Crisis Situation

[Cellardweller]

On the way to the gym today I drove past a hawk on the side of the road with what looked like a squirrel at its feet. It got me thinking, am I a hunter or the hunted? When you walk into the gym door who are you? What side are you on? A hunter is always hungry, wanting more. A hunter sets aside fear and wills that extra rep and extra weight up. You have to constantly force progress. If in 6 months your are doing the same reps with the same weight then you're the prey. The weak one. You cannot be alpha if you don't have the drive. You cannot lead the pack if you don't make progress. When you walk past someone you cannot look them in the eye. Hold your head up and walk tall. Don't be the follower, be a leader. You may not have the biggest numbers on a bar but if you're making constant progress then you are a hunter. There's always someone coming up in the pack to take over the lead. It might as well be you.

[Cellardweller]

The next time your ass enters the gym, BE A FUCKING LION!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfHAiIq-Yeo

[Bean]

The next time your ass enters the gym, BE A FUCKING LION!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfHAiIq-Yeo

Don't need much motivations on Mondays but FUCK.....ready to fucking kill it when this little thing called work is done. Thank you for getting my blood pumping this morning.

[Cellardweller]

Don't need much motivations on Mondays but FUCK.....ready to fucking kill it when this little thing called work is done. Thank you for getting my blood pumping this morning.

I think I've watched that everyday since I posted it LOL.

[Cellardweller]

Recently I’ve been reminded about something I witnessed in the gym a couple years ago. There was this older guy who used to train this group of young men in my gym. These guys were all about 17-18, but there was one guy a couple years older. Some of the things this guy had these kids doing were questionable and I’ve seen people argue with him about it because frankly, he wasn’t safe. Anyway, they were benching the same day as me. On one side of me was the younger guys and on the other was the older kid with much heavier weight. The old guy would go back and forth spotting. The older kid had a decent bench but today I looked over and he had 405 loaded up. He was sitting on the side of the bench waiting for the other three to finish their set so the old guy could spot. I looked at him as he sat there and knew he would miss. Why? He wasn’t mentally there for a max lift. He was staring through me to the other guys with this sad look on his face. Sure enough he missed. It seems like I’m seeing more and more of this at the gym. Guys just don’t have the drive to push through. There’s more and more of people making love to their foam roller in the corner. More people tying bands onto racks doing prehab stuff or using bands on bench, squats or deads with small weights doing 100 different variations. You can’t trick yourself into being strong being all scientific. Sure there’s a place for that stuff in training but you have to fucking fight. You have to leave your comfort zone and embrace some pain if you want big lifts. A max lift, and I don’t give a fuck if it’s a single, 5 rep max or some crazy ass set of 20, it will require razor sharp focus, rage and determination not to fail. You have to grind. You have to train yourself to grind everyday you touch a bar. Not all this cutesy shit you saw on the internet. The next time you load up a bar I want you to look at it and feel like you have a cagey tiger in your chest pacing back and forth hungry to eat that iron. Get under that bar and earn some respect. Fuck everyone else, I’m talking self respect. Know that you earned it and that it’s only the beginning.

[Cellardweller]

Bench: 310 x9 is one rep better than last cycle and I probably would have got 10 if I had a spot. One rep more doesn't seem like alot but it really is. If I add a rep to this each month I'd add 12 reps to 310 in a year. I would be repping 310 for 20 reps!!!! I put that into a calculator and got a one rep max of 516!!! Crazy, right? Never belittle a gain of one rep more.

[Cellardweller]

You need to be explosive with your lifts. When you're benching or squatting and you're adding plates to the bar for that heavy set or PR attempt, you're not just loading the bar. You're building a bomb. No one has seen a bomb that big before. Everyone holds their breath as it drops into the hole, parallel, below parallel, to your Animal Iconic. There is no sound despite your earbuds blasting the most hard core shit you can find. Then ... BOOM! You explode up. The bar rises like a mushroom cloud. The shock wave puts everyone in the gym on their ass. The momentum you created helps the bar float to the sky above you. There's a satisfied grin on your face as everyone picks themselves up off the ground. Then you do it again...

[Jay Nera]

The next time your ass enters the gym, BE A FUCKING LION!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfHAiIq-Yeo

AHHHHH. I fucking LOVE this speech. Walken is a master of delivery on this one. Awesome share.

[Jay Nera]

when you're benching or squatting and you're adding plates to the bar for that heavy set or pr attempt, you're not just loading the bar. You're building a bomb. ...

love this

[Cellardweller]

love this

This is what happens when I use too much pre workout

[Cellardweller]

500 lb squat

for some people 500 is a dream

for some people 500 is a goal

for some people 500 is a PR and then they run some beard butter through their chin hairs, put on a plaid shirt and drink some Michelob Ultras with their bros

for some people 500 is a PR and it slaps them in the face, they taste blood and hunger for more. They add more weight to the bar and PR again and again.

Which one are you?

[Cellardweller]

Gym closed today. So looks like it’ll be squats and presses Wednesday or squats and deads Thursday. Not missing a beat. Discipline is what separates the men from the boys. There’s only 52 weeks in a year. 52 days to squat. I’m not casually tossing one away because someone else wants to take the day off of work. Fuck that. Double down and get it done. Discipline, grit, grinding, mental and physical toughness, whatever you want to call it, you need to have it. Develop it. If you don’t, and you look at it as a free day off and use someone else’s behavior as an excuse to be lazy, then you’ll be wondering why other people are passing you up. Why the other guy is getting stronger and bigger. Double down and train like an Animal.

[Bean]

Gym closed today. So looks like it’ll be squats and presses Wednesday or squats and deads Thursday. Not missing a beat. Discipline is what separates the men from the boys. There’s only 52 weeks in a year. 52 days to squat. I’m not casually tossing one away because someone else wants to take the day off of work. Fuck that. Double down and get it done. Discipline, grit, grinding, mental and physical toughness, whatever you want to call it, you need to have it. Develop it. If you don’t, and you look at it as a free day off and use someone else’s behavior as an excuse to be lazy, then you’ll be wondering why other people are passing you up. Why the other guy is getting stronger and bigger. Double down and train like an Animal.

I hear ya... My gym will be closed for 2 1/2 days while they bring in new equipment. Time to get creative a tag along with a buddy to another gym for those days

[Cellardweller]

I hear ya... My gym will be closed for 2 1/2 days while they bring in new equipment. Time to get creative a tag along with a buddy to another gym for those days

This is why I need a power rack in my garage.

[Preston]

This is why I need a power rack in my garage.

I've always wanted a rack in my basement but I don't have tall enough ceilings to accommodate a good rack. How've things been?

[npcdusty]

I just bought a rack last week. Got a short rack and a new bench. Weights and new bar this week. Slowly going to gravitate to home workouts only. I only use one room at my gym now so mine as well have it at home.

This is why I need a power rack in my garage.

[Bean]

I just bought a rack last week. Got a short rack and a new bench. Weights and new bar this week. Slowly going to gravitate to home workouts only. I only use one room at my gym now so mine as well have it at home.

For some reason I feel like this process is costly. I wouldn't want to start to guess how much buying real weight runs.

[Preston]

For some reason I feel like this process is costly. I wouldn't want to start to guess how much buying real weight runs.

I'd like to think that if you're going for big 3 lifts then it wouldn't be terrible. You're talking a rack, barbell, plates, multi-position bench. It's them dang dumbells that get expensive quick, or if you're really strong then yes 45 plates start to get expensive.

Craigslist is your friend.

[Cellardweller]

I had a half rack in my basement (hence the name cellardweller). My ceiling is too low too. I could only fit it in between the joyces a certain way, and to complicate things, the floor slopes to the drain. Nothing was level. The ultimate plan is the garage. Cheapest way to go is everything used. I’ve seen 2x4 wooden racks before but I don’t think I’d go that route. I also don’t plan on getting everything at once. I have some weights and bars. A rack and good bench first. Then build up the plates and whatever else I need.

[Preston]

I had a half rack in my basement (hence the name cellardweller). My ceiling is too low too. I could only fit it in between the joyces a certain way, and to complicate things, the floor slopes to the drain. Nothing was level. The ultimate plan is the garage. Cheapest way to go is everything used. I’ve seen 2x4 wooden racks before but I don’t think I’d go that route. I also don’t plan on getting everything at once. I have some weights and bars. A rack and good bench first. Then build up the plates and whatever else I need.

A rack made of wood? Hold my beer.