What Seperates Us from Them

woo talk about old, haven't even seen this post
 
very very inspirational, lots of flashbacks, can easily relate to everything

i have never met someone ho asks me how to get in shape. that may be because im only 13, and dont seem too strong, or buff. bubt it will be fun to tell all of my aunts and uncles and cousins and cousinstwiceremovedfrommydeadauntssisterinlaws side of the family to come to the gym with me. i cant wait.

I have a police record at age 13.....


bench: 150
squat: ?????
deadlift: 220

Holy crap I'm bob! Only instead of beer it's a bowl of ice cream watching The Biggest Loser. Oh and I showed up to his garage too.

awesome article..i love bob he is my confidence booster .

"Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."
"The only thing you are guaranteed at birth is death. You have a right to that. The rest is earned."

Best thing ive ever read.  I just came back from the gym after a subpar workout and i feel totally rejuvinated after reading this.  Thanks.

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"You miss 100% of the shots you never take"
-Wayne Gretzky

yah awesome post again but i just realized this post is really old lol, still i think it deserves to be seen more.

"Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."
"The only thing you are guaranteed at birth is death. You have a right to that. The rest is earned."

I must be in the minority on this one.  My devotion to exercise has nothing to do with being better than other people.  The mentality displayed in that article is the reason why bodybuilders are often regarded as arrogant, narcissistic, *****s.

ok thats you, im proud not to be the majority and when someone comes looking for help but wont help themselves, screw them not worth my time. 

that post is poetic genius

" When we' re in the gym, we' re in this indescribable euphoria zone. It' s a feeling of being on, of being completely alive and aware. If you haven' t been there, then it' s like trying to describe color to a person who' s been blind since birth. Within this haze of pleasure and pain, there' s knowledge and power, self-discipline and self-reliance. If you do it long enough, Bob, there' s even enlightenment. Sometimes, the answers to questions you didn' t even know you had are sitting there on those rubber mats, wrapped up in a neat package of iron plates and bars."

I think you missed the point. I'm fed up with being bob. I was the skinny kid in class. Always getting picked on. I know all the skinny jokes. Then I grew up and became the fat guy at work. I know all the fat jokes. I got to a point in my life in 2005 where it was difficult to get up off the floor. I decided that I had to do something about that. So I did the only thing I knew to do which was run and push ups and sit ups. I was doing good but then a hurricane hit and I stopped exercising. Then excuse after excuse. I'd start up again then 2 weeks or a month later I'd drop off again. No more excuses. They opened a 24 hour gym in town so it doesn't matter what my work schedule is I can train. It isn't as hard to get up off the floor anymore. I bounce out of bed now instead of rolling out. So sure I want to be better than bob, I want to be better than myself.

Yeah, I must have missed something:
 
First the author is upset that Bob wasn’t checking out his ass and didn't recognize his bodybuilding physique.
Then he says the main reason he works out is so that he can admire his naked self.
Then he says the distain he feels towards regular people helps motivate him to work out.
Maybe he is being tongue-in-cheek, but he still sounds like a jerk to me.

ORIGINAL: Solomon Grundy

Yeah, I must have missed something:
 
First the author is upset that Bob wasn’t checking out his ass and didn't recognize his bodybuilding physique.
Then he says the main reason he works out is so that he can admire his naked self.
Then he says the distain he feels towards regular people helps motivate him to work out.
Maybe he is being tongue-in-cheek, but he still sounds like a jerk to me.

First of all, boiling any story down to its individual parts can make it seem outrageous. Second, keep in mind that the "regular people" aren't separated by their looks but by a lack of willpower. Third, this story was clearly written for a very specific audience. A lot of people on this forum seem to relate well to the story, so I would say that it was able to successfully reach that audience. If you don't appreciate that story then it probably wasn't written for you.

And finally, he is being a jerk but the things he is thinking have run through my mind before.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

-Francis Bacon

ORIGINAL: Yet

Usually when I get to the top of my deadlift I'll do a reverse-grip curl.

Will this post ever die?

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