It seems like we have spent our lives trying to impress somebody. That somebody has been the reason we think we have to prove something to. Here’s a little secret from me, “THE OLD GUY.” The person who haunts you and makes you nuts to defeat or to impress doesn’t really care anyway. He is an nothing but a self generated “HOLOGRAM” that is constantly before us to humiliate us and make us feel inferior or a failure. Now, operationalize my secret by dismissing the “HOLOGRAM” and turn your attention inward. Imagine what you want. Imagine what you want to look like. Savor your own win with no guilt or fear of shame from some external force.
The greatest insight we bodybuilders must get is to know that nobody cares more about us/you than ourselves. In the end, we set the goals, we lay out the plan, we suffer the pain and inconvenience required to win. Imagine, if you will, a large stage and an arena with 5,000 screaming fans and you up on stage given it all you got. Imagine the exhilaration of competing against some of the best athletes in your division that day. Imagine the trophy, the medal, the applause. Finally, imagine grabbing your wife when it’s over, giving her a great big kiss and asking—-“WHERE ARE WE GOING TO EAT TONIGHT SWEETHEART?”
Nobody cares about you except you. Never forget that little secret. We march to our own drummer for all the best reasons. Life is like that no matter what we set out to do but for us muscle heads it is a quest to keep our heads down and our work on track. Do not look around the room….The others in that gym have their own demons to deal with. Their goals belong to them. Let them be. As the great Branch Warren once said, “JUST LOOK AFTER YOUR OWN SHIT.”
Bottom Line: Torture and pain is good when judiciously applied to ones self to gain or win that which has been chosen to accomplish. Our effort is ours and cannot be driven by a demon of our own making. We win because we have chosen to win, not because we are trying to measure up to a “bogey man.”
This is our time…..Let’s not waste it….Go Suffer and win—-alone!
Six Pack and Senior 