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Wurtis15
06-29-2004, 11:42 AM
The alarm clock goes off, while I wait for my brain to catch up with the rest of my body, I get out of bed and give my best flex in the mirror. God, I rule. I get dressed, clean my room, clean the kitchen so my mother doesn't have to, then I eat a bowl of oatmeal and some eggs...power food, man's food. I get dressed for school, review my material, then head out the door.

I wave to my neighbor and pet his dog, ask him if he wants me to mow his lawn this weekend, and set a date. I hop in my 2001 Black Ford Ranger and go to class. I work my ass off, ace the test and go home, I eat some tuna and a steak. Is this what it means to be a man?

I don't lie, I don't put up with people's BS. I help out friends and family, co-workers, and even a stanger struggling to get the groceries into her car at the supermarket. I compliment a woman if she looks nice, I don't start fights...I end them. I eat like a man, and I act like a man, no slappy BS here. I try to live my life to the fullest, and do it all with a smile. I drink on the weekends, and show off for the ladies.

There is one time, when I don't act like a man. One time when I take all the bull**** that I deal with every day and funnel it into a rage...I become an animal. It's five o'clock and my eyebrows begin to turn down, and my mouth makes a snarl...half smile, half animal. I put on a wife-beater and some shorts and I run out to my car adreneline pumping and veins bulging. After the 5 minute drive to the gym, listening to some crazy rock music. I jump out of the truck and run into the gym, eyes wide and breathing heavy.

Theres no one in the gym but me, well let me rephrase...Theres noone worth mentioning in the gym but me. I pick up the heaviest weight I can handle and begin lifting the **** out of it, feeling pain in every fiber of the muscle I'm working. A short 80 minutes later, I pack my **** up and head home, exhausted and light-headed, waiting for the endorphins to kick in.

I take out my rage in the weight room, no bull**** talking to anyone, no nothing, just me and the weights and ****ing around. I came there for one reason, and it was to move some ****ing weight.

Afterwards, I go home, stretch out, relax, take a shower and go out with my friends and have a beer or two, maybe get laid, maybe not. This is my life. Am I a man? Or better yet... Are you a man?

Kayslay
07-17-2004, 02:14 PM
[QUOTE]Am I a man?[QUOTE]


No. Work on your inner chest/bicep peak some more. Then we'll talk.

The Kurgan
07-22-2004, 05:41 AM
Arrogance is the roots of complacency. Maybe you should read up on "optimum workout length" "good form" and "the benefits of abstaining from drink."

Then again, that's just how I live. I can't do anything without dedication, so I suppose we are all different. I hope you get what you have earned with your efforts.

The Kurgan
07-23-2004, 12:48 AM
I hate to ruin a good article but (a) if you can do your sets for 80 minutes then you aren't working hard enough and (b) what's with the drinking?

Otherwise, very inspirational.

The Kurgan
07-23-2004, 12:59 AM
I hate to ruin a good article but (a) if you can do your sets for 80 minutes then you aren't working hard enough and (b) what's with the drinking?

Otherwise, very inspirational.

Gibblets
07-23-2004, 09:32 PM
your a real man if you do this

COL
08-04-2004, 07:12 AM
Thank youf or the thread, I just read it and it helped me understand the things which I want to do with my life. I work two jobs, go to school, have a long commute and on top of it all am getting into lifting. God, it can be hard sometimes but I keep pushing in hopes that one day things will work out.

Anonymous Hero
10-23-2004, 07:41 PM
You're a try-hard loser desperate for attention.

I hope things get better for you.