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What's yours after a long break?
Even Shawn Ray got out of shape in the 2000s and had to start all over. In this 2007 video, he goes through what every retired IFBB pro goes through when the lights go out on stage, the sponsorships expire, the muscles shrinks, the fat comes back, and the fans forget you existed.
I feel a lot like he does here. A part of me wants to hit the weights hard (usually late at night, for some reason) and regain the six pack and shoulder/thigh veins on the hamstrings I used to have. The other runs out of steam after 3 days on a keto diet and wonders why the fuck even train anymore when you're surrounded by roid boys at the gym running cycles (not going back to that again now that my test is normal naturally after years at substandard levels).
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you can do it...team guido...
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you can do it...team guido...
Everyone says that.
Need more than cookie cutter this time around, bro. If I'm going all in, I can't back out. Think of it like getting on a rollercoaster and having doubts as you get to the top.
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What's yours after a long break?
Even Shawn Ray got out of shape in the 2000s and had to start all over. In this 2007 video, he goes through what every retired IFBB pro goes through when the lights go out on stage, the sponsorships expire, the muscles shrinks, the fat comes back, and the fans forget you existed.
I feel a lot like he does here. A part of me wants to hit the weights hard (usually late at night, for some reason) and regain the six pack and shoulder/thigh veins on the hamstrings I used to have. The other runs out of steam after 3 days on a keto diet and wonders why the fuck even train anymore when you're surrounded by roid boys at the gym running cycles (not going back to that again now that my test is normal naturally after years at substandard levels).
The "fans" forget that you existed.
Fans. ::)
I've seen the types of people that hang around those conventions. Them forgetting I existed would be considered one of the best blessings of my life.
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Everyone says that.
Need more than cookie cutter this time around, bro. If I'm going all in, I can't back out. Think of it like getting on a rollercoaster and having doubts as you get to the top.
I never stop working out. Its one of the only things that matter. What you mean going all in?
My motivation is not to be a fat fuck. That's a pretty good one
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The "fans" forget that you existed.
Fans. ::)
I've seen the types of people that hang around those conventions. Them forgetting I existed would be considered one of the best blessings of my life.
Yeah but imagine having DVDs of yourself that used to sell but don't anymore. Or messages on your FB fan page drying up.
It can't be easy when your entire bodybuilding career revolves around other peoples taking notice of your contests/guestposes/pics/etc.
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I never stop working out. Its one of the only things that matter. What you mean going all in?
My motivation is not to be a fat fuck. That's a pretty good one
I'm happy for you that you can be consistent.
Unfortunately I have Chris Cormier's attitude. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, you quit. Actually, that could apply to most of the former IFBB pros, since very few still lift or diet or juice. Problem is the longer you're away from the weights, the harder it is to ever come close to what you used to have. It's like climbing a mountain even Sylvester Stallone couldn't cliffhang from.
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labrada is one of the few...insane.
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I'm happy for you that you can be consistent.
Unfortunately I have Chris Cormier's attitude. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, you quit. Actually, that could apply to most of the former IFBB pros, since very few still lift or diet or juice. Problem is the longer you're away from the weights, the harder it is to ever come close to what you used to have. It's like climbing a mountain even Sylvester Stallone couldn't cliffhang from.
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Wow im in shock to hear this from you. You better stop whining and get back on it. That's all there is do it. Life is so much better. Just have to overcome your inner Schweinehund and do it. You are going to love it once you start again. That's what we do we lift! ;)
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I'm happy for you that you can be consistent.
Unfortunately I have Chris Cormier's attitude. When it's good, it's good. When it's bad, you quit. Actually, that could apply to most of the former IFBB pros, since very few still lift or diet or juice. Problem is the longer you're away from the weights, the harder it is to ever come close to what you used to have. It's like climbing a mountain even Sylvester Stallone couldn't cliffhang from.
Wow im in shock to hear this from you. You better stop whining and get back on it. That's all there is do it. Life is so much better. Just have to overcome your inner Schweinehund and do it. You are going to love it once you start again. That's what we do we lift! ;)
I feel lifting is a very personal thing. I don't get motivated by what other guys at my gym or on this website do. It's a very hard decision to go back just as it was a hard one to walk away. Motivation is a living, sweaty, breathing organ in your mind. It's not a static policy that doesn't move or change with time like a book on a shelf or a piece of meat in a freezer. That's the hard part. There's bad training days and good ones. When the bad one stack up too high, it's like the blocks in Tetris reaching the top of the screen. The game's over. I'm trying to slide a straight bar into the pile of blocks pushing up against the ceiling to get a bit of room going.
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It's hard. Guess it depends how busy your life is? At the moment for me training 4 days a week is an uninmaginable fantasy due to insane work and travel commitments. I manage 1 day, maybe 2 sessions a week. Just make sure the diet is spot on if your training drops.
And also, as you age, priorities and interests change. I've not wanted 'big muscles' since a few years now. I'm just happy with being in shape. If being 'huge' was a must for me, I'd pick up the needle like all other big guys on here. My life has moved on from spending endless hours in the gym or fretting about my bench numbers. It just doesn't matter any more. My goals have changed and for the moment are more career orientated.
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Yeah but imagine having DVDs of yourself that used to sell but don't anymore. Or messages on your FB fan page drying up.
It can't be easy when your entire bodybuilding career revolves around other peoples taking notice of your contests/guestposes/pics/etc.
Icelord you got this man, as you know the hardest part is just getting started after 3 weeks and your in a routine it will all start falling into place! Stay at it man I'm on your team man
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What's yours after a long break?
Even Shawn Ray got out of shape in the 2000s and had to start all over. In this 2007 video, he goes through what every retired IFBB pro goes through when the lights go out on stage, the sponsorships expire, the muscles shrinks, the fat comes back, and the fans forget you existed.
I feel a lot like he does here. A part of me wants to hit the weights hard (usually late at night, for some reason) and regain the six pack and shoulder/thigh veins on the hamstrings I used to have. The other runs out of steam after 3 days on a keto diet and wonders why the fuck even train anymore when you're surrounded by roid boys at the gym running cycles (not going back to that again now that my test is normal naturally after years at substandard levels).
He asked the clown "Is your name King Kamali?" ;D
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Everyone says that.
Need more than cookie cutter this time around, bro. If I'm going all in, I can't back out. Think of it like getting on a rollercoaster and having doubts as you get to the top.
the motivation comes from within
if you have that you are good to go
if you dont only you can give it to yourself
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Everyone says that.
Need more than cookie cutter this time around, bro. If I'm going all in, I can't back out. Think of it like getting on a rollercoaster and having doubts as you get to the top.
Short term goals
Dont think "shredded by August", you need small steps to get yourself motivated.
TBH coming on this site gave me a kick up the arse, seeing guys dieting and getting in shape, listening to Gals stories about his dieting and 'no ones' baseless ;D attacks about how out of shape I was.
post some pics, get attacked by the guys here, its all just banter after all, and start dieting and make improvements.
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Short term goals
Dont think "shredded by August", you need small steps to get yourself motivated.
TBH coming on this site gave me a kick up the arse, seeing guys dieting and getting in shape, listening to Gals stories about his dieting and 'no ones' baseless ;D attacks about how out of shape I was.
post some pics, get attacked by the guys here, its all just banter after all, and start dieting and make improvements.
This place is giving me some serious body dysmorphia. :D I looked good by normal human standards 2 years ago, about 190 Lbs. But being on here too much I decided to bulk up because anything under 240 is "do you even lift?"-territory here. So now I'm big again, but fat. Then I use that as motivation to cut again.
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My motivation comes from social pressures. In winter I can come off and as long that I stay trim which is easy for me as I dont get fat easily I'm happy....go out wearign shirts and jackets...etc. No big deal.
Now comes summer and tshirt season and then a couple of holidays booked, then I take one look in the mirror and wonder how shit I will look by the pool and start panic training and eating well.
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It's hard. Guess it depends how busy your life is? At the moment for me training 4 days a week is an uninmaginable fantasy due to insane work and travel commitments. I manage 1 day, maybe 2 sessions a week. Just make sure the diet is spot on if your training drops.
And also, as you age, priorities and interests change. I've not wanted 'big muscles' since a few years now. I'm just happy with being in shape. If being 'huge' was a must for me, I'd pick up the needle like all other big guys on here. My life has moved on from spending endless hours in the gym or fretting about my bench numbers. It just doesn't matter any more. My goals have changed and for the moment are more career orientated.
Busy enough, but not too much to go to the gym 4-5x a week. People who say they have no time have either never exercised seriously, or don't want to. It's like any excuse system - there's always a way out if you want one.
The second paragraph is more astute and relevant. Lifting was my life from 19-24. I'd get up in the early morning, go do my cardio at a small local gym, come home, shower/eat, then go to a bigger gym for my real workout. Did that 5-6 days a week. Was on the diet, got lean enough to pass for a swimsuit-style magazine model with decent arms/legs, and was genuinely happy with my look.
Then I got older and less competitive. Being big or lean didn't matter as much. Women started to care less about that and more about other things. I quit clubbing. The diet got boring and I went back to eating like a normal person, which in my case means about 2000kcal more than average (appetite holdover from rugby). I put on weight. The gym became less attractive. I'm injured in several muscle groups. And finally I quit working out altogether 8 months ago. It shows. I'm smaller than I used to be even 3 years ago, and obviously not lean anymore. I'd say I look about how bigmc was in that guitar video. It's a long road back and I usually run out of steam about a few weeks.
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the motivation comes from within
if you have that you are good to go
if you dont only you can give it to yourself
Therein lies the problem. I never had it in myself just because I gave it to myself. It was heavily oriented around the anabolichalo mentality of looking good for women or the public in general. As that declined in importance, so did the elan to go on.
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Therein lies the problem. I never had it in myself just because I gave it to myself. It was heavily oriented around the anabolichalo mentality of looking good for women or the public in general. As that declined in importance, so did the elan to go on.
there must be an element of motivation for you to start this thread
focus on that
might get you going
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Short term goals
Dont think "shredded by August", you need small steps to get yourself motivated.
TBH coming on this site gave me a kick up the arse, seeing guys dieting and getting in shape, listening to Gals stories about his dieting and 'no ones' baseless ;D attacks about how out of shape I was.
post some pics, get attacked by the guys here, its all just banter after all, and start dieting and make improvements.
Gal is inspirational enough. But there's things he did to look the way he does that would be incompatible with my lifestyle or personal needs at the time being. So instead, I would say I admire his physique but I have to find another way 'round the problems of not training/dieting.
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there must be an element of motivation for you to start this thread
focus on that
might get you going
There is. I miss looking the way I did and benching 315 for reps. That was all me. But the pivotal inspiration came from either other, more fit individuals, or the reactions I got from people who appreciated my look. Bigger men don't mean beans to me now. And women care more about money and other things that are less labor-intensive. So it's trying to turn a few droplets of motivation into a full vase that's the main challenge.
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My motivation comes from social pressures. In winter I can come off and as long that I stay trim which is easy for me as I dont get fat easily I'm happy....go out wearign shirts and jackets...etc. No big deal.
Now comes summer and tshirt season and then a couple of holidays booked, then I take one look in the mirror and wonder how shit I will look by the pool and start panic training and eating well.
Those social pressures have been removed from me. Perhaps unfortunately. They kept me focused and were my main motivation. I won't lie, how women saw me was a huge factor.
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There is. I miss looking the way I did and benching 315 for reps. That was all me. But the pivotal inspiration came from either other, more fit individuals, or the reactions I got from people who appreciated my look. Bigger men don't mean beans to me now. And women care more about money and other things that are less labor-intensive. So it's trying to turn a few droplets of motivation into a full vase that's the main challenge.
I enjoy training it makes it much easier
if you don't then its difficult to see how you could sustain it for any length of time
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I enjoy training it makes it much easier
if you don't then its difficult to see how you could sustain it for any length of time
Aye. In other words, I can train and get pumps. I feel satisfied from the quality of the workouts.
What's lacking is an honest motive. I feel like I don't have any purpose there anymore, since my previous reasons have been discarded. Think of it like someone who used to work in television repair for analog systems. In the age of antenna-less flat screen televisions, they're basically out of a job with their old skill set.
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Aye. In other words, I can train and get pumps. I feel satisfied from the quality of the workouts.
What's lacking is an honest motive. I feel like I don't have any purpose there anymore, since my previous reasons have been discarded. Think of it like someone who used to work in television repair for analog systems. In the age of antenna-less flat screen televisions, they're basically out of a job with their old skill set.
another reason I like the gym
its the simplest part of the day
switch off at the door put some loud music on and lift
its an hour away from the stress of life
you can take a lot from that
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Busy enough, but not too much to go to the gym 4-5x a week. People who say they have no time have either never exercised seriously, or don't want to. It's like any excuse system - there's always a way out if you want one.
The second paragraph is more astute and relevant. Lifting was my life from 19-24. I'd get up in the early morning, go do my cardio at a small local gym, come home, shower/eat, then go to a bigger gym for my real workout. Did that 5-6 days a week. Was on the diet, got lean enough to pass for a swimsuit-style magazine model with decent arms/legs, and was genuinely happy with my look.
Then I got older and less competitive. Being big or lean didn't matter as much. Women started to care less about that and more about other things. I quit clubbing. The diet got boring and I went back to eating like a normal person, which in my case means about 2000kcal more than average (appetite holdover from rugby). I put on weight. The gym became less attractive. I'm injured in several muscle groups. And finally I quit working out altogether 8 months ago. It shows. I'm smaller than I used to be even 3 years ago, and obviously not lean anymore. I'd say I look about how bigmc was in that guitar video. It's a long road back and I usually run out of steam about a few weeks.
I agree with the excuses, however at the moment I'm spending one day a week at home in Christchurch and travelling the rest of the time. I have my Six Sigma green belt certification in Melbourne next week which is another 2 weeks away. I suppose I could find a gym in the hotel area but it really makes it difficult to have any sort of consistency. But I'm maintaining shape through push-ups and sit-ups in the hotel room. It's always been easy to eat relatively clean too.
And age does bring injuries. I had a rib injury 6 weeks ago which made pressing movements hard and when that got better, I sprained my ankle playing badminton. My first day at my new job I was wobbling around everywhere. It's only now I'm healed up again. This shit would never have happened at 23.
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I was walking around the store today looking at all the pastries I couldn't eat and then I thought, what the hell am I doing. It's a plastic trophy that I don't get paid for. I didn't buy any pastries.
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I like to trained with intensity and ferocity with my face looking like the hulk while grunting, the weights are my enemy and I am here to conquer them because I am pure alpha.
Hardcore for life muthafucka geraaaaaaaaa
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I like to trained with intensity and ferocity with my face looking like the hulk while grunting, the weights are my enemy and I am here to conquer them because I am pure alpha.
Hardcore for life muthafucka geraaaaaaaaa
I go to the gym, shut the fuck up and lose myself for an hour.
No chit chat, no shouting a screaming ("look at meeeee,look at meeeeee") assholes.
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I go to the gym, shut the fuck up and lose myself for an hour.
No chit chat, no shouting a screaming ("look at meeeee,look at meeeeee") assholes.
this
the energy expended shouting and screaming is better spen excercising
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this
the energy expended shouting and screaming is better spen excercising
That is not true grunting and screaming increase your strength and energy Ialso let your buddy slap you in the back before lifting heavy weights.
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That is not true grunting and screaming increase your strength and energy Ialso let your buddy slap you in the back before lifting heavy weights.
I hope you are trolling mate, if not, start shouting and screaming now, I guarantee after 30 seconds you will be gassed, is that any way to go through a workout?
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I hope you are trolling mate, if not, start shouting and screaming now, I guarantee after 30 seconds you will be gassed, is that any way to go through a workout?
I am not trolling I grunt and scream but only when I am lifting really heavy weights squats, deadlifts, shrugs etc.
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I am not trolling I grunt and scream but only when I am lifting really heavy weights squats, deadlifts, shrugs etc.
You would lift more if you shut the fuck up, and you may go up in peoples estimation, because at the moment you are the annoying loud twat.
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You would lift more if you shut the fuck up, and you may go up in peoples estimation, because at the moment you are the annoying loud twat.
yep
the screamers dont realise the contempt that the rest of the gym are feeling for them
idiots
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yep
the screamers dont realise the contempt that the rest of the gym are feeling for them
idiots
That is the great thing about being big even if the little twinks are annoyed they wont say shit they are scared of the big hulking monster lifting the heavy weights with a pissed off look on his face.
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pumping iron is very therapeutic to run away from your problems
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That is the great thing about being big even if the little twinks are annoyed they wont say shit they are scared of the big hulking monster lifting the heavy weights with a pissed off look on his face.
the biggest guys in my gym dont utter whisper when they train
its only the angry little twinks
maybe your gym hasnt got any big guys in there stud
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Most of the fitness/figure competitors who happen to be female at my gym(s) were all on some kind of prescription-strength fat-burner or steroid. Not impressed, given what I have to work with. If they did it all naturally and with 50lbs of extra weight, then I'd give them daps for it.
Unless you meant those women in the thread should motivate me to look better in order to score women like that. In which case my response is that even at my hardest & biggest, I never pulled anything close to that. They only care about money once they get to that level.
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the biggest guys in my gym dont utter whisper when they train
its only the angry little twinks
maybe your gym hasnt got any big guys in there stud
Agreed. Significantly, the monsters are all wearing large sweaters and old baggy pants with nondescript sneakers and talk to no one.
It's always the steroid twinks who wear stringers, wifebeaters, $300 boots, etc. and scream their lungs out.
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Most of the fitness/figure competitors who happen to be female at my gym(s) were all on some kind of prescription-strength fat-burner or steroid. Not impressed, given what I have to work with. If they did it all naturally and with 50lbs of extra weight, then I'd give them daps for it.
Unless you meant those women in the thread should motivate me to look better in order to score women like that. In which case my response is that even at my hardest & biggest, I never pulled anything close to that. They only care about money once they get to that level.
Maybe they picked up on the gay vibe?
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I like to trained with intensity and ferocity with my face looking like the hulk while grunting, the weights are my enemy and I am here to conquer them because I am pure alpha.
Hardcore for life muthafucka geraaaaaaaaa
If this is the video (not going to open it) where he throws barbells around with that other idiot and does dips with chains on his neck, that's all you need to know about his "style" of training. It's every meathead steroid-eating numbskull gym cliche roled into one midget with pointy ears. Good way to make "regular" people avoid that gym altogether.
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Maybe they picked up on the gay vibe?
That would leave the non-gay guys who got rejected by them with quite a quandary then. At least I'd have my excuse.
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That would leave the non-gay guys who got rejected by them with quite a quandary then. At least I'd have my excuse.
Likely all lesbians. ;D
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Likely all lesbians. ;D
Strippers, mostly.
They all look like variations of this for the most part. Wear those black socks up to the knees and micro shorts with kanji script or other nonsense tattooed all over and do elliptical/ab machines, nothing else.
(http://i.imgur.com/YaXr9Yt.jpg)
The douchebros and chavs try their hand, few succeed.
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Check out this twink squatting ;D
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Icelord you got this man, as you know the hardest part is just getting started after 3 weeks and your in a routine it will all start falling into place! Stay at it man I'm on your team man
I'm going to be 100% real for a minute. You really inspired me in that thread. Sure, you were chemically-assisted and going from your 240 to a very lean 185 would not have happened in that time frame if you were completely natural. But your stack probably wasn't that big either, and I'm sure you dieted hard to get to your weight. So yeah man, you inspired us permabulkers a lot with that transformation. Don't ruin it by bulking up against for the next show. Put the muscle on gradually and keep your abs. Congrats on the stars btw.
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Aye. In other words, I can train and get pumps. I feel satisfied from the quality of the workouts.
What's lacking is an honest motive. I feel like I don't have any purpose there anymore, since my previous reasons have been discarded. Think of it like someone who used to work in television repair for analog systems. In the age of antenna-less flat screen televisions, they're basically out of a job with their old skill set.
That's the biggest factor in this.
Unfortunatley you;re gona be facing this dilemma on and off....no motivation and drive as such to do a 4/5month straight stint of training hard and eating well to get results...yet have moments where you;re frustrated about your current shape and reminisce about that year when you trained hard and took it serious and had such and such lifts and looked this way...etc.
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