Maybe posted before but I find they are pretty good for getting me motivated to get strong.
"To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in bodily strength is borne out by the long history of mankind paying homage in folklore, song and poetry to strong men".
From Fred Hatfield - Powerlifting : A Scientific Approach
"For every bad thing about the sport, though, the self-knowledge that you are strong - stronger than any man - more than compensates for them all".
"Powerlifters spend time looking in the mirror. Not in the sense that body-builders do, but more to observe the total structure. More to observe the tremendous power that resides within".
"You will sense it; you will be awed by it; and your fellow men will indeed, as he has done for thousands of years, pay you homage".
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Thread: Good Powerlifting quotes.
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09-29-2008, 04:23 PM #1
Good Powerlifting quotes.
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09-29-2008, 05:47 PM #8
"If i'm not bleeding, i'm not pushing myself hard enough."
I don't know if it's from anyone. But a young pl I met was front squatting 405x12 atg, told me that after his set I was spotting him on. I have yet to forget that set he did. Now has a lower back injury (deadlift) and competes in bodybuilding.
I'm going to love this thread.
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09-29-2008, 06:07 PM #9
Down the road, in a gym far away
A young man was heard to say
"No matter what I do, my legs won't grow!"
He tried leg extensions, leg curls, leg presses too
Trying to cheat, these sissy workouts he'd do!
From the corner of the gym where the big guys train
Through a cloud of chalk and the midst of pain
Where the big iron rides high, and threatens lives
Where the noise is made with big forty-fives
A deep voice bellowed as he wrapped his knees
A very big man with legs like trees
Laughing as he snatched another plate from the stack
Chalked his hands and monstrous back
Said, "Boy, stop lying and don't say you've forgotten!
Trouble with you is you ain't been SQUATTIN'!"
- Jeff "MADDOG" Madden
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09-29-2008, 06:41 PM #13
http://www.joeskopec.com/poems.html this link is full of them, including the one i previously posted but the one on this page doesnt have the "rides high and threatens lives" part
The Mighty Squat By; Joe Skopec
We've come to squat so run and hide
You bicep freaks must step aside
Just take your sissy selves elsewhere
You'll turn your heads but still you'll stare
Go right ahead and pay attention
Glimpse into this strange dimension
Yeah you're still weak and never grow
This world of pain you'll never know
Your shouts upon the leg-press, phony!
Noodle legs like macaroni
Some day I hope you'll understand
And wrench free from the poser band
Puny curl bars, leave this spot
The rack named for the mighty SQUAT
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09-30-2008, 12:38 AM #15
The young man looked fit, thick through the chest. Bulging biceps and triceps. Washboard abs and the rest.
He strode a bit closer. To my shock and surprise!
I saw his torso supported, by two spindly thighs!
He walked with confidence and no apprehensions,
as he performed his first set of leg extensions!
I watched this debacle, watched his face turn askew.
Watched him scream in mock agony, 'til his set was all through.
T'was then I approached him and extended my hand.
"I don't mean to disrupt you, but excuse me, young man!
I was admiring your work. Man, that set was nice!
But I wonder if I might offer some helpful advice?"
He spoke not a word. Simply nodded his head.
I could read his expression. He wished I were dead.
"Get off this contraption! You're wasting your time!
Go to the squat rack! You can see....there's NO line!
You don't need machines! You don't need to look far!
Just load on the weight and get under the bar!
Unrack that sucker! Squat ass to the floor!
Grab some big plates, and load on some more!
Hear the iron rattle as you pound out each rep!
But please, my friend! YOU must take the first step!
Come with me now! To the squat rack we'll go!
Together we'll get those tiny pegs to grow!"
He studied me hard. He seemed in a haze.
No words came! He stood in a daze!
'Say SOMETHING, son! Speak to me, PLEASE!'
'I can't do it!', he screamed! 'I have bad knees!'
lmao
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09-30-2008, 01:24 AM #16
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09-30-2008, 02:34 AM #17
A selection from the quotes from on my gym's walls:
"Just remember, somewhere, a little Chinese girl is warming up with your max."
Jim Conroy, Olympic Weightlifting Coach
"The gym is like a sewer, you get out of it what you put in".
Unknown
"Don't have $100.00 shoes and a 10 cent Squat".
Louie Simmons
"If we cannot find a way We will make on one."
Hannibal
"Winner's Do The Ordinary Things An Extra Ordinary Amount Of Times That's What Sets Them Apart"
Unknown
"The Champions of The World Are Those That Keep On Going At the Point Others would Quit"
Unknown
"If It Hurts Once Then Do Two More Not Till You Cry Train Till You Die"
Barbarian Twins
"The Gym Powerhouse Is Not A Place But A State Of Mind"
Chris Dooley
"Tough Times Don't Last Tough People Do"My PL training Journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=115903511
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09-30-2008, 05:44 AM #20
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"The bands won’t make you squat big; check between your legs before you change anything. It takes more than a band to make you squat." - Chuck Vogelpohl
"Anyone under 200 pounds is a woman" - Matt RhodesI'm not DrewDarden
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09-30-2008, 07:45 AM #21
"Most power lifters share some common defects, as a whole for whatever reason, LOVE to punish, beat and torture ourselves beyond the limits of mind and body. It is our spirit that prevails. This defect of intelligence and sensibility pushes us onto the next level, makes us better and stronger. We all have lifted sick and badly hurt,, When this subject comes up with normal people and other meatheads, we all have the prideful smile when we talk about lifting with a 100 degree temperature or a torn groin. Thank God that therapy doesn't work on us."
-- Captain Kirk
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09-30-2008, 09:18 AM #22
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ronnie's a bber, but when he squats 800 in a vid on youtube he yells "EVERYBODY WANNA BE A BODYBUILDA BUT NOBODY WANNA LIFT HEAVYASS WEIGHT"
i thought that was cool6' 215 lbs
CURRENT (all estimated)/GOAL
Bench: 390+/405
Squat: 430ish/500
Deadlift: 450ish/600
Journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=114780741
ZHOSTKA!!!
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09-30-2008, 11:07 AM #29
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"Insert anything he says here" ~Jim Wendler
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Everything that guy says is hilarious and an instant classic quote.My Training Journal: http://tinyurl.com/jasons-journal
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09-30-2008, 11:26 AM #30
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