Contentment at a reduced level

I'm lighter and a little weaker (although not much due to the effectiveness of my strength retention methods) than I was as an also-ran strongman... and that is fine. In fact, I'm really quite content

Anyone else found contentment at a reduced level?

If you are lucky enough to find contentment you should grab it with both hands. It's an elusive thing but it is well worth having.

Hope you enjoy it.

I am lighter than I once was, and significantly weaker. I can no longer play about with the weights I once did, but that is ok. I've stopped pretending I can do what I was once able and changed the focus of what training I manage to get in. I have added running to my life, as well as a bit of flexibility and stretching. All in all I feel pretty healthy, fairly happy with how things are, despite it being a world away from what I used to be.

I too am lighter and weaker. But in better nick and fitter. Always room for improvement obviously. I'll always want to be bigger and stronger and leaner, but, when I was bigger and stronger I was fatter and less fit.
So I'm pretty content. But still trying to improve anyway. Lol
Could be a lot worse. Could be smaller, weaker, and fatter and unfit. Eeewww

Don't know. I don't lift what I used to, but I cycle, run, swim, box what better than I ever have. I'm a lot closer to abtastic than I was 10 years ago and a fair bit more confident of surviving the next few years than I was then. Content? No - I want more. Reduced level? Depends how you view 'level' and of what.

That said, I can still appreciate a friendly faced weather girl.

Granted, I is fit but I am much smaller , much weaker ...undecided about fatter.

I know this is strange, but after 2 weeks jury service I have a very strong urge to become a bit bigger and a bit stronger

YOU're A TIGER

Was jury service fun? I did it a few years ago.
Why did it make you want to be bigger and stronger? Lol

Holy s**t , it was interesting !!

and not getting up at 4:30 ...but instead getting up at 7 and wandering to the train station after the kids went to school ...much like your easy life

may I say that IF you are a female on the wrong end of a sex attack , you have got f**k-all chance of a conviction , its no wonder they don't come forward , I couldn't believe the attitude of my fellow jury members , I hope non of them f**kers gets what this girl got !!


I felt the need to be a bit more muscular so I can FIGHT EVIL !! (its just how I felt)

you competed at 110kg in PL once didn't you?

I went down to 86kg last year in a fit of female induced insanity.. hated the loss of strength and how teenage and lame
it is to go all aesthetic for a woman. so here i am back at 104kg or so day to day weight and far more content lifting big weights
for my own personal enjoyment.

iv loads of weight. I don't even know how weak i am because i havnt been testing my strength even slightly with my new method of lifting. I am enjoying being aesthetic though, it makes life much better.

Yea, 107kg's of chubby boar ... I now 75kg of not so chubby boar ....

I have always struggled to decide where I wanna be in terms of size v fitness , not so bothered these days TBH ... I don't wanna go near juice , i'm too old and don't wanna suddenly be 14+ stone (plus I wanna live past 55)

so in conclusion : im f**king about as per usual but very happy with life.

that's it - it's all about doing something that makes you happy.

I'll see how i feel about competing when every competition has long stopped
being a guaranteed PB total and i've had a few more injuries.

Well put Lemon Fresh.

My main goals still involve lifting so no I definitely would not be content with a reduced level. For a few years I've been at a reduced level and it isn't fun. I'm pretty sure in 10 years or so when I begin to decline the choice between staying the course or "going on" will be an easy one.

http://www.officialcharts.com/imagegen.ashx?image=/media/31858...

I've gained a lot of size (fat) and strength.

Now I am looking to get back to a decent body composition. Most likely will lose some strength, but that is ok.