2 Le Monster's Observations Part Deux

What time is it? It's Monster time!

I'm back for your reading pleasure about living the life of a top amateur UK bodybuilder. Again this is a little light reading for those guys (and gals) going through some hard times having only the company of chicken breasts and rice cakes to get them through those cold, hungry nights.

Being a bodybuilder ain't all it's cracked up to be. It takes a very strong mind to create a fantastic physique. It ain't just about the training, although that is a large part of it. Picture this, a guy pushing weights in a gym, lifting hard and to the best of his ability. Grunting, sweating, farting etc.

After training he goes home only to find that someone has left a chocolate éclair filled with fresh cream sitting on the dining room table. All he has to do is resist. Now that takes a different kind of strength!

Went over to mum's the other day. One of her friends, an elderly lady who clearly didn't approve of bodybuilding popped over for a visit. She mentioned about how she'd read that supplements can kill or cause serious harm to bodybuilders. She kindly said she thought of me when reading this article. That's a nice compliment I thought to myself. Anyway, I jumped out the shower and approached mum with some moisturising cream to put on my back as I'd been tanning earlier. The lady's jaw dropped to the ground when she saw my physique. She began stuttering and became rather red when I asked if she'd like to join in the body rubbing experience!

We live in a strange world where it's acceptable to go out at the weekend, party hard and use social recreational drugs. It then takes till Thursday to fully recover before they start again on Friday!

But it's not acceptable to train hard, look good and take care of your physique. I say keep going, and don't give in to the pressure to fit in. All that is, is sour grapes and the insecurities of others to pull you down to their level. They will never achieve anything, just remember, you will.

What's the definition of pressure?

A man with a wife, a mistress and the mortgage and they're all a month late!

Food for thought: I once asked a top UK pro bodybuilder what's the difference between us and lap-dancers? I said, we both take our clothes off for the attention of others and sometimes for financial gain. Some members of the public admire our physiques and others prefer to admire us with a handful of Kleenex! But we're different he protested, I smiled and said How!?

What's the difference between a girlfriend and wife?

20 kg's!

What's the difference between a boyfriend and husband?

45 minutes!

Time to have a bitch at all you other bodybuilders and figure girls out there. Just because we have amazing physiques doesn't mean we should treat other people like they're beneath us, (even though they are, that's not the point). Try to be a little more considerate when waiting for machines to become available in the gym, even when the little buggers are playing around wasting your valuable training time by chatting and socialising. Be polite, stand over them menacingly brandishing a tricep bar and ask them nicely how many sets they have left, remember to lift your foot from their heads so you can hear their answer!

How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the F... word?

Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell *BINGO*!

Keep Pumpin'

Robster Le Monster