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circusgirl
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I got shin splints doing martial arts, and someone, can't remember who, suggested lifting weights would help deal with any recurrence of stress/overuse injuries.
I started using the machines, then, found Krista's women and weights site. Then I decided I really liked free weights. I loved getting stronger, and seeing muscles getting a teensy bit larger.
Then I read about PL on here and started doing PL style training and..... I'm hooked! Well and truly! This is even more fun than martial arts. When I was a geek back in HS no-one would ever think I'd turn into a fitness person lol. (that's fitness person to the lay man, not "fitness competitor" BTW). I was one of those lazy whiny girls who always forgot their sports kit. Unless it was cross country day, coz I was ok at that, for some reason....
I started using the machines, then, found Krista's women and weights site. Then I decided I really liked free weights. I loved getting stronger, and seeing muscles getting a teensy bit larger.
Then I read about PL on here and started doing PL style training and..... I'm hooked! Well and truly! This is even more fun than martial arts. When I was a geek back in HS no-one would ever think I'd turn into a fitness person lol. (that's fitness person to the lay man, not "fitness competitor" BTW). I was one of those lazy whiny girls who always forgot their sports kit. Unless it was cross country day, coz I was ok at that, for some reason....
benchmonster
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My Dad was and is strong. I also saw Conan as a child. I am from the country, and physical strength is respected where I am from. And all I have ever remembered wanting was to be big, strong, feared and respected.
There is something seriously wrong with me, mentally. I had a very rough childhood and I guess, somewhat consciously, somewhat unconsciously, I wanted to build myself into something nobody could ever hurt.
I am one of those assholes who always has something to prove, always have been that way for as long as I can remember, and likely will be that way from now on. I am never satisfied with any accomplishment I have made, and strongly want to dominate in every aspect of my life.
One of the most moving things I have ever seen/heard/read, was in the movie I already mentioned above, Conan, in which the narrator is talking while an older Conan is sitting on a throne wearing a crown, and the narrator is talking about how he carved out a kindgom by his own hand. For some reason, I just became convinced that this was what I had to do.
It would be easier for me to give up eating or breathing than to give up the iron game. I love to compete, I love getting stronger, I love the respect that comes with being one of the strongest around, and I absolutely cannot stand the fact that there is anyone else out there who is stronger than me, and therefore I must work harder, smarter, longer is necessary, to become the best.
For this reason I am the absolute worst coach anyone has ever seen. I expect that everyone feels the same way as I do, and they don't. For most people I would be a terrible training partner for the same reason. . . but my training partner is a world class powerlifter, who has the same level of desire I do, and I chase him on squats, and he chases me on bench, and we are both better because of it.
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There is something seriously wrong with me, mentally. I had a very rough childhood and I guess, somewhat consciously, somewhat unconsciously, I wanted to build myself into something nobody could ever hurt.
I am one of those assholes who always has something to prove, always have been that way for as long as I can remember, and likely will be that way from now on. I am never satisfied with any accomplishment I have made, and strongly want to dominate in every aspect of my life.
One of the most moving things I have ever seen/heard/read, was in the movie I already mentioned above, Conan, in which the narrator is talking while an older Conan is sitting on a throne wearing a crown, and the narrator is talking about how he carved out a kindgom by his own hand. For some reason, I just became convinced that this was what I had to do.
It would be easier for me to give up eating or breathing than to give up the iron game. I love to compete, I love getting stronger, I love the respect that comes with being one of the strongest around, and I absolutely cannot stand the fact that there is anyone else out there who is stronger than me, and therefore I must work harder, smarter, longer is necessary, to become the best.
For this reason I am the absolute worst coach anyone has ever seen. I expect that everyone feels the same way as I do, and they don't. For most people I would be a terrible training partner for the same reason. . . but my training partner is a world class powerlifter, who has the same level of desire I do, and I chase him on squats, and he chases me on bench, and we are both better because of it.
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ffknight84
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the reason i still lift today is
1. lax
2. health
3. power
uhh most of the ladies i know dont really like big huge strong guys, they always go for the more medium to smaller build guys, so thats why its not on my list...
1. lax
2. health
3. power
uhh most of the ladies i know dont really like big huge strong guys, they always go for the more medium to smaller build guys, so thats why its not on my list...
To prove my father was wrong about I will always be a skinny weakling. He quit saying that 8 years ago after I took him to lift with me once.
louden_swain
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Devastation said:
He actually told you that?? If so, he didn't seem that supportive.
I started because of football, but I am one of those that loves the pain and I want to push my body to its absolute breaking point again and again. Also my dad was ex special forces and he never did anything in moderation, which I picked up on at an early age and became a very extreme person.
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