The one thing that the lifting hurts is my ability to maintain my golf swing, I am fine with that, golf will be around as long as I am. Lifting does not hinder other aspects of my life. My work never suffers, I see friends and family on a regular basis, I vacation often, attend concerts regularly, and I eat anything that I want. I assume once I complete my home gym maintaining that balance will only get easier. I have competed in some sort of sport from kindergarten on and it has always been a source of enjoyment for me and my friends and family. Now that I have entered powerlifting I feel no different. I am content with the amount of time and effort I put into powerlifting and I feel like the return matches that investment. If my employer, wife, friends and or family had an issue with me spending +/- 7 hours a week training, I would most likely stop, fortunately everyone who matters have always had my back in my goofy sports journey. I was unaware that they also have powerlifting swords, I might shoot for that one day, as I was never able to get my hands on one of the NAGA swords back in the day.
