Anyone can diet. I've done both.
Having to force myself to eat to get enough calories in to recover for the next training session sucks and is a lot harder than not being able to eat a little bit..just drink a lot of water or eat some green veggies and bam you aren't hungry

that is still extremely relevant to bodybuilders.

and dieting hard for 12-16 weeks whilst training hard + cardio absolutely sucks..

We're never gonna agree, but the time during the contest prep is about maintaining muscle and not building new muscle so you don't have to go as hard as in the off season.
But we can agree bones is a bad troll.

I actually do disagree with that , but i suppose no point since we will not agree

thats actually wrong

as the competition gets closer, u train ur ass off! i believe even 7x a week maybe throw in some 2 a days. ( while being on such a strict diet!! ) and HIIT cardio for an hour straight.

i dont think anyone can compair these two (powerlifting/bodybuilding) to be harder/easier because its a matter of opinion and a biased one at that.

This post was edited by TheOak on Jan 16 2011 04:33pm

i wouldn't say that
pro bodybuilders are strong as hell..obviously not big time powerlifting strong but if they wanted to transfer over and start training like that guaranteed they'd be successful

I'm only going by what IFBB pros have told me..and a lot of ppl they train do't do 7x a week or 2 a day.



For how much they weigh they're weak.

This post was edited by 7_Deadly_Sins on Jan 16 2011 05:33pm

IFBB pro's train 6-7 days a week pre-contest. And yes 2 a days.
Seth was doing around 1.5 hrs or more of cardio spread throughout the day, with weight training in-between.

I find bodybuilding a lot more challenging than powerlifting and I've competed in both. It just depends what you like better, and I still move heavy weights in the off-season

imo eating is the easy part

making the time to make the food is more of a challenge

It's easy if you don't have a busy life, sometimes it's hard to fit the meals in your schedule. Based on what time you wake up and what not.
People look at me weird when I whip out a meal in class.

I make my meals 7 days in advanced that way I can just grab-n-go