I’ve seen other guys get “pumped” in the gym. It generally involves a lot of yelling and chest slapping. I’m a bit quieter, and do a lot of pacing and glaring at the weights, like I’m challenging them to defy me. Maybe that’s what I’m doing, but I guarantee you, I take no shit from a fucking pile of plates.
- music
- movies
- books
- comics
- physique pics
MUSIC- This is something I fucking swear by, and will occasionally not even bother to lift if I cannot listen to my ipod while doing so. There have been numerous studies done on the effects of music on blood pressure, heart rate, and athletic performance datingback to the late 1920s, and they all show that music definitely has an effect on athletic performance, but many of them show differing effects. I would contend that this would be due to the fact that (SURPRISE, YOU FUCKING RETARDS) not everyone LIKES THE SAME KIND OF FUCKING MUSIC! Christ. You’d think neurologists would be intelligent enough to figure that out, but apparently the concept of differing tastes eludes their weighty grey matter. I personally stick entirely to metal and hardcore, making sure that there are heavy, heavy breakdowns in all of the songs for me to do singles to, and lyrics that fire me the fuck up. Misericordiam has a song in which the closing breakdown is “I’M FUCKING UNSTOPPABLE. UN.STOP.PABLE.” That, my friends, is the purest essence of brutality, and I only use that song in extreme emergencies, like squat or deadlift PRs. Pick a style of music you love, and that gets you psyched, and use it. I caution you however, with a bit of my own superstition in this matter- do not listen to these songs regularly outside the gym. Somehow, I feel like this palpably reduces their effectiveness, perhaps by diluting the adrenaline rush you get from hearing a truly brutal song. Additionally, if you have the dough, I recommend having separate lifting and kicking it iPods, as it reduces the amount of time and effort you have to spend loading shit on your iPod every day, and it allows you a backup iPod and headphones if you smash yours in the gym (which you will, invariably, do).
BOOKS- This can be training books, books on old-school lifters (like Willoughby’s Super-Athletes), or novels. I’ve used all three for different reasons. I’ve used training books and mags for workout ideas and benchmarks for weights I should try to hit, books on lifters for benchmarks and just general inspiration, and novels for general pumpitude (like Fire at the Gates, which gets me fired the fuck up). All can be effective for setting the mood.
COMICS- Every now and again I’ll run across a comic that will get me pumped up. Usually it’s a Punisher comic for me, but it takes all kinds, kind of like music. If you find yourself stimulated by Archie, Ziggy, or Family Circus, please do us all a favor and kill yourself immediately. Thank you.
Well, there you go, my fuckers. That’s how I end up looking like a caged animal in the gym, growling along with the music on my iPod and generally getting avoided by everyone while lifting prodigeous amounts of weight. A word, however, on being a badass in the gym- don’t act like an asshole. No Branch Warren displays of tossing barbells about the gym like a fucking tool, and please keep the bellowing while doing curls to a minimum. If your physique is worth looking at, people will note that fact without the aid of your “look at me!” yells.
Do not demand what you cannot take by force.
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Best blog yet! Nice way to bring it back after an absence – glad to see you back up and scaring the masses :oP
Lol i dont know. I would probably be afraid of you simply because you could grab me and break me in half with your animal strength.
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