Social Life vs Bodybuilding?

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[quote]HK24719 wrote:
SilentBob490 wrote:
How have you dealt with this. Bringing meals to parties? Flat out refusing to go to most of em? I really wish to address the more developed and senior member of the site who have been there and managed to build a formidable physique regardless of societal pressures for them to stay average.

Have some balls, courage, or whatever you want to call it and stand up for what you want to do.

You can sugarcoat it any way you want, but this is what it boils down to.[/quote]

Good post.

As Layne Norton said ā€œIf you let other people influence the decisions you make, you really have nothing left of yourself.ā€

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[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
zraw wrote:
This will look really really really dumb and I know it. BUT ā€¦ I will say it anyways.

Consider GHB.

Doesnt have the bad effects of alchool, is cheaper, and reproduce pretty much the same feeling as being ā€œdrunkā€ except u feel hornyer.

Difference?.. The effects last 3 hours, so your not shit faced when you go back home.

My 20 year old female cousin gave me like a bottle of this shit when she came to visit. I was like wtf christy why are you carrying around a drug that is most commonly used as date rape?

Her reason was the same as yours haha.

Not to mention I believe GHB puts you into the deepest stages of sleep so you get more HGH release. I know a couple of guys who use it before bed like every night. Probably not the best idea but oh well.[/quote]

LOL
http://www.projectghb.org/ghbtruth.htm

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[quote]SilentBob490 wrote:
How have you dealt with this. Bringing meals to parties? Flat out refusing to go to most of em? I really wish to address the more developed and senior member of the site who have been there and managed to build a formidable physique regardless of societal pressures for them to stay average.[/quote]

Do your own thing and it will enhance your social life. Being ā€œThat guy who always brings a turkey leg to partiesā€ makes you memorable. If you are a nerd, that will enhance your nerd-ness. If you are cool, it will make you even more cool.

Go get a protein shake mixer bottle. Bring that if you donā€™t want to stand out. Fill it with protein shake. No one will know or care. Most will assume it is whiskey and coke.

Limit your going out to maybe once per week so you can get enough rest and such. Thatā€™s plenty to keep in touch, and it will save you money and time. As the scrawny old crooner once said, donā€™t let other people get your kicks for you.

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voice of the forum award

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[quote]humanjhawkins wrote:
SilentBob490 wrote:
How have you dealt with this. Bringing meals to parties? Flat out refusing to go to most of em? I really wish to address the more developed and senior member of the site who have been there and managed to build a formidable physique regardless of societal pressures for them to stay average.

Do your own thing and it will enhance your social life. Being ā€œThat guy who always brings a turkey leg to partiesā€ makes you memorable. If you are a nerd, that will enhance your nerd-ness. If you are cool, it will make you even more cool.

Go get a protein shake mixer bottle. Bring that if you donā€™t want to stand out. Fill it with protein shake. No one will know or care. Most will assume it is whiskey and coke.

Limit your going out to maybe once per week so you can get enough rest and such. Thatā€™s plenty to keep in touch, and it will save you money and time. As the scrawny old crooner once said, donā€™t let other people get your kicks for you.[/quote]

Who the hell is really bringing turkey legs to parties? Your timing is that screwed up that you canā€™t eat before you go? If you are even at a party long enough to need several meals, maybe you should just leave?

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you could just drink but in moderation 1 night a week, and yes this is coming from a fellow Irish man so i know how hard it is when everyone gets pissed drunk 4 nights a week, i just do it once every 2 weeks and thats enough for me.

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Iā€™m the only person in my group of friends that works out or cares at all about the way their body works. I mean, Iā€™m very very very far from a body builder, but when all my friends are drinking every friday/saturday of the weekend, I often end up being a sober cab because if I drink on the weekends I always feel tired/weak as hell on mondays. Today was a good example, I couldnt lift for shit, compared to lately(Coming off a broken forearm, all my lifts involving my arm sucks compared to before the break).

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[quote]Level 0 wrote:
When I go out I always buy the tallest glass available of straight vodka (no ice). Cost you about $20. Of course it is disgusting. You just walk around with it and stick your tongue in it from time to time for the burn. Everyone will ask ā€œWhat is that?ā€ Just hand it to them, they will try it and gag. You will be known as that sick fu<ker that drinks straight vodka. Women will love you and men will fear you. Iā€™m dead serious.[/quote]

Maybe what is happening is that youā€™re getting crappy vodka for your $20.

Otherwise, I canā€™t imagine everyone finding it undrinkable straight.

However, whatever works: thatā€™s what matters.

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Iā€™m currently a sophomore at an university, so I know how you feel. The best advice I could give you is to learn how to go out to a party and have fun without drinking excessively. Youā€™ll quickly find that you can be just as outrageous and ridiculous as anybody there sober, itā€™s just a matter of getting over your inhibitions.

Hell, even drinking a little bit is fine, just eat before and after you go out and avoid getting absolutely hammered. Iā€™ve found that if you manage your time well during the week, you can easily pull off great grades, have great outside of class activities, have great friends, and party a couple nights a week. Good luck and have fun

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I didnā€™t drink in college and still donā€™t. Guess Iā€™m not cool, but I have 19inch arms and do fitness modeling when my agent gets me workā€¦the hell with being cool!

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Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?

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[quote]Hyena wrote:
Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?[/quote]

The thing is if you are very muscular in college you will be viewed as cool regardless of what you do.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Iā€™m pretty well known around my college. Being the biggest dude in the gym and working as a bouncer at the best club, you start to make a name for yourself without really doing anything.

I can only imagine the proā€™s were in similar or better positions in college.

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[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Hyena wrote:
Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?

The thing is if you are very muscular in college you will be viewed as cool regardless of what you do.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Iā€™m pretty well known around my college. Being the biggest dude in the gym and working as a bouncer at the best club, you start to make a name for yourself without really doing anything.

I can only imagine the proā€™s were in similar or better positions in college.[/quote]

I bet you get higher quality ass than I didā€¦

Well, maybe not with that hippy beardā€¦ lol

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
Rational Gaze wrote:
Ratchet wrote:
Otherways to get around drinking - powerade: tell people you pout vodka or malibu rum in itā€¦ get club soda and put lime in it: tell everyone its a gin and tonic (it tastes good too!!)ā€¦ sip a microbrew and enjoy itā€¦ fruit punchā€¦ chocolate protein shakes and tell everyone that its a kahlua drinkā€¦

or just tell them you have a drug / alcahol test for some reason the next dayā€¦ all of the above let you be social, enjoy your life, keep yoru goals, and have funā€¦ or you can just nut up and cut lose sometimes tooā€¦

Iā€™m sorry, but if you have to lie to people about drinking alchohol, then both you and them have serious problems.

Agreed. I always just told them I didnā€™t want to drink. They eventually quit asking. That doesnā€™t mean I am against alcohol either. I just donā€™t like it in general and I hate the feeling of being drunk.

As far as school is concerned, you are there to get an education. I know that may sound ridiculous, but most of the people acting like going out every weekend is the thing to do rarely made decent enough grades to do much after college.

Today, you pretty much need an advanced degree in some area in order to make a decent living. They say college degrees today are like what high school degrees were 40-50 years ago.

I did not go out every weekend. I was a biology major and if you get a GPA like I saw quoted above, that basically means any chances at professional school after that degree are over and done with.

College is the time where you finally figure out who you are and who you plan to be for the rest of your life. If you go through still bowing to peer pressure (like it seems many people here are by how they hide and lie about why they donā€™t do this and that to friends) good luck finding that ability to be an individual later on.

You need to decide what your goals are. If your goals donā€™t include making decent grades, then party every fucking weekend if you want to.

In college, my grades came first. Weight lifting was not my top priority even though my actions towards it helped define who I am.[/quote]

Great insight! Its nice to get advice from someone who has been where Iā€™m at right now and have the type of attitude I agree with. Im not even in the program I hope to be in yet, and these medical classes are kicking my ass, but I have to stay focused on my education and training, and everything else will fall into place.

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[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Hyena wrote:
Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?

The thing is if you are very muscular in college you will be viewed as cool regardless of what you do.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Iā€™m pretty well known around my college. Being the biggest dude in the gym and working as a bouncer at the best club, you start to make a name for yourself without really doing anything.

I can only imagine the proā€™s were in similar or better positions in college.[/quote]

Well, you have to be muscular, and social. If youā€™re a no personality douche bag, like a certain current Mr. Olympia, you probably wonā€™t be regarded as ā€œcoolā€

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
Hyena wrote:
Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?

The thing is if you are very muscular in college you will be viewed as cool regardless of what you do.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Iā€™m pretty well known around my college. Being the biggest dude in the gym and working as a bouncer at the best club, you start to make a name for yourself without really doing anything.

I can only imagine the proā€™s were in similar or better positions in college.

I bet you get higher quality ass than I didā€¦

Well, maybe not with that hippy beardā€¦ lol[/quote]

haha my beard is necessary when you deal with the club girls. I worked there from when I was 19-20, and with my beard the girls always thought I was at least 23. It was amazing how many women wouldnā€™t sleep with me when they found out I was 19, since most of them were in their early to mid 20ā€™s, they viewed 19 as too young. So I just kept the beard and went along with whatever age they guessed and I was much more successful hah

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[quote]Hyena wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
Hyena wrote:
Sometimes the definition of sacrifice is giving up something you really want now, for something youā€™ve wanted your entire life. You think any of the pros were concerned with whether they were cool in college, in front of a bunch of assholes, the majority of which theyā€™d never see again in their lives anyway?

The thing is if you are very muscular in college you will be viewed as cool regardless of what you do.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Iā€™m pretty well known around my college. Being the biggest dude in the gym and working as a bouncer at the best club, you start to make a name for yourself without really doing anything.

I can only imagine the proā€™s were in similar or better positions in college.

Well, you have to be muscular, and social. If youā€™re a no personality douche bag, like a certain current Mr. Olympia, you probably wonā€™t be regarded as ā€œcoolā€[/quote]

You have to keep in mind that there are fetishā€™s and groupies for nearly everything under the sun.

Some women love to have sex with guys who have huge dicks.
Some women love to have sex with athletes.
Some women love to have sex with farm animals. (WEIRD!)
And some women love to have sex with bodybuilders or just a person with a muscular build.

You donā€™t really have to be that social.

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Find some hot girls and just hang out with them when your guy friends are getting drunk at a lame party (if its a cool party just go and donā€™t drink much). Most girls I knew in college did not drink on as many nights as the guys I knew. If you skip a party to stay at home friends will peer pressure you. If you have other plans all is good.

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[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
Level 0 wrote:
When I go out I always buy the tallest glass available of straight vodka (no ice). Cost you about $20. Of course it is disgusting. You just walk around with it and stick your tongue in it from time to time for the burn. Everyone will ask ā€œWhat is that?ā€ Just hand it to them, they will try it and gag. You will be known as that sick fu<ker that drinks straight vodka. Women will love you and men will fear you. Iā€™m dead serious.

Maybe what is happening is that youā€™re getting crappy vodka for your $20.

Otherwise, I canā€™t imagine everyone finding it undrinkable straight.

However, whatever works: thatā€™s what matters.

[/quote]

Yes, $20 vodka that was probably fermented from crushed vinyl records, at least that is the story my two former Russian bosses were telling me.

OP:

When you choose to make a decision, ask yourself:

ā€œIf I do X, will I have any regrets?ā€

If yes, then donā€™t do X.

(Disclaimer: X does not equal ecstasy or Professor X)

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Hereā€™s a rare video of Professor Xā€™s picking up some fly honeys:

He doesnā€™t like to share this wisdom, so use it to your advantage.