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Post by George on Aug 13, 2013 11:30:12 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujBQGJWvePwThis one caught me off guard. I'm ten minutes away from squatting and decided to watch some "motivational vids". The ho-hum medley of hard rock rap with gear and strongman mixed together is "ok" but really not doing it. Then I stumbled upon this, and thought....wow...pretty much sums up my entire perspective. The calm approach, reflections on juice...coming from an elite lifter. I didn't know much about him and watched a few more vids. For those looking for a different take on motivation, this might be it. Younger guys might especially benefit from this.
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Post by dbunch on Aug 16, 2013 5:59:25 GMT -5
Thanks George! To be honest when I watch a video that is more than 3 minutes long I will generally lose interest and stop it before it ends. I watched this all the way through. Great message and it should be shared.
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Post by Rosario-546 on Aug 16, 2013 18:15:52 GMT -5
Ben Rice is a very talented lifter, his vids are always motivating and always has good insight.
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Post by tuna on Apr 19, 2014 13:18:12 GMT -5
This is indicative of most of us growing up, how many of us started out because we wanted to be like our heros. Only to find out that unless your willing to do "whatever" it takes to get there, that chances are you will never get there. I remember actually thinking that the tub of protein shake Branch Warren held in his hand in the magazines was the stuff I needed to buy in order to get as big as him. But those were younger days, and I think what this guy is saying is really quite representative of many of the young ones today. I feel once you get to a certain age these things no longer matter as much as they did. We have already had successes in other parts of our lives and we have all learnt that only hard work gets us there, why would we think it could be any different in the gym? Motivation in our lives comes from within, its up to you to be a good Dad, a good husband, a good worker, no matter whats going on around you these things endure and go on. Everything else is subjective. I was told that the benchmark of a strong man is if he can bench his own body weight. But now years on I realise the benchmark is how he treats his family and others around him. If a man is strong, he is first strong on the inside and then the outside follows. A weak man in a hard shell is still a weak man. A passionate man shows his passion outside of the gym as well as under the bar, and when he focuses his strengths on things other than his physical being he has the opportunity to be great in life, loved and admired. He should lift as though it were the physical manifestation of the strength that lay within.
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