Thread: What Motivates You?

Originally Posted by P-funk

you have the order of that mixed up:

1. health is always first. be strong or be big...doesn't matter...if you don't have your health you have nothing. look at all the powerlifters out there who have fucked up their bodies.....yea, they are strong, but their health is in the shits. Look at all the BB'ers out there that have fucked up their bodies. yea, they are big...but their healthy is in the shits.

how are you gonna tell some that they got the order wrong.... its what ever the person feels strongest in. i find it rude to tell people that they are wrong in what they believe.

what motivates me thow is looking great, performing well in hockey, and i enjoy lifting because after the workout you have a pump and get the "natural high effect" which feels the best, plus you feel like your a beast when your done and your muscles and veins are all cut and popping out. i also enjoy it because it makes my feel better about my self and also makes me feel better as far as more energy, better looking, and stronger.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I wish I could go back in time and do high school all over again. #1 I would not give a shit about weights or sports, and #2 I would take hard classes and study my ass off. Oh well live and learn, my bet is Kenwood has just set himself up for a hard and shitty life and he will blame everyone but the real person who caused it.....himself.

are u guys giving him tough love telling him how it is or do u guys really not like the guy ?

is everyone not like him at 16 i hated school i hated life i didint want to do myself but i still didint like it

Originally Posted by KataKlysm954

how are you gonna tell some that they got the order wrong.... its what ever the person feels strongest in. i find it rude to tell people that they are wrong in what they believe.

very easily.....your health is the most important thing that you have. It is more important that being strong and more important then being big. if you don't have your health then you have nothing. Worry about that first and everything else second.

Originally Posted by P-funk

very easily.....your health is the most important thing that you have. It is more important that being strong and more important then being big. if you don't have your health then you have nothing. Worry about that first and everything else second.

Originally Posted by P-funk

No way man. Education is still number one on my list. Studying, learning, reseaching....that is stuff I do all day long. How can something that I do only 3hrs a week be number one priority on my list?

Your studying and education is all pertaining to exercise though. So I group them together in my own case.

I was talking about myself. Weightlifting is just about all I have right now. It's not that it out-prioritizes other things right now like a girlfriend or school...cuz at the moment I have nothing else to look forward to except picking up that heavy ass weight on the ground every friday. I know it sounds sad, but it's just one of those times right now that we all go through. I can't imagine where I'd be without my own training to not only occupy my time, but my thoughts as well. It's a real life saver when you would otherwise be too stressed to do anything productively.

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

Your studying and education is all pertaining to exercise though. So I group them together in my own case.

I see what you mean.

Originally Posted by Richie1888

are u guys giving him tough love telling him how it is or do u guys really not like the guy ?

is everyone not like him at 16 i hated school i hated life i didint want to do myself but i still didint like it

After reading your post I have decided you also need to go back to school.

Originally Posted by Trouble

DOMS and P-funk have it rightly. Just how important lean muscle mass (a given amount per measure of height, mind you, not just being lean) is to optimizing health wasn't even deemed important by biomedicine until *very recently* (2004). Now we know it regulates, along with the gut and liver (and brain), health.

You can have the healthiest diet in the world, but without much muscle mass...you aren't going to live any longer than the average obese person.

See? That was a mystery. The longevity line, BMI (not a great metric anyway) versus life expectancy. Science couldn't figger out why being excessively thin was as unhealthy as being overweight. Its not the fat percentage per se, its the lack of muscle mass to regulate the activity of other tissues. And now we also know, ectomorphs are probably not a natural somatype, and not genetically predestined.

I've said it elsewhere; our health care system is going to in the shitter, overwhelmed with chronic control of chronic disease (meaning, being drained by endlessly treating preventable disease). So the best thing you can do to ensure a healthy life, largely free of disease, is to learn how to manage it yourself. Now we know, most, if not all of chronic disease is preventable, and its starting to dawn on some that much of the damage is reversible.

I can't look back and say, I wish I had done this or that. What I know now, the really useful stuff, its come together in the last 5 years - because the motherlode of critical information in the science literature finall hit a point of critical mass - enough there to winnow out the Big Picture. I wish I could have avoided stupid health mistakes I made in the past, ignorant of the causes. Best thing I can do is to pass that information on now - what to do, what not to do, provide an explanation of why.

This list works as well as any:

Health / longevity
Appearance and Confidence
Knowing im stronger than people younger than me
Feel good / mental balance

Originally Posted by viet_jon

lol ...i just checked out yo tattoo. nice man lol

Originally Posted by kenwood

lol ...i just checked out yo tattoo. nice man lol

WTF, that guys post just disappeared?

thnkx kenwood. I'll put up a picture of it finished on friday.
get one man, it'll motivate you.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

WTF, that guys post just disappeared?

thnkx kenwood. I'll put up a picture of it finished on friday.
get one man, it'll motivate you.

lol touble is a chick i think so anyway. yeah man i was thinkin bout gettin one sometime.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

Have fun with "why I don't grow" and "how come I keep getting hurt?"

Originally Posted by DOMS

Have fun with "why I don't grow" and "how come I keep getting hurt?"

lol...Trouble gives great advice s/he has helped me greatly

opps. shit.

thought this was open chat. meant as a joke anyway

Originally Posted by viet_jon

WTF, that guys post just disappeared?

"That Guy" is probably one of the most intelligent Women your dumb ass will ever have the opportunity to converse with.

BTW, she could probably bench press your narrow ass as well.

WTF? somethings wrong with the forum today, or is it just me. One of my posts just disppaeared.

but ya, I am a dumbass. I thought this was open chat. Just throwing around jokes for fun. BUt this is the training section, and poking fun at mods is not recommended. My bad Trouble, ..... my bad.

No problem. You reminded me to keep my posts brief. You spent time in the Deep South ('my bad' = southern slang)?

Originally Posted by viet_jon

but ya, I am a dumbass. I thought this was open chat. Just throwing around jokes for fun. BUt this is the training section, and poking fun at mods is not recommended. My bad Trouble, ..... my bad.

I misunderstood you as well.

The Mods here offer a lot with little or no return, and catch a bunch of unneccessary flack in the process, so I got a little defensive on their behalf.....even though I know that they can take care of themselves.

Originally Posted by Trouble

No problem. You reminded me to keep my posts brief. You spent time in the Deep South ('my bad' = southern slang)?

What? You? A Brief post?


Nah, Seriously, T, I think the 'somewhat' lengthy, but always informative/dead-on nature of your input is necessary and appreciated.

Wait, wait, wait, you guys are all wrong about school.

A. Sex, weed, booze, parteeeeh!
B. Study, study, study.
C. Sports.
D. All of the above.

I picked D and I'm not regretting it at the moment. I bloody hate school and I think the dutch school system is horsecrap, but I do what it takes and I'm currently going for (and succeeding at) Cum Laude at the gymnasium (which is 8+ on average for your grades). I have plenty of free time, so 5 hours of training per week aren't going to kill me. I used to volleyball like 7 hours a week til my team split up. My motivation is probably sticking up to my title Hunk of the Month for 4 months in a row. Meh, that was a lie, our school doesn't have a hunk of the month award.

Looking good means feeling good.

Guess I'm just one vain mofo.

Originally Posted by Trouble

No problem. You reminded me to keep my posts brief. You spent time in the Deep South ('my bad' = southern slang)?

my bad is a way to say 'sorry' without making yourself sound 'corny, girlie, wimpy, etc.'

not sure where it came from, but we use it alot up here in canada.

Originally Posted by DaMayor

The Mods here offer a lot with little or no return, and catch a bunch of unneccessary flack in the process, so I got a little defensive on their behalf.....even though I know that they can take care of themselves.

Nah, Seriously, T, I think the 'somewhat' lengthy, but always informative/dead-on nature of your input is necessary and appreciated.

ya i hear you, I got mad RESPEK!!!


and yes, lengthy informative posts are always appreciated!

Originally Posted by viet_jon

ya i hear you, I got mad RESPEK!!!


and yes, lengthy informative posts are always appreciated!

Its All Good.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Wait, wait, wait, you guys are all wrong about school.

A. Sex, weed, booze, parteeeeh!
B. Study, study, study.
C. Sports.
D. All of the above.

I picked D and I'm not regretting it at the moment. I bloody hate school and I think the dutch school system is horsecrap, but I do what it takes and I'm currently going for (and succeeding at) Cum Laude at the gymnasium (which is 8+ on average for your grades). I have plenty of free time, so 5 hours of training per week aren't going to kill me. I used to volleyball like 7 hours a week til my team split up. My motivation is probably sticking up to my title Hunk of the Month for 4 months in a row. Meh, that was a lie, our school doesn't have a hunk of the month award.

Looking good means feeling good.

Guess I'm just one vain mofo.

I agree with choice D. My problem was that I chose A at the expense of the other options.