How To Manage Your Bodybuilding Expectations

Lets assume that youve decided to get your body into shape by taking up bodybuilding

. Youve had clearance from your doctor - so what happens next?

The first thing to decide is exactly what do you hope to gain from bodybuilding? Do you want to get to competition level? Or are you going to be a recreational bodybuilder, where you want to add some muscle to your frame, but you dont want it to take over your whole life.

Maybe you want to get to a certain bodyweight, or lose a target number of pounds of fat.

Its important to decide what you hope to gain from lifting the weights before you start, because this will help you to design your routines for the future.

Unless youre in your early twenties, youre probably not going to want to try and build a competition level body. A reality check is needed here. To be a success at competition level, youre probably going to have to be right at the top end as regards genetics - probably in the top 5% in the population.

Id say that if youre outside the top 5% genetically (and it may be a smaller percentage than that), you should give up any idea of being a professional bodybuilder.

Please dont misinterpret this - Im not saying give up altogether - but if you start with goals that are unrealistic, youre just setting yourself up for disappointment.

If you turn this around, its actually very liberating. As very few of us are ever likely to get to elite competition level, the rest of this article assumes that youll be somewhere in the recreational level of bodybuilding.

You need to understand that if you plan a sensible routine, with realistic expectations, it will be so much easier to stick to it. Most people who start and then give up bodybuilding do so because they had unrealistic expectations when they began, and when it became clear that they had no chance of achieving those expectations they gave up in frustration.

However, if theyd set more realistic targets that were achievable, maybe they would still be training now. I hope you understand this point.

Id suggest that if you dont give up training, and it becomes a part of your life (just a part of your life, not the same as taking over your life.) then it will become one of the best decisions you ever make.

If you plan sensible routines and stick to them, you may not win any bodybuilding competitions, but you will be far, far in advance of other people your own age (and most people a few years younger too) in terms of strength, muscle and overall health.

Set realistic goals and get yourself on track to become the best that you can be!

by: Ged

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