The Power of Being Positive...

[b fold the truth]

I know that when I train...I try to surround myself with positive things. Cheese yells at me, I pray, loud music, screaming, my general pre-set routines...etc... I keep positive thoughts running through my head...etc...

I consider us a family here...a family where we are all striving towards similar goals and they all revolve around weights.

Just want everyone to remember to keep this board positive. When you see that someone set a PR or something special on a thread...take the time to post on their thread, PM them...and send Karma. We all motivate each other...one person at a time.

Still thinking out loud...

B True

 

[TheProject]

Good thread, B.

 

[ZGzaZ]

yea, awesome thoughts....

TheProject, your avatar disturbs me.

 

[Bigsatan13]

I agree with everything except the praying part. But if that works for you do it.

 

[Lee]

Awesome thoughts man. That's one of the reasons I like to workout alone, so I can think whatever I want to pump myself up to get that last rep or last set in.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Fist bump in the air

 

[Lord_Suston]

I'll second that, good post.

 

[SAGAT]

hey good post Bfold. however, don't you guys ever get the feeling that nothing works, both in training and in your personal lives? i feel that my personal life, although it really shouldn't, affects my training. if i feel on top of the world, it seems i can lift more then when i feel like utter crap. anyone else think the same way?

 

[danielson]

yeah its true sagat.....there are days i;ll get to the gym and its being done out of duty or routine as opposed to a zeal for getting stronger, usually when i;ve had a real shitty day, or im just feeling blue

but the days your really perky are the days you really love the gym stuff.




and weirdly enough, if i do increase in weight on a lift it makes me feel on top of the world for that day, and sometimes the day after if its been a good lift. must be the endorphin release

 

[SAGAT]

i was beginning to think i was the only one for a second there danielson it's the same for me (about the weight increase), sometimes when i up the weight on particular exercises (deads come to mind), i feel like i can kick anyone's ass right there and then
also on a related note, i sometimes hear people say you should empty your mind while training. i just can't do it; can any of you bros do this? i mean REALLY empty your mind.

 

[argent]

Right on brutha. Everybody's got to help out everybody.

 

[Fatty4You]

Damit!! This is why i love the gym! Everyone is just so darn possitive. In many ways, i think relationships at the gym are the perfect relationships. Ever hear the saying that goes something like "love is not too people look at each other, love is two people standing next to each other looking off in the same direction." I dont really understand that in terms of love, but that how it is in the gym. I doesn't matter if the people you lift with are elite or beginners, strong or weak, or whatever - everyone is striving for the same goal: self-imporvement.

The possitive energy is truly awesome.

-Fatty

 

[gettinlarger]

Excellent post.

 

[Cuthbert]

There is nothing better in the gym than a positive outlook....


...but sometimes the intensity you get in the gym from being pissed off is AMAZING.

Cuthbert

 

[SofaGeorge]

I think this is what sets teh Training board apart... none of the BS here... just a lot of positive info and attitudes.

 

[rjl296]

+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++=

 

[Thaibox]

Sagat, everybody gets like that sometimes bro. Unfortunately, although we aren't typical humans, we are still human. I've been like that more than usual lately after my surgery.

But I have really good lifting partners that whoop my ass if its down, and I get pretty fired up to be there. The environment the 3 of us create for eachother is like what b-fold was talking about.

I have Slipknot blasting in one ear, and my 6'6" bro yelling in the other.

 

[DrBones]

Good post as usual B.... keep up the good work

 

[Lee]

Now all I need is a workout partner with the same goals in mind as me...

 

[SAGAT]

Sagat, everybody gets like that sometimes bro. Unfortunately, although we aren't typical humans, we are still human. I've been like that more than usual lately after my surgery.

But I have really good lifting partners that whoop my ass if its down, and I get pretty fired up to be there. The environment the 3 of us create for eachother is like what b-fold was talking about.

I have Slipknot blasting in one ear, and my 6'6" bro yelling in the other.

hey thanks a lot bro. i know you're right, just had a moment of weakness, ya know? if a 6'6" dude would be yellin' in my ear, i'd be motivated as hell too training alone sometimes just doesn't cut it you know? i guess we all get moody like this sometimes huh...well, no point in dragging it out, i'm kickin ass in the gym tomorrow
good luck btw with your injury an' all man, i read about it a while ago, but i'm sure it'll work out just fine.

didn't mean to infest your thread with my negative drivel bfold, proceed with the happy thoughts

 

[leatherface]

Great post man. almost brings a tear to my eye lol, im serious. Training is the greatest thing in the world!!!!! And these forums/family, only makes it better.

 

[jeremys]

if i had a training partner, things could go in a more positive direction for me. i'll just have to buy a cardboard cutout of somebody and i'll have to scream at it. lol

 

[slobberknocker]

Great post, bfold. Good idea.