Motivation to diet and train again

[bigmc]

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

[James28]

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.

[SquatsRule]

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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[the trainer]

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

[Simple Simon]

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.

[bigmc]

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

[the trainer]

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.

[Simple Simon]

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?

[the trainer]

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.

[Simple Simon]

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.

[bigmc]

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

[the trainer]

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.

[anabolichalo]

pumping iron is very therapeutic to run away from your problems

[bigmc]

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

[Icelord]

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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.

[Icelord]

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.

[Simple Simon]

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?

[Icelord]

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.

[Icelord]

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.

[Simple Simon]

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. 

[Icelord]

Likely all lesbians.  

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.



The douchebros and chavs try their hand, few succeed.

[the trainer]

Check out this twink squatting 

[Icelord]

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.

[Skorp1o]

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.