Stop comparing and start living…..
How many of you have read the book about the little catepillars that climb ontop of other catepillar piles only to see there is nothing at the top? Lifting is the same way. It is NOT about getting to the top of the game it is your personal transformation. Yes, it sucks we can’t all look like Arnold or Zuzana Korinkova but we can take what is best in us and excel. Like Adam’s(Trixter) zeal for technique and progress. Court’s(GeminiJedi’s) youthful optimism, and Tonigal69 dogged determination. Learning from others to be what we can be instead of attempting to be like them. The qualities and personhood we find inside ourselves will lead to the chiseling off of fat and the building of muscle to become that statue of David or Aphrodite(the pretty one-not the one with 100s of boobs!)
Learning from my younger friends here has taught me it is time for me to run, literally. To cut more fat and train smarter. Not to be like them but to behave like them. Not injecting steroids and acting like fools but smart, wise training and eating; As Buddha called it the middle path. The middle path keeps you healthy, injury free and feeling better than the extremes. So here’s to y’all!
June 18, 2009 at 5:19 am
Here, here.
I do have to admit, I like and need to occasionally go beyond the middle towards the extreme. At my age, sometimes it’s the only way to keep things moving.
June 18, 2009 at 9:04 am
Great blog my friend. I think one of the reasons people fail at this is because they expect to look like Jay cutler when they’re built like Humpty Dumpty. I always say that I’m just trying to be the best ME I can be.