ITT Post Inspirational Videos/Pics/Quotes

[PBateman2]

Zane's triceps were $$$.

His were good. I like Sergio Oliva....

[Lvisaa2]

Zane's triceps were $$$.

The thing that set Zane apart(IMO) is that he was so well proportioned. If anything slightly(very slightly) more chest/shoulders, but he did a great job of creating a symmetrical physique. /zane fanboy

[Kirra]

http://9gag.com/gag/2620892

Fuark...............

[PBateman2]

^^holy crap!

[snrygo]

^^holy crap!

x2

this is now my background

[Kirra]

^^holy crap!

Yup, kinda puts things in perspective

More of the same:

[danielbor]

[gamer123]

[snrygo]

Uhh, don't know where you live, but most places around here a quite a bit more expensive. The YMCA I supervise is $51 monthly for an adult.

19$/month for me.

[PBateman2]

SICK. Awesome video. Repped.

Eric Thomas knows what's up. No substitute for an undeniable will to succeed.

"Sleep is for suckas.."...right on.

Eric Thomas: Ive been saying this my whole life...but nobody listens!!!!!!! Have plenty of time to sleep when you're buried six feet under. Until then.....

GAME ON.

[PBateman2]

[dizzzane]

Taking a different route. From the most competitive man their might have ever been:


"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."


"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."


"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

[joelash302]

Yeah it's MONEY. One of my all time favorites.

I can hear this starting really low and soft spoken and escalating to a yell( by a dude in a local band called doomtree, has a song that escalates similarly). And it's excellent.

[ko300zx]

[img]http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/2620892_700b.jpg[img]

http://9gag.com/gag/2620892

Fuark...............

Dude in the gym the other day was missing an entire leg like that (had something like the below) and was massive. He did a quick 135 warm up on bench then just started repping out 315+ for his next set. Looked like he was in the military. Man among men.

[l2ambo]

[PBateman2]

SICK! Zhasni FTW. Great vids.

[MITCHAPAL00ZA]

[PBateman2]

^He had the most vicious killer instinct - IMO. Love that.

[tswdan]

I blog a bunch of motivation pictures/quotes/vids. Going to put up a few of my latest postings here, so sorry if they are overdone on the thread.

Challenges

In each challenge is great opportunity. So step forward, meet the challenge, work persistently through it, and make the opportunity yours.

It’s difficult, complicated, inconvenient, and demanding. And you are wonderfully able to deal with all that, to create a valuable outcome.

There are plenty of excuses you could make, and yet you know the excuses have no real value. There will be times when you feel like quitting, and yet in every case you know you can overcome the desire to quit with your positive enthusiasm for seeing it through.

You’ve successfully endured every challenge in your life so far, and you certainly have what it takes to successfully take on even bigger challenges. You are able to make a difference, and the more you make use of that ability, the stronger it grows.

Though many things will go wrong, you know from experience that even in adversity there is much value to be gained. Each obstacle makes the eventual achievement all the more rewarding.

You’re good at dealing with challenges, so put that ability to meaningful and rewarding use. Step forward, meet the challenges that lead to your dreams, and bring those dreams to life.

Make It Happen

The obstacle itself is not enough to stop you. What stops you is your assumption that you can’t get past that obstacle. The problem is not that you have too much of this or too little of that. The problem is, you’re waiting for perfect conditions that will never come.

The achievement that really happens, happens in the real world. The things that get done, get done in less than ideal conditions. Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

There will always be challenges. And there will always be something you can do to get beyond each one. Listen closely, and hear that your dreams are calling you. Feel their pull, feel their positive power, and do what it takes to make them real.

Tears will get you sympathy. Sweat will get you results.

[MITCHAPAL00ZA]

[JasonDB]

Bill Pearl back in the day.

Them triceps.... :O

Bill Pearl at 55.

[PBateman2]

^^Yeah he had an awesome physique. Look at the narrow waist compared to upper body...SICK.

[tswdan]

Some of my favorite quotations..

What It Takes:

Consistency – Without a doubt, the strongest and best lifters in the world have consistently busted their ass in the weight room. For decades. Not weeks, not a year, but decades. There are genetic freaks out there that achieve a high level of strength quickly, but comparing yourself to them is unfair and will probably drive you out of the sport and into a 10-year Pop Tarts & Vicodin bender. Now, consistency doesn’t always mean they’re going balls out, every day. It means they chip away slowly, but surely.

Drive/Perseverance – Even with injuries, plateaus, loss of training partners, gyms, etc., the great lifters will find a way to adapt and overcome. If that means training alone in a barbaric gym in their garage, they do it. If that means having to train in a commercial gym by themselves, they get it done. If that means they have to train around an injury, they research and find a way. Nothing will stand in their way and when an obstacle appears, they don’t get frustrated; they simply find a different route around it.It’s easy to be motivated and excited to train when everything is going your way. It’s another thing to hit a wall, scramble, kick, and scratch until you look back and see the marks of blood and sweat you leave behind.

Open Mind (with Filter) – You have to be open to new ideas, but you have to also be wary of what you read. Usually an older, more experienced lifter can filter through some of the bull****, but sometimes desperation can lead to some poor decisions. A lifter MUST have a core, a philosophy that he adheres to. He has to STAND for something. Yet he also has to learn to open himself up to new ideas and be smart enough to place them into his training without upsetting his core beliefs.

The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts, loose shirts-not always trying to show what you have. You talk less about it. It’s like you have a little BMW-you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it’s going 110. But if you see a guy in a Ferrari or Lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. These things are the same in every field.

We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It’s not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.

Necessarily, people who are exceptionally talented are also exceptionally rare. But from what we know about the prevalence of procrastination, people who work hard are also pretty rare too. Most of the time, you are going to be end up competing against rivals with one of these attributes, talent or hard work, not both. Those with natural aptitude and the willingness to put in the effort are as rare as diamonds, and twice as valuable. If you see one, take a picture, get an autograph, and wish them good luck. This world has problems and we especially need people like them.

[PBateman2]

^^One by Dr. Steel is MONEEEEEEY!

[ko300zx]

^^Yeah he had an awesome physique. Look at the narrow waist compared to upper body...SICK.

Too bad he picked up the bad habit of wearing his wife's clothing as he got older.


Reminds me of the kid from Kindergarten Cop.

[PBateman2]

Too bad he picked up the bad habit of wearing his wife's clothing as he got older.

LOL...wut? Had no clue. Oh well.

[ko300zx]

LOL...wut? Had no clue. Oh well.

Lol not being serious. Just that shirt in the second pic...looks a little too silky and a little too low cut to a workout shirt.

[PBateman2]

Lol not being serious. Just that shirt in the second pic...looks a little too silky and a little too low cut to a workout shirt.

Oh you're talking about the Bill Pearl pic. Thought you were referencing Dr. Steel.

Hopefully he got paid well for the pic..lol.

[JasonDB]

lulz... that was in the 80s... we all know how bodybuilders dressed then.

[ko300zx]

Oh you're talking about the Bill Pearl pic. Thought you were referencing Dr. Steel.

Hopefully he got paid well for the pic..lol.

And that's how rumors get started!

"Hey, did you hear! Someone saw Dr. Steel at bar in the city wearing his wife's evening gown!"

"Good laaawwwd"