Does anger make you stronger?

[valentin123321]

So today my girlfriend broke up wit me (i'll spare u the details)

so i was pretty mad so i just headed to the gym and to my surprise i was doing my chest excercises 30lbs heavier, and my lat excercises i did faster n easier, my preacher curl weight went up 30lbs, and my arm extension went up 12.5lbs

i was furious the entire time, so did my anger make me lift harder n faster?

or was i just gettin better/?

i tried doing this before n couldnt do it and before was yesterday

[Mvin]

yes, testosterone = rage = more strength.
people who inject test get the so called roid-rage.

[valentin123321]

cool.I'm gonna be probably mad for a couple days so i should hit the gym more lol

[Deathhawk]

cool.I'm gonna be probably mad for a couple days so i should hit the gym more lol

Why so mad? And yes it does.

[weeezy]

Nope...its true anger does make you stronger. A lot of weightlifting is in your head. If you psyche yourself out before you lift the weight, most likely you won't be able to lift it. Before you lift it, if you convince yourself that you're stronger than ever before and that its easy weight you will probably be able to bang it out. Works for me. Thats why getting in the right mindset before lifting is important.

If you watch Ronnie Coleman lift...when he yells out all that **** and then says "LIGHTWEIGHT" like 100 times...thats kinda what goes through my head. lol

[valentin123321]

well we broke up once bfore and she said this time would be different, and it was goin great and i really really liked her this time around..and she just ends it on her whim

[Snowman723]

Adrenaline makes you stronger, not anger

[gountilfailure0]

yes being mad always getting u pumped just always go in wanting more and not being satisfied with what ur doing it will give u an extra push

[gobbles]

well we broke up once bfore and she said this time would be different, and it was goin great and i really really liked her this time around..and she just ends it on her whim

u mad?

[valentin123321]

cool. and yeah i'm mad, i can't bring myself to like shed a tear and i'm just pissed

[JKauf]

Yeah Man, Sorry To Hear About Your Gf Breaking Up With You...sucks...good Luck With That

And From My Experiences I Try To Put Myself In An Angry Mood Everytime Before I Go To The Gym, It Just Brings Up My Intensity As A Whole And I Force Myself To Push More Weight Because I Feel Im Putting Forth Pain To The Weight

[xl Achilles lx]

Adrenaline makes you stronger, not anger

/disagree

[gobbles]

actually anger does help, I just remembered this, one of the wrestlers on our team finds something to get him pissed and then he wrestles with a vengence

[Charlezy]

Adrenaline makes you stronger, not anger

i was about to say lol

you get angry and more adrenaline goes through your system which makes you stronger...

[jkimber]

Mark O'melley, a rugby league player, watches his opposing number of the team he plays next in video tapes and creates a list of things that aggravate him.
He calls it the O'melley list. Throughout that week, he constantly works himself up in a rage, at the gym, at training so come game time, all he wants to do is just drop his oppositte number.
Anger is useful, it 'centres' you, so you're not thinking if that chick doing pilates is watching you, or you're not distracted by the breast bouncing of someone on a treadmill.
I think it would produce adrenaline too. How could it not, it's raw emotion. Like fear.
What do you kids think?

[BuildKing]

Yes , but not what you think , you can not force yourself to be angry to make urself stronger , its a feeling that is only present when you are trully upset ..
Its more RAGE , than madness or anger..

For example this little kid , weakling , couldn't lift anything , he was really weak , then 1 day his dad was fixing a car and the car fell on him , the kid ran there and picked up the car and saved his dad .. how is that possible?
Its called RAGE , his feelings were so intense his body reacted like that and did it even if it was beyond his psihical power , that is called rage.

And another example is 1 person you care about is getting beat up and you cant do anything , there are like 3 guys all 250 pounds , and you are 150 pounds , and then your RAGE and your feelings go so far again like in story before this and without even thinking you start hiting them knocking them out , they hit you on the face and you dont even feel anything you just keep hitting like a mad animal ..

Ain't anything similar happen to any of you caus it sure did to me , i feelt rage few times and In those Rage moments I was unstoppable

[valentin123321]

yea i felt way stronger when i was mad, not liek i could bend steel but deifnatly like felt bigger

[jkimber]

Yes , but not what you think , you can not force yourself to be angry to make urself stronger , its a feeling that is only present when you are trully upset ..
Its more RAGE , than madness or anger..

For example this little kid , weakling , couldn't lift anything , he was really weak , then 1 day his dad was fixing a car and the car fell on him , the kid ran there and picked up the car and saved his dad .. how is that possible?
Its called RAGE , his feelings were so intense his body reacted like that and did it even if it was beyond his psihical power , that is called rage.

And another example is 1 person you care about is getting beat up and you cant do anything , there are like 3 guys all 250 pounds , and you are 150 pounds , and then your RAGE and your feelings go so far again like in story before this and without even thinking you start hiting them knocking them out , they hit you on the face and you dont even feel anything you just keep hitting like a mad animal ..

Ain't anything similar happen to any of you caus it sure did to me , i feelt rage few times and In those Rage moments I was unstoppable

i always force myself to be angry. as i said above, it 'centres' you.
but i agree with you that raw emotion makes you do crazy things.
One of my favourite workout philosophies is
'as soon as you become happy with what you look like, you've failed'
The need to feel like you have to improve yourself is what drives you.
So i believe psyching yourself up, using whatever you can, helps drastically. I feel that this is a VERY overlooked aspect of the gym.
The bodybuilders mentality

[Charlezy]

guitar hero gives me rage...
a lot.. of rage

so when i get mad i just military press until its all gone
or curls or w/e i think of first :P
weights are a great medium for your anger

[jkimber]

They are.
It's hard to be physically tired and angry.

[Deathhawk]

Adrenaline makes you stronger, not anger

The two go hand-in-hand IMO.

[KILLAKHAN-786]

damn now i gotta find ways to make myself angry!

[JKauf]

a good thing to do if you want rage before working out
is to just think of things ppl said to you in the past that hurt your feelings
and or offended you

[jkimber]

a good thing to do if you want rage before working out
is to just think of things ppl said to you in the past that hurt your feelings
and or offended you

hahaha all i think about to get into a rage is why no one can beat the ****ing san antonio spurs. they are bunch of chumps. tony parker is so short, just block the littly gypsy looking thing. and manu ginobli is HORRIBLE. such an ugly player.
man i'm gettin so angry just thinking about it.
i'd steer clear of the potentially depressing and painful stuff. but that might be because i'm a girl, and often cry myself to sleep at night.

[KILLAKHAN-786]

yeah good idea

[Deathhawk]

a good thing to do if you want rage before working out
is to just think of things ppl said to you in the past that hurt your feelings
and or offended you

That's what I do. I remember a kid laughing at me cuz I bodybuild. He said it was a pointless (vain). It was in school actually and I almost beat him up in the classroom. I just picture myself tearing him apart when I lift. It helps (and makes you feel better).

[gobbles]

damn now i gotta find ways to make myself angry!

your a raging homosexual and the movie 300 was terrible(not serious)

Now read that to yourself 5 times before you lift and then give those weights hell

[stella summers]

It's good that you used your rage in a positive manner.


But relax...you're 14. Girlfriend problems shouldn't upset you at this age.

[gountilfailure0]

nice back stella

[Deathhawk]

your a raging homosexual and the movie 300 was terrible(not serious)

Now read that to yourself 5 times before you lift and then give those weights hell

Ah, I really wanna see that movie . I'm gonna see it today... I hope. It was probably awesome. A bunch of bodybuilding-like guys killing each other = awesomeness ^_^.