I just wanted to take a second to thank Machine. After reading about his current fight against seemingly insurmountable medical issues, and his heroic attitude toward suffering and death, I find myself incredibly inspired. I've always looked up to him, I can name hundreds of times of reading his "Freakshow" articles before lifting to get in the mindset. I know I'm not alone when I say that Machine has been a big part of my lifting doctrine and attitude. So brother Machine, I promise you my balls to the wall training, my uncompromising and insatiable desire to be more than just another man. To be the real deal, not some plasting, posing gym rat, but to live by strength and honor- the principles of older days. Throw up your last gut wrenching set fellas, then bust out one more for Machine
Vires et Honos, Cedo nulli.
(Strength and honor, I yield to no one)
Jersey Animals
"In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn, only to be washed away. For the time that I've been given, I am what I am."