuilder.

Not just that, but you're probably going to go through your life with people questioning you, talking with shit, making fun of you, trying to knock you down a peg because you have this irrational belief that you're capable of accomplishing the literally impossible goal that you have.

And if that's not the commitment that you're willing to make, then you shouldn't even think about starting.

There is a lot more of this inside the free community, and it is genuinely free, so if you want somewhere to ask the follow-up question the men's group is here: https://www.skool.com/jh-iron-forge-brotherhood/about