Stay/get back in shape...Vol: Motivation

[hiphopjunkie]

Listen to this dude^^^ he knows his stuff .... I've been using whey protien for a year and a half only once a day after my workouts cuz it's mainly apost workout supplement but doesn't hurt to take It more than once... It's expensive tho smh

 

[thipham]

that little kid is gonna be a ****** ahha

 

[thaisativa1]

thanx for the advice! yeah I dont even know what spinning is?

 

[ericescobar]

i'm a machine. i just program my mind to get ready to go. i'm a zombie. no, i'm an android...15

 

[dynamic x]

at me for not doing regular excercising. I weighed 160 a few months ago, nowI weigh 180. Damn wrestling. I cut so much weight back then and got all crazy with the eating.

Wrestling, I don't care if you think it's gay, !***, stupid, whatever, it gets you in shape. Granted, you guys are most likely out of high school, butI don't know what I'll do when I'm out of school. It combines cardio with a lot of strength.

Looks like I'm gonna start running daily now. Thanks for the thread. It was a good reminder.

 

[bilbo07]

i need to get in shape. i dont mind how i look but i feel like my health is in jeopardy

 

[kanyewestjayz4life]

I was 5 days a week for 4 months straight. Played bball one day and hyperextended my leg, and stopped going. Im getting my knee straight now, but it sucks thati cant do anything but upper body. I need to run and swim, lifes unfair. lol jk Im just gald my injury didnt get me depressed and lazy.

 

[kanyewestjayz4life]

Also on some basic eat tip somethings to buy:

Oatmeal for the morn get the og box no package with flavor

peanut butter theres a lot helpers more in PB than just protein

garbanzo beans calcium

roasted red peppers
chuck tuna
microwave soup
canned sweet potatoes

Just try your hardest and read label, avoid trans and saturated fat. What sucks is the labels dont have the real info on them sometimes.

Also my chill work out:
Day 1: Chest and Bis
Day 2: Back
Day 3: Shoulders and tris
Day 4: Legs
Day 5: Off I do jog everyday, i have the muscle i need but to much fat. Im 6'3 240 i need to be 210-220

Then repeat

 

[gberdin]

listen to wj4. man knows what he's talkin about.

 

[jomitm]

Originally Posted by Vancity74

"So, what are you doing for a living these days?" Bob asked me. We're sitting on the couch at one of those tedious holiday get-togethers, you know, the ones where you're supposed to be nice to family members you never see except during major holidays and funerals. I think Bob is my wife's brother-in-law's second cousin or something.

"I'm the assistant editor and a writer for Testosterone magazine," I say. Bob looks at me with a blank expression on his face, as if I'd just told him I sell handmade testicle warmers beside the freeway and was looking to open franchises across the nation.

"It's a bodybuilding magazine," I say.

Blank expression. Deer caught in the headlights. Ronnie Coleman doing trigonometry.

"Oh," Bob finally says, "I heard you were, like, one of those bodybuilder guys or something. So, what's that like, you know, working out every day and stuff? I just don't have time to lift weights all day, but I have been meaning to get rid of this beer belly." He takes another sip of beer. "What do you suggest?" Sip.

At first I was a little offended. I wanted to grab him up and say, "You can't tell I'm a bodybuilder?! Look at my %@#! Now, if that's not a nice round squat-built piece of sirloin, I don't know what is! You think that comes naturally? I can crack walnuts with this puppy! Wanna see? Huh, punk? Do ya? Do ya?"

Then I realize this just might cause a scene and could cost me several Christmas presents. I was planning on returning any presents I got and using the money to buy a power rack, so I didn't want to jeopardize this gift getting opportunity. I also realized that old Bob probably had a certain preconceived image of a bodybuilder and I just didn't fit that image. I'm not gorilla huge; I weigh about 205 at 5'11" right now. (When I first started lifting I was a pudgy 159, so that's not too shabby.) Also, I wasn't wearing clown pants, a fluorescent string tank top, a hanky on my head and one of those little fanny packs. And isn't that what real bodybuilders are supposed to wear?

Bob continued to sit there drinking his Natural Light, smoking a cigarette and waiting for an answer, oblivious to the fact that he'd come this close to seeing some serious walnut- crunching %@# power. I tried to figure out how I could explain to the average guy what the typical T-Man does and why he does it. How could I get him to understand what it is we do, how we feel, how we live? So I took a deep breath and told him something like this:

"Well, Bob, I guess you could use the term bodybuilder if you really need a label for what it is we do. Most of us actually don't stand on stage and compete, though. We lift weights and manipulate our diets so that we'll look good naked. Sure, it's healthy too, and we'll probably live a longer and more productive life than the average guy, but mostly it's about the naked thing. Truthfully, it goes beyond even that.

"Let's be honest here. We do it because of people like you, Bob. We look at you sitting there with your gut hanging over your belt and we watch you grunt and groan just getting out of a chair. Guys like you are our inspiration, Bob. You're better than Anthony Robbins, Bill Phillips, Deepak Chopra, and Zig +!@%!%* Ziglar all wrapped up into one. We love it when guys like you talk about not having time to exercise. Every time we see you munching on a bag of potato chips, you inspire us. You're my shot in the arm, Bob, my living and breathing wake-up call, my own personal success coach.

"You want to know what it is we do? We overcome. We're too busy to train, too, but we overcome. We're too busy to prepare healthy meals and eat them five or six times a day, but we overcome. We can't always afford supplements, our genetics aren't perfect, and we don't always feel like going to the gym. Some of us used to be just like you, Bob, but guess what? We've overcome.

"We like to watch 'normal' people like you tell us about how they can't get in shape. We smile and nod sympathetically like we feel your pain, but actually, we're thinking that you're a pathetic piece of #*#% that needs to grow a spine and join a gym. You smile sheepishly and say that you just can't stay motivated and just can't stand that feeling of being sore. (For some reason you think that admitting your weaknesses somehow justifies them.) We listen to you $%@+$ and moan. We watch you look for the easy way out. Because of people like you, Bob, we never miss a workout.

"You ask us for advice about diet and training and usually we politely offer some guidance, but deep inside we know you won't take our advice. You know that too. We smile and say, 'Hope that helps. Good luck,' but actually we're thinking, 'Boy, it would suck to be you.' We know that 99% of people won't listen to us. Once they hear that it takes hard work, sacrifice and discipline, they stop listening and tune us out.

"We know they wanted us to say that building a great body is easy, but it just isn't. This did not take five minutes a day on a TorsoTrack. We did not get this way in 12 short weeks using a Bowflex and the Suzanne Somers' 'Get Skinny' diet. A good body does not cost five easy payments of $39.95.

"We like it that while you're eating a candy bar and drinking Mountain Dew, we're sucking down a protein shake. You see, that makes it taste even better to us. While you're asleep we're either getting up early or staying up late, hitting the iron, pushing ourselves, learning, succeeding and failing and rising above the norm with every rep. Can you feel that, Bob? Can you relate? No? Good. This wouldn't be half as fun if you could.

"We do it because we absolutely and totally get off on it. We do it because people like you, Bob, either can't or won't. We do it because what we do in the gym transfers over into the rest of our lives and changes us, physically, mentally, maybe even spiritually. We do it because it beats watching fishing and golf on TV. By the way, do you know what it's like to turn the head of a beautiful woman because of the way you're built? It feels good, Bob. Damned good.

"When we're in the gym, we're in this indescribable euphoria zone. It's a feeling of being on, of being completely alive and aware. If you haven't been there, then it's like trying to describe color to a person who's been blind since birth. Within this haze of pleasure and pain, there's knowledge and power, self-discipline and self-reliance. If you do it long enough, Bob, there's even enlightenment. Sometimes, the answers to questions you didn't even know you had are sitting there on those rubber mats, wrapped up in a neat package of iron plates and bars.

"Want to lose that beer belly, Bob? I have a nutty idea. Put down the +!@%!%* beer. I'll tell you what, Bob. Christmas morning I'm getting up real early and hitting the iron. I want to watch my daughter open her presents and spend the whole day with her, so this is the only time I have to train. The gym will be closed, so I'm going out in my garage to workout. You be at my house at six in the morning, okay? I'll be glad to help you get started on a weight training program. It'll be colder than Hillary Clinton's coochie in there, so dress warm.

"But let me tell you something, Bob. If you don't show up, don't bother asking me again. And don't you ever sit there and let me hear you $%@+$ about your beer belly again. This is your chance, your big opportunity to break out of that rut. If you don't show up, Bob, you've learned a very important lesson about yourself, haven't you? You won't like that lesson.

"You won't like that feeling in the pit of your stomach either or that taste in your mouth. It will taste worse than defeat, Bob. Defeat tastes pretty goddamned nasty, but what you'll be experiencing will be much worse. It will be the knowledge that you're weak, mentally and physically. What's worse is that you'll have accepted that feeling. The feeling will always be with you. In the happiest moments of your life, it'll be there, lying under the surface like a malignant tumor. Ignore it at your own peril, Bob.

"Don't look at me like that either. This just may be the best Christmas present you'll get this year. Next Christmas, Bob, when I see you again, I'm going to be a little bigger, a little stronger, and a little leaner. What will you be? Will you still be making excuses? This is a gift, Bob, from me to you. I'm giving you the chance to look fate in those pretty eyes of hers and say, 'Step off, $%@+$. This is my party and you're not invited.' What do you say, Bob? Monday, Christmas morning, 6am, my house. The ball's in your court."

Okay, so maybe that's not the exact words I used with Bob, but you get the picture. Will Bob show up Monday? I don't know, but I kind of doubt it. In fact, Bob will probably take me off his Christmas card list. He probably thinks I've got "too much Testosterone," like that's a bad thing. I think Bob is just stuck in a rut, and as the saying goes, the only difference between a rut and a grave is depth.

The way out of the rut is to make major changes in your life, most of which won't be too pleasant in the beginning. The opportunity to make those changes seldom comes as bluntly as I put it to Bob. Most of the time, that opportunity knocks very softly. What I did was basically give Bob a verbal slap in the face. You can react two ways to a slap. You can get angry at the person doing the slapping, or you can realize that he was just trying to get you to wake up and focus on what you really want and, more importantly, what it'll take to get it.

If you're a regular T-mag reader, I doubt you need to be called out like Bob. But maybe you've caught yourself slacking a little here lately. Maybe you've missed a few workouts or maybe you started a little too early on the usual holiday feasting, like, say, back in September. Just remember that the time to start working on that summer body is now. The time to get rid of those bad habits that hold you back in the gym is now. You want to look totally different by next Christmas? Start now. This isn't because of the holidays or any corny New Year's resolutions either. The best time is always now.

Christmas day I want you to enjoy being with your family and friends. I want you to open presents, sip a little eggnog and have a good meal. But if your regularily scheduled workout happens to fall on December 25th, what will you be doing at six o'clock that morning?

That's what separates us from guys like Bob.

am i the only one who read this in its entirety?

great article.

 

[everydaykicks]

 

[curiousgeorg3]

what do you guys eat when your craving something sweet or junk food in general? lately ive been going on these fast food binges. i need to find a substitute!

 

[danikerhino]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorg3

what do you guys eat when your craving something sweet or junk food in general? lately ive been going on these fast food binges. i need to find a substitute!

Chewy's granola bars and beef jerky.

 

[bossjulio]

watch never back down. inspirational movie. all the guys r ripped. once he works hard he beats the other guy & gets the girl (& she fine.). all themotivation in the world right there.

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by bossjulio

watch never back down. inspirational movie. all the guys r ripped. once he works hard he beats the other guy & gets the girl (& she fine.). all the motivation in the world right there.

that'll be a good motivation for a couple work outs at best. You gotta find something to keep you motivated to keep going, that's the key

 

[Nujavez]

I lost hella weight and my motivation to stay in shape is because life is so much better than where I was less than a year ago. Also getting way more looksfrom the females. Also trying to get my strength up because never really started lifting until this year and seeing those other dudes in the free weights arealifting a ****load more than me makes me want to get stronger in my benching, squats, deadlifts, etc. But also I'm not trying to be skinny fat like I amnow. Hopefully I'll look way better by next summer. I recommend people if you trying to get in shape use free weights not machines and read books The NewRules of Lifting, Starting Strength, and Burn the fat feed the muscle. You can get them in Amazon and they got good ratings.

Also don't too much steady state cardio and definitely don't only do that alone.. I did that before for a couple months without lifting weights to loseweight and I looked like crap because steady state cardio when doing it for a certain amount of time or too much it becomes a "catabolic exercise"where you burn MUSCLE and fat. After that I started lifting and now my chest is defeinitely sticking out more, my biceps, and triceps, and leg mucles aresticking out more

 

[bossjulio]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

Originally Posted by bossjulio

watch never back down. inspirational movie. all the guys r ripped. once he works hard he beats the other guy & gets the girl (& she fine.). all the motivation in the world right there.

that'll be a good motivation for a couple work outs at best. You gotta find something to keep you motivated to keep going, that's the key

ohh ok. well if u jus need that little extra kick start sending pictures of ur body to girls. a girl who wants it will compliment it. compliments always pushppl to work harder.

 

[bossjulio]

Originally Posted by CuriousGeorg3

what do you guys eat when your craving something sweet or junk food in general? lately ive been going on these fast food binges. i need to find a substitute!

i concur! sometimes i wanna eat certain foods just because i know its horrible for my diet. & i'm pretty sure when u have that crave that eating achewy / beef jerky wont be enuff cause ull get hooked & end up eating the whole bag/box. consequently putting u in a worse place than the beginning.

 

[wj4]

Originally Posted by HipHopJunkie

Listen to this dude^^^ he knows his stuff .... I've been using whey protien for a year and a half only once a day after my workouts cuz it's mainly a post workout supplement but doesn't hurt to take It more than once... It's expensive tho smh

True, whey can become expensive and overtime, boring in flavor. I just recently switched up to a different brand because this one offers moreflavors. The brand was recommended by a member here. And the price isn't that shabby either. I ordered the 2 lb tubs for now. If I like the way ittastes, I will get more.

http://www.muscleandstren...hey-protein-isolate.html

For those who are still craving sweets, you may want to pick up a book entitled Eat This Not That. There are severalversions, ranging from a supermarket one to a restaurant one. The book shows comparable stuff, ie 2 sundaes...one that you should eat, and the other youshouldn't eat...(base on the nutrition content).

 

[wj4]

Also when I started out, I honestly didn't know if I can push myself to go to the gym that often. I know I had failed before when I joined the gym with myfriends in freshman year in college several years back. I'd just go to the gym 2-3 times a week doing whatever routine I wanted back then. At the beginningof the year, I bought a calendar to hang on the wall and for every day I went to the gym, I wrote on the date. Whenever I wanted not to go, I'd just lookat the calendar, at all the dates filled with the word 'gym' on it and pushed myself to go...until eventually I grow to like the gym and can't waitto go back.

 

[al audi]

lol good man wj4

told ya........

muscle gauge protein

as far as sweets i been doin this so long i dont crave them, but yes i do allow myself a nice treat every now and then. still within reason.

 

[boxer]

Originally Posted by Lakersfan1

look in the mirror and ask if this is how you would like to look. Or just find a friend who already goes to motivate you.

this. you have to be naked though or it doesn't work.

seriously, at the end of the day working out has a lot to do with looking good naked. i know that's one (not the only) factor. when you are in shape andyou and a new girl finally rip each others clothes off it can make things more interesting.

 

[al audi]

I dunno........I think the biggest movtivation is seein the change in the mirror................I live this. I really havnt had a down time since i was 17. Ofcourse there is vacation but even then im still doing something in the room, some kind of cardio, local gym or hotel gym. (even if i have to pay 10 bucks a dayor a mini pass w/e)

Also when im in a different city ill pick up a small stash from a local GNC for the week an i have to hit the grocery store first thing. Its really not thathard

When i was in high school i was a football lineman, i never thought id be a ripped looking dude who i am today, ill tell you one thing when people start tonotice a change thall make you want to go harder so thats how it turns addicting but first and foremost DO IT FOR YOURSELF. I believe itll make you feel betterinside and out..........an it will translate into other goals you are trying to accomplish because you feel good about your self and healthy.

i might have came off kind of cheesey but i really believe this, fitness is not something one should do just because they want a 6 pack in the summer, itssomething that should be a lifestyle for everybody who can.

thanks for reading.

 

[joseph camel jr]

there should be more threads on nt about this and less about the new flavor of doritos/mountain dew

 

[pr0phecy718]

^^ there's plenty of workout posts in the NT SPORTS & TRAINING