Best training, if not best life advice, I've ever heard

shutupandlift13
shutupandlift13 Posts: 727 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
"Finally, if I've learned one thing in the last 18 years that I'd say is of the utmost importance to impart upon other people, it's that you should give no fcking thought whatsoever to what other people are doing, and even less thought to what they think you're doing. Without question, that sounds pompous and solipsistic, but it's fcking true. People, by and large, go out of their fcking way to suck, and try hard to make you suck with them. They'll fight you tooth and nail on the latter, as they resent the *kitten* out of the fact that you excel, as it sets the bar that much higher and reminds them of their myriad inadequacies. Thus, insofar as lifting goes, ignore everyone around you and do what you want. It's a certainty that if they object it's out of fear or jealousy or a combination thereof, and it's even more likely that they've got no fcking clue what they're doing anyway. In short - fck everyone. Fight hard, fck hard, study hard, play hard, lift hard and generally be hard. Enjoy yourself, and be awesome. Everything else is bullsh!t." - Chaos & Pain, chaosandpain.blogspot.com/

This is one of my morning reads every morning along with a few other quotes. It may sound extreme, but if you can take away even just a little bit of this attitude and apply it to training and life it works wonders.
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  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    ♥
  • Loftearmen
    Loftearmen Posts: 380
    That is pure, liquid awesome
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Wouldn't be bad if it hadn't been expressed in such offensive terms.
  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
    Who's offended? :drinker:
  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    Can I get an AMEN !
  • Whipppets
    Whipppets Posts: 267
    So true I was telling a buddy of mine in spin class how we did 1000 push ups one day at work and some lady
    chimes in that she thought it was a bad idea as you could hurt your shoulders... I really was not talking to her but she
    put a negative spin on it anyway.
  • shutupandlift13
    shutupandlift13 Posts: 727 Member
    Wouldn't be bad if it hadn't been expressed in such offensive terms.

    Life can be pretty offensive sometimes.

    I also work with tramp miners and am the only female on our jobsite so maybe I have a skewed definition of offensive. *shrugs* fck it!
  • justicer68
    justicer68 Posts: 1,223
    I so agree with this!! Two thumbs up!!

    I've had people tell me at the gym before "don't you have a life" or "why don't you take some time off you work to hard" I boil that down to pure out and out jealousy or something. I do have a life for one...just because part of that life includes working my hardest at the gym doesn't mean I don't have one and I am sorry that they can't dedicate an hour or an hour and a half to it. I learned a long time ago to just look and smile and say that's nice - doesn't mean anything other than believe what you want because I don't really care.

    Negative Nancy's just really don't jive well with me.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Jamie is the man, and quite frankly, my biggest inspiration in the powerlifting world, with Stan Efferding coming in a close second.

    There's so much training gold in that blog, it's unreal. It's just too bad that most people are such QQbears that get their delicate sensibilities hurt when they realize that the people he talks about sucking are often the very people reading, and offended by said blog. Now, if only they'd put as much effort into their training as they do their being offended.
  • swangwcb
    swangwcb Posts: 12 Member
    LOVE it! I agree, great advice for lifting, and LIFE in general. Thanks for sharing! :love:
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    I'm just laughing because by the second "fck" I knew where you got this from, even though I'd never read it before. :laugh:
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Wouldn't be bad if it hadn't been expressed in such offensive terms.

    What does this have to do with the content? If you don't like it or find it offensive, don't read it. I am not much for foul language myself but I certainly don't feel the need to comment on someone else using on an internet forum. I recall you finding the "Ladies, shut up and listen" thread title offensive also. Have you considered the possiblity that you might be too easly offended?
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    i pay attention to what other people do because i may want to emulate something they are doing that i like. NBD
  • _chiaroscuro
    _chiaroscuro Posts: 1,340 Member
    Wow, I needed to hear that; thank you so much for sharing it. We all have to deal with people with that crabs-in-a-barrel mentality and it can be so toxic! I think the one thing I'd add from my own experience is to do your best to forgive the naysayers and their limitations...even if those limitations are self-imposed. Forgiving is a healthy thing we do for ourselves, and redirects that energy back toward becoming even more awesome!
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
    this is excellent. i need to apply this to my life in general. i worry and care WAAAAAAAY too much about those around me. :flowerforyou:
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Reported.













    Just kidding. Carry on
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    thanks i needed that. was feeling a little guilty about cutting someone off. someone toxic who did nothing but take jabs all the time. p.s. can I get a t-shirt with that on it? f.ck 'em? i'd like to wear it the next time i see her when i'm on my way to workout at my gym that she no longer has access to due to her big mouth.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

    that site is blocked by the Bahraini government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    that speech was great. I wanted to read the blog.

    the king of Bahrain was offended by it, clearly :sad:
  • Ghkffb56
    Ghkffb56 Posts: 263 Member
    i agree killer! I soo fing agree.. /high five ! ~.^"
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    Doesn't offend me at all. I think it's pretty awesome personally.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    I find people offensive who find words in the English language offensive. Officially offended.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    *shrugs* fck it!

    :drinker: Amen!
  • That_car_is_full_of_balloons
    That_car_is_full_of_balloons Posts: 135 Member
    I don't like the negative attitude he/she has toward the subject. It makes him/her seem egotistical actually.

    I agree that you shouldn't worry what other people are doing, but you can pretend they are invisible.. it's way easier. It doesn't have to be "fck all yall!"

    There's actually a lot of great people at the gym and in the world who you would otherwise think are dipholes. If you get into the mindset of everyone being out to get you, you won't look as pretty. The truth is, most people don't care you exist. The few that do have crap to spew probably do that to everyone else too, not just to you on that particular time and day. So you just gotta smile and move on because it's not that serious. When you react with negative emotions, you make it serious. That stuff weighs on you over time.

    I think everyone should meditate, walk in nature, observe the earth. It has a way of grounding you and making everything else seems petty. I lived a long time with a chip on my shoulder and it only created ill effects on my body. Now I would rather choose to be positive even if I have to fake it. At the end of the day no one really cares or remembers anything so why should you cling to anything?
  • porkchop_13
    porkchop_13 Posts: 122
    Wouldn't be bad if it hadn't been expressed in such offensive terms.

    What does this have to do with the content? If you don't like it or find it offensive, don't read it. I am not much for foul language myself but I certainly don't feel the need to comment on someone else using on an internet forum. I recall you finding the "Ladies, shut up and listen" thread title offensive also. Have you considered the possiblity that you might be too easly offended?

    Seriously this like 1000 times. Someone else on another thread was giving me grief earlier so i told her she should put on her big girl pants before coming to the forum. She didnt like that too much but whatever
  • kmd613
    kmd613 Posts: 42
    I find people offensive who find words in the English language offensive. Officially offended.

    YES. And the quote rocks.
  • MrsBHobbs
    MrsBHobbs Posts: 40
    I have an x best friend and a x husband love this! I get it!!!!!
  • notthatthis
    notthatthis Posts: 218
    Great training advise, if you are that great. Terrible life advice, unless of course you're an egomaniacal sociopath with huge narcissistic tendencies and an overwhelming overestimation of your personal worth to society. Not that you would care about society because you are too busy saying **** YOU to everyone.
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
    (:
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    Love the attitude. We're all surrounded by people who want to drag us down to their level; to be better than mediocre, you have to learn to blow them off.
  • fresh_start59
    fresh_start59 Posts: 590 Member
    I think the language is a generational thing.

    Some of us older folks were raised during a time when Lucy & Ricky slept in twin beds and the f-word was rarely heard and, then usually only in school by the trashy kids.

    Today, it's commonly used as an adjective by the 20- and 30-somethings, as common as the older generation using words like "awesome" or "groovy". For those of us who are older, it does take a little getting used to ... especially when I'm in a fast-food restaurant with my aging mother.

    I've since learned that there is nothing I can do about it. Why? Because young people these days have an f-it attitude and it's all about them. If others are offended, f-em.

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