You are saying you don't wish to have anal sex with hot women? You should go to a doctor or something. Definitely something wrong with you.

Ummmmmmmm bungholes expand every time you poop AFAIK.

**** the winter weather. Luckily Wisconsin had a few -20degree+ days, which has made the rest of the 'cold' days pretty tame. Walking sucks ldo.

BPS,

You answered your own question. You're just a bitch.

its not like you have to pig out to get any benefit from ss. When I started it i.e. was totally untrained I just ate whatever and made ridiculous strength gains while only gaining ~5-10 lbs. But then again now I don't fit in my clothes so ymmv..

The progression won't last as long if you don't eat to sustain it or otherwise give inadequate attention to recovery, but that might be okay as it can still provide a bridge to the next thing and something is better than nothing.

I don't know what you are proposing about just doing <= 3 rep sets, but I doubt it would be a good plan for you.

I also don't know if I follow the problem you alluded to elsewhere with injury and stalling. You will identify weaknesses in strength and technique as you approach your limits. Finding the balance between care and not being a pussy is part of the process.

just read the lebron article in si. apparently he never did any weightlifting until last june and doesnt lift for strength/power. sick life.

And someone out there is the SC coach for the Cavs and says to someone, "Yeah I trained Lebron. ***** you well connected asshat.

ya, they dont really discuss the specifics of his lifting or workout routine. doesnt seem optimal.

fwiw, they say he continually gains weight.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...mes/index.html

I'm gonna go pull 2k meters. FML.

Hey what setting do you guys usually row at on the concept 2? I usually just put it at 4 and I recall most sources I've read recommending something similar.

ok so as usual the answer is SS and i am not a unique snowflake, got it

But I'm sure you have a great personality. Seriously though, a lot of physical toughness is just learning to get past that initial psychological "wall" of fatigue. Except for the few genetically gifted people, everyone gets tired; the only difference is that the more determined learn to ignore the desire to stop. This is my experienced based not just on lifting, but also on a rigorous manual labor background. The body was designed to kind of stuff and it was designed to a lot of it.

Short answer: Next time you feel that you want to quit and have no more energy, just keep going anyways. It gets easier and easier everytime you do it.

I've been experimenting with settings from 2-5. Right now I'm on 3.

I felt like **** today after benching and doing rotational work. I pulled 2000m anyway. 9:26. lol

imo

clocked 215 lbs today woot woot... also ate like an idiot after 2 hours of crazy cardio... so I'm just going to assume that will ballance out... tomorrow I'll go out and then get back on the plan

No dammit. This isn't over until I say it's over.

ANd strenght can easily be gained withput being on a bulking diet.

And if you train har enough snow flakes starts to matter..

its gets even better than that. eventually, its harder to not do the work.

maeh, then you are not working hard enough,...,,.,,,

maybe he should rephrase: it gets harder to not do some work

The best thing I can think of for increasing pain thresholds quickly is to experience every second of the pain. The sooner you see your body as a machine the less resistant you are about pushing it. Knowing every detail of where the pain originates from can help you scale back/scale up/avoid injury.

The best athletes are constantly looking into the smallest crevices of their pain's origin and physiology to make constant adjustments to their neuromuscular triggers.

Once you sort of break it down like this it becomes less about pain and more just a weird game of chess chicken you play with your body.

all i know is if i am in really good shape, i get damn miserable if i miss a day working out.

I believe you. (Think of this as a riddle.)

I think the biggest genetic gift an athlete can get in many sports is the ability they have to recover. IMO the difference between a gold and silver medal in olympic weightlifting is the ability to recover is superior in the gold medalist. This is the reason steroids are so rampant in this sport, because it helps you train every hour God sends you, rather than what the general public seem to think in that an average athlete takes steroids and they just turn up to take the gold, but lets not turn this into for/against steroids debate With that said over 7 years of serious training i have got to the point i can train 4 hours a day 5 days a week without the use of steroids