Bodybuilding is often seen as a sport rife of steroid abuse, over the top musculature, and hour after hour spent in the gym chasing muscle gains. This is not necessarily the case for the average lifter. When I began to lift weights, I weighed 245 lbs at 6' 2", and after a massive cut, along with some big muscle gains I now weigh a much healthier 193 lbs. Even in the face I look like a completely different man, a happier, more confident man who knows he can achieve anything he sets his mind to. This is the strength of bodybuilding, the ability to turn fat, and skinny people alike into healthy, athletic members of society.
Another misconception of the sport is that to build muscle you A. need the help of testosterone, or derivatives such as dianabol, primobolone, winstrol, or turinabol, and B. need to perform a time consuming "bro-split". Both of these assumptions are false. Prior to the popularisation of anabolic-androgenic steroids, bodybuilding was done with heavy weights, and a lot of naturally occurring protein found mostly in dairy, and meat. This era lasting from Bodybuilding's seminal period in the late 19th century until at least the early 1950s produced some of the most visually pleasing, healthy physiques of all time. Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Marvin Eder, and John Grimek are only a few examples of this period's greatest physiques. 
Pictured above is Reeves at his peak during the mid 1950s. Overall using bodybuilding principles to become a healthier, happier person has been one of the greatest decisions I have ever made. You only get one body, so you should love it, and keep it healthy so you can be healthy into your twilight years. The aesthetics are just a bonus.
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