As you have bodybuilded throughout your years, what do you regret the most?

[OMEGA]

???
~Lifting too heavy?
~Not Competing?
~Not Juicing soon enough lol?
~???

[Wheels]

Wasting much time not doing enough volume due to the oft sensationalized overtraining fear. I got strong, but not much bigger .. Eventually assumed I didn't have the genetics. I hired Jason Theobald and that all changed ... I added more size in 12 weeks on a caloric deficit with a ridiulous amount of volume than I did with years of training HIT (ok , maybe tad embellishment lol but results were substantial), and all while being natural. Jason really let me know just how much the body can take.

[5 Grams year round baby]

Not eating enough out of fear of losing my abs, wasted 3 years doin this

[bigchamp89]

Not eating enough out of fear of losing my abs, wasted 3 years doin this

lol ill counter that with eating way too much and 'dirty bulking' to over 30% bf
gotta eat big but there is such thing as too much, and you have to find that middle ground (for me, anyway)

[Baldiewonkanobi]

1. Having to hang 'em up after 60 years.
2. Never eating enough off season.
3. Pfucking up all but 3 out of some 30 shows. Always over dieted.


Baldie

[Big Barry]

Good question...

Probably the times when i've wasted gear by not dieting and training properly, what a waste! lol

[HTW]

Using Tren as the first Steroid ive ever taken .. Took so much of it that my ding dong didnt work for 4 months .. Got Dumped twice and asked if i was gay . Had no clue how to take anything .

[Todd Lincoln]

Taking it to seriously all the time and not enjoying life more
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[sassy69]

Not starting competition until I was 35.
Going too long before getting good squat guidance.
Maybe if I could've found more interest in yoga and general 'balance' training earlier in life. Now I'm feeling the brunt of all my little imbalances and spending more at the chiropractor as a result.

What I don't regret is any of the passion for I've had for lifting over the last 32 years.

[Big Barry]

Not starting competition until I was 35.
Going too long before getting good squat guidance.
Maybe if I could've found more interest in yoga and general 'balance' training earlier in life. Now I'm feeling the brunt of all my little imbalances and spending more at the chiropractor as a result.

What I don't regret is any of the passion for I've had for lifting over the last 32 years.

My wife says I should take up Yoga, and that it would do me some good. lol

I'm 38 now, they say it helps more as you get older so maybe I should read up on it!

[Barrett]

Not kicking people enough when they were already down.. If I would have made myself feel that much better I could have gone that extra mile. So instead of being 267.2 I could be like 268. with only a few more kicks and abusive phrases. You know?

[Big Barry]

Not kicking people enough when they were already down.. If I would have made myself feel that much better I could have gone that extra mile. So instead of being 267.2 I could be like 268. with only a few more kicks and abusive phrases. You know?

Makes sense... you could even have been 368.2 if you'd really went for the jugular! lol

[swingslammer]

Wasting much time not doing enough volume due to the oft sensationalized overtraining fear. I got strong, but not much bigger .. Eventually assumed I didn't have the genetics. I hired Jason Theobald and that all changed ... I added more size in 12 weeks on a caloric deficit with a ridiulous amount of volume than I did with years of training HIT (ok , maybe tad embellishment lol but results were substantial), and all while being natural. Jason really let me know just how much the body can take.

Just the reverse for me. I spent YEARS doing a double split .....as a natural.....because that is what all the Pros did. When I finally cut back on the volume that is when I started to grow. Problem was I had already been hitting it for 10-12 years at that point. This may is 34 years in the gym and I am hitting the stage again at 48. First contest was 1980 at 15, I am still pretty happy with all of it even after all this time.

[Pheedno]

definitely, not seeking out a coach in my beginning years. I have degenerative disk disease(onset since 13years old), and really needed some guidance on how to approach that, with respect to training. I really injured myself and it held me back, pretty much, to the point that my potential for competition was cut short.

[Triple-H_2005]

1. Competing too soon/too much. I should have just worked on gaining muscle until in my mid-20s.
2. Spending my first 4 years concentrating on the workouts in Flex magazine instead of sticking to the basics. If I could go back, I'd put me on a M,W,F program that revolved around the bench, squat and deadlift.
3. Wasting money on supplements. Whey, creatine, intra/post-workout carb, BCAAs, EAAs, glutamine, multi-vitamin, fish oil...that's about all that's really ever done anything for me.
4. I regret "bulking up" so many years. Just used it as an excuse to get fat and be lazy in my eating. I'm sure I'd have gained more muscle and lost less when dieting if I'd stayed leaner.
5. Not getting on gear 10-12 years ago. I am 37 and as soon as my test levels drop low enough to convince a doc to put me on HRT, I'm in.

All that being said, I'm still relatively happy with what I've done with my genetics and how much I've learned.