View Full Version : How has Animal and lifting changed your life?
I have been thinking about starting this thread for some time now as I go through each day grateful that i have started this life style and found Animalpak.com. I never knew quite how to start the thread, then today before going to Kendo I decided to check Giant Killer's journey and was convinced that this was a topic everyone can contribute to. We are all here I think to support each other in this Journey, though it may be called 'your journey' it is our journey. I guess I should start with myself. A few years back I ended up in the Hospital with a broken back as a result of 'going big and going home' on a snowboard jump. I was fortunate enough to not have any nerve damage, but the cast left my torso in a very less than faltering state. With no stomach muscle left it just hung there, my pecks were cut in half, and my lats had a ridge where the top of the corset ended. Up to that point I had always been athletic, this was a real ego blow. Though I trained in Kendo, I was getting fat from lack of muscle, motivation, and too many beers. Angry at the way my cloths fit, the way my 'love handles' felt in my car seat I decided to do something about it, I bout a home gym and started reading all I could on resistance training and motivation, psychology, etc. Then I got the "Animal Owners Manual", been hooked ever since. My life has turned around so much.....and Animal is a big part of that, the raw honesty..... What more can I say? Tell us about you.
rogan181
10-15-07, 2:47 pm
I started working out freshman year with a couple friends, i joiend the wrestlign team and decided i should work out to get stronger, thenwhen i joined football i decided i nedeed to be bigger and weigh more so i started liftingmore, i eventually fell in love with teh sprot of weighlifting and not the other sports in which i was doing and now as im done with wrestlign and on my last season of football i know i will continue to lift throughout my life and hope to compete in some kidn of powerlifter/olympic lifting competition in my collegiate future
jeff00z28
10-15-07, 2:56 pm
I was working a job I got screwed at so I had to leave and work as a cashier at a grocery store. I was the only male cashier among old ladies and had to wear an aprin and I felt like real sissy so I decided I needed to get bigger so I could at least look like a man. I liked it, so even after i found a better job again I never quit and got more and more hardcore
I think it can build confidence, health, and stamina... but for me the major improvement that I am thankful for is determination. It has taught me the self-discipline to take my follow through to another level.... "Am I tired?!?! Yeah... but that doesn't matter at all. We're gonna do this..."
Flash419
10-15-07, 8:32 pm
Working out started in high school, at a buddys house. Plastic weights, and narrow little Weider bench that I am sure most of us are familar with. As time went on I quickly out grew the weights we had available, and moved on to a real GYM. Continued through HS and a few years after. By then I went from 135 # to 200, from being very shy to being very confident. But, then came a wife and kids, and lots of 12 hour days at work. So, gym time disappeared but I kept doing pushups, and tricep bench dips off the kitchen chairs. I refused to give up what I had built. About 10 years later, I was still doing the pushups, but needed more. So, my current wife gets the family a membership to the local 'family fitness center'. Lots of Nautilous machines, a few free weights, but I loved it. Finally I was able to lift again. I was bitten by the Iron Bug again.. HARD! Unfortuantly I was the only one in sight. But, then I picked up a copy of Flex and it flopped open to an Animal Ad... and WOW. These guys get it, this is how I feel. So, I hit the web site, ordered the Animal Manual, and within days of getting it, I had Animal Paks on order. Now, about a hundred cans later... I never go a day without my pak, or a day without hitting Animalpak.com. Since the birth of the forum, I now have a second home. And now I have a real GYM to train in again.
So.. what has weight training given me? Confidence, health, self discipline, and a 6' 297# body. The shy skinny kid of my youth is gone, now I'm the big confident man who knows who he is , and knows where he's going. As for Animal Pak, ... I think it gives us all a place to be with others who think, and fell and train the way we do. Ours is a rare breed, very few have the desire or hunger to train the way we do, to look the way we look. Add to that a top quality line of products to help us on our journey. I recommend Animal to any and all who ask me for advice. And Animalpak.com to all who want to know where to find the best in training, diet, and motivational info.
Thanks ANIMAL!
Liftbig21
10-15-07, 8:58 pm
Confidence..Mental Strength along with physical strength..It Reveals you to yourself...and it showed me that anything is possible...I take all the lessons i learned in the weightroom and attribute them to tasks in life..and Ive never been happier..We are a rare breed,Gentlemen.It's not a normal emotion to get excited to go to the gym..To know your gonna be sore tomorrow if you hit it hard..and get happy over waking up sore as fuck knowing you did it to yourself...Accomplishing leg day after youve been carrying bags of shingles over your shoulder for the past 8 hours...staying up late to eat along with wakin up early to eat again...Take everyday that we get to do this as a blessing..And never forget what the Iron has done for you.
Similar story to Rogan, except I stuck to wrestling over football....until just this past week. It was in my blood to be physically above average...brothers were football/wrestling superstars so I decided to play fball with all my friends 8th grade..freshman year played again and added wrestling/track, soon to quit the other two for wrestling. Assistant coach got us in the school gym in the mornings before class, was one of very few to consistently go, always worked hard in the gym just like on the mat, only way I knew. A buddy knew I would love AP so he showed me the site one day in class, and I read everything and loved it....started to get more serious about lifting and into bodybuilding...took freshman year off from wrestling last year....started again this season, but I think I'm done for good. It's an amazing sport, I love it...but don't think I wanna cut weight to compete for a club team where I'm only practicing 3 days a week...I'd rather continue to focus on lifting and just have fun with wrestling. Which means....from here on out...time to get big. It's given me direction in life...through middle school and most of HS, had no idea what I was doing with my life. Didn't really have any special hobbies, or a field I knew particularly a lot about. At this point, it's really everything to me. My passion, my time spent throughout the days, my career....I actually have something I'm into. This is our journey, you're right...and there is no other road for me.
naturalguy
10-15-07, 10:31 pm
Similar story to Rogan, except I stuck to wrestling over football....until just this past week. It was in my blood to be physically above average...brothers were football/wrestling superstars so I decided to play fball with all my friends 8th grade..freshman year played again and added wrestling/track, soon to quit the other two for wrestling. Assistant coach got us in the school gym in the mornings before class, was one of very few to consistently go, always worked hard in the gym just like on the mat, only way I knew. A buddy knew I would love AP so he showed me the site one day in class, and I read everything and loved it....started to get more serious about lifting and into bodybuilding...took freshman year off from wrestling last year....started again this season, but I think I'm done for good. It's an amazing sport, I love it...but don't think I wanna cut weight to compete for a club team where I'm only practicing 3 days a week...I'd rather continue to focus on lifting and just have fun with wrestling. Which means....from here on out...time to get big. It's given me direction in life...through middle school and most of HS, had no idea what I was doing with my life. Didn't really have any special hobbies, or a field I knew particularly a lot about. At this point, it's really everything to me. My passion, my time spent throughout the days, my career....I actually have something I'm into. This is our journey, you're right...and there is no other road for me.
Sounds like you found your calling. After meeting you, I can tell that you have the eye of the tiger, very focused, run with it bro.
You guys are all winners! Just reading through what has been written so far gives me so much hope. Lets make a difference!
Thank You Animals! m(_ _)m
Sounds like you found your calling. After meeting you, I can tell that you have the eye of the tiger, very focused, run with it bro.
Thanks a lot bro, it was great meeting you, thanks again for the ride too. Eye of the Tiger - awesome! HS band played Final Countdown and Eye of the Tiger all the time at fball games, always loved EOTT especially, was kind of my theme song for a while haha
I've always loved to train and push my body to it's limits in one way or another. Through my teens and early to mid 20's I was very active in combat sports. Wrestling and Track n Field in high school. Then Muay Thai and Submission wrestling in my early mid 20's. I've always loved lifting weights. I had the plastic weightset as a kid myself. More than once in high school I got into trouble breaking into the school weightroom to train.
It wasn't until I was about 27 that I decided to focus mainly on bodybuilding. But it wasn't until I found the Animal website that I started to grow. Animal is where I learned to focus my energy and efforts on that which truly mattered to get some serious results. In and out of the Gym
I just have to say that this forum is continuing to help me both in and out of the gym. Thanks again everyone.....
mex.i.can
11-16-07, 10:49 am
first started moving weight in '91 as a freshman in highschool for football. messed up my back in football bad so i had to stop until part-way through my sophmore year. sophmore year i couldn't play football but i was good by the time wrestling came around. for the next few years, my weight fluctuated from about 260lbs. for football to about 160-170lbs. for wrestling. after wrestling was over my senior year, i concentrated on lifting again and got back up to around 260lbs. i decided to join the air force but they wanted me to weight no more than 175lbs. by the time i went to basic training. had to stop lifting weights again to drop down all that weight. after basic training, i started lifting again when i was stationed in mississippi. started gaining some decent mass. a year later i was stationed in nebraska and kept working out hard every single day until i got back up to 260lbs. and was stronger than i had ever been. with one year left on my enlistment, i got tagged for a weigh-in. my squadron commander ordered me to stop lifting weights and get on a strict diet to drop down to at least 184lbs. since i wasn't in compliance with air force dress & appearance regulations because of my mass. the jerk could've waivered my weight but he didn't. he said he would only waiver it if i was doing bodybuilding competitions or strongman competitions. apparently, it wasn't good enough to workout just to get healthy. i dropped down to 184lbs. and after that last year got out of the air force in early 2000. since then, i hadn't been able to get back into lifting on a consistent basis. about 6 weeks ago, i looked at myself in the mirror and said to myself, "where did that beast go to and who invited this fatass?" i was weighing almost 270lbs. but it wasn't muscle like it used to be. a few days later, i started working out again hard. moving weight 4 times a week and doing cardio and abs the other 3 days. i was also eating a clean diet; 6-7 meals a day. after 4 weeks, i lost about 3 inches from my stomach, gained some quality muscle weight, lost 11lbs. despite gaining said muscle weight, and gained 1 inch on my arms. it will be 6 week this sunday since i started my new lifestyle. animalpak.com has helped me each step of the way. i had been viewing these forums since i started working out seriously again but i only decided to join the forums and start contributing this past week. there are some goals i want to achieve for myself and i know that if i train like an animal, i will attain those goals.
Wolf678
11-16-07, 11:15 am
I started out in seventh grade a little 130 lbs on the bigger faster stronger program and eat my peas and cornbread like my mother told me too. Next thing I know time has flown and 75 pounds later I am senior in high school. Well I lost my mother that year and ballooned up to 225 and plus they kicked me out of football at Christmas. So with no where to lift and using food as comfort I got fat and out of shape. I made it to college and spring of my freshman year. I quit eating carbs and dropped down to 185. My sophmore year I really got serious about the weights and worked my way back up to 211 or so with only 12% bf so I was happy but far from satisfied. I worked a job this last summer that derailed my previous gains. But now I am back up to 214 and have the best diet I have ever had. I am glad I found weights again. Now when I go to work around the house I do not see something I have to do. It is something I can conquer from cutting and piling brush to doing the electrical rough in on a house. Its all the same only the names change. Keep lifting hard. Great thread. Good to know some personal stories.
Wolf678.
animalpak.com has helped me each step of the way. i had been viewing these forums since i started working out seriously again but i only decided to join the forums and start contributing this past week. there are some goals i want to achieve for myself and i know that if i train like an animal, i will attain those goals.
Welcome to the forum, attain your goals my friend
jeff00z28
11-16-07, 6:49 pm
ive gotten a lot more productive w/ work and school since i started eating the right diet and training hard. I now have a decent job and am not needing to have fun all the time, but kind of have fun by working in a weird way. I'm a workaholic and having somethign that i constantly need to work hard for makes me funcion better. When I'm not busy or being challenged I become lazy.
daninarmy
11-16-07, 7:00 pm
I have gotten better at work and in the gym there is so much stuff here to learn and grow with
It started over 20 years ago in Huston....training with Ron Love...and Gary Strydom and Oliver Nickolson....I was the helper...the promoter...the spotter. Everyone asked me...."why do you live through them and not compete yourself......then got married...had kids..and dropped into being a dad. WIth my first son....he started martial arts training at 5...and got into it hard core for 15 years...and once again..I promoted....I trained him...was the cornerman..cut man....sponsor arranger...and many asked me...."why do you live though your son....you know this stuff...why dont you compete"....then my son changed directions...marriage ended....life was becoming dark for me.....I could not find my center now that I have helped everyone except myself. Then one day at a bank I was working at..I met a lovely girl...and it was this girl that brought the meaning of love and to be loved back to my life....and during her 4 week trip to Singapor to visit family...I started back into the gym...did a double split routiene....managed to get in over 70 training sessions befor she returned...and I did in fact find my life once again in the gym....she came back..saw my new and improving body and it was in stone..this is where I was going to stay...in the gym....getting my life back....and for once..it was my fucken turn to do my thing..and now....some at the gym ask me..."hay Russ...you are looking good man..you going to compete"....and my answer is...."bet your fucken life I am bro....its my turn...and after a 20+ year lay off...Im back..and Im getting ready to take my place on the stage for once.....so many times during the day I dream and think of what this gym..what my brotherhood had done for me...what my animal friends and company have done for me....what my wonderful honey had done for me and supporting me...helping me train...spotting me......I can say with absolute confodence...is my turn...and this life in the gym has for once given to me the opportunity to make it all happen...and at 54...I will take the stage and do my best to rock the audience..........its all about the passion
Universal Rep
11-20-07, 12:22 pm
Some moving stories fellas...
IRON_ITALIAN
11-21-07, 5:36 pm
http://forum.animalpak.com/showthread.php?t=3994
Nuff' said brother
I am continuously Humbled and Inspired by the raw honesty and courage of everyone in here. Thank you all so much.......Truly Humbled and Inspired......
Shukin
Testpolska
11-21-07, 7:29 pm
Its given me something to do. Something to work towards that I can accually see results and progress from.
Continuosly Inspired!!!!
http://forum.animalpak.com/showthread.php?t=11293
bodybuilding rose me from the ashes,no kidding.
i grew up with an abusive dad,who spent all his free time makeing me feel like i was useless and beating the piss out of me ,supose i should thank him at some level ,showed me just what type of father not to be.
when my folks splitt up i was 13,but my head was allready messed up ,i was fat ,angry at life,hated myself for being fat and weak and was to damn lazy to make myself better ,wich made me hate myself even more.then my angel of a big broter steped in when i was 14 and a half ,he came back from is trip overseas and saw his baby bro all fucked ,with a drug habit and a criminal recrod ,and i was just fucking 14 , looking back i'm stunned i fell so low being so young .
my older brother said i need somewhere to vent ,and thus began my trip to with the iron , i started at 229 of blub at 14 and a bit ,and now i'm almsot 20 and i'm 240 pretty lean ,so i'm proud to say i came a long way since then.
bodybuilding also made me get in touch with myself ,thru it i found the balls to get help with some issues i had due to some things my dad did ,and some traumtic events that i went thru.
if not for bodybuilding ,today i would have been dead or in jail.
this sport is my life ,and my life is this sport .
peace and god bless
my older brother said i need somewhere to vent ,and thus began my trip to with the iron
bodybuilding also made me get in touch with myself ,thru it i found the balls to get help with some issues i had due to some things my dad did ,and some traumtic events that i went thru.
if not for bodybuilding ,today i would have been dead or in jail.
this sport is my life ,and my life is this sport .
peace and god bless
You got Lots of brothers now, stay focused my friend, we're here for you......
RESPECT
Phoenix Rising
11-26-07, 2:39 am
Great stories and inspirational as well. It is threads like this that remind me why I love the iron and happy that I found the forvm.
erhan101
12-01-07, 7:34 am
Through out my teen years i was a smoker. Stupid thing to do, i never thought of gym or working out, never had any idea of eating right or anything like this. After i came back from my holiday i kind of got serious and thought i need a new serious hobby. I joined the gym, got into reading alot of stuff took advice from many and made my own decsions. Ive only been lifting since June this year, I already feel fantastic, ohh btw i quit smoking early this year also. So ontop of that i have never felt liek this a rush everyday the pump its amazing. i must admit im not HUGE but i have grown to a point where people have relised and friends say hey man u been going hard on the iron.
Life is great, more discipline focus and determenation.
Peace.
i must admit im not HUGE but i have grown to a point where people have relised and friends say hey man u been going hard on the iron.
Changing Your Life is HUGE bro! Welcome.... Keep on keepin' on
YoungN'Hungry
12-04-07, 7:54 pm
Wow this site has taken me a long way. Throughout middle school and up until two years ago (my sophmore year) i was always the skinny kid that everyone liked but picked on for having chicken arms and legs. Thoughout highschool I've always been the mediocre athlete who sits the bench but plays every year for the love of the game. Lifting has always been a place to escape all that, a place where i was respected by my coaches and peers for my work ethic and my gains. Thanks AP and everyone else on this site for helping me acheive something to strive for in the long run
Brick By Brick
12-05-07, 1:40 am
Lifting has changed my life by giving me a greater focus, confidence, determination and follow-through. I work with dangerous, hardened criminals every day, and the fact that I can squat and DL more than my own body weight, the scars on my forearms from loading atlas stones, the fact that I can walk twice my body weight 100 feet on a yoke, give me the power I need day in and day out to stand up to the best/worst of them. It helps me have the mental clarity to make good decisions, and the inner strength to pick my battles with the world. I may go down fighting, but I am not afraid of any living person on this Earth.
I am focused and ready to take on whatever the day may bring. And since I started taking Animal Pak, I am fired up and full of energy. The sky is the limit.
it taught me discipline and even more important, consistency.....
bodybuilding rose me from the ashes,no kidding.
i grew up with an abusive dad,who spent all his free time makeing me feel like i was useless and beating the piss out of me ,supose i should thank him at some level ,showed me just what type of father not to be.
when my folks splitt up i was 13,but my head was allready messed up ,i was fat ,angry at life,hated myself for being fat and weak and was to damn lazy to make myself better ,wich made me hate myself even more.then my angel of a big broter steped in when i was 14 and a half ,he came back from is trip overseas and saw his baby bro all fucked ,with a drug habit and a criminal recrod ,and i was just fucking 14 , looking back i'm stunned i fell so low being so young .
my older brother said i need somewhere to vent ,and thus began my trip to with the iron , i started at 229 of blub at 14 and a bit ,and now i'm almsot 20 and i'm 240 pretty lean ,so i'm proud to say i came a long way since then.
bodybuilding also made me get in touch with myself ,thru it i found the balls to get help with some issues i had due to some things my dad did ,and some traumtic events that i went thru.
if not for bodybuilding ,today i would have been dead or in jail.
this sport is my life ,and my life is this sport .
peace and god bless
Arbel, I understand where your coming from. Had the same type of upbringing as you, minus the beatings. Glad to hear you've made it out and are making something of yourself. Stay strong and see you in the gym.
Cellerator65
01-25-08, 3:38 pm
the forum helped me re-do my way of thinking/reasoning. Im more level-headed now, i react with my brain and my heart first rather then my fists. I can honestly say, since i started eating well, lifting harder, reading nonstop about everything... i have not had a bad day since i joined the forum. I not only thank the Pro's advice and motivation, but EVERYONE on the forum who contributes. I work at a small vitamin store, and the first things i tell people are the same things u guys tell me. EAT EAT EAT. Thanks everyone.
I can't leave this place, can't leave this life, I am hooked.....
Can't wait for the new book from ANIMAL
need2getBIG
03-12-08, 6:29 pm
i constantly think of what you guys on here would say if you were watching me lift,so i train my ass off,i get advice from people who arent on here,and i already know what they are telling me cause ive heard on here before lol
hey fellas
Im not really strong atm, or particularly big either, but for me working out and generally improving my diet and lifestyle has definitley payed dividends in the short time I have been doing it.
I started out rowing for a while when I was 16, I wasnt really in a proper coaching set up, only taggin along training, it was this time, I went along to the gym and was introduced to the weights, I ended up lifting more than anything else, but made some pretty big mistakes in training, I wasnt very well mentally at this point and comfort ate like mad!, so the few pounds I put on were covered in fat!
at the start of 2007 both of my remaining grandparents died within 2 months of each other, it was also at this time that I was offered a year out working down near london.
I became very depressed, as I was close to both my grandparents and contemplated quitting my course I was doing and movin back home, after taking some time out and sorting things, I then went back to college and finished my final year, at this time I was planning to go on holiday in switzerland with my family, and had 14 weeks to prepare, I threw myelf into traiing, playing squash 2-3 times weekly and training at the gym everyday, I suddenly found that giving myself a focus made me train harder than ever before, and my stamina went through the roof.
4 weeks before the holiday I went up to the lake district (as high mountains as youll find in the UK for walking) with my brother, he remarked I was one off the fittest guys on the hills after a day off walking, and I found myself starting to enjoy the pain in a weird way...
I moved down near London 6 months ago and joined a gym, my trainer I was with is a 100m runner who trained 2x a day and told me he was aiming for the national trails in 2008, he introduced me to a basic program and saw I was dedicated lol :)
5 weeks ago I fracutured my ankle fallin off a motorbike (yer im stupid), however im noe more determined than ever to kick some ass, and I found myself craving weights, and chickn and broccoli!, when I was at home.
Animal is an awesome site, really no nonsense motavationL stuff, and plenty to read whether ur a fitness enthusiast like me, or a hardcore powerlifter or bodybuilder.
cheers, and sorry for the long rant!
Ed :)
When that ankle heals, you will come back stronger than before with this Forum on your side.
Cheers
going through high school, i was always the tiny kid. i was on a pretty shitty path then too, smoking, some drugs, drinking. after hs, i searched around a lil trying to figure out the the hell to do with my life and decided on becoming a career fireman (currently volunteering). i soon starting hitting the weights kinda half assed, cleaned up my act, quit smoking and shit. after a year or two of lifting, i came across animal and it totally changed my view on life and lifting. i feel more focused on shit then i've ever been, ya know? like finally something constant in my life that keeps me down to earth.
LegendKillerJosh
03-13-08, 10:52 am
This site has definitely helped with my diet and supp routine. I use to eat a lot of BS and take a lot of BS supps, now I just got my pak, nitro, flex, eaa stack and uniliver along with some protein powder, and I eat way more oats, yams, and things I never even thought of before. This site hasn't really changed my training as that is all Mike Mentzer style, but my workouts are more effective thanks to a more sound diet routine, not to mention it has led me to meet a lot of great new people through the Detroit ABC, which has been awesome so far and is getting better.
ShadowExsoul
03-15-08, 1:17 am
At the inception of my desire to hit the iron my reasonings where out of concern for a friend of mine who was diagnosed with leukemia and part of his recovery required him to develop a good workout program. At the time I had been boxing and helped him to develop a good workout regime as well as provide encouragement. However now my desire has evolved into passion. I love the discipline that is game provides me. It has help to transform me into a man, not just in look but in every facet of manhood. It has made me hard, not just in body, but in mind and spirit. It has made me focused, educated, taught me how to take weakness and turn it into strength. Every fiber of my being has taken a contribution from this plight. Animal has provided me with the tools I need to hown my craft, I am forever in their debt. My name is Raymond, I am an addict, but you can call me brother.
pain4life
03-15-08, 2:17 am
I have lifted on and off for the past 10 years of my life. In the past I would lift hard for several months and then just stop for up to one year. It wasn't because I was lazy, it was because I took on many responsibilities like everyone here as I grew older. As things in my life got busier, time would literally pass me by leaving me very little time to do something for myself.
In the last few weeks I have made a promise to myself to do something for me and that something is weightlifting. When I started hitting the gym about 2 months ago, I couldn't believe the results. I felt more confident in myself and had that energy that I had several years ago.
I have now been lifting consistently 4 days a week for the last 2 months and plan to continue lifting for the rest of my life. The one thing that has truly helped me along the way is ANIMALPAK.COM. The Animal line of products along with all you Animals in the forvm, have made lifting fun and exciting for me again. The articles that are posted, the motivational pictures, and the overall sense of energy throughout the forvm is amazing. I will be a supporter of ANIMALPAK.COM for years to come. Every time I put on my gym clothes and hit the gym I think of ANIMAL and all the great things I have learned thus far, and all the things I plan to learn and share with all you ANIMALS in the near future. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!
BrotherInArms
03-20-08, 1:18 pm
...About 55 pounds does the trick.
BrotherInArms
03-20-08, 1:19 pm
...About 55 pounds does the trick.
Universal Rep
03-21-08, 2:00 pm
I have lifted on and off for the past 10 years of my life. In the past I would lift hard for several months and then just stop for up to one year. It wasn't because I was lazy, it was because I took on many responsibilities like everyone here as I grew older. As things in my life got busier, time would literally pass me by leaving me very little time to do something for myself.
In the last few weeks I have made a promise to myself to do something for me and that something is weightlifting. When I started hitting the gym about 2 months ago, I couldn't believe the results. I felt more confident in myself and had that energy that I had several years ago.
I have now been lifting consistently 4 days a week for the last 2 months and plan to continue lifting for the rest of my life. The one thing that has truly helped me along the way is ANIMALPAK.COM. The Animal line of products along with all you Animals in the forvm, have made lifting fun and exciting for me again. The articles that are posted, the motivational pictures, and the overall sense of energy throughout the forvm is amazing. I will be a supporter of ANIMALPAK.COM for years to come. Every time I put on my gym clothes and hit the gym I think of ANIMAL and all the great things I have learned thus far, and all the things I plan to learn and share with all you ANIMALS in the near future. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!
This way, it's a lifestyle bro. Welcome to it.