Jalousy

[achilles]

Hey there;

I don't know about you guys, but as a bodybuilder, one of the hardest things for me has been learning how to deal with jealousy towards superior physiques / progress. Sometimes you feel like you've excelled, really are starting to get big... then you meet / see someone further down the track ungodly huge, and all the progress you've made suddenly seems immaterial - right?

Well, I wrote an article about the subject. Thought it might be pertinent here also. You can find it at my blog: http://ccroft.livejournal.com/238727.html

[achilles]

Damn, I can't believe I spelt 'Jealousy' wrong for the title. Thats what I get for trying to post immediately after getting back from the gym - obviously all my blood is in those engorged muscles, and not the part of my brain responsible for typing. ;-)

If I could edit it, I would!

[TheMM]

Originally Posted by achilles

Damn, I can't believe I spelt 'Jealousy' wrong for the title. Thats what I get for trying to post immediately after getting back from the gym - obviously all my blood is in those engorged muscles, and not the part of my brain responsible for typing. ;-)

If I could edit it, I would!

You don't need brains musclehead. You just leave all that annoying "thinking" junk to us nerdy folk. You just keep gettin bigger for us!

[UKBeefy]

Charles,

I think one of the curses of the internet is that it has allowed an almost infinite number of pics of huge huge guys to circulate and also the youtube and other muscleworship sites are also bombarding us with images of guys with both great genetics and most likely a massive drugs intake. It can really warp people's views of what a bodybuilder should look like when they immediately say "oh jay or Branch are the only big guys". I think if we stood anywhere near a pro today we'd be speechless that anyone can even function at that size.

I know for a fact that I struggle alot with thinking I've made progress and then seeing a guy (typically who i know has been on cycle after cycle of gear) who just looks huge and feeling really dispondent.

Today I had to get a colleague at work to take a pic of me for a publication and when I got them emailed to me I felt like crying. There was me with a big belly and not the "bursting out of shirt" look that I think when I look in the mirror. I know I am in better shape than others but both a camera and comparison with others can be extremely hard on the ego.

What I do like is when I get positive responses from other bigger guys who compliment me on where I am. I had one guy who had really noticeably big muscles said he thought I looked good as I had a natural beefy look rather than something artificial. I still would have liked his 19in arms.