When You're Down

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[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
I’ve been really stressed out lately and to be honest I’ve been feeling a little depressed. Not depressed like those people who need medication and a trip to the crazy house, but just a case of the blues.

I was recently in a car accident, totalled my car and that basically ruined a lot of things. Nobody was injured, but without a car life is difficult.

I need my parents to drive me to school and work. They don’t have the time to drive me to the gym so I haven’t worked out much this week, only once on Sunday. I haven’t missed a workout in such a long time so I’m hurting because of that.

When I try to train at home I lose my motivation quickly, and I’ve been lacking sleep so I’m tired, I’m also very easily angered. Fuck. I’m dieing to workout, but I can’t. I injured my lower back deadlifting 2 weeks ago. Did heavy rack pulls the day after my accident about a week ago and now my lower back is worse than it was, so over head pressing and deadlifts are out of the question.

What I’m really looking for is how do you guys pick yourselves up when you feel like pure shit. I hate feeling sorry for myself too, it’s not healthy, but I can’t seem to help it and let things go.

Not having a car has made life so difficult I really should stop taking shit for granted. I also have such a problem with taking time off working out, but I figured I’d take off til monday and pick it back up from there, what do you think? Any help would be great.[/quote]

Is there no public transport available? What about getting a ride from friends?

Also like someone said do things that make you happy.

A lot of people over here have nothing, yet the smart and determined one’s make things happen for themselves. I’ve seen 10yr old children study when it gets dark under a street light(cause their parents can’t afford electricity at home)-these kids will do anything to ace exams/succeed in life. Apply the same mentality in your own life and value what you have.

Life will throw harder obstacles in your path than this! Man Up!

/Motivational speech.

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Go have some fun and take your mind off things. You probably need a break anyway so make the most of it.

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[quote]marlboroman wrote:
what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger[/quote]

Unless it makes you quadraplegic, deaf, blind and mute.

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[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
sluicy wrote:
Get enough time outdoors. Get vitamin D from either the sun or a supplement.

I was going to say this. I noticed you’re in NY, where the weather has been cold and shitty, lately. I get that seasonal depression shit, and I started taking about 6000iu of vit-D/day for the past 5-6 days, and I’m already feeling way better.

Give it a shot.[/quote]

Carlson’s Cod liver oil is an option as well, you get EPA/DHA and vitamin D.

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[quote]pookie wrote:
marlboroman wrote:
what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger

Unless it makes you quadraplegic, deaf, blind and mute.
[/quote]

You’re an optimist aren’t you pookie

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Stay the course.

I know working out at home can be a drain in motivation because you aren’t doing what you want to be doing. Do SOMETHING, force yourself, you will feel better afterward. There have been plenty of times where I don’t feel like doing shit but once I’m done it’s like a relief.

I don’t know what you have at home but make do with what you have. Conditioning, bodyweight circuits, sprints, hill sprints, longer distance runs, mobility, flexibility, soft tissue work…etc. All kinds of things that can be done that will help you out when you are able to get back to the iron. Think of this as an extended deload session, if you have some extra bodyfat to lose, clean up your diet. If you need to maintain, stay the course with your eating. If you know you have some issues with your back look into things you can do to bring it back up to par+, I’m not sure what you did to injure it but I’d google “bill starr back recovery workout” it is tough.

I don’t want to come off as some kind of hardass but I love this commercial, it helps me pull my head out of my ass most days and do something.

I’ve been thankfully consistent the last 4 months but before that I was a wreck of hitting it hard for a month or 2 and then being derailed by life. My wife and stepson both have been diagnosed with chronic illnesses so the last 2.5 years have been quite a roller coaster ride of surgeries, doctors visits, and the bills that come associated with those things. I’m hardly an old-timer but like I said early try to stay the course.

Best of luck.

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[quote]Otep wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
I forgot to ask:

What are you doing to have fun, Austin?

What have you been wanting to pursue, without explaining to anyone why, that you have yet to pursue?

Me? I’ve been wanting to take up glass blowing. I don’t have the money for the classes but hopefully that will change in Jan-Feb.

Find something to occupy your mind.

Who is Glass?[/quote]

Your tires = slashed.

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Well alright. Life’s not over. I’ve decided on my time off I’m going pro at Call Of Duty WaW, cause I’m beastly and people can get at my 1.92 kill to death ratio lol.

Back is still sore but healing and if it means not deadlifting for a few weeks/months so be it, when I’m thirty setting records this won’t matter.

I think a lot of people live in the moment, but when it comes to working out you have to look at the big picture. Im not going to be Levrone/Arnold over night, that shit takes many years of fucking work and I guarentee those guys missed workouts due to dumb shit and there lives were no party.

When I get my car and get back to the gym, (I need money first, I have $15 bucks in the savings account lol) I’m just going to train like an animal and God willing nothing like this will happen again, but if it does you just pull through.

I’m also gunna get some sun and find some pootang over the weekend hopefully. Thanks for the advices guys, they did help giving me some perspective.

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I always tell myself, it could be worse. It is true. No matter how bad you have had things, there is always some who has it worst. I have had to convince myself that many a times.

Money back guarantee.

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[quote]polo77j wrote:
pookie wrote:
marlboroman wrote:
what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger

Unless it makes you quadraplegic, deaf, blind and mute.

You’re an optimist aren’t you pookie[/quote]

No, I’m just annoyed by that “If it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger” saying.

A lot of things won’t kill you but will make you weaker.

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polo77j;

Who the Fuck is that attached to the titties in your avatar? I must have her film library.

I’m feeling blue.

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[quote]Westclock wrote:
I wrecked my first car.

Totaled the crap out of it. 280zx with a ford 5 liter in it.

I was actually significantly more depressed about losing that car than about shit with my girlfriend of the time.

But I digress.

Go screw a chick, and buy a dirt bike or something.
[/quote]

im a nissan fanatic dude no matter the conquences you should have NOT crashing it iwould have been gutted

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[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
imhungry wrote:
Pootie Tang wrote:
imhungry wrote:
This song cheers me up most of the time, for some reason.

You Rick Rolling sonovabitch!

To the OP try video games or sex. It doesn’t have to go in any particular order. Works for me.

Sorry about that, PT. :wink:

Actually, music does help cheer me up… Especially metal.

OR

OH CRAP…just couldn’t help it could you? [/quote]

No, I really couldn’t.

You watched the whole thing, didn’t you? Admit it.

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when im feeling down i also love watching fone jacker here are some of me favorite clips they have me in bits let us know what you think.