Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.
Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?
Never underestimate the power of wide-grip pull-ups to develop width and size.
If you don't follow a good nutritional plan, you're bodybuilding with one arm behind your back.
Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger
Bodybuilding has been my life; if it weren't for bodybuilding, I don't know what I'd be doing. I look at bodybuilding as who I am.
The psychological tools I've gained from bodybuilding will never atrophy.
When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When i became a body-builder, I was in the gym all the time. Like most beginners, I didn't really know what I was doing, but the more I did it, the more I loved it. I guess you could say I was a gym rat. Seeing my body change made me come back for more.
When you love something as much as I love bodybuilding you don't have to do much extra to push yourself, it just happens. There were some tough times and when those came up I just used my mental strength to push through knowing that my mind controlled everything.
Intensity builds immensity
Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth.
Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max.
Trust me when you love something you don't need motivation.
Bodybuilding is men on a stage in their underwear wearing brown paint showing other men their muscles. It is training for appearance only, and at the contest level requires a degree of vanity, narcissism, and self-absorption that I find distasteful and odd
Get over it people, I worked my ass off.
Always asked, 'Whats the key to success?' The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry and always be the hardest worker in the room.
Bodybuilding is not just a sport; it's a way of life. If every aspect of your life is not focused on making the sacrifices necessary to build your best physique, you will ultimately fail and never reach your full potential.
Shoulder width is an absolute requirement for displaying the V taper that will make or break your physique.
All else being equal, the guy with the best genetics will have the best physique. But rarely are all things equal.
The theory of high-intensity, anaerobic, bodybuilding exercise is not true because I or anyone else, no matter how many might agree, say it is true. It is the fact that the logic of the theory is unassailable which makes it true.
That's a good weight...for a small woman
The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. You talk less about it. It's like you have a little BMW - you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it's just going 110. But if you see guys driving a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. These things are the same in every field.
Bodybuilding isn’t 90 minutes in the gym..it’s a lifestyle
The path to added muscle is consuming more calories than the amount needed to keep your current bodyweight unchanged.
In the beginning it wasn't bodybuilding competition that motivated me, it was just getting muscles and getting big. And certainly it has evolved for me since then. I think I'm still evolving.
