The Gym...

[b fold the truth]

The gym was the one place I had control. I didn't have to speak, I didn't have to listen. I just had to push or pull. It was so much simpler, so much more satisfying than life outside. I regulated everything, from the number of exercises I performed each workout to the amount of weight I used for each exercise, from the number of reps per set to the number of sets per body part. It beat the street. It beat my girlfriend. It beat my family. I didn't have to think. I didn't have to care. I didn't have to feel. I simply had to lift.

Samuel Wilson Fussell
"Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder"

 

[Aussie Juga naught]

Hard Core...

 

[Bigsatan13]

The gym too is my sanctuary. Clear my head and train.

 

[HulkRow]

The gym was the one place I had control. I didn't have to speak, I didn't have to listen. I just had to push or pull. It was so much simpler, so much more satisfying than life outside. I regulated everything, from the number of exercises I performed each workout to the amount of weight I used for each exercise, from the number of reps per set to the number of sets per body part. It beat the street. It beat my girlfriend. It beat my family. I didn't have to think. I didn't have to care. I didn't have to feel. I simply had to lift.

Samuel Wilson Fussell
"Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder"

One of the best quotes i have every seen.

 

[Legion Kreinak]

Yes, yes. I have to agree, training is my life. I can't help it. Too bad I can't do it all day.

 

[Lord_Suston]

sad, but true....

 

[rippedtrojan]

now i know what is wrong with me!

 

[Thaibox]

I like that book. He was a good writer, so he could articulate things like this well. The whole time I read it I was saying, "yeah...exactly!"

 

[bignate73]

is it wrong for me to agree with that quote?

 

[Optimus B]

i can say that lifting keeps me sane. there's just something about physically exerting yourself to your body's maximum potential and having the mental strength to put yourself through it.