Even the best of the best have their own issues.

Bodybuilding is all about pushing your body to the limit in order to bring about quality change. If you want to build muscle you have be diligent and attentive. There are no half measures in building muscle. If you don’t put in the work then you’re unlikely to see any results. It’s a fact that professionals and amateurs alike understand very well. The only way to bring your body to perfection is to be, almost, obsessive.

When you get to the professional stage it’s all about looking better than your past self consistently, but it’s also about beating you fellow competitors as well. That means added pressure to perform in the gym and ensure that you’re making the kind of gains that will bring about a championship winning physique. It’s these kind of pressures that a pro like Cedric McMillan faces every time he gets onto stage.

In a recent Instagram post Cedric McMillan admits to his issues of constantly feeling smaller than he actually is. McMillan goes so far to admit that he has body dysmorphia as well. Take a look at the post below.

Man back then I thought I was jacked… nowadays I think I’m small. That body dismorphia shit, plus the Internet makes it worse with people talkin shit haha I think i was 19. And I was about 180 lbs. I had been lifting weights since i was 13 but not with a serious plan or hard workout… just basically learning. Almost 20 years ago. No gains. But I had no aspirations to be a bodybuilder. I just wanted muscles tho. I was more focused on getting a job and having some type of career. During this time frame is when my workouts were more serious than when I was younger tho. I had a job so I was able to get a gym membership and buy weight gainer protein. I still didn’t know shit about eating to gain weight, increasing calories, eating protein and carbs and fats etc. I ate maybe 2 or 3 times a day, and drank some weight gainer. I thought the weight gainer would make muscles grow by itself! I had no clue haha Look how long my arms are

A photo posted by Cedric McMillan (@cedricmcmillan) on Jun 11, 2016 at 8:29pm PDT

It’s easy for people to think that they’re simply working hard to accomplish their goals, but at some point you have to be honest with yourself and accept the fact that if you’re looking to be a professional on the scale of a McMillan or Heath or Greene, chances are you’ll develop some sort of body dysmporphia in the attempt.

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