I linked this thing up a while back, sat down and realized I had no idea what the fuck to talk about. The more I thought about it, the less I could think of what to actually ramble about while actually pretending anyone would actually read it let alone, give a damn about it. So I figure I'll just ramble about the gym(heavily), tech, and in general anything that pisses me off, which is damn near everything. I also decided that where in my Google+/Facebook/Twitter post I usually try to keep them at PG13 on the language, here I'll use my general salty speak.
So with that being said, up until about August when it came to the gym, the year blew goats. AC separation, started nagging me early on. Then came a horrible bought of food poisoning which lead to some terrible dehydration and thanks to that I pulled my lower back pretty bad. So bad in fact it took about three months before I could successfully squat and dead lift anything over 225. Because of the way I bench, I couldn't get my appropriate arch so my bench went to shit, also in the 225-315 range. It wasn't till around August that I could start training heavier, and into September that actually started seeing some PRs on my training lifts. Aside from a night I just got really pissed off at the gym because attempting to shrug 135 was hurting too bad I if I had stayed I would have started biting people's heads off. Getting pissed off at my personal fuckups in the gym seem to help me get past them, which is odd because I like to try and calm myself as much as possible before I attempt my heaviest lifts.
The gym I go to is a pretty great place, there are lots of dedicated people there but it's been a test to dedication lately. My shoulder is still nagging but at around 95%, I have good days and bad days. Guy I train with, his shoulder was giving him some issues in August so didn't do the moves that hurt, worked around it. Didn't train any lighter, as absolutely heavy as he could go, and it got better and he's much stronger now. This will start to sound redundant, another guy, a bit older than me but in absolutely phenomenal shape, had some shoulder issues, pushed past them, didn't give up. It's doing good now and he's prepping for a bodybuilding contest. Another guy, younger than me in this case is actually going to have to have shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum. Surgery is set for November, he's still in there 5 days a week, dedicated as ever, said an amazing thing "In a sling for 1-2 weeks after, 4 weeks of no lifting, then I'll be ready to go by January" Some of the stronger power lifters in the gym are also dealing with an ankle injury, bursitis of the elbow, and once again, a sore shoulder, that one seems to be a running gag this year. The worst one has been a torn pec, but once again in the amount of dedication shown. "I can work legs." People like this absolutely drive me while in the gym. I hate seeing people stumble around from thing to thing never making any gains of any sort. I just want to scream "Suck it up, stop being a bitch, and push past it." If you can't figure out how to still train hard while working around an injury, then pick someone at the gym who actually looks like they've been there more than once and ask them. I'm gonna say there's a 99% chance they're not as big of a dicks or as scary as they look.
Okay, fuck, this turned into an essay, I'll try to keep them under a thousand words in the future but I need to rant sometimes. I'm gonna pop this to a draft then re-read before posting tomorrow. Enjoy this till next time.
