You have a point. Ideally, you’d like the youth to look at sportsmen and get inspired by their genuinely commendable ‘lifestyle’, commitment to remain fit and active, and of course with their sportsmanship, than inject steroids to look like Salman Khan. I condemn this behaviour on a serious level. Speaking of Salman Khan, I personally never found him or his type of physique attractive. I’d take a tall, slim but immensely fit fella like Shaun Tait (the Australian bowler - does he still play?) than Salman Six Packs Khan.
Shahid Afridi is tremendously fit, has excellent physique, since he’s so famous in Pakistan, I would imagine most Pakistanis or at least the locals would be quite inspired by him?
Back in my teens I was obsessed with bodybuilding. I wanted to get big fast. Well I did get big and so did my tond. However the get big craze wore off fast because working out 6 days a week got too much. Nobody told me 3 days was just as good and cardio was important too. Or they did tell me, I just didn’t listen. Haven’t been to the gym ( properly ) in over 2 years now, however I do workout at home (when I’m not feeling lazy). Pullups are my staple and I’ve been trying to do a handstand (without a wall) forever. I plan on running and hitting the monkey bars at the park once I move. Why am I not running already? Stray dogs in my current neighborhood, but I’m moving in a week or two.
I think we need more bars outside so that people can start doing calisthenics in fresh air. Not enough pullup bars at gyms in Karachi, I remember having to wait forever to get on one.
And these guys are my inspiration these days.
It’s gonna take a lot of work to get anywhere near what these guys are doing.
I did work out a lot few years ago and planning to back in the gym again but need a car because gyms are quite far from my place. I'm still in shape but just need to get rid of some fat from lower belly which is the hardest phase to get a flat abdomen.
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