drb_iac
Active member
Yikes...spring is on the way! Time to get to the gym and start buffing up.
More bouts of split routines, losing bodyfat from the winter mass building, all in the preparation for spring, ..overcoming yet another growth plateau... gag. Why can't I just take a pill... have a treatment... hire somebody... or fugitabodit?
I guess we all speak the same language,face the same problems,yet persevere with a mighty fight against the iron.
I guess that is what separates us from the ordinary, complacent and idle.
Now hard work and perseverance are disciplines, purposeful and noble, yet discipline is not the commonest or strongest characteristic observed among the worldwide populace. People by and large deserve outstanding mention for various behaviors (consumption, opposition, impatience, urgency, snoozing, wasting, amassing, borrowing, gambling, arguing, wrecking), but not discipline, not self-control. Discipline is the radiant crown worn by only the few.
Hard work, a jewel in that crown of splendor, could use a little clarification.
Not everyone is clear about perseverance, . Perseverance is not the sacrificial habit of showing up at the gym as usual, towel and water bottle in tow. After scanning the gym floor, a set of dumbbells are set in motion until the user becomes bored or dissatisfied or sleepy or distracted... "Hi, miss... I didn't catch your name... may I join you?"
Perseverance means assertively standing before the racks, bars and plates and engaging them with certainty and unbridled mind power again and again, come rain or come shine. The exercises are fundamental and sure, their execution rhythmic and pure. The metal passes from rack to hand, from floor to ceiling, side to side and back and forth with power, focus and form. The iron is moved from place to place. No distraction, wasted motion, no race or lost pace. Nothing stops till it stops, and starts again, on time, next time.
Perseverance and hard work: They work.
Can't talk about perseverance without talking about patience, and we can't talk about patience without talking about time. Furthermore, if you're going to talk about time, remember, time is money. Additionally, we'd be wise to recall that musclebuilding is a discipline, both purposeful and noble, and anything purposeful and noble is also valuable, or more clearly, worth money. And all this time you thought you were wasting time. Nope! You were getting rich. That's all I have to say about money.
There is no swift way to build muscle. No shortcuts, no accelerated methods, no secret passages, no advanced technology, no power-in-a-bottle, no next great cycle. Time and patience..bros...we know all know this.
Time is time, neither a person, place nor thing that can be controlled. Time, a condition, is out of our hands. Conversely, patience, a discipline, can be developed like a muscle. The wise and strong develop both at the same time.
A major problem, we have is we either seldom believe or do not believe strongly and for a sufficient length of time that our course of action is the right one. It seems like a good idea early on, but is soon reduced to another guess or reach into space where perfection does not exist. Doubt! Why doubt? Because this whole weight lifting thing is not going fast enough for us. I MUST NEED MORE TREN!
Doubt and confidence, a hilarious act, join the show, dancing out of step and singing off-key.
Alas, there is no perfect course of action. No perfect anything.
We can only aim and shoot and hope we don't hit ourselves in the foot. Anywhere on the target is close enough. Routines that are worked hard and consistently and diets that are followed regularly and to the T, and a cycle that will be the one!
We fail when we doubt our plans and are tentative in our actions. Our minds and movements are weak, withheld and not forthcoming. Speaking directly and scientifically as I often do,I must say that we fumble, bumble, mumble and crumble.
Ok so spring is coming ,following close behind is summer. Tans, beach,swim,walk around with 6 showing!
Well apply yourself. Trust yourself.
Work intensely and be persistent. This is very good.
Do it with attention, and interest; commitment and devotion.
And, whatever you do, do it with gusto and high hopes. How can you go wrong? You're lifting, you're learning and you're growing in body, mind and spirit. You are consistent, you eat right and you're smart.
Not every day requires an answer or a solution. Sometimes the answers don't come; sometimes there isn't an answer. Sometimes the answer comes later, tomorrow, another time. And of course sometimes the answer is wrong.
Often,.. more often than we realize, there is no question to answer, no predicament to resolve. Lift,diet cycle with gusto and have fun doing it.
I am heading back home soon,and this time taking wifey with me. It has been 45 years with her now..time to celebrate.. before the spring dicipline.
Take care bros!
More bouts of split routines, losing bodyfat from the winter mass building, all in the preparation for spring, ..overcoming yet another growth plateau... gag. Why can't I just take a pill... have a treatment... hire somebody... or fugitabodit?
I guess we all speak the same language,face the same problems,yet persevere with a mighty fight against the iron.
I guess that is what separates us from the ordinary, complacent and idle.
Now hard work and perseverance are disciplines, purposeful and noble, yet discipline is not the commonest or strongest characteristic observed among the worldwide populace. People by and large deserve outstanding mention for various behaviors (consumption, opposition, impatience, urgency, snoozing, wasting, amassing, borrowing, gambling, arguing, wrecking), but not discipline, not self-control. Discipline is the radiant crown worn by only the few.
Hard work, a jewel in that crown of splendor, could use a little clarification.
Not everyone is clear about perseverance, . Perseverance is not the sacrificial habit of showing up at the gym as usual, towel and water bottle in tow. After scanning the gym floor, a set of dumbbells are set in motion until the user becomes bored or dissatisfied or sleepy or distracted... "Hi, miss... I didn't catch your name... may I join you?"
Perseverance means assertively standing before the racks, bars and plates and engaging them with certainty and unbridled mind power again and again, come rain or come shine. The exercises are fundamental and sure, their execution rhythmic and pure. The metal passes from rack to hand, from floor to ceiling, side to side and back and forth with power, focus and form. The iron is moved from place to place. No distraction, wasted motion, no race or lost pace. Nothing stops till it stops, and starts again, on time, next time.
Perseverance and hard work: They work.
Can't talk about perseverance without talking about patience, and we can't talk about patience without talking about time. Furthermore, if you're going to talk about time, remember, time is money. Additionally, we'd be wise to recall that musclebuilding is a discipline, both purposeful and noble, and anything purposeful and noble is also valuable, or more clearly, worth money. And all this time you thought you were wasting time. Nope! You were getting rich. That's all I have to say about money.
There is no swift way to build muscle. No shortcuts, no accelerated methods, no secret passages, no advanced technology, no power-in-a-bottle, no next great cycle. Time and patience..bros...we know all know this.
Time is time, neither a person, place nor thing that can be controlled. Time, a condition, is out of our hands. Conversely, patience, a discipline, can be developed like a muscle. The wise and strong develop both at the same time.
A major problem, we have is we either seldom believe or do not believe strongly and for a sufficient length of time that our course of action is the right one. It seems like a good idea early on, but is soon reduced to another guess or reach into space where perfection does not exist. Doubt! Why doubt? Because this whole weight lifting thing is not going fast enough for us. I MUST NEED MORE TREN!
Doubt and confidence, a hilarious act, join the show, dancing out of step and singing off-key.
Alas, there is no perfect course of action. No perfect anything.
We can only aim and shoot and hope we don't hit ourselves in the foot. Anywhere on the target is close enough. Routines that are worked hard and consistently and diets that are followed regularly and to the T, and a cycle that will be the one!
We fail when we doubt our plans and are tentative in our actions. Our minds and movements are weak, withheld and not forthcoming. Speaking directly and scientifically as I often do,I must say that we fumble, bumble, mumble and crumble.
Ok so spring is coming ,following close behind is summer. Tans, beach,swim,walk around with 6 showing!
Well apply yourself. Trust yourself.
Work intensely and be persistent. This is very good.
Do it with attention, and interest; commitment and devotion.
And, whatever you do, do it with gusto and high hopes. How can you go wrong? You're lifting, you're learning and you're growing in body, mind and spirit. You are consistent, you eat right and you're smart.
Not every day requires an answer or a solution. Sometimes the answers don't come; sometimes there isn't an answer. Sometimes the answer comes later, tomorrow, another time. And of course sometimes the answer is wrong.
Often,.. more often than we realize, there is no question to answer, no predicament to resolve. Lift,diet cycle with gusto and have fun doing it.
I am heading back home soon,and this time taking wifey with me. It has been 45 years with her now..time to celebrate.. before the spring dicipline.
Take care bros!
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