Practice What You Preach PUNKS!!!
I am just a regular old joe who likes to lift weights, and while doing it Ill make many sexual comments and jokes to my friend who is my work out buddy (in a completely heterosexual way). The other day I became really bummed over my lack of improvement. I wanted to lose weight, and it seems that every obstacle and challenge actually working against me instead of fueling myself to lose weight. It ruined my whole workout that day, I did some pull ups and my body felt like it couldnt even pull myself up. My diet isnt out of wack, my cardio is alright, but I still remain the same. It often gets irritating when you see improvements in other fields of weight lifting and not in the ones you really want. I would love to be able to practice what I preach and tell everyone that its ok to f!#$ up. It seems that Ive been doing that alot lately.
I am not claiming anything, in fact I dont even know what this post is about. Maybe its just some form of venting my anger. I had a pretty darn good day, intense workout, two protein shakes. High protein snacks and such. But sometimes I feel like something is lacking, like I lost the fire. I begin to question whats the point in lifting weights, sure it helps but to how much. What are the benefits of lifting at the age of 70 or 80. It all seems very daunting to think about. I am on this rant and I have no clue where Im going with this. Maybe it will come up later, maybe someone will read this and understand whats going on, or feel the same.
Who knows, I just wonder. It takes a pretty determined person to give up a social life to go lift weights for 2 hours and then do work. Some people looking good and being strong is their career, but for some people its just that thing to do. It seems right to do. Most of us dont get paid to lift weights, in fact we pay to build muscle, supplements, food, gym memberships. Hell man its a huge business. Why are supplements so expensive and last only month, I want a 3 month supply of the same stuff I buy now and have it cost the same. Again I dont know where I am going.
I guess I am not practicing what I am preaching, I just state what seems odd about weightlifting, and what is the drive. Looking good seems kind of narcissistic of me. Maybe weightlifters are vain, full of themselves. I mean they look in the mirror constantly, sporting their "guns". I also hear people talk about their reasons for lifting weights, is because they dont like seeing people who are bigger than themselves. Shit! thats a load of crap, in the whole scheme of things were are just a dot on the map. Dont like seeing people who are bigger than them, man, thats a napoleon complex. What kind of person do you have to be to compare yourself to another person? Unless you are in a bodybuilding contest. Does it have to do with thinking you can beat the piss out of another person? If that was the case, you better watch out because where there may be strong men, a strong man cannot beat a bullet. And thats where that argument of being a large and in charge man means squat.
I wonder why I do what I do. Maybe Im vain, or someone who wants to look good naked. Yeah I would like to look good naked and be sexy for the ladies. Because come on who wouldnt mind getting some action based solely on your looks, Its a shame thats how many relationships occur. But it is very true. I am getting ahead of myself, looking good naked, that sounds very nice. That is something for my strive for. I also wonder why bodybuilders shave their head or have short hair. I know they do it because it makes them look bigger, but the way I see it, if you weight 300 lbs of pure muscle your hair is not going to make you look any smaller. Come on bodybuilders grow out your hair. Dont try this optical illusion shit, if you are big you are big, your hairstyle wont change that fact.
Maybe its a bodybuilding thing, Oh well, I don’t know. I just do not understand I guess. I will tell you what I do know. I know that its a great feeling lifting so hard and fast that you look like you were in sauna in your clothes. I know that its great when you cant touch your shoulders because you worked out your arms so hard that its like someone shoved balloons in them and pumped up every fiber ever vein in you arm that they turn into nike pump shoes. I know its great when there are gorgeous girls in the gym to look at, it keeps me going, I also know I wont ever have a chance with them. Trying to get a date in a gym is like trying to get a date in a bar when you are hammered and cant even tell the girl you number because you are getting them mixed up with other numbers. Its great when you go to the gym and you know some regulars who understand whats its like to lift some major poundage. Im not going there for some wimpy lifts, I am going there to when I get out, going down the stairs becomes almost impossible. You stumble down the stairs laughing at your lack of coordination your muscles have after doing a gruesome leg workout. I think all of that is great. Now its time for you all you weightlifters out there to go and Practice what you preach, BIIIIIZATCHES!!!
