[quote]roybot wrote:
totalfit wrote:
I dont want to disparage anyone here, I enjoy visiting this website now and again. It is marginally informative, and entertaining. I also have nothing against tatoos, I have quite a few myself. But, as I have been reading some of these posts my jaw has dropped more than once.
ShaneM686, you say that you have learned values, morals, character traits and how to be a better man from T-Nation. Really? From a website. Dont get me wrong, but that is pretty sad.
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If you actually read all of the good posts by other intelligent members… I don’t see how you can’t understand my POV.
Let me break it down to you like you a child, since it seems that your thick skull can’t absorb what is being said to you somewhat eloquently by other members.
I was 18 years old when I signed on T-Nation. I didn’t join the forums right away, just read articles and skimmed through the forums once in awhile. At this point, I had been simply trying to get a 6-pack and be “fit”. After reading T-Nation, I was able to adjust my diet, my exercise routine, and I have had the pleasure of reading Atomic Dog articles/stories for a long time now.
In the beginning, I just felt better from the training I was doing. I was eating better, so that also improved my general mood and feeling throughout the day.
Anyone who has trained for 3-4 years at least, seriously, knows that the training is more mental than physical. Being focused on your goals, whatever they may be. Eating well, getting more sleep, pushing through the pain, turning away from shitty food, helping others in their endeavors, pushing your training partner, etc. All of that makes you a stronger person. It carries over to other parts of your life when you have an outlet like that.
The Atomic Dog articles, while almost always hilarious, have very valuable points made in them. If you laugh and move on, you get nothing. Some things about being a man, I was never taught when I was younger, as I didn’t have the greatest father. I had a great uncle and mother, so while T-Nation hasn’t formed the true core values and such, it certainly has helped mold that core into something better. The articles about him telling stories about men in relationships for many years and unhappy, but just never have the balls to get out of it. About following the less traveled path, not worrying about money, as RJJC(sorry, i think i screwed that up) traveled to, I think it was Thailand to work as a Scuba instructor in a beautiful exotic place. He mentioned TC having been a big part in this.
As my general knowledge, training knowledge, nutritional knowledge has expanded, I’ve been able to help a great number of people both on T-Nation and person to person. I’ve met a lot of similar minded people in different smaller gyms that I don’t think I would have normally in globo gym or in the work place. Also, many of the members on here are pretty amazing people. Of course the big names like Varqanir, Ponce, Prof. X, Mak. etc, but also a ton of other awesome and bad ass people, especially some of the awesome encouragement that comes out of the T-Vixen area, Buckeye Girl, Cheetah, OG, pch2, Jilly, Jen Heath… on and on. Conversing with these people and learning from them has been a pleasure.
So yea, If you don’t think T-Nation has made me a better man after explaining some of what I’ve gained and what has happened because of it, then yes, I think you are a fool.
