Jason Huh explains why pro bodybuilding wasn’t worth it.

Many people look at old magazine pictures of the best bodybuilders in the world and wonder to themselves if they’d ever be able to get that big. Some actually have the grit and determination to find out the answer for themselves, pushing their bodies to the limit through intensive diet and exercise. Becoming a professional bodybuilder isn’t easy by any means. The kind of dedication required at the highest levels of the sport is truly daunting and taxing on a person physically, mentally, and socially.

IFBB pro Jason Huh had his time on stage. His physique was and still is massive and well conditioned and he had all the tools necessary to become a real top tier bodybuilder in the Open Weight division. But then suddenly he decided to call it quits just as his pro career was getting started. So many individuals wonder as to how Jason Huh would have done he continued to compete at the professional level. Many of his fans have no clue why he decided to stop in the first place.

Well it seems they’ll finally get their answers as Jason Huh finally goes on the record as to why he stopped competing as well as why he doesn’t think bodybuilding is all that it’s cracked up to be.

It’s 2012 doing 3 training sessions a day (5-6hours) which was normal for me prepping for a competition I was able to sleep standing up by the end of the day. Sitting around 280lbs 5’9” covered in dick skin head to toe with veins running through my quads the size of fingers. Many people would say I was and still am crazy when it comes to dedication, discipline and work ethic. Very few on this earth will ever be able to work harder and smarter than me when i want something. Im no better then anyone else, I’m just programmed a little different than most and a bit of a mental case i guess lol. I get questioned a lot as to why and what keeps you motivated? Im going to die one day and who knows when, so why not live multiple lives within my life doing what most would never dream or be able to do before I have to go. Those wondering my thighs at my biggest measured 34s” circumference each lol. TO THOSE ASKING WHY NOT COMPETE AGAIN?? The year after I turned Pro I had babies lol and realized a much more important calling. Being not only a father but a dad. I don’t care what anyone says, you can’t successfully compete on the Olympia stage without sacrificing time with family. Why continue to destroy my body and take away from my children? For a trophy and maybe some sponsors and surely a damaged body?.. Pro bodybuilding isn’t all that it is cracked up to be and definitely isn’t what it once was back in the day when it was on ESPN. To me at this point in my life it’s no longer worth it. Granted it absolutely served a purpose and I learned so much about myself in terms of my mental and physical abilities. I regret absolutely nothing and I know I wouldn’t have exactly what i have in my life today including my kids if it wasn’t for the paths i have chosen along with ever grain of rice and ever rep I went through.. My family and babies are more important so I set aside my competitive dreams to dive into them rather than into myself. Bodybuilding is a very very selfish sport. I look at my kids as though they actually saved me from myself. My own little guardian angels if you will along with some others I was close with that have passed in the sport..

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