A True Hardcore Maniac

[gettinlarger]

I began dripping blood from my head while box squatting with bigokie a while back. Coolest thing I have ever seen in the gym.

B.

Good God. Maybe I can be that hardcore one day.

 

[needsize]

I've told this story before but it still makes me laugh, and to me, defines hardcore.
My buddy and I were in the changeroom after finishing our workout. It was single max day(I was powerlifting back then), I had just hit a pb of 540lbs on the deadlift, and my buddy had hit a 795 squat that would have passed in competition. We were comparing marks, my shins were bleeding freely and my palms were ripped to shit. He had burst all the blood vessels in his upper chest. Right in the middle of this 3 teenagers walked in, took one look at the crazy fuckers, and walked right back out.
To me, thats hardcore....

 

[b fold the truth]

A buddy of mine in St Louis, MO told me of his first day at Eagle Gym. He walked in and saw Willie Wessels doing EASY squats wtih 800+ for reps. Willie was about 235 at the time. In the middle of his set, his blood pressure had risen so much from the set that a scab on his forehead broke open and blood spurted out in front of him...

5 years later they are workout partners...still.

B True

 

[needsize]

A buddy of mine in St Louis, MO told me of his first day at Eagle Gym. He walked in and saw Willie Wessels doing EASY squats wtih 800+ for reps. Willie was about 235 at the time. In the middle of his set, his blood pressure had risen so much from the set that a scab on his forehead broke open and blood spurted out in front of him...

5 years later they are workout partners...still.

B True

Now that's what I'm talking about!!!

 

[benchmonster]

that is what happened to me, except I did not have a scab or anything, it just began leaking out of the skin. I never felt it coming out, it just poured out with the sweat. When I wiped it away, there was absolutely no wound, the blood was just forced out.

PowerlifterJay has reported a similar phenomenon on his back when going over 700 in the squat.

Hardcore. There is no greater compliment for the real strength athlete.

And B-fold, that was a beautiful peice, even more impressive to have been written at such a young age, and even more impressive that you hung onto it all this time.

B.

 

[b fold the truth]

It is framed and I used to keep it in my gym bag...along with a framed pic of Tom Platz's quad shot...black and white. brian747478' and I use to set that framed pic next to the squat rack when we squatted...for motivation. He also had a book on Tom Platz that we looked at often...on leg day.

B True

 

[argent]

Great post B. I might print that out and carry it in my gym bag.