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When it all looks bleak and barren,
When all you see are lies,
When those close to you fall away,
When Life is something you despise,
When you feel you're standing still,
When all your efforts seem in vain,
When goals you've set look far too distant,
When it's Hell to just stay sane,
That is when the trusted Iron,
Lights a motivational fire,
Incinerating all your doubt,
Renewing, recharging your desire,
To take this Life right by the balls,
And show it who the Hell,
Is the author of your destiny,
Chase your goals, do not quell.
Before I started with the Iron, I wouldn't have fathomed exactly how far-reaching this pursuit could actually be...to get specific, I teach special needs education in London (UK) and (as you can probably imagine, casting your minds back to when you guys were in school) this requires the patience of Angels, even more so when the children you are teaching can't really be held truly accountable for their behaviour (due to diagnoses of autism, sensory-impairment, etc.).
All I can say is that a) the planning that has been involved in getting my meals prepped and schedule sorted so that I can train amidst all the other bs that has to be contended with, b) the patience that I've built up through coping with plateaus, injuries, less-than-optimal immune systems and people who Just Don't Get It and c) the ball-busting dilligence and consistency of eating and training that ploughs me forwards, onwards and upwards has allowed me to cope in my professional life. I've just switched schools and am getting on pretty well here purely because of Iron-taught Planning (lesson planning and designing resources ahead of time), Patience (when that autistic child is beating the crap out of me and all I do is present an open palm and say 'stop') and Consistency (being consistent in behaviour with and response to all the children in school, regardless of what side of the bed I woke up on).
Wouldn't mind hearing of how else Iron-taught values, principles and skills have helped others in their life outside of the gym...
always remember that you have answered the call of the iron...it will consume you..entirely.
let it. EMBRACE it..recognize that it is now your LIFE and run with it...run like the fucking wind...dont let anything get in your way of greatness....here in this forum, we are the men and women of iron...
the daily preparation for meals, and getting everything cooked and then split into different containers for the day...i look forward to that. it reminds me that i am better than the people around me at work who sit in their cubicles eating fuckin cake and ho-hos....
when asked, i do offer up advice on what they should and should NOT be doing...none of them follow it..they dont have the determination that we have..
the lack integrity and discipline.
no one can fuck with team success...
strength and honor brother.
Hey All,
Before I started with the Iron, I wouldn't have fathomed exactly how far-reaching this pursuit could actually be...to get specific, I teach special needs education in London (UK) and (as you can probably imagine, casting your minds back to when you guys were in school) this requires the patience of Angels, even more so when the children you are teaching can't really be held truly accountable for their behaviour (due to diagnoses of autism, sensory-impairment, etc.).
All I can say is that a) the planning that has been involved in getting my meals prepped and schedule sorted so that I can train amidst all the other bs that has to be contended with, b) the patience that I've built up through coping with plateaus, injuries, less-than-optimal immune systems and people who Just Don't Get It and c) the ball-busting dilligence and consistency of eating and training that ploughs me forwards, onwards and upwards has allowed me to cope in my professional life. I've just switched schools and am getting on pretty well here purely because of Iron-taught Planning (lesson planning and designing resources ahead of time), Patience (when that autistic child is beating the crap out of me and all I do is present an open palm and say 'stop') and Consistency (being consistent in behaviour with and response to all the children in school, regardless of what side of the bed I woke up on).
Wouldn't mind hearing of how else Iron-taught values, principles and skills have helped others in their life outside of the gym...
Hey, thank you for being a positive force in this screwed up world brother!
As for me, I feel that being in the midst of this lifestyle has helped to better realize my idealogies of integrity and accountability. Without those, even if you don't lift, you are nothing. And they sure as hell are the keystone for truly achieving your goals in this lifestyle.
NP, Simps. If you're not being positive, you're being negative.
And who has time to be negative? Those who do spew negativity usually lack integrity and find a way of slipping out of being held accountable for their own actions, i.e. they are NOTHING...as Simps rightly said.