[quote]ewlyon wrote:
for those inquiring as to why i didnt stop when i broke my nose its because im not a wimp. it didnt hurt so i just wiped the blood off and kept going[/quote]
Stopping doesn’t make you a wimp.
one time i was lifting and felt sleepy so i took a nap and had a snack. after my nap i went back outside and finished my lifts.
MEgA HardCORe dude!
I once heard someone on here say: the dedicated lifter would stick to juice at the party or wouldnt even BE at the party. They would be home getting in some Z’s after a workout and good meal…
Now personally the party is the payoff for me. The party is what i want to look good for. The culmination where a few people will go ‘looking good man’ or ‘check you out’ and the girls will ask ‘have you been working out?’ or something… You’re at the event and you KNOW your looking good. Otherwise for me when do you count up the fruits of your labour? (this isnt to say i party hard every weekend, just now and again)
This is not to put anyone else down of course. This is just me. Each to his own, if missing the party makes you happy in that you have your good cause straight in your head then thats cool. Not for me though - I am dedicated in as much as nothing else comes in front of my workout days. Nothing will be arranged after 6pm on mondays, weds and fridays. that time is spent lifting and after that, eating. Also, i pre-prepare 4 out of my 6 meals a day to ensure im constantly fed when im out of the house. I dont ever miss a meal or training. Thats pretty much as dedicated as I am. I still want to party though!
[quote]rander wrote:
one time i was lifting and felt sleepy so i took a nap and had a snack. after my nap i went back outside and finished my lifts.
MEgA HardCORe dude![/quote]
haha, I shot milk out my nose when I read “MEgA HardCORe dude!”. It reminds me of those dudes doing leg presses in work boots and sun glasses and his buddies on top of the apparatus also wearing work boots and sunglasses screaming at him.
This post is just flat out funny, From past experiences of have my nose broken 3 seperate times I know that within 10 minutes of it the area around the nose swells so bad that I could barely see where I was walking. Real lifters don’t need to trade fake stories to boost there ego’s. Real lifters are the guys in the gym saturday morning when everyone else is too hungover to go.
Geez, make sure you have your Tetanus shot! Nothing wrong with being Dedicated!
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one time my brother punched me on my cheek ande my nose started bleeding and it felt loose, like it wasnt on there like it should. Then i punched my other brother on another ocasion also on the cheek (similiar to when my other brother punched me) and it turned out his nose was broke even tho i didnt punch it.
SO maybe his broken nose wasnt that bad.
One time I did a set of 800lb squats supersetted with 1200 lb deads and broke my spine in 3 places. Well, needless to say I lost control of my bladder, and shit gray and black protein juice all over the floor, but I continued to lift dammit!
Okay, now that my ridiculously bad attempt at humor is over, I’d say it’s the commitment itself. Getting out of bed earlier, forgoing drinks and parties on friday night to go train. Running on saturday night when everybody else is partying and doing whatever. It’s everything that we do as “normal” that’s “different and weird” to everybody else.
One time I was doing one-armed DB snatches and dropped the dumbbell on my head. Consequently my skull caved in and there was some grey matter splattered on the ground. But I stuck through it and kept on training. EXTREME DEDICATION
[quote]TKL wrote:
One time I was doing one-armed DB snatches and dropped the dumbbell on my head. Consequently my skull caved in and there was some grey matter splattered on the ground. But I stuck through it and kept on training. EXTREME DEDICATION [/quote]
Grey matter? Did it have some red in it too, as well as some soft squishy matter?
You stupid meathead. This thread has gotten out of hand. And i’m cool with that. OP probably wasn’t exactly ultimately dedicated, just plain stupid.
There’s a real change that if you became obsessed with weightlifting you really fuck up your life. I see no point being a “bb monk”. Sure you must eat (enough & quality) and train smart (progression & variety etc.) but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a social life. After all, if you don’t know anyone, you don’t have anyone to flex to.
For example last night I didn’t drink +10 pints like many of my buddies. I poured down three (small 0.3L), had fun talking shit and went home @ 1AM so I could train today. I don’t think that type of activity done every couple of weeks will ruin my physique. Someone really obsessed (or dedicated, depends how you see it) would have left at 10PM to go to eat P+F and sleep.
[quote]Lapo wrote:
You stupid meathead. This thread has gotten out of hand. And i’m cool with that. OP probably wasn’t exactly ultimately dedicated, just plain stupid.
There’s a real change that if you became obsessed with weightlifting you really fuck up your life. I see no point being a “bb monk”. Sure you must eat (enough & quality) and train smart (progression & variety etc.) but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a social life. After all, if you don’t know anyone, you don’t have anyone to flex to.
For example last night I didn’t drink +10 pints like many of my buddies. I poured down three (small 0.3L), had fun talking shit and went home @ 1AM so I could train today. I don’t think that type of activity done every couple of weeks will ruin my physique. Someone really obsessed (or dedicated, depends how you see it) would have left at 10PM to go to eat P+F and sleep.[/quote]
I know what gray matter is. I was being sarcastic. Lol.
Good points though. You can still have a social life while being a dedicated lifter. Just get rid of the vices.
No offense but some of you sound like idiots.
Life is for living. I lift to enhance my life. I don’t live to lift.
So if I’m invited out, I go out.
If we’re eating a bad dinner, I eat it.
I’m only here once. I don’t want to get hit by a bus and have my last thought be “I could’ve ate that danish”.
You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on.
In my opinion, you’re scared and you need the security of feeling big to get you through.
It’s sad.
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
One time I did a set of 800lb squats supersetted with 1200 lb deads and broke my spine in 3 places. Well, needless to say I lost control of my bladder, and shit gray and black protein juice all over the floor, but I continued to lift dammit![/quote]
Ahhhhh nice. That gave me quite a good hearty laugh.
As far as dedication I think its a balancing act, as many said.
Be different–Be healthy: eat well, bust your butt in the gym, sleep and think.
Apply that to life: eat well (while with friends), bust your butt in the gym (before/after you do other hobbies), (get enough quality) sleep, and think (about what your doing and have fun with life)
[quote]Sxio wrote:
No offense but some of you sound like idiots.
Life is for living. I lift to enhance my life. I don’t live to lift.
So if I’m invited out, I go out.
If we’re eating a bad dinner, I eat it.
I’m only here once. I don’t want to get hit by a bus and have my last thought be “I could’ve ate that danish”.
You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on.
In my opinion, you’re scared and you need the security of feeling big to get you through.
It’s sad. [/quote]
Well with your “laissez faire” attitude towards training, why do you train at all? If you claim you really don’t "need’ to train, again, why do you do it?
Just being like everybody else (which is a fat pig with cholesterol problems, bad knees, a fucked back, no energy, and a set of tits sneaking south (men and women!) ) is probably why most of us forgo opportunities to eat shit and damage our bodies and choose to challenge ourselves and improve our body. Looking/feeling better than the status quo (99% of people that don’t give a shit) IS being better, bottom line. Superiority complex? You bet your ass!
And when people tell me “you need big muscles to cover up for something else that’s lacking”, I automatically know they are making an assumption based on ignorance because of jealousy. Not necessarily jealousy towards me (look at my profile pictures, I’ve got a loooooong way to go), but for “my kind”, which is most T-Nationers here. So go right ahead and tell any IFBB pro that “he needs the security of feeling big to get him through”
I agree with Sxio for the most part. It’s not a laissez-faire attitude at all. Many people turn weightlifting into their lives which is retarded. I spend in hour in the gym 4 times a week. I go in, get my shit done and then I get out. I eat a proper PWO meal, and eat 2-3 hours after that. This doesn’t require me to change my whole life just to lift.
Am I not dedicated because there’s more to life than lifting?
You think looking better makes you better than other people? How pathetic are you? Could you make it anymore obvious that you are insecure? For the people that want to be stronger, look stronger, or whatever… that’s great. But if you think this makes you a better person to someone else, that is sad.
"You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on. "
That is the money statement right there. That’s a nice way of saying get a life. Weightlifting isn’t a life.
[quote]tonyc wrote:
I agree with Sxio for the most part. It’s not a laissez-faire attitude at all. Many people turn weightlifting into their lives which is retarded. I spend in hour in the gym 4 times a week. I go in, get my shit done and then I get out. I eat a proper PWO meal, and eat 2-3 hours after that. This doesn’t require me to change my whole life just to lift.
Am I not dedicated because there’s more to life than lifting?
You think looking better makes you better than other people? How pathetic are you? Could you make it anymore obvious that you are insecure? For the people that want to be stronger, look stronger, or whatever… that’s great. But if you think this makes you a better person to someone else, that is sad.
"You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on. "
That is the money statement right there. That’s a nice way of saying get a life. Weightlifting isn’t a life. [/quote]
Who the fuck said anything about YOU being or not being dedicated?
Because we train our bodies, we ARE better than 99% of the status quo that don’t give a shit and then complain about their looks “not being their fault”. If you think I’m insecure because of my superiority complex, cool with me.
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Sxio wrote:
No offense but some of you sound like idiots.
Life is for living. I lift to enhance my life. I don’t live to lift.
So if I’m invited out, I go out.
If we’re eating a bad dinner, I eat it.
I’m only here once. I don’t want to get hit by a bus and have my last thought be “I could’ve ate that danish”.
You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on.
In my opinion, you’re scared and you need the security of feeling big to get you through.
It’s sad.
Well with your “laissez faire” attitude towards training, why do you train at all? If you claim you really don’t "need’ to train, again, why do you do it?
Just being like everybody else (which is a fat pig with cholesterol problems, bad knees, a fucked back, no energy, and a set of tits sneaking south (men and women!) ) is probably why most of us forgo opportunities to eat shit and damage our bodies and choose to challenge ourselves and improve our body. Looking/feeling better than the status quo (99% of people that don’t give a shit) IS being better, bottom line. Superiority complex? You bet your ass!
And when people tell me “you need big muscles to cover up for something else that’s lacking”, I automatically know they are making an assumption based on ignorance because of jealousy. Not necessarily jealousy towards me (look at my profile pictures, I’ve got a loooooong way to go), but for “my kind”, which is most T-Nationers here. So go right ahead and tell any IFBB pro that “he needs the security of feeling big to get him through”
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well said
[quote]tonyc wrote:
I agree with Sxio for the most part. It’s not a laissez-faire attitude at all. Many people turn weightlifting into their lives which is retarded. I spend in hour in the gym 4 times a week. I go in, get my shit done and then I get out. I eat a proper PWO meal, and eat 2-3 hours after that. This doesn’t require me to change my whole life just to lift.
Am I not dedicated because there’s more to life than lifting?
You think looking better makes you better than other people? How pathetic are you? Could you make it anymore obvious that you are insecure? For the people that want to be stronger, look stronger, or whatever… that’s great. But if you think this makes you a better person to someone else, that is sad.
"You guys throwing away opportunities to go to the gym don’t know what you’re turning your back on. "
That is the money statement right there. That’s a nice way of saying get a life. Weightlifting isn’t a life. [/quote]
it depends what your goals are in life. People who want to be rich focus on getting rich, those who want gorgeous women focus on getting gorgeous women, those who want to be muscular/strong focus on being muscular/strong.
I’m not saying you can’t do anything else but some people strive to achieve certain goals and if they don’t dedicate much time to their goal and go about it nonchalantly they fail. Have I skipped workouts to hang out w/ my friends/girls sure but I d’ont let it happen often and try to plan my training around my schedule.
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Well with your “laissez faire” attitude towards training, why do you train at all? If you claim you really don’t "need’ to train, again, why do you do it?
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It is different for a professional. It’s their job. I take my job very seriously and so should they. But if you’re not getting paid to train and look good, then imo it goes down a bit lower on the list of priorities.
I don’t remember saying I don’t need to train. I definitely need to train!
But when life calls I don’t say “Sorry bro, I need to finish my carton of cottage cheese and be in bed before 8pm to make sure I get my 10hrs sleep”.
I lifted every day this week. I’m getting ready to train again right now. I haven’t had a carbohydrate since last sunday.
But I don’t pretend I’m better than anyone else because I do it.
I do it because I can and I want to. It’s not my reason for being, but being fit and strong makes my life better.
You’re going to have a hard time getting by with your self confessed superiority complex. Seriously, you are setting yourself up for a shitload of unnecessary stress.
Relax. Smell the roses. Enjoy life. Enjoy lifting. That’s all I’m saying.
I still DO think it’s sad if someone’s going to blow off a party or a movie because they have workout programmed for the next morning. You could meet the greatest girl you’ve ever seen at that party and have the best night of your life. But you’ll never know if you never go.
Like the quote says, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t make.
I mean, if I’m not going to use my body to get me laid more often then what the hell am I doing??? What’s the point of having a good physique if the only people who see it are the ones at the gym?