[quote]DirtyRobot wrote:
Nova,
Here’s are a few things that I think would make your Clinic a LOT more interesting for us reading:
Post thoughts on every meal
Right now you just copy and paste the meal plan sent to you by Coach Thibaudeau. That’s pretty boring to read. How do you prepare it? What meals leave you hungriest? Read USCTrojan619’s clinic. Look at the detail. It’s got shit about his schedule, about how he prepares it. That’s what the coaches want to see. That’s why when he had to leave he got a nice big “NICE WORK!” on his Clinic pictures.
Post YOUR thoughts
The best clinics are introspective. You keep asking questions for the coaches to answer. That’s bullshit. I’d rather read YOUR thoughts on YOUR life. And not just “I was tired after weight training but I did cardio.” That’s not interesting. Everyone KNOWS that weight training is tiring and that you’re going to be tired when you get to your cardio. We don’t need to read it.
Go into specifics about YOUR LIFE. What’s your gym like? How far do you travel to get to it? How hard is it to squeeze weight training and multiple cardio sessions into your day?
I would have thought it would be tough managing that much time working out, but you’ve barely said a word about it. And you’re starting a new job. How do you deal with it?
What are you friends like? How are they responding? I know this is the internet, and I know you probably don’t want people to recognize you (because you blur your face in all your pictures), but honestly, a few details won’t hurt. No one’s going to read a Physique Clinic Thread, say, “Man, I’ma cut that guy UP!” and then hunt you down. So post something that the reader can identify with; an anecdote or something. ANYthing.
Take better/more pictures
Find a spot on a shelf or something and mark it with tape. Then find a spot on the floor a few feet away and mark that with tape. Stick your camera on the shelf, then stand on the other piece of tape. Do this every time you take pictures.
All your pictures are hard to compare. Get them from all the same angle with the same lighting every time and people will be able to see SOME changes, maybe.
Maybe take pictures of you working out. Or a meal you’re eating. I’d like to see what your meal plan actually physically LOOKS like when you make it.
Show some spunk, son
Bartl’s clinic got a ton better (it’s a fantastic read right now) when he basically said, “Fuck it, you wanna know what’s on my mind, well I’m going to give it to you and screw you if you don’t like it.”
Show you fucking care. Get pissed - at me, at the coaches, at the the weights. Whatever. Do you care about not being a fat ass? Let that come through in your thoughts about the clinic.
By the time this is over, you’ll have been given hundreds and hundreds of dollars of free supplements and free coaching, as well as the whole forum of the Physique Clinic to hold you partly accountable - fucking take advantage of it, and earn it. The two go hand in hand. [/quote]
Hey nice post!
I think I will take a few of those sentiments for myself.
It’s like when Crew made that post where he felt he was just going through the motions.
It’s all about conscious living, the examined life I suppose.