Determination. Perseverance. Stress. Sorrow. Lost time with loved ones. Et cetera.
This is something that has been on my mind a LOT lately. Do most people truly give it their all to be what they want to be, look how they want to look, or reach goals that they want to reach? The answer is no. Don’t kid yourself…it would just be a lie. There are FEW people in the world that do everything necessary to become what they want to. I’m proud of the guys at our gym. We all sacrifice something, regardless of what it is, in the pursuit of something that we may never reach. We’ve had set backs, we’ve had disagreements, we’ve had issues with consistency. I am tired of just having these dreams of what I want to be and sitting back and not doing what I can to be as close to that as I can be. This isn’t just a rant from me to trying to piss anyone off or to try to hurt anyone’s feeling. I’m tired of being what I am now. I’m a 6’3"-6’4", 21 year old, that weighs right around 400lbs that tries to put on this illusion that I’m strong or that I’m trying to lose weight or whatever. It’s all a fucking lie. I’m obese. My strength is a fucking joke for my weight. No matter HOW many excuses I make or however I try to look at it to make myself look better (strength wise or weight wise), it is not going to change reality. I’m attempting to change this and I’ll need all my brothers in iron to help me. All the guys from the gym will need to keep my physically, and more importantly mentally, on track. There is NO excuse for me to weigh as much as I do. There is no reason I can’t be as strong or STRONGER at a lower body weight. I’ve changed many things in my life recently and I think this is the right thing to do in order to be what I want to be. I’ve left the university that I love, in a great town that I love, in order to come home to finish my education because this is where my family is, this is where my truest friends are, this is where OUR gym is. This is the place where I have people that give a shit about me. This is the place where I have people to help build me up and not tear me down. This is the place that I need to be in order to accomplish my goals. I hope the guys at the gym will help me along the way. I will try to quit doing something that will help me EVERY DAY and I need you guys to make me stay on track. No reason that I should ever leave without doing something at the gym, with the exception of injury or trying to prevent injury. There will be no more skipping a set of this, or a set of that, just because I’m tired or fatigued. Boo-fucking-hoo. I’m changing my mentality with nutrition as well. I have to get this shit lined out. My first step has been cutting out pop (soda, wtf ever) which is a huge vice of mine. Now it’s time to get my diet on track. I’ll quit rambling on this note: will you give up things you love to achieve the goals you have? Be honest with yourself and see what you’re willing to do in order to be successful. I will not continue to be a bitch when things get tough. It’s time to man up and do what has to be done. Sorry for all of this…it’s been on my mind today and I want to get better. I want to see anyone and everyone that wants to improve on any portion of their life. I want my gym partners to be the best they can ever be and I know we all have things that we have to give up in order for this to happen. PC being the first. He has supported us all and provided all the things we need in a gym to become whatever we want to be! He could have used his hard earned money for anything that he wanted…instead, it goes in the gym. I greatly appreciate this, man.
[quote]mosley1990 wrote:
Determination. Perseverance. Stress. Sorrow. Lost time with loved ones. Et cetera.
This is something that has been on my mind a LOT lately. Do most people truly give it their all to be what they want to be, look how they want to look, or reach goals that they want to reach? The answer is no. Don’t kid yourself…it would just be a lie. There are FEW people in the world that do everything necessary to become what they want to. I’m proud of the guys at our gym. We all sacrifice something, regardless of what it is, in the pursuit of something that we may never reach. We’ve had set backs, we’ve had disagreements, we’ve had issues with consistency. I am tired of just having these dreams of what I want to be and sitting back and not doing what I can to be as close to that as I can be. This isn’t just a rant from me to trying to piss anyone off or to try to hurt anyone’s feeling. I’m tired of being what I am now. I’m a 6’3"-6’4", 21 year old, that weighs right around 400lbs that tries to put on this illusion that I’m strong or that I’m trying to lose weight or whatever. It’s all a fucking lie. I’m obese. My strength is a fucking joke for my weight. No matter HOW many excuses I make or however I try to look at it to make myself look better (strength wise or weight wise), it is not going to change reality. I’m attempting to change this and I’ll need all my brothers in iron to help me. All the guys from the gym will need to keep my physically, and more importantly mentally, on track. There is NO excuse for me to weigh as much as I do. There is no reason I can’t be as strong or STRONGER at a lower body weight. I’ve changed many things in my life recently and I think this is the right thing to do in order to be what I want to be. I’ve left the university that I love, in a great town that I love, in order to come home to finish my education because this is where my family is, this is where my truest friends are, this is where OUR gym is. This is the place where I have people that give a shit about me. This is the place where I have people to help build me up and not tear me down. This is the place that I need to be in order to accomplish my goals. I hope the guys at the gym will help me along the way. I will try to quit doing something that will help me EVERY DAY and I need you guys to make me stay on track. No reason that I should ever leave without doing something at the gym, with the exception of injury or trying to prevent injury. There will be no more skipping a set of this, or a set of that, just because I’m tired or fatigued. Boo-fucking-hoo. I’m changing my mentality with nutrition as well. I have to get this shit lined out. My first step has been cutting out pop (soda, wtf ever) which is a huge vice of mine. Now it’s time to get my diet on track. I’ll quit rambling on this note: will you give up things you love to achieve the goals you have? Be honest with yourself and see what you’re willing to do in order to be successful. I will not continue to be a bitch when things get tough. It’s time to man up and do what has to be done. Sorry for all of this…it’s been on my mind today and I want to get better. I want to see anyone and everyone that wants to improve on any portion of their life. I want my gym partners to be the best they can ever be and I know we all have things that we have to give up in order for this to happen. PC being the first. He has supported us all and provided all the things we need in a gym to become whatever we want to be! He could have used his hard earned money for anything that he wanted…instead, it goes in the gym. I greatly appreciate this, man.
You all try to have a great evening. [/quote]
This is great, i love you man, and i love all of you guys,
DL raw all with no belt and double overhand grip unless stated, heres how it went, first day really training being clean in 2 years! SCARY!! we choked a monster mini from the top of the rack, put the pins in pin1, stood on a platform, so the height was the same as deadlifting from the floor, we used a SHITTY bent bar no knurling and no flex pulling from pins the whole she-bang! The bands took off 60lbs at bottom, we put 65lbs on the bar turned it loose it slammed into the pins, so 60 at the bottom off!
135x5
245x5
335x3
425x3
500x3
550x2 (straps)
600xmiss (straps) THIS MOTHERFUCKER WAS SOOOOO CLOSE! JUST WORN OUT FROM ALL THE WORK
sump pulls with texas SQUAT bar, hoping to work the grip here and it DID
255x8
345x8 (double overhand)
345x8 (mixed grip)
one arm tbar rows
around 6 sets
called it a night! Owens fucking worked up to 425 tonight with a BROKEN FOOT!!! HARD FUCKING CORE!!! Mosley hit a strong ass fucking pull, the others had to miss out bc of personal reasons not pussy reasons either real fucking shit!!! Im loving my gym and my guys are kicking ass!!! Our cambered bar should be here anytime!!! Just really trying to work on doing minimal work and GET OUT focusing HARD on recovery now since im clean, been eating every 2-3hrs and feeling pretty damn good besides the fatigue and mental aspect of “being off” mood swings are getting better and so is depression! LETS ROLL MOTHERFUCKERS!!! DONT USE ANYTHING AS A CRUTCH!!! ONLY USE IT AS A TOOOOOOOOL and then when you dont have it you STILL PROGRESS!!!
God Bless to everyone i hope you are all smashing pr’s, putting inches on your fucking measurements, and growing your cocks to enormous sizes!!!
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8/20/12 Raw, reverse monster mini, pin pull, from a platform with an awful bar. Full sentence to describe the movement lol.
135x5
245x5
335x3
425x3
500x3
550x1 straps. Just did one. Back didn’t hurt but, it was tingling a bit so, I just held it for a few seconds.
Sumo deads w/ the Texas Squat Bar
255x8
345x8
345x5…should have went mix grip on this set but, my dumbass just went DOH.
single are t-bar rows
5-6 sets? idk…lots of rows lol.
Owens, very proud of you for coming and pushing through! Now, go get that foot taken care of! haha Nasty, nasty 425 pull! PC killed it as always…600 almost fell! Hopefully the other guys will be back soon. The gym is so awesome right now. I’ll be so depressed if I have to go back to MSU or whenever I have to move for a job someday
Pic is a little grainy, but you can notice the swelling, an massive amount of bruising around my toes and ankle.
The pain was pretty intense during DL’s
Reverse micro mini band bench (doubled) raw to chest
135x8
225x3
275x3
315x3
365x5
400x2
Incline bench (palette under one end of bench to incline)
135x8
225x6
275x6 (assistance on last 2 wanted some forced reps)
Band push downs, something we came up with, pretty AWESOME, Watch the Vid later youll see =)
Great bench night, still clean, feeling a little better, little less energy but overall im ok, cambered bar came today its SWEET and weighs 72lbs!!! Everyone had a great night tonight, its cooler now in the gym/garage, things are starting to pick up im still confident i can maintain my weight/strength clean, and can even move forward we shall see, VERY proud of everyone loving the training, thanks to everyone for following our thread!!! Keep kicking ass!!! God Bless!!!
