hey gang, just wanted to clarify something. i mean to say i am telling the weights they are nothing, and calling them a bitch, not calling myself a bitch. i neglected to include this in my previous quote, just wanted to clear that up, since i am not a bitch nor am i nothing.
i actually got one of mine from arnold’s bio. before a really heavy lift (say 5 reps of squats), ill look at the barbell, and quietly say “ok you bitch (the barbell), i dont care how heavy you are, but im going to squat you 1,2,3,4,5 times.” ill also talk to myself when im struggling “cmon jesse, only 2 more.”
I think of an old Arnold article where he described his legs as giant hydraulic pistons that won’t be denied. I often will say to myself “like a piston!” as my hemmoroids are scraping the floor at the bottom of a big squat.
well now that I have heard a few of yours here are a few of mine. “this is necessary” (tool) “Im naked and fearless”, “there is no spoon” (matrix). Or my favorite thought… I just spent how much on supplements?? Here is one more thought to think about I would like to share… The most happiest time in my life was when I was alone covered in chalk with ephedra in my veins. Rock in my ears, latic acid in my lungs and barf on floor:)
I talk to the weights too. I ask the weight if it wants some (usually adding muther-fcker and a few other choice words), then I proceed to explain to the weight that it is about to get its ass handed to it. Then I tell myself that the weight doesn’t believe me when I tell it is about to get its ass handed to it and that REALLY pisses me off. Like its just sitting there telling me to fck off. (It is important to maintain eye-contact while pacing in front off the weight and conversing with it) Then I generally growl on the last rep or two then proceed to give the weight a last f*ck you under my breath when racking it (if I am able to breathe that is).
Just before I walk to the bar or the bench I’ll tell myself, “Strong, powerful, in control!” Or sometimes it’s,“You can do this, She-ra!”
At the expense of sounding too mellow compared to some of the other sayings here, I like to repeat “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” I even have this scripture written on my Chuck Taylors as I compete in meets.
Philippians 3:14
“Pain is merely weakness leaving the body”. That is what is on the back of MMA club shirts.
There are definitely alot of cool training expressions coined over the past years. Although, because of their length, to repeat most of them in the middle of a grueling set would ‘wind’ me: So I just stick to something short and sweet that I just whisper to myself; “Fuck you!” or if I’m really in pain and need the extra nanosecond break, “Fuck you faggot!” .
Not that there’s anything wrong with being a homosexual.
Pre-max bench: “Who wears short shorts!” “I…wear… short… shorts!!!”
MBE: "Every MOD's nightmare. Since 1767.
-Eric
Khan? Very nice. 
i saw your name on this thread, and had to read what you wrote. damn. that was funny. JCTEN: “i dont mean to brag, i dont mean to take the cake, but theres a few dbol tabs in my postworkout shake. since 1010.” jesse
“Champions don’t quit, they persevere.”
That expression has always confused me. What about when you eat so much that it hurts? Wouldn’t that then be pain entering the body to make it stronger?
Dark Renegade wrote this awhile back, but it really stuck. I always have to remember that I’m in the gym to accomplish something, and that’s to be superior outside of the gym. He mentioned that you’re preparing for the FOG OF WAR. For some reason, when I need that extra oomph, I just think …
FOG OF WAR
It’s not much for the heavy lifts, but for the long haul I often remind myself “That which does not kill me makes me stronger.”
I tell the bar/dumbell “You’re my bitch.”
Can’t you guys just take a moment to think how all this violent, degrading talk affects the barbell or dumbbell? I mean, shit, without these fine implements of iron relocation technology there would be such thing as bodybuilding! When the lights of your gym go out and the weights are all nestled in their racks for the night, can you imagine what they all talk about? How much pain they endure? “they called me a bitch and said I aint shit! All I want to do is be the best weight I can be…”
Would you berate your dog for bringing you your slippers? Would you fail to smack your bitch up for serving dinner late? Would you blame a serial killer for slaughtering your whole family? I think not! The next time you think of hurling your unfeeling, unsensitive words at the weights in your gym - the weights that only exist for you betterment, consider their feelings! Those little spots of rust that you see on that dumbbell in the corner? That’s not oxidation…it’s the aftermath of TEARS! THAT is what it looks like when weights cry.
Renegades don’t give up!
SHUT YOUR FACE AND PUSH! Sir Yes Sir!