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How do people respond to your training, pos./neg./what?

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CobraUTAH

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Everyone that knows me has always thought I was in good shape. I've been lifting for many many years. I would get some compliments once in a while etc. Over the last 10 months and putting on 45 pounds, it's as if I'm a totally different person. Nearly everyone I know or am acquainted with says how huge I've become. Always saying damn look at your leg size now or my most promanent feature my perfect ass.

At the same time they think it's way to much, they think I'm just a monster now. I know that 45 is quite a bit of weight but although I realize I'm bigger I don't truly feel that I've grown all that much other than the gut I'm now sporting (and no not all 45 is in my new gut), I'm still barely 15% at 245.

Everyone is aware that I'm bulking etc and are just completely incapable of understanding why someone would want to ever gain weight or get fatter. I realize now that bulking is a bit addictive. I still just want to get larger and stronger and never diet it just seems so boring. I just can't live with this gut anymore, and a change and rest is now greatly needed.

So what do people say to you about your training do they find it strange, and weird? Do you get compliment or stares?
 
I get questions alot because most college kids don't understand having a set diet.

They understand why I lift weights but I think most people don't realize that lifting weights is only a small part of it and nutrition w/ rest is the key.


Like my roommates will have people over on week nights getting drunk and shit, they want to know why I'm not joining in on the fun. I just laugh and cook my steak and make my shake and then watch all them getting fatter :)
 
Me too I'm always in the process of eating or drinking a shake just pounding the food every single day. Roommates and friends are just like what the hell, how can you eat all that much all the time?!? I do partake of the drinks now and then still but just for some rare fun, it's almost all serious hard work, and then some more food.
 
people don't seem to understand the way we live unless they live it as well. They just don't get it...for me the challenge is sticking to it despite the misconceptions and obstacles from others.
 
Many of my friends support what I do, though they think Strongman is quite insane at my height and size. Some respond very negativily, that I workout too hard and that how I progressively load and follow a routine is too much for my body to handle. But my immediate family understands and helps me as often as they can (they train with me when the can) and enjoy the lifestyle most of us live.

In the gym I get many compliments on my intensity and excericse choice but a lot of the time they ask what I take or use.... If I say I am natural they can't believe it and then start labeling. I think the best compliment is be complemented on form and work ethic
 
i get some strange looks with:

bands
boards
boxes
pinch blocks
farmer's implements
sled

but hey, its part of the game. im not looking to be an average gym member. i think some of them realize that.

often i get questions as to what this or that does and i tell them, they dont seem to be judgemental, just curious.
 
As soon as people get past the facial mutilation and approach me, they usually seem quite impressed with where Im at, and almost always guess me over 215. Alot of people seem freaked out about my strength too. Some days I recieve alot more feedback then Id like, and get hostile, start to think people are fucking with me. But its probabally not like that. Occasionally I get negative comments, like "Your spine is going to snap", and shit like that. But most people only approach me with the positive, maybe cuz I carry myself in a way that says "Ill fucking eat you". I remember a time when it was all negative. Seems to lessen the more you progress, Mostly now, its me trying to fucking take myself out! Im my worst fuckin enemy these days! hahahaha
 
other than my mom buying the food, i have zero support from my family, they mostly just give me grief. i b.s with my bro about training here and there, but that's about it. none of my friends (all 1 or 2 i really have) don't take it nearly as serious as i do. my gym is 99% wannabes, so most days i kinda feel like i'm in it alone. i apologize if i'm coming off as bitching, i've just had a lousy week, rather depressed, but i'm not sure why. seems like all i really have sometimes is my training. anyone else feel like this sometimes?
 
Boardin087 said:
my gym is pathetic. i get asked what im doing when im deadlifting........
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Same here. And in almost two years at this gym I've only seen one other person besides me use the rack (and that was for BB rows).

Did squats last night and people were watching me like I invented a new exercise.
 
forty-six & 2 said:
other than my mom buying the food, i have zero support from my family, they mostly just give me grief. i b.s with my bro about training here and there, but that's about it. none of my friends (all 1 or 2 i really have) don't take it nearly as serious as i do. my gym is 99% wannabes, so most days i kinda feel like i'm in it alone. i apologize if i'm coming off as bitching, i've just had a lousy week, rather depressed, but i'm not sure why. seems like all i really have sometimes is my training. anyone else feel like this sometimes?
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That sucks man, just try to stay positive and know you're doing more for yourself and your health than 99% of the rest of the wannabes. Maybe try to find a lifting partner too, if possible.

Good luck.
 
i get the same thing everytime i see someone. "man you have gotten huge or, you still want to put on more weight"i'm thinking hell yeah i'm a fucking twig when looking at picture i was a twig now i'm not, gained 40lbs 2 inches in arms 3 inches in calfs and fucking pushin up about 80 lbs more than i was in the summer. I feel great but at the same time i don't, why because i'm the same size as i was yesterday. you know what i mean we really can't see the results its up to just trust them.
 
statey01 said:
I've only seen one other person besides me use the rack (and that was for BB rows).
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my gym changed the deadlift area from black mats to a black mat with a non-slip hardwood center and they got new rubbercoated weights for it as well. i only started deadlifting recently, but i never see anyone using it.

the power rack...it's nice when no one else uses it. all last semester i only had to wait twice for it. no one uses the power rack for anything other than legs though. guess they don't know what it's for so they stay away.
 
i get positive remarks, usually from the ladies but i get negative remarks as well, usually from dudes, saying lifting weights is not really a "sport". i always invite those kind of guys to come and workout with me. they always decline, funny how that works.
 
crak600 said:


my gym changed the deadlift area from black mats to a black mat with a non-slip hardwood center and they got new rubbercoated weights for it as well. i only started deadlifting recently, but i never see anyone using it.

the power rack...it's nice when no one else uses it. all last semester i only had to wait twice for it. no one uses the power rack for anything other than legs though. guess they don't know what it's for so they stay away.
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ARGH...hardwood center...no one using it..BAH!!!!!!!!
 
forty-six & 2 said:
other than my mom buying the food, i have zero support from my family, they mostly just give me grief. i b.s with my bro about training here and there, but that's about it. none of my friends (all 1 or 2 i really have) don't take it nearly as serious as i do. my gym is 99% wannabes, so most days i kinda feel like i'm in it alone. i apologize if i'm coming off as bitching, i've just had a lousy week, rather depressed, but i'm not sure why. seems like all i really have sometimes is my training. anyone else feel like this sometimes?
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All the time. And when my training goes to shit, so does my life!! haha Aint that fuckin sad??? :bawling:
 
When ppl (specially newbies) stare at the gym is fine for a couple minutes. but then you got those ones that stare at you indefinitely, which is very fucked! you know, all those fuckin mirrors make it worse and unless those suckers leave, you won't have a comfortable workout. of course if women are staring at you it's a different story!

but anyway, to keep w/the subject, I enjoy people telling me the improvements I've made. And it's people you usually least expect it from because those are the ppl you talk less too, or don't see each other as often. that sorta feedback I get is what keeps me going I guess.
 
Im building a gym....no mirrors....no carpet.....no newbies...lol...just blood, steal, sweat and tearssssssssssss
 
my friends from high school all understand and support what I do,the new friends in college think im some hardcore fucker because all I do is eat and workout while at school between classes,I have had almost all of my friends ask for help but nobody ever follows through,ive found a nice way to decline now because im so pressed for time I cant take the time to show someone how to do good form or what exercises do what
 
I haven't gained much size yet, mostly because I'm just loosing BF% right now, but most people at work, friends and roommate freak out at my diet. They can't understand why I don't drink sodas, eat fast food or go to the gym instead of hanging out drink beers with them.
It's always encouraging, though, when I run into some one whom I haven't seen in a while and does not know of my "lifestyle" change and they tell me how thinner and more solid I look.

Gotta keep on truckin'
 
On the flip side....

I got a friend who recently asked me if he could come with me to workout....he is 6'4 and weighs about 160 lbs. Skinny ass kid with a fast metabolism. Anyway i've been teaching him how to use all the free weights (squats, deads, etc.) He seems genuinly interested and i hope he'll stick with it because i can see he needs something to give himself confidence....
 
Mostly positive.

Im sure many will be able to relate to this:

When I started out some friends and family told me wow your getting big and I would say yeah hopefully il;l be boigger in 6 months, and they would reply "you look awesome now anything bigger and you wont look good"

Thinking back I was tiny back then
 
NYBodyguard said:
Mostly positive.

Im sure many will be able to relate to this:

When I started out some friends and family told me wow your getting big and I would say yeah hopefully il;l be boigger in 6 months, and they would reply "you look awesome now anything bigger and you wont look good"

Thinking back I was tiny back then
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haha yeah :)
 
NYBodyguard said:
Mostly positive.

Im sure many will be able to relate to this:

When I started out some friends and family told me wow your getting big and I would say yeah hopefully il;l be boigger in 6 months, and they would reply "you look awesome now anything bigger and you wont look good"

Thinking back I was tiny back then
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I remember getting that comment a number of times also. Was small back then too.
 
I can't wait to start working out at home, there'll be a lot less distractions.
When I get into a house this year, I'll start putting a gym together too. I think it's cool how most houses come with a gym attached. Most even have 2 big automatic doors for ventilation.
People should stop parking their cars in there though, that's just insane.
 
My partner think I'm crazy for the way I lift, which pretty heavy all the time 6-8 reps max in each set with forced reps at times...but she's hung in there for over 2 months and is making crazy gains!
 
lol...you honestly tuning your garage into a gym? Don't you have winter???? Number one, I hate getting into a freezing car (driveway all night) and scrapping the windows.....#2, I hate training in sub-degree weather.........what are your plans? carpet the garage? drainage? Etc..........
 
mostly negative, some of my friends spout the kinds of lines I'd only expected to hear from my mom "You're too big, don't damage yourself lifting heavy weights" etc.

Ah well, who cares it's not like we do this for other people is it?

My garage is my gym and I train there in winter, unless it's too far below zero to grip the bar without losing skin
 
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