I’m gonna add this:
And I’d recommend that people do a google search for @T3hPwnisher’s blog plus his youtube video rants.
Copy this and paste “mythical strength” with the quotes.
And for those who are confused from so much nonsense on the internet relating to the topic of “hypertrophy training” and want see something similar to how bodybuilders(from my own experiences and that of several other old school meatheads here like @bulldog9899 ) REALLY train:
If you have to tell people how hard you work, you probably don’t work that hard.
Replace hard work with beast mode etc.
How else would you get approval and recognition tho??
Dammit you’re right
K.I.S.S PRINCIPLE
keep it simple stupid
I like it. Keeping this as I continue the ever-frustrating Search for a Job in Dead-End New Mexico process.
To add a word of wisdom, or at least advice, don’t move to New Mexico.
The words that I find myself repeating the most in regards to training/nutrition are:
“You’re not eating enough.” or “Eat more.”
I seem to be surrounded by skinny friends who bombard me with comments such as “no matter what I eat, I just can’t seem to put any weight on!”. They work active jobs, play sports 2-3 times per week and also work out…
This definitely belongs in this thread:
I’m surrounded by fat guys who fit shame me. Luckily, I’m just a better disciplined fat guy and eat their donuts with no regerts.
If they actually do that (not jokingly I mean), I don’t think they really are friends.
This is a thing.
I’m trying to reach a deadlift goal and 90% of people you tell kinda dont care, 9% tell you that’s stupid and dangerous and then the last 1% are supportive.
This includes other athletes (rugby players).
So you imagine they’d be all for improvement.
Fuck average…been quoted by many monsters. Think that and grind out a few more
Wendler said something about “expect more from yourself.” I like that one. Expectations will drive behaviors.
In terms of whether other people support your goals, I think that’s an interesting scenario. After my second back surgery, I had a deadlift goal I wanted to hit (which is still very weak compared to you guys). My wife didn’t think it was smart or care about my gym goals one way or the other, but she knew what I expected out of myself and that was the point. So if I started feeling like a turd or I couldn’t do it or didn’t want to put in the time or whatever, she was still there to say “aren’t you supposed to go to the gym?”; " didn’t you say you wanted to do this?"
Just a total aside, but I think it was more about our shared expectation that you do what you say you will do than whether my personal goal had any meaning to her. We can all get behind commitment.
New here and like this thread. Here’s few of my own I have on poster board:
Power through.
Own Each Day.
Do you need an excuse?
Wise words
The one that has stuck with me (and I forget where I originally heard it)
Is.
“Time passes anyway”
This always keeps me grounded - because 6 months from now will be here soon…and I better make sure I have no regrets about wasting that time (especially in the gym)
We can learn from military folks for sure but… What if the military person in question is Napoleon? He’s my childhood hero. A very controversial history figure.
But if it pleases you all, I can tell you what historian Andrew Roberts wrote in Napoleon’s biography that truly made him distinguished even among the likes of even George Washington and other great statesmen. And it’s EXTREMELY applicable to modern life.
But I gotta test the waters. What’s everyone’s thoughts on Napoleon Bonaparte in here? He’s way less evil than Alexander and Julius Caesar, I assure you. And definitely not even close to being as terrible as Hitler despite what British historians say.
What does Napoleon Bonaparte have to do with this topic? If he’s contributed anything meaningful to the forum I’d love to be pointed in that direction.
What are you on about mate?
Would have been interesting to pick Napolean’s brain and find out what he thought were the best 3 exercises for adding freaky mass to hamstrings