My fucking life....

[Greg_G]

I like to consider my life a little hardcore. Money troubles and family all tying in together. But here is my norm...

My Week...
Every weekday I go to the gym and work whatever bodypart is up for that day. I train hard, roughly an hour to an hour and a half depend on the number of muscle groups I am training... I leave the gym and go straight to work at 11pm (I go to the gym from 9:30-11pm). From 11pm-7am I sit at work, alone. I am in charge of about 5 million gallons of jet fuel. I turn valves, climb pipes, etc...
At 7am when I get off work, I go home. Once I get there I see my wife for about 20 minutes until she is out the door to go to work. Then I hang out with my son all day until she comes home at 2pm. Then I finally get some sleep. From 2pm-9pm... Then I am up at 9pm, prepairing some food for the night at work and downing some Animal Pump for my training...
That is my monday, wednesday and friday (Only I don't go into work friday nights). On tuesday and thursday, I sleep all day, and then wake up and go to the gym around 5:30pm... Train for a good hour and 15 minutes then its off to football practice (I play Semi-Pro)...

My money troubles...
I have a nice wife, I love her to death. But she is a christmas freak and you can imagane the amount of credit card debt I have to pay off right now. So money is always tight. Not to mention I buy enough steak and chicken to eat each every day. Enough eggs to feed my fat ass and my Wife as well. So my grocery bill is damn neer $300 a month alone...
As you can imagian, and Animal always need his supplements. And Animal Pump is the only Universal supp I am on right now, so you can imagian the price of the others (Once done what I have, I am going ALL Animal)...
For example... The other day I had $80, yes $80, to my wife and I's name in our bank account. I needed some Pump... So I checked the fridge to ensure enough food was there and checked the gas tank in the car... $34 later, I had a new can on Animal Pump and my checking account is bellow $50, and I still have a week and a half before I get paid again... Thats the sacrifice... thats me paying my dues, in my mind...

No one understands...
I play semi-pro football. The glory of football in my opinion. We are the tru gridiron warriors. We don't get payed to play, we PAY to play. We invest our money and our time for the love of the game. NFL Scouts come to watch the games in my league so in a way, I am just paying my dues, hoping to make it to the big time one day, in some league... Building my body to its max is what I do to ensure I am on top of the game and bigger and badder then anyone else...
Of course this requires supplements... And due to my money troubles, supps are a cramp in my wallet all the time, but I manage... Well, I have attempted to get help. I emailed some of the top supplement companies (Have not tried Universal) and asked for sponsorships... I would wear their clothes to the gym, I would get banner hung at football games, etc... All I wanted in return was some supplements to take me to the next level... Every email sent was a reply that said, "No, we only sponsor bodybuilders..." Am I not a bodybuilder? Do I not go to the gym and lift big to get big? Now, I might not be aiming for a spot on stage, but I am trying to get as big as I can to fuck people up, I am a bodybuilder in my own eyes... But no one gives a guy a break...

I don't know, thats my rant, thats my life... I see my wife on the weekends when I try to adjust my schedule to day time life... Then its right back to working nights and training throughout the week... I tried to get sponsors, no one wants to... I am paying my dues...

Thanks for reading...

-Greg

[abwowang]

daang.. good luck man

keep at it. Props to you. Things will get better.

[G Diesel]

Keep your head up bro and stay focussed on righting your ship and living the life you want to live. Stay strong. Peace, G

[Pedro]

Cut up the credit cards, get the wife in line, get a day job..
Bingo..

just kiddin, life aint that easy but you have the right philosphy on your training which is half the battle.
keep fighting to impress the scouts you never know..

[~LV~]

That's one hell of a hectic schedule my man however VERY admirable that you keep your training and diet in check regardless.

MUCH props!

[dIdDy]

hopefully one of those scouts will recongnize

[Greg_G]

Thanks guys, yeahI just got done contacting a supplement store asking if they would provide me with Pak, M Stack and Pump for the next 4 month through the football season. No reply yet, but I am expecting a no...

[Genetic Freak]

Whats up brothers. I am prooud to be apart of this Brother Hood..I am 17 years old. I am a power lifter..I bench 335, squat 545 and dead lift about 440. I am 5'7 and weigh 187..
People dont understand why i do this to myself? they dont understand why i wanna be this big? they say "girls dont like it" or "thats sick to me that big" but i dont give a fuck..You are the only ones that understand what this sport is truly about.. I bust my ass everyday in my gym...my second home. I live for the pain, the sacrafice, and everything else that comes my way. I just wanted to tell you how i felt about this subject

[The Wanderer]

Bro, keep up what you are doing. It may be hard but it the hardships that make us into what we are. Keep your head up and never give up. You are Animal. Peace and best of luck.

[Genetic Freak]

You know ill keep up..This is what I do and what I love..Lifting for me is a way of life..its what i do to when my parents are fighting, when my girlfriend and i are fighting..its a way to work out all the frustrations that i have created upon myself...Only the Brother Hood understands

[Greg_G]

thanks bro's... Yeah, I am about to leave for the gym now, Bicepts and Back today....
On a 5 day schedule right now, but thinking of adding a 6th day. Don't know if that will be too much though. I have been making good gains on the 5.

[Muscle]

Hey bro.

Sounds like you are roughin' it. Unfortunately, you probably aren't going to get any help playing for the Wichita arena team. Unfortunately, it's just not of interest to anybody and talent will be drawn from elsewhere. I'm not saying that there isn't any talent in this league, but comparitively it is seriously lacking. There are some serious bad players and that doesn't help your cause. Plus you don't get near the exposure in Wichita. Stay dedicated and don't let anybody deter you from your goals.

Fellow Wichita (for now) Animal...

[Greg_G]

Hey bro.

Sounds like you are roughin' it. Unfortunately, you probably aren't going to get any help playing for the Wichita arena team. Unfortunately, it's just not of interest to anybody and talent will be drawn from elsewhere. I'm not saying that there isn't any talent in this league, but comparitively it is seriously lacking. There are some serious bad players and that doesn't help your cause. Plus you don't get near the exposure in Wichita. Stay dedicated and don't let anybody deter you from your goals.

Fellow Wichita (for now) Animal...

I don't play arena. That is a PROFESSIONAL PAYING team, lol... I play Minor League. Don't get paid. And we play our away games in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma... 3 NFL scouts where at the all star game last year...

[Greg_G]

Wow, so its been a good few months since I have updated anyone on anything. Basically I stopped using any universal products and I left the forum. Why? Just because... I like to switch things up a bit with my supplement use...

Anyway, I am back to using Uni-Liver. For some reason I feel like it really helps put on mass with the extra protein and aminos...

So heres whats been going on. I left my football team due to race issues... Yup, race... I was being held down because I'm white. Kinda sucked. I started and had a good time but in the end I needed to stand up for what I believed in, and thats not getting bitched at and put down for no reason. So I said fuck 'em and bounced.

Still in the gym though. My goal is to bench 300+ by the end of the year and I have maxed out at 295 so far, so 300 is right around the corner. Cool thing.

I got my arms to 17 1/4 but now I am cutting and they have shrunk to 16 3/4. I feel so fuckin small now, almost makes me wanna stop the cut, eat the food, and lift heavy and be happy being a bit chubby and massive, lol....

Still tipping the scale at 235+ though. I am 6'4" though.

This is a big update I guess. What else???

Oh, I am having another kid. Due in October. My son is about to walk. My wife quit her job (So we see each other more now and its not nearly as stressful to go to the gym 5 days a week).

Other then that, life is good and I fuckin hate the gas prices.

[k1usa]

I know of the hard times my friend....Im also just now coming out of a hard time...but something that helped me was doing all I could to be positive...even if it was my gym time...I left the shit outside the gym...and had my time....good time in the gym...then faced the shit outside the gym later.....seems like it never ends bro...but believe in your family....never let go....and congrats on the new addition...NICE!........hold on tight....and keep the animal spirit........you have a ton of friends here bro....

[Budsbythebeach]

300 a month in groceries.
Lucky you, with a kid and a wife thats a bargain.

Shit i shop at sams club, buy in bulk.
but between my gal a day of milk 2 dzn eggs. 2-3 chick breasts, and countless avocadoes, my bill is around 70 per week.
so what avg 280 a month.