Weekend update. Be sure to check out the pix of QT on HTs thread. Everybody is still hittin it hard and coming done to the wire for some comps. Should be some results to post soon. Stay strong.
Sunday. Dz should have competed in his first powerlifting meet yesterday and Ht is making his re-apperance on the Highland games scene today. Should be some pix soon. I’m psyched (pun) for my meet this upcoming Sunday. Hope all is well and you’re getting things worked out.
Well, as Hel stated we’re still in it. Check out my new friend the tree. Yes, you have been replaced by a tree. The best to you and the family.
Didn’t forget you this week Doc. I was at my first meet of the season yesterday and did pretty good. Got them coming about every 2 weeks now. Looked at my own vids and I’m moving slow as hell. Goin’ work on that over the next 2 weeks. Best wishes to you and the family. Oh yeah, I think Barry and tree are engaged by now.
I have 2 very busy kids (sports), work 50-60(sometimes more with call) hours a week and am always crunched for time. I very often just pick one exercise a day and do a 5x5(or something similar). I find I can still progress. good luck
The Ghost returns. I really thought I had quit the forum, but somebody pm’s me from here and it goes in my email and I decide to come look. I havent looked at this forum since my last post.
I wish I could tell you guys good things about me. I can say good things about you guys...I can't believe my thread was still on the first page and I havent posted in months. You guys are great, always have been.
I hit rock bottom. Wanted to check out from more than this forum. Used to joke about being crazy, then I damn near really went there.
I'm gonna make it, my mind is strong again and no matter what I'm gonna make it. But I'm not worth much right now for laughs, funny stories, or good workouts to post. It's been all I could do to crawl my way out of the abyss. I'm as humble as an ant right now.
I will say, lest you think I have lost everything, I haven't. I have my mind, which earns me a living, and I have the iron still in my blood. When I still find my way to a gym, I find myself all over again, and for a change the numbers mean nothing and the workout means everything. When your ego has been stomped to confetti, your bench or C&J PR's don't seem so important anymore.
I really don't want to go into all the details, many of which are new but just depressing, heartwrenching shit which made anything I ever said before seem like petty whining. But I promised myself, if I ever posted here again, it was because I truly saw a better life for myself, and I do. I hope in the time to come, maybe not just yet, maybe in the months to come, I can once again contribute something of value to this forum and give back.
Imagine if a shrink hits rock bottom and then finds his way back, and learns something in the process, well then that might make for some decent posts. I hope to give you guys those kind of posts soon.
One lesson already learned is when life is overcomplicated and overwhelming, let everything go which is not essential. Being of help to other people turned out to be pretty essential to me, it gives me meaning. Lifting is essential to me, but not competitive lifting. Just pumping iron, losing yourself for an hour or so with no thoughts, but feeling the exercises. The people who really care about me are essential. Sex is essential. Friendship and love are essential. Faith is essential. My personal list of "essentials" is pretty short but helped me a lot in getting a grip again.
Oh, I can tell you that music is essential too. I went to an Incubus concert with my son, a band we both love, and that concert helped me lose myself. This may sound like new age bullshit, but I have found that "losing myself" in different ways has helped me to "find myself."
Sorry if all this seems too melodramatic, but trust me I don’t want drama in my life, it has just infested itself in there. Anyway, thanks for all of you not forgetting me and I promise to stay in touch. Doc
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
The Ghost returns. I really thought I had quit the forum, but somebody pm’s me from here and it goes in my email and I decide to come look. I havent looked at this forum since my last post.
I wish I could tell you guys good things about me. I can say good things about you guys...I can't believe my thread was still on the first page and I havent posted in months. You guys are great, always have been.
I hit rock bottom. Wanted to check out from more than this forum. Used to joke about being crazy, then I damn near really went there.
I'm gonna make it, my mind is strong again and no matter what I'm gonna make it. But I'm not worth much right now for laughs, funny stories, or good workouts to post. It's been all I could do to crawl my way out of the abyss. I'm as humble as an ant right now.
I will say, lest you think I have lost everything, I haven't. I have my mind, which earns me a living, and I have the iron still in my blood. When I still find my way to a gym, I find myself all over again, and for a change the numbers mean nothing and the workout means everything. When your ego has been stomped to confetti, your bench or C&J PR's don't seem so important anymore.
I really don't want to go into all the details, many of which are new but just depressing, heartwrenching shit which made anything I ever said before seem like petty whining. But I promised myself, if I ever posted here again, it was because I truly saw a better life for myself, and I do. I hope in the time to come, maybe not just yet, maybe in the months to come, I can once again contribute something of value to this forum and give back.
Imagine if a shrink hits rock bottom and then finds his way back, and learns something in the process, well then that might make for some decent posts. I hope to give you guys those kind of posts soon.
One lesson already learned is when life is overcomplicated and overwhelming, let everything go which is not essential. Being of help to other people turned out to be pretty essential to me, it gives me meaning. Lifting is essential to me, but not competitive lifting. Just pumping iron, losing yourself for an hour or so with no thoughts, but feeling the exercises. The people who really care about me are essential. Sex is essential. Friendship and love are essential. Faith is essential. My personal list of "essentials" is pretty short but helped me a lot in getting a grip again.
Oh, I can tell you that music is essential too. I went to an Incubus concert with my son, a band we both love, and that concert helped me lose myself. This may sound like new age bullshit, but I have found that "losing myself" in different ways has helped me to "find myself."
Sorry if all this seems too melodramatic, but trust me I don’t want drama in my life, it has just infested itself in there. Anyway, thanks for all of you not forgetting me and I promise to stay in touch. Doc[/quote]
Sorry to hear about the rough times, stay strong. Good to see you back.
Hey, I remember you. Welcome back.
Nice to hear from you Doc. Welcome back as well
Stay strong Doc. We’re all thinking of you.
It’s good to see your post again Doc. Welcome back.
Stu
Stay strong Doc. Your posts have touched lives in positive ways. You have friends you’ve never met.
[quote]happydog48 wrote:
Stay strong Doc. Your posts have touched lives in positive ways. You have friends you’ve never met.[/quote]
Ditto that!
Hey my fiend, great to hear from you.
Doc, it’s important to me that you don’t underestimate your impact on me, and probably many others, who read your words.
Rather than checking out - check in here when you’re low. We’re not Doctors but we care.
Besides, my Doc put me on Efexor-xr - I’m crackers too apparently and I need the company. Stick around Pilgrim.
Had a very good day today, guys. After several months of picking up part time doctor work here and there just enough to keep my bankruptcy lawyer from filing our papers, I got the best permanent offer I could hope for in this wacky field of mine. Still will be doing it separated from the family but that’s a whole 'nother story.
Maybe all this good will you guys sent me changed my year of shitty luck.
We can cancel my funeral for now. (that's a joke, we gotta get back to some funny stuff again...I miss it. (For the record, I did contemplate going out in style, loading 425 on a home bench and getting it off the racks for one ill-fated rep...still has a certain appeal but I can put that off for thirty years or so now). Doc
Nuff said Doc! You da man!
I know about whacky fields, just mine doesn’t call for the brains, schooling, and smarts yours does. The frustrations are the same. The only real constant is the weights.
I sure hope to read more of your workouts. They offer a lot to think about and incorperate.
When you put the 425 on the bar be a buddy and film it. We can raffle on whether you shit your pants, swallow your tougue, eyes pop out, or how good you look in purple. Get your ass in the gym and post it. Like Duke said, there are several that care. A great weekend to all.
Well Doc, now that you’re back I guess I can stop with the weekend updates. I’ll continue to provide meaningful,articulate, and insightful observations when needed. Naw, I’ll just post my usual stuff.
The Doc is BACK!
don’t forget to stop by the OL thread.