The way I see it, bodybuilding shows they come and go, but your family is so much more important... And to neglect them for something is simply selfish... I get it too, but even if I had the genetics, youth, money that would never be me.... I need my family just as much as they need me...
I want to follow my goals, I stay single. I don't want any outside influence on my decisions.
I would feel selfish if I had family responsibilities. To me, it's best to stay single if you want to chase your goals. It's hard to have both.
1 Name which shows that you can work 40+hours a week, have a family, have a life, and still get your pro card.... Mark Dougdale.
I find it so funny that people these days are willing to give up everything for a dream of becoming an IFBB Pro and the fact is that you'll still be broke if you do turn pro. So many have a misconception that it means wealth, women, drugs, etc.... It doesn't mean anything. Hell, it's the only sport I know that makes YOU pay to remain a pro.
My sport doesn't pay...in fact it pays less but I don't have to give up my life, wife, blah..blah..blah to excel in it.
These pipe dream idiots need to wake up....
Have to raise my hat off to you bro. It pisses me the **** off when people go out get married, have kids and then decide they want a career. If you know you want a career then don't get married and have kids. The marriage suffers, the kids suffer and all because of what. Props to you bro because you know what you want and your not gonna make others suffer while to try to do both. Not that it can't be done but most don't have what it takes to pull it off and so most likey the kids suffer and you have 2 people in a lousy marriage. I know there are a lot out htere saying STFU but bottom line, its the truth.
Ok I need to jump in here....do I think everyone should drop everything including there family and full time job to persue bodybuilding, of course not that would be stupid....however bodybuilding is a sport that is rapidly growing by the day, 10years ago the majority of pro bbers still had to work a 9 -5 job to supplament there income because unless u were in the top 5 elite u werent making enough to pay for ur hgh and gear, let alone ur bills at home....but that has changed, I got sponered the first time I went to nationals even tho I didnt win, was it enough to live off? No but it helped, then turned pro a short time later and no longer needed to work....i have made steady increases in salary since then and I am not of the top olympia elite yet, actually every single person who had turned pro over the last 5 years currently has a sponser and trust me they are not hurting for money....bodybuilding is very similar to MMA, remember 10 or 15 years ago the UFC athletes were called "barbaric apes" the prize money for winning a multi fight tournament was maybe 7k??? Now its a mainstream sport with athletes making super high salaries, even new guys making bank.....that is what bodybuilding is becomming, if u were a pro u would know that espn is currently negotiating with the ifbb to put pro shows back on the air.....when that does happen bodybuilding will be just as big as the UFC, and people like u will be eating ur words ;-)