Today just did cardio and abs...little triceps and leg extensions just for the pump.
Weighed in at 266.5...up 1.5 lbs. So kinda fluxuating between 265 and 267.
This week I got my first two "fanboys". Interesting. Couple kids (guys in late teens or early 20's) asking cliche questions like: "how long you been lifting?" or "what can I take to get big?" or "how often do you lift?" or just wanting to talk about...anything. They are nice and all, just kinda weird (random people don't generally want to talk to me cuz I'm a bit like quazomoto - fugly)...and a bit distracting cuz any time I see them, they want to come up to me and chat. But it's kinda cool...flattering.
I also got my first online stalker (hater?) via PM's. That too is interesting. But a good experience to learn from I guess. Random person telling me I'm fat and don't know what the hell I'm doing (I don't, but I've got faith in Milos' advice), etc...etc...heh, again, weird...
actually, you've raised an interesting point there garraeth.
part of the problem for a typical recreational bber is that they have to be trainer and athlete (so to speak). this doesn't occurr often in sports and what is underestimated here is the motivational and clarity of purpose and direction that a trainer contributes.
very rarely do you get an individual who can both analyse performance, motivation, etc AND train with complete focus. thus, you have bbers taking up space in the gym blindly following whatever snippet of advice sounds right before 'trying' something else.
one of the best examples i can give here is arthur jones and casey viator (fresh in my mind from another thread). jones was the thinker, casey was the doer. both trained weights and had the same goals but left to their own devices they did not attain the same success. arthur would analyse what he was doing too much and casey didn't analyse enough.
this is where my original point applies. casey had complete faith in everything jones told him. he never questioned his instruction at all, and when jones told him he was faking it, casey just pushed harder ie casey trained like an animal because, effectively, he was an animal. he didn't think, he just did, jones did all the thinking for him. everything casey needed for bbing success, jones thought of. the results speak for themselves.
it's why i keep coming back to your thread, because you seem to have this kind of focus (viator). you don't question the instruction or even want to. you just do it. this, far more than genetics or environment, is the greatest attribute an athlete can have. there are only 2 things left to ponder: 1. will your 'jones' give you
all the instructions and 2. are you going to follow
all of them?
if the answer to both those questions is yes then i have no doubt whatsoever re your success.
