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The_Dude
01-25-07, 10:12 am
Everyday is the same shit, wake up, eat, work, eat, workout session, eat, drive home, eat, take a shower, eat. And I go to sleep just to wake up and do it all over again. This daily monotony sometimes tries to get the best of me. I don’t and I won’t let it. Nothing changes, just rearranges.

But then, I get to thinking. There’s nothing else that I would rather do than this. I’m always looking forward to work. Why you ask? That’s where the gym is at. My home away from home. I tell you brother’s, When I joined the gym last fall, it was like my calling. I walked in that gym and took a wiff of that gym air. It’s been awhile…a long while since I smelled that smell. The smell of sweat, ammonia, and everything else associated with the gym smell. I knew right away that I found my second home.

I didn’t know right away what I was getting into. I’ve read and researched how to be a better me, a better healthy me. Never did It dawn on me that it would be like this. The first week after hitting the iron was hell. I was sore everywhere. Sore in places that I didn’t know muscles existed. So much for the bowflex. That shit right there is only good to stay toned. I tell you what brother’s, the iron opened my eyes. It was like this beast within awoke from his slumber and was ready to raise hell. The pain I felt the first few weeks was agonizing but it felt so fucking good.

It felt so good that I went back for more, and more and more. And to this day, I still go back for more. No pulling me away from this life, this sport, this love I have for the iron.


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IRONADDICT45
01-25-07, 3:17 pm
well said bro, keep pushing on, ull thank yourself for it

The_Dude
01-25-07, 5:49 pm
I do man, push myself till I drop...you guys help push myself as well with so much inspiration and motivational words.

The_Dude
01-26-07, 2:14 pm
Iron has taught me to expand my threshold of pain. It’s taught me how to welcome it with open arms. When I feel the pain I go into a comfort zone. A zone that only an Animal would know of. A zone where pride antagonizes you, motivation plays that familiar tune that revs your engine and determination looms over you as you mentally prepare yourself for the next set. Then that voice starts to echo in the back of your mind saying ‘you ain’t shit son. Just quit while your ahead, you’ll never get through this, your pathetic and you always were’.

Then out of nowhere, I feel the rage within me burn. It burns like a wild fire ready to destroy everything in it’s path only to find the iron between me and the last set. I pay it no mind and pick that iron up and plow right through ‘til the end. The burn is good, the pain is beautiful and life is fucking great. There’s no feeling like that of accomplishment. Then I close my eyes and relish the moment.