What Seperates Us from Them

I guess I'm not in the same boat as most of you all my Friends go to a gym.
I don't know any Bob's And after reading that post I'm gald I don't.So I will
just go to the gym where I'm safe and do some Hanging &Banging.And
pray to the IRON GOD,I never meet one.

GREAT post mda1125

I too get mad when people are ignorant and put "us" down. If only they knew the commitment, and intelligence required.

Clive Clutton HH. BSc.
P.I.C.P. Strength and Conditioning Coach
Biosignature Practitioner
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Posts like this make it all worth it. Even though i haven't been working out for very long compared to some of you guys, at 15 almost everyone is either lazy or ignorant.

I get **** for eating tuna to make sure i get enough protein. Just because all of you assholes eating sausage rolls with 300 different animals in them or doughnuts with some random pink topping that only god knows the ingredients to. Like it's a crime to give my own body nutrients. I mean ****!@!@$#$@

Ofcourse the major source of these payouts come from a guy who has mentioned atleast 10 times to me about how he was gonna start coming to the gym. I tell him when to come, i remind him and after the 3rd time not showing up i started not caring anymore. Even when we had P.E. for last period and were changed into sports gear and all he had to do was walk for 30m to get the gym...he just went home.

You know what bob, **** YOU MAN... I go to the gym because people like you can't. That's why is worth it.

Sorry for the rant

Seems this dead thread got some new life, here's my part.

I used to work out in highschool a bit, then university, then stopped. I had always worked out with my oldest brother and he had stopped so I lost my motivation. Anywho, flash forward and I'm engaged and grown up a few years. My wife-to-be is determined to lose weight by our wedding. She loses just over 30 lbs in a few months of doing her own thing (no pop, no McDick's, etc). After another month or two I get her a corporate membership at GoodLife. After a month of her going I get a membership and my motivation's cranked. I just enjoy working out and I take pride in my accomplishments. At 5'7" I do 210 lbs for my bench press reps, my best ever.

The "Bob's" in my life are my oldest brother and his wife. They signed up to go with us a little while ago because she realized that her butt scares small children and my brother's a fat skinny person. They've missed more sessions then they've attended now.

That is one of the best articles i've ever read. My unlces excuse is that he has to work all day, so he is too tired to got to the gym. It seems like everyone around me tries to discourage me from eating right and going to the gym regularily. My mom doesn't realize that i have to go to the gym at least four/five times a week. Friends at school say that working out more that twice a week is unhealthy. They don't realize how happy it makes me to bench a few pounds more than i did the previous week. I'm only 15, so im not huge yet, but everytime i notice a new vein in my arm i get so excited. Thanks a lot for posting the article!

Right on! Look at all these replies. You are not alone.

Marc C. David - NGA CPT
Author of NoBull Bodybuilding
www.nobullbodybuilding.com

afew months ago, i was bob. I was never overwieght, more under weight i guess and probably still am at just 150 pounds but im slowly getting there at about a pound gain per week.
I just joined DBB and already it has answered so many questions. 2 months ago a friend asked me if i wanted to tag along to the gym with him, so i said sure. Now my friend is pretty big, and taught me more than i had ever learnt in my life about weights
Thank you for the modivational post

That was a very inspirational post.
As of writing I'm 17 years old and 5'11"

I started at the gym 3 months ago, and since then I've noticed a lot of differences. Besides going from a body weight of 124 lbs to a body weight of 135 lbs, I noticed a lot of other changes as well. I find it is more relaxing when you go home after a big workout, I have more energy during the day, and there is that feeling of accomplishment and self-confidence that goes along with it. This is probably the greatest thing I could of ever done for myself and it seems that I have found my life's passion. Me and my dad hit the gym 6 days a week usually in the mornings. He has taught me a lot. When october rolls around, he will be entering an amateur competition for the under-200lb weight class division.

TRULY AWESOME!!!!!! I have had friends & relatives say the same things to me!!!! They all noticed that I've lost 35 pounds in 7 months, but some comment that I've gotten skinny and I should stop, when in actuality I was in the shower with my wife and she said my chest has gotten huge over the last 6-months and my biceps measure 1/4" larger all by following Tom Venuto's BFFM, AST's Max-OT, and Muscle Media's Geurilla Cardio!!!!! It's funny how right you are about them being the motivation! I actually have a harder time refraining from junk food when I'm alone.....when others are around I love showing off my will power. Once again....GREAT POST!!!!!!!! JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!

A success is one who decided to succeed - and worked.
A failure is one who decided to succeed - and wished. (Ward)
There is no tomorrow, Rock!
There is no tomorrow! (Mickey Goldmill)

Hey mda great post, I loved every word of it. And now all the replies so I realise I am not alone and have a better understanding of myself and why I am working out. I just love it and my motivation has not waned at all. I feel good about myself and this makes me a better wife, mothers, sister, friend, every damn thing really. So it's gotta be good for me (and that's not even mentioning the health aspects).

I don't think I could've verbalised why I love working out so much because it's all quite new to me so thanks to the author for being so eloquent.

It also made me think about the 'bobs" in my life and I sent it to my husband who has his own thing going on at the gym and I told him I am glad that he's NOT a "bob" in my life.

My mum has already started on the "you're getting too skinny" kick which is her thing and not really about me. My sister has pulled away a bit and I'd love her to come to the gym with me and get the buzz just once.

My personal trainer was responsible for me focusing on what I want with my body and getting me into some goal setting and then pushing me to do things that I never would've attempted on my own. And low and behold, I am stronger and fitter and getting more toned up and more content every day/week.

It's just a great way of life. Thanks Jill from New Zealand

Great Post!!!
That's all so true too.....December 25th....6 am...i will now be in my basement lifting thanks for the new inspiration!!

And it's great because I can relate to that! I was once Bob. I used to weigh 240lbs at 6'0" at age 15 suckin down sodas and pizza everyday for lunch at school and always eating cheesesteaks, chips, pretzels, and what not while at a horrible 33% bodyfat. I got on the treadmill the first day and ran about .1 miles and was so winded I thought i was going to pass out. I could not even bench 95 lbs more than 4 times. Now I am at age 17; 201lbs at 6'1" and am 17% bodyfat!! And now I am maxing at 275lbs and can run 4 miles! My excuse always used to be that my body type wasn't right, I didn't have the time, and that my asthma might do something (I went to the doctor about a month ago and my asthma is now GONE! Asthma in my view is just an excuse and can be overcome), also because I was a teen that I might rip some tissue or muscle in my body. My whole life has totally changed. The confidence you gain, the mentality you gain are beyond any words you could ever say to anyone.

To anyone out there reading this who thinks you can't do it, you can! I thought i never could but I just stuck with it, and I started seeing gains and turned into an ANIMAL and you will too once you see what you can turn into!

Thanks again,
Mike

This is a post that needs to go on the DB toolbar.

Glad you liked it. It is GREAT.

Marc C. David - NGA CPT
Author of NoBull Bodybuilding
www.nobullbodybuilding.com

Yes it does need to go there

ORIGINAL: mda1125

This is a post that needs to go on the DB toolbar.

Glad you liked it. It is GREAT.

I think we all know about these kind of people, In fact I know a ton. Friends of mine come up to me telling me they got a gym membership and theyll see me up there some time. I think hey thats great, physical fitness is the key to health and well being, but in the back of my mind i know they will fail. Some want me to go workout with them, but i got a good partner to lift with already so i decline.

3 months pass by of their ''workout'' and they see very minimal if any gains. Then they come back to you accusing you of taking super supplements etc.. because they simply cant gain muscle like you... They get somewhat pouty or they just say the hell with it, thinkin it is no big deal. But really what they're doin is quittin. They continue to think the only reason your big is your supplements because it certainly isnt the hard work or dedication, o no, gaining muscle is simply drinking protein shakes. A great example of this was when my friend was convinced the only reason i was big was because i took creatine, so you know what i did? I bought him a ****in can of his own but he refused to take it cause he didnt want to take "steroids"... (theres some ignorance for ya)

So these people dont have any gains. Why is this? Because first off they dont know what the hell their doin, second they go twice a week for 20 mins a day and expect results and finally dont take anything one step at a time. Ive been workin out for around 2 years and completly changed my diet and have had great gains, but these people think you can do that very thing in 2 weeks w/o any discipline. Hopefully someday they will learn...

Thats just about the best article ive ever read. You took the words right from my mouth, I espeically like the part about giving people advice they ask for when you know they wont really seriously consider it. thanks alot

-Ch

i know its been said 5million times but omg. that article described exactly what i felt about those people and couldnt describe it. all my friends sit around playin video games, and the ones that do play sports do jack-crap on the off season. that article just motivated me more than ever to show myself exactly what i can become and what some are missing out on. . i think about that and listen to the beggining of "Lose Yourself" by "Eminem" and am motivated to become more than i could have ever imagined. the song talks about gettin everything youve ever wanted and is one of the most motivational songs ive ever heard. thanks for posting that article. and may God have mercy on "Bob".

"Isn't an hour of pain worth a lifetime of glory?"
height: 6'
weight 155lbs
Flat bench:205
Squat:290
Deadlift:315
Shrugs: 315
HangCleans:160

"We lift weights and manipulate our diets so that we' ll look good naked. Sure, it' s healthy too, and we' ll probably live a longer and more productive life than the average guy, but mostly it' s about the naked thing. Truthfully, it goes beyond even that.

Does it really go beyond that?

Man....this is the first time i've read this. I was in tears laughing so hard. Im actually thinking about copying this on to wallet size notecards that I can just hand out to ppl who ask me that question. (if it wasn't a copyright infringement...which it probably would be )

--Rider

Yeah we should all give ourselves a pat on the back because not everyone has the kind of discipline to be highly dedicated like we are. Many people go through stints of working out for a month, then get tired of it and quit training all together. You have to be a true madman to stick out a lot of times. Congratulations my friends!!!!

ORIGINAL: macka

TRULY AWESOME!!!!!! I have had friends & relatives say the same things to me!!!! They all noticed that I've lost 35 pounds in 7 months, but some comment that I've gotten skinny and I should stop, when in actuality I was in the shower with my wife and she said my chest has gotten huge over the last 6-months and my biceps measure 1/4" larger all by following Tom Venuto's BFFM, AST's Max-OT, and Muscle Media's Geurilla Cardio!!!!! It's funny how right you are about them being the motivation! I actually have a harder time refraining from junk food when I'm alone.....when others are around I love showing off my will power. Once again....GREAT POST!!!!!!!! JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!

I remember when i first started working out, i lost a lot of fat and my dad told me i was getting too skinny. Im glad i didnt listen, lol.

haha i got a rush of adrenaline reading this, thanks for that

when I call my brother "B" cup, he gets mad....then he rambles on about how he needs to work out....then you see him piggin on the chips and mcdonalds - his kids too - I was like that til one day I changed it all (3 years running, 30 pounds never returned) my kids are bean poles, have a ton of energy, play soccer, very active..my 4 year old has a dirtbike too ...no pop, no chocolate and only healthy food (except one cheat a week their pick) 1 hour of tv..... nite time snacks that they ask for are a simple handful of cashews/almonds, a small bowl of craisins and a glass of milk - - my brothers kids whine about wanting chips, cookies and juice....they play no sports, but watch plenty of tv (I saw my nephew once sit and stare at the tv only to cry cause his eyes got dry from NOT blinking)...all I can say is it's a choice and I wish my parents started me earlier like I'm startin my kids....soon my daughter (7) will want to go for a run with mom in the morning etc....etc......I workout 40 minutes a day 5 says a week and the rest is playtime outside or with the kids - - anyhow...I'm gonna call my brother "B" cup BOB...LOL

ORIGINAL: partypants!

when I call my brother "B" cup, he gets mad....then he rambles on about how he needs to work out....then you see him piggin on the chips and mcdonalds - his kids too - I was like that til one day I changed it all (3 years running, 30 pounds never returned) my kids are bean poles, have a ton of energy, play soccer, very active..my 4 year old has a dirtbike too ...no pop, no chocolate and only healthy food (except one cheat a week their pick) 1 hour of tv..... nite time snacks that they ask for are a simple handful of cashews/almonds, a small bowl of craisins and a glass of milk - - my brothers kids whine about wanting chips, cookies and juice....they play no sports, but watch plenty of tv (I saw my nephew once sit and stare at the tv only to cry cause his eyes got dry from NOT blinking)...all I can say is it's a choice and I wish my parents started me earlier like I'm startin my kids....soon my daughter (7) will want to go for a run with mom in the morning etc....etc......I workout 40 minutes a day 5 says a week and the rest is playtime outside or with the kids - - anyhow...I'm gonna call my brother "B" cup BOB...LOL

I wish my parents did that, im going to do that with my kids, but thats a long time away.

I don't know about you guys, but it does make me feel good to lift and to run and to eat healthy.  Staying in shape is a great thing.  I can imagine myself as 50 or 60 years old and still being cut and in shape, and still being able to do a 400 pound squat.  I don't want to just be normal like everyone else, I want to be set apart.  I want to have those abs that 99.9% of people do not have but want.  But why the vicious attacks calling these people lazy pieces of trash?  All we can do is give advice when they ask it and tell them upfront that it is hard work.  But I would never attack someone and be so prideful as to say I am better than you are because I lift weights and look good.  In the whole scheme of life staying in shape is good yes, but I would rather do it solely for myself and help others out if asked.. not look at them in disgust.

John 15:13
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man would lay down his life for his friends."

Never read this post before, just sat and read through all three pages, and every word is worth it, it's so true and we all know it. I'm sure we all felt a rush, or a tingle as we read the first few lines.
 
We all know a 'bob', i know a lot. And every time I hear a 'why do you do that' and 'that's too much' or 'that's stupid' it gives me so much drive to get out there a proove to them it's worth a damn.
 
One especially at work, i drink water on my break. We can easily have a fizzy drink for free since we have the machines, but i choose to have a bottle of water. And every time i hear it, why do you not just drink fizzy juice, do you not like it? Like it's a ****ing crime! It gives me just that much edge to myself and say, i don't look like you because of what i do for me, not for other people.
 
Inspirational. Glad this thread was bumped.

To train or not to train; to train is the answer - because if you aim for nothing, you'll hit it everytime.

    Wow Marc that was a touching story!!!  I'm trying to get my dad into it.  his birthday is tommrow and i'm trying to get him a golds gym pass, protein powder and alot of motivation.  Hopefully he listens.

amazing post... inspirational

I bet most of the peole after reading this story "really" wanted to change their lives. I just wonder how many people who found the story very inspirational are still workingout. A very few I guess.

Every 6 months when new students arrive at the uni, the gym is full of them, making impossible to workout, luckily, in a few days you only come across with the old familiar faces, is always the same.

This article is amazing, evertime I know I need to go to the gym, but I don't feel like it I just read this. I am 15 and have been bodybuilding for about a year and a half, It all started with being pushed around and I got sick of it. I'm the small kid in school at only 5'5, but ever since I found this sport it has become an obsession, and I can't get enough. I love lifting like a fat kid loves cake, or a crack addict loves crack, I am addicted to bodybuilding. My old motivation was to not be pushed around and be bigger than everyone else, to be better, but now this article gives me a new motivation. Thanks for the post

some things are so inspirational they evoke a response ...i just cudnt help scribbling my part ....simply awesome...i read this post once a week :p...ya im nuts.....i just love this....i just now fwded this article to all my ffriends...some are bobs n sum who hit the gym.....i hope the bobs understand that they r bobs....:p

"theres nuthing known as 1 last time"

I was moving some heavy furnature one weekend with someone, he's a big guy, and strong, and he KNOWS he lives unhealthy (is what seperates him from the "bob" in this thread) he doesn't need to ask what he already knows.

so he had asked if I had a hand truck cause he had to carry this very heavy load up a hallway, into the elevator, outside,(I didn't, so we did it the hardway, the way I like it) so we got to the elevator and we are still holding it (supporting on our thighs) until we get to the floor, he is sweating and huffing and puffing, however I didn't even break a sweat, his fiance says "look he's not even sweating, your a bodybuilder aren't you"?

I say "no, bodybuilders stand on stage in thongs, I just lift heavy things for fun"

no offense, I only said that jokenly, as much as I do this for bodybuilding reasons, I really really do it to be functional and stronger than the average guy at an advanced age. And I explained this to that guy who was helping me.

hey I'll have no problem meeting up with the "bobs" and join them for beer,pizza,lasanga, and cigars, only I feel better doing some high rep squatting right before!!!!