Guy I knew in college was a natural bodybuilder and if he was bulking he was miserable because he was basically force feeding himself chicken breast and brown rice every hour or so and when he was cutting he was miserable because he felt like he was always starving.
I was only seeing them at competitions/shows, so what I was seeing was when they were trying to dehydrate/starve themselves as much as possible so all the muscles really popped on stage, and the result was seeing a bunch of miserable people huddled backstage like a bunch of colossi made of raw meat
Jesus
colossi
Yeah, even as somebody who finds guys like this attractive, the bizarre striated/veiny pre-show look is unsettling. A guy I know who was a stripper and did fitness shows (which are not as extreme) said he made way more money when his body looked more normal.