It’s the cheapest high I can find…have the munchies afterwards, eat like a horse and not look like a crack-whore :-H
I like that I can carry a weeks worth of groceries (and I eat like a horse) up 3 flights of stairs and not even be winded.
Oh and the boys checking me out at the gym when they think I’m not looking is pretty flattering too…
i like wondering if i’ll make it up the stairs to a fifth floor apartment after working legs.
i like that when a good friend told me to rethink the working out to be strong because guys want a soft body, i was not the slightest bit discouraged.
i like thinking about what to eat next and reminiscing about what i just ate.
i like tracking my progress.
i like learning something new every day about my physical and mental strength.
i like that for no apparent reason people give me a once over and scowl.
i like that i have better posture because i had nerd slouch before dedicating myself to a better body.
[quote]ucdgrl17 wrote:
I usually lurk, but the past week people have decided to make it very known to me what their feelings are about what I do…and why I should stop. So…i’ve been thinking these up all week!!
- I love the scars on my shins from deadlifts
- I love the blisters on my hands
- I love not being able to get out of bed because i’m too sore in the morning.
- I love to eat…I would eat 10x a day if it was possible
- I love watching the giant beads of sweat fall from my face to the floor.
- I love being the only girl on my co-ed polo team that needs to have a male partner because the other girls can’t keep up (quite frankly, neither can he).
- I love that I need a spotter when I squat (I love that he is super hot as well!!)
- I love the looks on peoples faces when I lift
- I love seeing the numbers go up
- I love that no matter how strong I get, I can always be stronger…1 more lb…1 more rep…the battle is never over.
- I love feeling like a badass…and it’s hard to be bad-ass on an elliptical machine
- I love the feeling after a workout when everything just clicked…each set was 100%, each movement was 100% and nothing was left in the tank.
- I love being self-sufficient. I can move my own shit, carry my own crap, and I am not limited by strength.
Anyway, this list goes on…[/quote]
Everything here! (Except for the polo team, and the squat spotter)
Oh…and looking OLDER than I actually am! I love the looks on ppls faces when they realize im only 22…
well hey there d.
looking older will stop somewhere around 30. then you’ll stay at 30 for as long as u keep lifting. it’s voodoo and it works.
i get 20 most of the time, sometimes 18.
Back in the 80’s my major professor complained about the ‘fire’ in my eyes – I was too competitive I guess. In the late 90s I got crushed by two 2600# pipes, and the fire went out. A few years ago my sister told me I had a fat ass and didn’t look like me – and she was right (thank goodness for sisters!).
Lifting got rid of the fat ass and I’m getting close to what I was back 20 years ago in my 30s, and the fire in the eyes is coming back.
That’s what I like about lifting – it’s a time machine for us older folks.
And the women here, they remind me of the many I’ve been lucky to know over the years – spirited, tough, and worthy of respect. The kind a man would want to head off across the prairie with, to start a new life in a wild land, with nothing but our wits and heart.
Hello there CBear :). Yea, I have heard that lifing makes you look old when your young, and young when your old…I think I like voodoo ;). And yea, I thought you were somewhere around my age when I saw a few of your pics in this thread…(can we all just get along made my heart skip a beat! haha.) I usually get about 27 when ppl attempt to guess my age…
Nick, you’re a fine writer. And that’s an impressive accomplishment.
I’ve always looked younger than I am, but that’s just because I haven’t figured out how to dress like a grownup. 
You know what else I like? After a year of lifting, moving my couch was a piece of cake. (Used to be an unbearable ordeal.)
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
You know what else I like? After a year of lifting, moving my couch was a piece of cake. (Used to be an unbearable ordeal.)[/quote]
SOOO true! When I moved a couple weeks ago, mom debated for about 3 days over calling a moving company, vs my dad and I doing it. (note: i have 2 older brothers who were not considered) She opted for paying movers over dad and I. Dad is 65, and mom was worried he’d have a heart attack or break something. I found the whole thing hilarious.
d- voodoo is awesome. someone mentioned bathing in female goats blood in another thread. I think I’ll add that in next time I hit a strength plateau.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
someone mentioned bathing in female goats blood in another thread. I think I’ll add that in next time I hit a strength plateau. [/quote]
Cbear, I love ya, you’re funny, you’re witty, you’re charming … But this has to be in the top three weirdest things I’ve ever seen anyone say ever. I think it’s time you rejoined reality for a day or two … just a friendly suggestion
The world is full of situation where I have to rely on others for the things I need to accomplish. Often their failures impact the things I want achieve, particularly professionally. In the gym though its me and the barbell. It I fail its all me, if I succeed its all me.
When I fail it only makes me try harder the next time, when I succeed it makes me try harder the next time.
Plus there is a zen like moment at the top of a deadlift where you feel like you are either going to lock the thing out or you are going to die in the attempt, that brings a moment of extreme clarity.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
The world is full of situation where I have to rely on others for the things I need to accomplish. Often their failures impact the things I want achieve, particularly professionally. In the gym though its me and the barbell. It I fail its all me, if I succeed its all me.
When I fail it only makes me try harder the next time, when I succeed it makes me try harder the next time.[/quote]
Joe, that was really well said. I feel the exact same way about it.
Also, I have a real tendency to be thinking about other stuff instead of focusing on the thing I am actually doing. Lifting a heavy weight demands my full attention to avoid death/injury and doesn’t allow for monkey mind.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
CBear84 wrote:
someone mentioned bathing in female goats blood in another thread. I think I’ll add that in next time I hit a strength plateau.
Cbear, I love ya, you’re funny, you’re witty, you’re charming … But this has to be in the top three weirdest things I’ve ever seen anyone say ever. I think it’s time you rejoined reality for a day or two … just a friendly suggestion [/quote]
NO! I like my bubble. Im staying right HERE! Get away from me with your pointy stick!! nooooo!!!
luvv this thread and i just have to add the top two for me:
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I like when I bump into a girl at Costco (with a ton of meat and veggies in my cart), she looks over and apologizes to me even though I’m the one who bumped into her
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I like it when the boyfriend says ‘welcome to the big weights club’ to me after I deadlift 295…yea, that was a great feeling
[quote]nanasarieh wrote:
- I like it when the boyfriend says ‘welcome to the big weights club’ to me after I deadlift 295…yea, that was a great feeling :)[/quote]
I’d like to be mature enough to be happy for your deadlift. No I wouldn’t.
fuck your deadlift.
OK now I feel better. Seriously. That’s awesome!
I wanted to add some of the reasons I weight train.
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I spend all day fixing other peoples errors and so when I train it’s pretty well the first chance I’ve had to do something that isn’t reactive to others and their actions. It’s all about me.
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I am truly living in the moment. All that exists is me, the weight, and those last… four… inches.
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I love the wiggly, jiggly limp feeling of a well used muscle on the walk home from the gym.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
nanasarieh wrote:
- I like it when the boyfriend says ‘welcome to the big weights club’ to me after I deadlift 295…yea, that was a great feeling
I’d like to be mature enough to be happy for your deadlift. No I wouldn’t.
fuck your deadlift.
OK now I feel better. Seriously. That’s awesome! [/quote]
haha, thanks man
[quote]polo77j wrote:
CBear84 wrote:
someone mentioned bathing in female goats blood in another thread. I think I’ll add that in next time I hit a strength plateau.
Cbear, I love ya, you’re funny, you’re witty, you’re charming … [/quote]
Hold on, are we talking about the same CBear? I think not.
[quote]nanasarieh wrote:
luvv this thread and i just have to add the top two for me:
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I like when I bump into a girl at Costco (with a ton of meat and veggies in my cart), she looks over and apologizes to me even though I’m the one who bumped into her
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I like it when the boyfriend says ‘welcome to the big weights club’ to me after I deadlift 295…yea, that was a great feeling :)[/quote]
295, nicely done.