BrandonM.B’s BodyBlog

  I saw something today in a blog, something about being obsessed with fitness at the expense at other facets of life..and I wonder; am I that kind of person? Am I obsessed? I’m not so sure, but I do feel deeply driven.

  The fact is, I do desire to be the absolute best I can be at this and my life actually seems to support that. I don’t have family nearby, I share a house with my brother and mother, that is the extent of immediate family. No girlfriend/wife and all my nearby friends are at the church. My mom is unemployed, and my brother and I combined make enough to get by with very little left over. After titheing, offerings and expenses I have just enough for the gym and  my supplements, which consisits of just whey protein and creatine, which I cycle on and off of. I work nights, which leaves me the mornings to train. 3 hours in the morning for training, afternoons for prayer and Scripture(and a nice nap) and nights for making$$$ (or bodyspace, if I am off that day) God has moved things around to help me acheive my dreams, so there is NO excuse to not succeed!

I’ve been driven to do this for a long time, even before I actually started! You could call it a need, to go beyond being fit and becoming a force of nature.  I see other guys at the gym, and they are more handsome, cooler and more smooth, they get the girls and they make more money; that is all fine. They have there blessings and I have mine, praise the Lord. But when they have more muscle or better strength, that is where I draw the line! To get that takes hard work and dedication, and that is where I will not be outdone, NO WAY! 

And that is where that deep driven desire comes in, I must OUTWORK them! When these guys reach their quitting point, when the pain is too much; that is where I am just getting started!  If I fail, it’s not because of my genetics, lack of coolness or anything God has chosen to give or not; but I fail by not USING that golden talent that the Lord gave me.  Work+Faith=results, everytime. The Lord God did not give us all the same genetic adtvantages, but He gave us the talent to work hard for what we want, and what you get out of it is what you put in, regardless of how you start out.

Yes, when it comes to this fitness thing I guess I am a little obsessed:)

 Yep, I have set some lofty goals for myself. I am happy and grateful for the progress I’ve made so far, but am I where I want to be yet? No! I have to be honest with what I want; I see the top physiques on this site and that is what I want to acheive, and I know from other great lifters taht there is still a lot of room to get stronger, just at the size i am now. There are two choices, we can hate on those who are succesful and make excuses for why we are not as succesful, or we can resolve to be fully devoted to doing everything it takes to reach our goals.

  The second choice is all about self accountability, to be mature enough to ask the question, "am I doing EVERYTHING that it takes?" I ask myself this, and while I have worked hard and done much of what I need to do, I can honestly say no, I haven’t done EVERYTHING to reach my goals. Some days are off and I feel down, sometimes nutrition isn’t on point, or I don’t get enough rest. The little things definately count!

I am getting better as time goes by, but in my walk with God, and in my bodybuilding/powerlfiting I need to be just a little more devoted, a little more disciplined, a little more focused. I’ve never been good at taking things a moment at a time, but that is what it is going to take. Every meal, every glass of water, every rep and set…not most of the time but ALL THE TIME!!!

This what I love to do and it’s time to be fully devoted and do EVERYTHING it takes!

 For those who have seen my profile, I stress faith but don’t talk about works much. Not that works are not important, in fact the Word of God says "faith without works is dead."  You need both! The reason I stress faith is because works without faith are pointless! Works are easy, it seems a linear and logical way to get into God’s graces. And faith can be very hard at times! But we cannot earn our way into Heaven. Faith is the foundation of works, you can build the most beautiful structure that people will marvel at; but at the slightest gust of wind it will collpase into an absolute ruin! Most important, "without faith it is impossible to please God." 

One thing I love about my church is that we are part of a great ministry, helping those in a desperate need that we Americans cannot even fathom. Many of us cannot actually be there overseas, but we help in little ways, be it financial or through prayer. No, we are not perfect and don’t pretend to be. But the Holy Ghost moves during our service, I’ve been in enough dead churches to know the difference! And I know that God moves through us because we have a pastor, God bless him, that preaches the Truth UNCOMPROMISED; and because we praise the Lord with passion giving thanks for what He has done. The Lord has blessed us MIGHTILY, because we have the faith and He knows our works.

  My profile was not set up to be a testimony to my own works, but rather the works of God. The most important being the giving of his perfect flesh and blood as provision for our sins. Our most dire need is salvation, for "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Without that little bit of faith, and without accepting the offer of salvation(repent,be baptized in Jesus name to cleanse sins, receive the Holy Ghost) works mean NOTHING!  In fact, God considers it an act of iniquity if you are trying to do His work without being baptized in his name!!! You are still covered in original sin, no matter how much you profess to be a christian!  Do not be deceived by Satan, if you don’t beleive me read the Word and study it diligently!

Ultimately, the whole of purpose of my profile is for thsoe who do NOT know Jesus, it is a testimony for THEM. I love to hear from fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, but I want those who have NOT found Jesus to hear my testimony, that you do need to be saved from sin but God has made a way for you because He loves you! He is alive and He is still doing miracles and I hope that others will come to knwo Him and love Him and most improtant BELEIVE HIM!

Thank you and God bless!