5 Ways Body Building Changed My Life by DShawn Wright l Healthy Living Tips l Body Building Tips l Inspiring Stories l Inspiring Words l Health Expert Advice l Weight Loss Tips l Secrets on Body Building

"If you always put a limit on everything you do, physical, or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee

Bodybuilding is a type of weight training applied in conjunction with sound nutritional practices to alter the shape or form of one’s body. Bodybuilding is a competitive sport nationally and internationally, both amateur and professional for both men, women and mixed pairs. However, a majority of individuals use body building methods merely to lose body fat or to build up a too thin part of the body. There are many life changing options associated with the disciplines to perfecting your body, mind and soul. Here are five ways those disciplines changed my life.

Never Quit, Never Surrender

Bodybuilding is a lifestyle. Unlike other sports once you have the event or the season end you are done. Bodybuilding is a year round way of life. I had the opportunity to compete in the biggest regional show, the Lenda Murray Classic where I competed four times. I placed, third, second then first and then finally won the overall title. I never quit and made it my goal to win the overall and while it took four years, longer than I hoped, it happened. That win allowed me to get press in National Magazines, multiple guest posing appearances and now am in included in the Who’s Who of Virginia Bodybuilding.

Quitting is not an option. Never give up and when you fail think of it as another chance to achieve perfection.

Remember...

Everyone who works out to transform their body is a bodybuilder, whether they compete or not. It requires consistency, dedication, perseverance and laser like focus. For some it is a hobby, for some it is a sport and lifestyle. Just like everything else you get out what you put in. It requires strict discipline in dieting and a complex understanding of how the body works and processes the fuel that is put in and what gets the best results.

It requires strong work ethic due to the time and dedication. It takes years of work to achieve competition level results. So, it is not just about gym time and lifting weights. It is a 24-hour a day process that takes mental strength perhaps even more than the physical strength that is so often associated with it. True strength is not found in your muscles, it is found in your mind.