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[quote]actionboy wrote:

[quote]Amonero wrote:
A trained, well fed doberman will always be bigger than a trained, well fed poodle. A malnourished, sedentary poodle may, with training, become a bigger poodle…But he will never be even an untrained Doberman.

Give the trained doberman steroids, and he will be a bigger Doberman.No ammount of steroids will ever make a poodle into a doberman though.

Become the biggest dog you can, but if you’re a poodle, you’re pretty much fucked by a doberman, natural or not.

Now, you can hate on the doberman and curse his broad shoulders and massive neck, and be a pathetic little whiny poodle, or you can finish your bowl with a vengeance, lift all you can, progress, grow, and be a fucking massive killer poodle that makes all the other poodles jelaous.

And then, when you meet the doberman, you nod in recognition of him making the most out of his body and circumstances, and he nods at you and acknowledges your efforts and results in standing out from your pack.

Because if there’s something I’ve learned in this, it’s that the dobermans will never pick fights wilth the smaller breeds, while the smaller breeds always bark and yap at the bigger ones.

What need is there for aggression when your very being excudes dominance and dominion over your own physical domain?[/quote]

i like dogs too…wait, what?
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uhhh my people eat dogs?

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A few off the top of my head…

-Hold yourself to higher standards
-Accept nothing as gospel
-If something is working, don’t jump to change it
-Know that you’re working harder than ‘the other guy’
-Always look to learn new things
-Find out what worked for other people, but don’t assume it’s a guarantee for you
-There is no such thing as a ‘hardgainer’, only someone who hasn’t figured ‘it’ out yet.

I’m sure I’ll come up with more, but I just walked in and I’m famished.

S

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The ego thing is huge… it’s like everyone things that a lift isn’t worth their time if you can’t load up 400lbs onto it. You can see it in the BOI, newer guys will video their DL’s but nothing else. I know I was the same way, that was the only lift I was proud of for a while because I could get 4 plates on and look like a badass in the gym… I even avoided certain lifts because I wasn’t able to load enough weight onto the barbell to look cool in the gym or brag about it. One exercise like that was the Barbell incline which is a great lift for me, but a year ago I would have had to do work sets with less than 135… and that was not happening haha

I didn’t realize back then, that it just doesn’t matter, and even if someone thinks they’re better than you because they’re lifting more, that’s really their problem and you should do what works for you regardless of how many plates you’ve got on the bar.

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[quote]Amonero wrote:
A trained, well fed doberman will always be bigger than a trained, well fed poodle. A malnourished, sedentary poodle may, with training, become a bigger poodle…But he will never be even an untrained Doberman.

Give the trained doberman steroids, and he will be a bigger Doberman.No ammount of steroids will ever make a poodle into a doberman though.

Become the biggest dog you can, but if you’re a poodle, you’re pretty much fucked by a doberman, natural or not.

Now, you can hate on the doberman and curse his broad shoulders and massive neck, and be a pathetic little whiny poodle, or you can finish your bowl with a vengeance, lift all you can, progress, grow, and be a fucking massive killer poodle that makes all the other poodles jelaous.

And then, when you meet the doberman, you nod in recognition of him making the most out of his body and circumstances, and he nods at you and acknowledges your efforts and results in standing out from your pack.

Because if there’s something I’ve learned in this, it’s that the dobermans will never pick fights wilth the smaller breeds, while the smaller breeds always bark and yap at the bigger ones.

What need is there for aggression when your very being excudes dominance and dominion over your own physical domain?[/quote]

But if you have a rat problem, it is better to use a poodle than a doberman. May as well be a jacked poodle then, to deal with the rats

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Set some realistic goals, and formulate a plan to achieve them!

Also, crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!

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Learn when to focus on form and when to pile on the weight. Use both.

When you think you might be over-training, eat more and train even harder.

PR every time. I don’t care if it’s 1 pound, add it.

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[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
Also, crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women![/quote]

hahaha fuck yeah dude!!
Arnie FTW :slight_smile:

But for me the one piece of advice I could give is to eat your heart out and no comprimise when it comes to lifting…

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-When you get hurt, it’s all about ‘damage control’, be smart.
-If you’re not going to put in the ‘kitchen time’, you’re wasting your ‘gym time’.
-Don’t compare yourself to the guy who makes it look easy. Chances are he’s working harder than you realize.
-‘Real life’ sometimes gets in the way of your training. Keep things in perspective

S

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Establishing that drive, that mental focus, that desire to keep pushing on, to keep growing. Ensuring YOU dont turn your gym time into simply ‘just another day,’ but rather each day is different, each day has its specific goals; whether it be sets, reps, weight, contraction focuses, angles, optimization, symmetrical work, power, volume, etc. Ensuring that YOU dont turn meal times into an action to simply ‘silence hunger,’ but rather eat according to how you need to eat; whether it be calories, proteins, fats, carbs, quick digesting, slow digesting, liquid, solid, pre workout, Peri workout, Post Workout, pre bed, etc.

-In This sport…For every moment you arent training, for every gym day you half ass, for every time you lose focus, there’s someone out there working that much harder…one day, you’ll meet…and he’ll beat you.

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[quote]Akuma01 wrote:
-In This sport…For every moment you arent training, for every gym day you half ass, for every time you lose focus, there’s someone out there working that much harder…one day, you’ll meet…and he’ll beat you.[/quote]

I think about this every day I’m in the gym. Before every top set where I’m shooting to set a PR, I think someone out there is doing the same thing and I want to beat him.

Sometimes I try to visualize someone a lot bigger than me lifting there with me, screaming in my ear to get a few more reps. I often times imagine Matt Kroc next to me when I’m deadlifting haha

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Often, I do a set for a fallen friend/brother-in-arms, I’ll say it out loud prior to doing the first rep. “This ones for you, insert name here”

When I’m reaching failure one way or another and I haven’t performed the amount of reps I want, I’ll remind myself who that set was for. More often than not I’ll hit my number.

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[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
Often, I do a set for a fallen friend/brother-in-arms, I’ll say it out loud prior to doing the first rep. “This ones for you, insert name here”

When I’m reaching failure one way or another and I haven’t performed the amount of reps I want, I’ll remind myself who that set was for. More often than not I’ll hit my number.[/quote]

A lot of times I’ll think of something that happened to me in my life, or something someone did to one of my family members before I go into my top set. I try to save these thoughts for a big squat/deadlift set

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[quote]ashylarryku wrote:

[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
Often, I do a set for a fallen friend/brother-in-arms, I’ll say it out loud prior to doing the first rep. “This ones for you, insert name here”

When I’m reaching failure one way or another and I haven’t performed the amount of reps I want, I’ll remind myself who that set was for. More often than not I’ll hit my number.[/quote]

A lot of times I’ll think of something that happened to me in my life, or something someone did to one of my family members before I go into my top set. I try to save these thoughts for a big squat/deadlift set[/quote]

Where’s the fun in a workout if your constantly thinking like that?

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Eat your burgers, they’re good for you

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[quote]rasturai wrote:

[quote]ashylarryku wrote:

[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
Often, I do a set for a fallen friend/brother-in-arms, I’ll say it out loud prior to doing the first rep. “This ones for you, insert name here”

When I’m reaching failure one way or another and I haven’t performed the amount of reps I want, I’ll remind myself who that set was for. More often than not I’ll hit my number.[/quote]

A lot of times I’ll think of something that happened to me in my life, or something someone did to one of my family members before I go into my top set. I try to save these thoughts for a big squat/deadlift set[/quote]

Where’s the fun in a workout if your constantly thinking like that? [/quote]

Check the bold, I do this when I’m feeling like I really need something to get me motivated. Obviously it’s not like that for every set of every session

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Oh lol I thought this was multiple times a week…but even then…doesn’t it distract you from the task at hand?

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Not at all, it always helps me “zone in” so to speak. My workouts are still fun and I look forward to 'em regardless =)

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Writing down goals and putting a deadline on them. This will give you a sense of urgency and should keep your intensity high so you can meet your goals.

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write down everything you eat in a day…and dont approach various personal trainers about contest prep advice…stick to one way to the end…afterall its all about trial and error

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Seeing all the generics not making any progress meanwhile you just broke another PR.