The Frightened and the Lazy.

During the process of personal gain in the matter of muscle a lot of failure is seen.  I, personally having felt the weight of failure and embarrassment, know the struggle associated with progress. Recently I found myself struggling with lifting weights that one year ago were no problem for me. This is a common thing that an undisciplined and unstructured routine will do to any individual. What I had noticed is that even though I was struggling with low weight nobody was staring, nobody was laughing, nobody cared to make fun of me. The only thing I realized is that culturally we are afraid to work out because we are afraid to be made fun of alongside a multitude of other reasons but in the actual culture of gym fitness we see that people who struggle are not made fun of but encouraged. Most of the fear seems to be abused by a few unwanted gym patrons.

Mr.O’s philosophy about weight training is “ I’d rather die under the bar than quit early”. This isn’t an uncommon philosophy in the gym community amongst the more experienced individuals. This has a great transition to the academic lifestyle as well. Basically with this philosophy it is shown that failure isn’t an option and all other measures are taken to prevent it from happening. Knowing MR.O’s background and understanding that he comes from a family bent on the opinions of the parents we see that Mr.O’s mindset is deeply rooted in his upbringing and the culture he has been involved with as a young boy.

What is seen a lot in this community is a type of discipline that is normally associated with few outside of the military. A daily routine, a job to do, and preparation for the job are the basic components of the lifestyle I refer to. When we see these people outside of their daily routine we see large people with defined bodies and think they are taking drugs to get to this state but in reality most are just on a disciplined routine and maintain this routine through the hard times and easy. This isn’t an option it’s almost law.