Two different mindsets...two different results

[George Noble]

I don't even have the motivation to write in my log, let alone train properly.

[PVC]

Who are the two people quoted in the OP? I wonder...

[TTT]

Nice work sergeant.

lets look at your log.

03/03/2010
Squat 260x3x5
Bench 170x3x5
Dead 285x1x5

05/28/2010
Squats: 260x5x3
Bench: 165x5x3
Deadlift: 315x5


Well done Douche!

You wanna be Pot or Kettle?

[StrongIslander,NY]

whats that smell? smells like vinegar? oh sergeant's here! just kidding there douchie old buddy

[sergeant_81]

Yeah, I got called out on this one, and rightly so.

This was an asinine post, and I own it. Not sure what I was thinking. My apologies to the board.

I think quitting tobacco use is fucking with my judgment.

[Jamie J. Skibicki]

SGT,

Bigger question is what's fucking with your training

[TTT]

SGT,

Bigger question is what's fucking with your training

his vagina?

[PVC]

his vagina?

In that case, his best option is to head North of the vag. If necessary, he can camp out at the bellybutton before heading for the summit.

[Patrick]

I guess this thread is already heading a certain direction and this observation isn't going that way but I'd like to throw it out anyhow:

I'm a few months off of a 9-month hiatus from consistent training and nutrition. When I realized how far out of shape I'd gotten, I took my ass back to the gym and started off from square one. Let me tell you one thing that will turn a decent day into a shitty one: feeling that your squat form is off and that a 135 lb squat is something that you've got to do rather than something that just happens as you warm up. Most of us were there at some point but I even cringe typing it out -- it's a fucking horrible state of affairs.

My circumstance was different in that I was mostly frustrated at myself for letting the loads of work I'd already put in be lost, but I think it highlights the point that attitude and gym success are very much a chicken and egg type thing. If your attitude blows then your progress will suck, but if your progress suck you can sour on lifting pretty damned fast. I think the thing that matters is what you do when you're down on the circumstance, and I think that's a fair observation even if you're not pulling a metric fuckton.

[Gary Gibson]

The first attitude can result in all sorts of overuse trauma, resulting in things like severe tendonosis in an elbow, sciatica in a leg and the need to spend months draining excess synovial fluid from both knees daily.

Ah, but it is fun! And having to figure out how to fix yourself after such abuse really builds character.